Posted on 08/17/2010 11:33:32 AM PDT by hoagy62
I was outside mowing my lawn this morning. As I shut the mower off and was putting it away, I heard a jet overhead. Since we're fairly close to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, it's usually nothing spectacular. I just happened to look up. It was not one of the usual C-17's that come over head.
It was a 747, headed to the north-east....and you could just make out a very distinctive paint job.
I said to my youngest son, "Look...it's Air Force One!". I then did what I felt was necessary for the situation.
I stuck out my tongue and gave Obama a big juicy raspberry.
It meant absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, but that is probably as close to this President as I will ever get, and it was the only form of protest I could think of at the time.
He's now in Seattle, stumping for the Mom-In-Tennis-Shoes, Patty Murray. In a few hours, he'll be gone.
On a side note, I've seen AF1 fly overhead three times. The first was when President Carter visited Spokane after Mt. St. Helens erupted. The second was when President George W. Bush visited Seattle back a few years ago. When HE flew over, I felt a sense of pride in our country. And this time...I felt the need to stuck my tongue out at the President.
*sigh*
Shunning is very effective, but the shunners have to be silent. Imagine pelosi and her gang wandering throught the tea party folks only to be met with absolute silence.
obama deserves such treatement. Silence and backs.
As to AF1, I would hate to be a crewman on that aircraft.
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