Posted on 10/26/2008 5:45:53 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Barack Obama’s trips to Hawaii on a chartered Boeing 757 each cost more than twice the price of Sarah Palin’s new clothes.
Brad Blakeman, who was in charge of scheduling for President Bush, says a Boeing 757 costs about $20,000 an hour for fuel, crew, and maintenance. Since a trip to Hawaii entails 10 hours of flying time from Chicago, the total cost for each round-trip comes to about $400,000.
Obama used the Boeing 757 for trips to Hawaii over the summer for a vacation and again last week to see his failing grandmother. Admirable though that visit was, “By Obama using a private jet to go on a purely personal visit to see his grandma, he’s wasting not only energy, but he’s using the money that his supporters have given him for campaign purposes,” Blakeman says. “It’s a purely personal visit paid for with campaign funds.”
On the other hand, the media are highlighting the Republican National Committee’s purchase of $150,000 in clothes for Palin, even though the dresses will be donated to charities. The New York Times played the story on page one.
“They’re picking on Palin, who was provided a wardrobe by the RNC strictly for political purposes, and it was always intended that these garments would be then given to charity,” Blakeman says. “So there’s a benefit that’s going to charity, not a benefit that Palin will have after the election. There was a need for it because she’s a modest person who didn’t have an extensive wardrobe to do 24/7 campaigning.”
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THE COLUMBUS, OHIO event will be a Large Christian Church service where he will witness his faith in Jesus.
You watch he wants to rid his campaign of the demons of Allah an Islam.
That $400k figure doesn’t even include the cost of the entourage he brought with him, hotel costs, food, etc. Plus the expense to Hawaii taxpayers for the security details, traffic control, etc.
Wait, let me turn on NBC! I bet they are talking about that right now! (sarcasm alert)
JoMa
Someone in another thread posted the link to view her in Asheville, NC. I’m in the Piedmont area of the state and would not have gotten to see / hear her otherwise. She’s truly one of us and represents my beliefs.
I’ll soon start phone banking for the McCain / Palin campaign. While I was already stoked in my support of them, to hear her speak has more than reaffirmed to me that I have made the right choice. I’ll head out tomorrow to vote early and invest the rest of my time in supporting their campaign.
McCain / Palin .. Country First!
Now more than ever, every vote counts! GOTV!
How can he convince anyone he’s a Christian when he believes in letting living babies die?
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Sarah Right Now Giving First Policy Speech and CNN Drops Covering It
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al baby to Virginia Ridgerunner
who paid for Obamas personal trip to see his Granny
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You mean he used campaign funds for a solo flight & personal gig?
Really?
No!
Not him!
i don’t believe it.
really i don’t.
Trust me.
LOL! You guys have a one track mind when it comes to that birth certificate. Love it.
Obama’s Greek columns cost more than her clothes.
no he flap his ears all the way there its too far to walk on water there
But Michelle saved him so much $$ when she graciously sacrificed her right to go along and visit Toots!
A chartered Boeing 757 is hardly spreading the wealth.
This must have been made up by the Right!
Was it John effin’ Kerry’s Mother or Grandmother that told him “integrity” was above all else?
What a shame we don’t know what word/s of wisdom 0bama’s Grandmother bestowed on him during his visit.
Whatever the “large Christian church” in Columbus is, we know it isn’t Rod Parsley’s. He’s the most anti-abortion preacher I’ve ever seen. If Obambi pulls any of that crap in Columbus, hopefully Parsley and his people will go over and stage a counter-event.
"The game ain't over till it's over." Yogi Berra
Will you get on your knee’s and pray with Barack Hussein?
Obama to debut “closing argument” speech in Canton
By William Hershey | Sunday, October 26, 2008, 05:32 PM
Democrat Barack Obama will use his Ohio campaign stop in Canton on Monday, Oct. 27, to make his “closing argument” for why voters should pick him for president, his campaign said.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2008/10/26/obama_to_make_closing_argument.html#comments
Heck he’s spending over 2 million on an election night party in Grant Park for Obama’s sake!
Think of the clothes Sarah could buy for 2 million !!
Guess he doesn’t want to “spread” that 2 million around to the little folks!!
I loved that show with Boo Boo and the ranger
You can bet your *** that the campaign paid for the Obama family wardrobe too but they aren’t honest enough to report it. Just like the foreign donations, Obama still smoking and the fact that Obama hasn’t turned over his medical records but he gets a pass!
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