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House security chief: Pelosi didn't ask for plane; I did
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| 02/09/07
Posted on 02/09/2007 7:50:29 AM PST by presidio9
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To: Non-Sequitur
Also, Planegate sounds too much like Plamegate, and might confuse the exalted Speaker in re-checking her boarding pass.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:01:29 AM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
To: VictoryGal
Has there been a story yet where the factual flight range of the Gulfstream III was listed? If it is indeed in the 4,300 mile range, that is certainly more than enough to get her to SF without refueling. The distance between the two is roughly 2,500 miles. Why are they saying the Gulfstream has to refuel? Security should not be a concern as I would imagine any refueling would be done on a military base. The only thing that would make since then is that she did indeed want a bigger plane, had nothing to do about refueling.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:02:08 AM PST
by
coon2000
To: Non-Sequitur
"Broomstick-Gate"
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:02:17 AM PST
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: KarlInOhio
We need to "Speak Truth to Power!!"
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:02:22 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(Beerfest could be the greatest movie ever made!)
To: presidio9
To: presidio9
To: angkor
Livingood wouldn't put his butt on the line in a written statement if he wasn't telling the truthSorry. When was the last time you've ever seen or heard from the Sergeant at Arms? That in itself is a story.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:04:24 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Celebrate Monocacy!)
To: presidio9
ms. petrolisky saying I don't want a larger carbon footprint? LOL, I'm not buying it......LOL
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:05:10 AM PST
by
From One - Many
(Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
To: presidio9
This planegate story "for security reasons" is interesting juxtaposed to the Democrats views on terrorism and how they bash things like the Patriot act.
Why doesn't Nancy wave her magic wand and make us all so safe she wouldn't need to worry about security?
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:05:58 AM PST
by
IamConservative
(Any man who agrees with you on everything, will lie to anyone.)
To: dfwgator; jveritas
Plenty of things to pick on Nancy about, but IMHO this is a non-story.Listened to Larry Elder last night, and apparently Pelosi's office was asked to release her original plane request, and they flatly refused. If this is such a non-story as Nancy wants to make it out to be, then why not release that request?
Also, according to jveritas, this whole issue was settled last night - Nancy's apparently going to get a 12-seat jet that's capable of making the coast-to-coast run, probably a Gulfstream G-V (whatever the military calls it). If this is true, then why do they continue to pick at the story and keep it in the news?
And finally, it may have been a silly little non-story as Tony Snow put it, but when John Murtha started making noise about cutting Pentagon funding over it, that took it to a completely different level.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:06:59 AM PST
by
CFC__VRWC
(Go Gators! NCAA Football and Basketball Champions!)
To: KellyAdmirer
Indeed....
Mr. Livingood is falling on his own sword as he wishes to keep "living-good"..... (JMHO)
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:07:30 AM PST
by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: coon2000
The entire problem is that she wants to bring an entire entourage. Fully loaded the plane that Hastert was using would have to stop. (That is my admittedly limited understanding). That them led to I need a bigger plane.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:07:38 AM PST
by
doodad
To: presidio9
Can we get a "-gate" to tack on to this story already? "Luxery Jet-gate," or "Lincoln Bedroom in the Sky-gate" both work for me. Just what the heck is taking so long?
Aero-gate? Me, me, me-gate? My plane just left the gate and I'm late-gate?
To: presidio9
BUT WHAT ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING????? That jet would have killed thousands in 2100 AD! The dems had better stop destroying the future planet!!
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:09:12 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: presidio9
So... it took this guy 3 days to come forward with this?
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:09:15 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
To: doodad
maybe she wanted sexamules from SF with her....
thus the need for a larger plane
have to keep the constits happy......
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:10:22 AM PST
by
From One - Many
(Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
To: presidio9
Gulfstream G550 has a range 0f 6,750nm. G500 has a range of about 5,800. 2600 miles to S.F from D.C.
Are these aircraft in the Air Force fleet? If so, problem solved.
To: doodad
Wonder just how big Nan's "carbon footprint" will be? She runs around DC in a Tahoe.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:10:56 AM PST
by
JRjr
(hMMM?)
To: coon2000
I agree completely, the reason they say she will have to refuel is that on the off chance there are incredibly strong headwinds then she
MIGHT need to refuel.
As you say, what does security have to do with it if she lands and refuels at the nearest military base? Is she afraid he past dealings with them will come back to haunt her, maybe she will see a ground-crew member with a big bottle of maple syrup heading towards the fuel tank or something....
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:11:30 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: VeniVidiVici
When was the last time you've ever seen or heard from the Sergeant at Arms?The last time I ever heard from Bill Livingood was when I sat down at a meeting with him.
No one on the staff side of Capitol Hill is going to lie on behalf of a Congresscritter.
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posted on
02/09/2007 8:12:42 AM PST
by
angkor
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