Phantom Air Farce Pictures

New York Post ^ | May 5, 2009 | Jeremy Olshan

[skeeter]

The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday.

[skeeter]

I sure hope some serious reporter is following up one this.

[freespirited]

The most transparent administration in history.

[Secret Agent Man]

Well then, this makes it all worth it. Moeny well spent by the Pres-ent.

[skeeter]

I’m sure our recession-weary countrymen would be interested to know whether their president thinks AF1 is his personal political fund raising vehicle.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Just. Imagine. If. Bush. Had. Done. This. It would have been the biggest disaster since the Hindenberg. We'd never hear the end of it. John Steward would still be making snarky snotty remarks.

[JoSixChip]

I know I’m not the only one, but I believed from the beginning that there were no pictures. I would love to know who was on the plane.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

The Captain (Lt Col?) of that 747 should be fired for taking orders from that Kenyan who cannot prove he is a U.S. citizen.

[Sax]

Oh, now the public is not allowed to see them?

$328k of public money for private pictures? That’s gall.

It’s not a matter of national security, they were arranged and taken using public funds, but now they exist only for the White House’s private enjoyment. Brilliant.

[No Truce With Kings]

Shamelessly stolen from Small Dead Animals blog:

Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!

April 23: - "The Obama administration, in an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union, said Thursday it will release photos of alleged abusive interrogations."

May 5: - The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday."

[skeeter]

Bush would've been utterly and completely eviscerated.

But in this case certainly our "watchdog media" will be satisfied with Obama's blithe dismissal.

[Reagan80]

Mile High Club?

[skeeter]

There are no pictures. It was a fund raiser, or a payoff to some anonymous foreign donor who might enjoy watching non-believers panic in the streets.

[Sax]

How many “E tickets” to ride Air Force One in a 9-11 mock run?

[rightwingextremist1776]

People...there are NO pictures.....Mama Obama was too busy showing her garden party around.......the only pictures are the ones taken by the “guests”......

[Jim from C-Town]

The biggest reason that they will not re;ease these pictures is because the public will get a look at what the government will do to needlesly waste their money. Everyone who has photoshop has already done a better job of showing AF1 at these landmarks, and it was free.

[Mach9]

Ditto!

[zlala]

transparency = shamsparency.

Obie isn't going to give up anything that doesn't make him look good. (So why is he is the news all the time?)

[tophat9000]

Any one know anything about the flight having the call sign "VENUS 01" there a remark on the NY Post site about this...

POTUS on board it "AF1" no POTUS on board is "SAM (tailnumber)".....

"VENUS 01" there some VIP onboard that get a callsign?

[livius]

Maybe the SS name of Michelle Ma Belle or her ghastly mother? Or maybe it’s the illegal alien auntie...

[5thGenTexan]

Best quote from the comments: "O Farce One". I say we use it for all references to the plane for the remainder of his term.

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