Posted on 04/27/2009 8:25:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WH bans all future photo-shoot flyovers with AF1 backup plane
WH official tells Fox these flights have been banned but would not confirm a Wall Street Journal report that a planned flyover on May 5-6 in Washington, with the US Capitol as a backdrop, had been scrubbed.
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That’s mighty white of them
The only got a clue because they got caught.
They only got caught because they were so dang stupid.
Greta was REALLY steamed about this! Aside from scaring people to death, she was pushing the DC reporter to ask Obama how much this little stunt cost the taxpayers. I loved her comment that for $300 they could have bought Photoshop and faked up a pic of AF1 over the NY Skyline and avoided all this cost and hassle.
Will the media ever actually report what I suspect...that this was campaign video for Obama 2012?
He just wanted to show off the new “spinners” he’s had put on the landing gear.
[oh, ZOT me...I no longer care]....:)
What a cluster event. And how typical of our Overlords.
Must be from his Mama’s side.
Of course, unlike the little Obamacorns, I'm old enough to remember 09-11-01.
With a well run campaign; it would make a great video for his opponent.
Mix footage of the flyover, with terrified people on the ground, and then images of Obama golfing.
In light of today's panic, the 0bama administration has scrubbed plans for a photo shoot in Oklahoma City using Ryder rental trucks in front of federal buildings.
thats a bit late... they should harshly prosecute those involved
That would be pretty effing sick if that were ever used for the 12’ campaign. He makes me sick, his whole administration makes me sick. How dare they try to fake their fury that this happened when they signed off on it??!!
He screwed up again , then jumped into panic mode and banned all flights.
Where I am from they call that locking the barn after the horse escaped.
This guy hasnt got a clue, and it seems he has surrounded himself with others just as bad.
“The official had no details on future flights but said any such plans are now irrelevant.”
IRRELEVANT?
Boy..the WH is really hoping this goes away and and fast. They want the whole story to be irrelevant. No doubt the media will comply. Already the Obama Acorn thugs are hitting the internet comment sections of every major media story about this terror stunt. Earlier today, no such people were populating the blogs. People were mad as hell and saying so on every news site and popular blog.
The Obama brownshirts must have gotten their marching orders to downplay the incident tonight. They are out in force the last hour or so.
And that cool booming bass rap.
Did Bush do these photo ops with Air Force One?
There was no excuse for the notification failure re this morning’s flight, but if the photo shoots are being done in conjunction with training flights, there may not be any real additional expense involved. Fighter jet pilots do need to practice escorting Air Force One, and Air Force One pilots do need to practice flying the plane while using all the special communications and security equipment on board, and interacting with escorting fighter jets. I rather doubt that the entire exercise was undertaken solely for the purpose of taking some pictures, though obviously the locations were chosen with pictures in mind. But alas, even if the original concept of the photo shoots was justifiable, the notification screw-up solidly nailed its coffin shut.
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