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Nancy Pelosi Wants Bedroom on Jet
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Posted on 02/08/2007 7:32:14 PM PST by do the dhue
Critics charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is abusing the perks of power by asking for a jumbo military jet with sleeping accommodations for her flights across the country.
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Pentagon agreed to provide the speaker, who is second in the line of presidential succession, with a military plane for added security during trips back home.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, flew in a small commuter-sized Air Force jet.
Pelosi wants a larger aircraft that can fly to her San Francisco district without stopping to refuel.
Some sources are claiming that Pelosi demanded access to the C-32, which seats 45 and has a stateroom for the primary passenger, a conference facility, an entertainment system and three convertible beds.
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To: do the dhue
Nancy Pelosi Wants Bedroom on JetHow about no.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
02/09/2007 4:24:27 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: do the dhue
Is the bedroom for "FAT" Teddy or "Big" John Murtha?
142
posted on
02/09/2007 4:30:25 AM PST
by
ustanker
(Secure the border!)
To: wayoverthehill
143
posted on
02/09/2007 5:06:12 AM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: do the dhue
"shattered all my ribs laughin....can't breath...gunna die ....."
Shouldn't read a Friday thread with broken ribs. You never know which one it's gonna be...
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posted on
02/09/2007 5:20:23 AM PST
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
To: F.J. Mitchell
I agree. It makes Pelosi look silly, and arrogant.
She is asking for something that no other Speak of the House has asked for.
Why is she so special? Why should tax payers dollars go toward transporting her family coast to coast?
She and her husband are rich. They've grown accustomed to flying in private jets. They have made their billions off the backs of illegals working on their farms, vinyards and restaurants. Now they want us to pay for their luxuries.
To: Kitten Festival
She ain't the third-most powerful person in the world if the air force doesn't want to give her a luxury jet on demand for her and 42 of her best friends, any time she wants, $300,000 a flight, all on taxpayer dime. Somehow, she doesn't have that much power. She doesn't have a printing press for moneyprinting either, somehow she missed out on that power, too. But she certainly thinks she does, and assumes all these things are her entitlement and whines when the law says she doesn't get them. Dollars to donuts she will try to put the air force in jail for not accomodating her as her servants. But I doubt she will succeed. She just doesn't have that much power. Last I heard, she wants to investigate Pentagon spending in order to divert funding from other, less critical areas so she can have her own personal, flying palace. Screw the military needs.
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posted on
02/09/2007 5:34:16 AM PST
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: do the dhue
Tell her to get a room.......maybe a Holiday Inn Express? :)
147
posted on
02/09/2007 5:36:38 AM PST
by
Dawgreg
(Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
To: do the dhue
I am really tired of seeing side by side pictures of Hastert's 12 seater and Pelosi's desired super luxury plane which would hold about 200 if configured just for seats. The pictures each fill half the TV screen, making them look different but about the same size. They should be shown to scale pointing out the vast difference in their sizes. Our side doesn't know how (or doesn't want?) to play a competitive game.
To: Porterville
So Republicans should just take in all the criticisms of being "a corrupt Congress use to all kinds of perks" (One of the central themes that helped Dems retake Congress) but Republicans should just hold their tongues, bend over, not fight and say "thank you, may I have another."
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posted on
02/09/2007 5:43:57 AM PST
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: do the dhue
Next she'll be asking for a specific flight crew and attendance.
To: do the dhue
this story makes me think of another Nancy who got jumped on for getting new china in the White House.
To: Porterville
Also, for the safety of America's future, I demand Robert Bryd be given a jet courtesy of the tax payers of America.
"4th heartbeat away" should have it's privileges as well.
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posted on
02/09/2007 5:50:46 AM PST
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
To: rollo tomasi
Who cares about this one. It is reasonable. Hassert should have had a private plane too.
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posted on
02/09/2007 5:54:10 AM PST
by
Porterville
(Through experience I have discovered that Yoda is a dumbass and Karma is a lie.)
To: ladyjane
It makes her look "sillier" and "more arrogant". ;-)
Silly and arrogant, has always defined Pelosi.
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posted on
02/09/2007 5:55:59 AM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Democrats: Too dumb to lead, too vain to follow, too egotistical to get the hell out of the way!)
To: do the dhue
And she wants her Family, Friends, and Campaign Supporters to Fly on this plane also!
To: do the dhue
Why can't she sleep in her seat like the rest of us? Its not like she's flying coach...
To: do the dhue
she is THIRD in line to BE president, she is not president right now and she can forget a plane to rival Air Force One, she is NOT PRESIDENT YET!
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posted on
02/09/2007 6:09:57 AM PST
by
tioga
To: Kickass Conservative
There is NO refueling issue with the Gulfstream. Red herring alert! But will the media report it?
this is a interesting statement. Do we know it to be true?
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posted on
02/09/2007 6:19:14 AM PST
by
do the dhue
(DEM ARE RATS!!!!!)
To: Dawgreg
maybe a Holiday Inn Express?
LOL
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posted on
02/09/2007 6:21:49 AM PST
by
do the dhue
(DEM ARE RATS!!!!!)
To: do the dhue
Liberals aren't liberal. They are elitist and think that they are above everyone else. They make dictatorial laws for everyone else and not for themselves.
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