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Bush on move is Guzzler in Chief (W is a hypocrite because Air Force One uses tons of fuel)
New York Daily News ^ | February 2, 2006 | KENNETH R. BAZINET

Posted on 02/02/2006 11:15:13 AM PST by presidio9

President Bush is one of the biggest gas guzzlers in the country and his first stop to sell the idea of breaking the nation's oil addiction burned up thousands of gallons of jet fuel and hundreds of gallons of gasoline. The White House, Air Force and Secret Service keep a tight hold on the President's travel and mileage, but government and industry figures show that the Air Force One 747 jet gets less than the equivalent of a mile per gallon.

The President usually travels with a backup 747 as well as a huge C-17 aircraft packed with the presidential limo and the Marine One helicopter, which flies Bush from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base and around destination cities.

The C-17 gets even worse mileage than the 747s, and the chopper's mileage is pegged at .014 mpg.

Once on the ground, the President travels in a gas-gulping convoy. At the heart of that convoy are two Cadillac limos and several Chevy Suburbans.

Even without the bulletproof shields and other special measures, the limos get 18 mpg in the city.

The Suburbans get 15 mpg in the city, but that too is without the bullet- and blast-proofing and the communications gear the Secret Service and military travel with. Three to five Suburbans travel in a motorcade, which often stretches to more than a dozen vehicles.

Bush's 700-mile trip to give his State of the Union encore speech in Nashville yesterday cost $19,594.25 in fuel alone just for Air Force One, according to government figures.

He will carry his message over the next few days to Maplewood, Minn., Albuquerque and Dallas before heading back to Washington. That's another 4,341 miles.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abefroman; clintonworldtour; kerosene; liberaldesperation; wtfk
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To: presidio9
From the cobwebs of my memory, I recall a picture of then-President Richard M. Nixon travelling commercial during the first oil "crisis".

Sure it was a PR stunt, but it saved the taxpayer $$$. Probably encouraged his phlebitis...

81 posted on 02/02/2006 12:34:55 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Onelifetogive

"Our President should drive himself around the country in a Prius..."

Works for me. Seriously, over the years, our presidents have steadily ramped up the amount of truck they drag with themselves all over the world to a regal, wasteful level. Half of the freight and entourage could be dropped with no loss in security.


82 posted on 02/02/2006 12:37:19 PM PST by MajorityOfOne
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To: AppyPappy
Clinton walked to Europe when he went there.

To the liberals, Clinton walked on water to Europe.

83 posted on 02/02/2006 12:39:03 PM PST by Disambiguator (Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: presidio9
Nothing makes these people happy.

They complained the last time he took a smaller jet too.

84 posted on 02/02/2006 12:39:54 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: presidio9

Yeah, but how many press people get a free ride on Air Force One?


85 posted on 02/02/2006 12:41:07 PM PST by lilylangtree
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To: Phantom Lord
How much fuel did Algore burn to fly to Kyoto for the global warming conference?

I'll never forget my amusement seeing AlGore arrive for a campaign appearance in 2000 - in a giant SUV, with an entourage of about 10 more giant SUVs. Whatever.

86 posted on 02/02/2006 12:42:06 PM PST by steelcurtain
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To: BonnieJ

No mention of Klinton's trips which broke the bank when it came to gas. I remember he took over in excess of 1000 people for his trip to China.


87 posted on 02/02/2006 12:42:36 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: presidio9

And think of all the energy (not including all the precious trees) that could be saved by not publishing newspapers filled with this kind of crap.


88 posted on 02/02/2006 12:52:02 PM PST by Kirkwood
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To: TommyDale

"The hotel in china where I stayed had perfectly clean bathrooms. I didn't observe anything like your picture. Still, that's plenty nice for Hillary."

Then you stayed at a hotel that caters to westerners. Next time you go, experience it like you're from China and you'll be surprised at what you'll sometimes find.


89 posted on 02/02/2006 12:55:36 PM PST by Kirkwood
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To: presidio9

Of course, if he stayed at the White House, they'd be saying he is in "hunker down" mode and "out of touch" with the people...the list goes on.

Let's face it...with the Dems and MSM, Bush is the one person in this world who NEVER does anything right and ALWAYS does everything wrong


90 posted on 02/02/2006 1:00:17 PM PST by t2buckeye
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To: Kirkwood
"Then you stayed at a hotel that caters to westerners."

I'm certain of that. I stayed at the Beijing Hotel and the (at that time Sheraton) Great Wall Hotel. Disco and everything at the Great Wall. The kids who worked there would sneak behind the curtains and dance with us.

91 posted on 02/02/2006 1:41:11 PM PST by TommyDale
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To: BonnieJ

Does anyone but me remember that Her Exalted Royal Thighness Queen Hillary the First brought her own santiary facilities with her on her royal visit to China, because she didn't think the lowly Chinee could figure out how to clean a toilet?


92 posted on 02/02/2006 1:44:23 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: altura
I think he should bike.

He actually does bike quite a lot. And when he does, the media bitches about how he's overly obsessed with physical fitness and spends too much time working out.

93 posted on 02/02/2006 2:10:35 PM PST by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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To: BigTom85

And his Grumman Gulfstream and his fleet of SUVs--oh, silly me, those belong to Tah-rezz-uh.


94 posted on 02/02/2006 2:26:51 PM PST by RightWingConspirator (Glad that Ted the Boorish Drunk, Hitlery the Witch and John Fonda/Fraud Kerry are not my senators.)
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To: RexBeach

Indeed, Bubba set the record. W is a complete piker by comparison in the gas guzzling dept.


95 posted on 02/02/2006 3:16:06 PM PST by Paul Ross (Hitting bullets with bullets successfully for 35 years!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

bttt


96 posted on 02/02/2006 3:53:34 PM PST by SmithL (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: presidio9
So what is he supposed to do? Hitchhike from place to place??

I'll not criticize the president over his fuel usage until I see the Hollywood elite turn in their private jets and fly coach--yeah, that'll happen

97 posted on 02/02/2006 3:55:01 PM PST by SoftballMominVA
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To: Onelifetogive
He should ride around in this....with a "Bite Me" sign on the top


98 posted on 02/02/2006 6:44:51 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there.)
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To: presidio9
These people are doing this just to amuse us..............aren't they?
99 posted on 02/02/2006 6:46:44 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there.)
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To: Fresh Wind

See my reply #15 above.


100 posted on 02/03/2006 5:55:39 AM PST by TommyDale
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