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White House aide Louis Caldera loses job over Manhattan flyover fiasco involving Air Force One
NY Daily News ^ | 5-8-09 | By Kenneth R. Bazinet

Posted on 05/08/2009 1:18:28 PM PDT by Joiseydude

Edited on 05/08/2009 1:29:52 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

WASHINGTON - The White House aide who authorized the controversial Air Force One photo-op flight last week around the Statue of Liberty is out of a job.

President Obama has accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office, the Daily News learned Friday.

A secretary of the Army in the Clinton administration, Caldera took the fall for the public relations fiasco arising from the April 27 flyover, which was designed to replace a publicity photo of Air Force One flying past Mount Rushmore with a similar shot of Obama's 747 jumbo jet over the Statue of Liberty.

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KEYWORDS: af1; airforceone; bhoairforceone; caldera; gaffemachine; georgelucas; joyride; louiscaldera; obamagaffes; photoops; redtails; resignation; scareforceone; terrforceone; tuskegeeairmen; underthebus
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To: aphid

It’s fake, I don’t see Heston beating his fist in the sand because Obama blew it all up ....


81 posted on 05/08/2009 1:43:02 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: Joiseydude; All

Caldera is lucky he does not work for Bill Clinton anymore.
Obama is throwing him under a bus. But if it were Bill...as Bill did with countless other people...that poor staffer would be told he is to go on a trip on a small aircraft...

And we all know the history with Hillary Airlines...

One way trip...no destination...no landing gear...and a hole in the head that just happens to match a 9 mil.


82 posted on 05/08/2009 1:43:03 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
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To: Northern Yankee
BINGO....what you said...From what I understand from the Secret Service, the President still has to approve any of Air Force One or Air Force Two’s flights.
83 posted on 05/08/2009 1:43:18 PM PDT by goodnesswins (WE have a REPUBLIC.....IF we can KEEP IT!!!)
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To: STARWISE

Folks should get together and email the photo to the White House!


84 posted on 05/08/2009 1:43:20 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012!)
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To: aphid

They should have taken it at a different angle - the angle where the twin towers are missing.

Never forget.


85 posted on 05/08/2009 1:43:26 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: Electric Graffiti

or Caldera, of Mexican descent, succumbs to fatal flu.


86 posted on 05/08/2009 1:43:28 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: aphid

Right off the top I would have to say its some crappy photography.


87 posted on 05/08/2009 1:43:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
"Please. Hussein made the decision and gave the order. Caldera is his fall guy. I’m thinking Hussein promised a high donor/buddy a ride in AF1, the same way Clinton let people use the Lincoln Bedroom. Then, when people noticed, he was SHOCKED!, I tell you... SHOCKED!!"

Exactly. This photo explanation is pure BS. We need to know who was on that plane.

88 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:27 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Joiseydude
"Participants on the flight included one combat photographer, a standard crew complement for Air Force One and the two F-16s that accompanied it and no non-duty personnel or extra passengers, Gates wrote. "

Really? Define extra, passenger, non-duty and personnel.

89 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Joiseydude

A Democrat walks warily down the street,
With the brim pulled way down low
Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet,
Registration card ready to go
Are you ready, Are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Into the ballots the levers trip
Voting to the sound of the beat
Chorus

Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one under the bus
Hey, I voted for him too!
Another one under the bus

How do you think I’m going to get along,
Without you, when you’re gone
You took me for everything that I had,
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Into the ballots the levers trip
Voting to the sound of the beat
Chorus

Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he’s down
But I’m ready, yes I’m ready for you
I’m standing on my own two feet
Into the ballots the levers trip
Voting to the sound of the beat


90 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:31 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Joiseydude

One down...how many more to go?


91 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:33 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (Revolution Beckons......When is enough, ENOUGH?)
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To: Joiseydude

When are we going to find out the names of the Obama campaign donors who were on that plane?

Who were his top campaign donors?

Were they anywhere near the air force base that day?

Who spent time with Obama the weekend before this flight?

There is more to this story.


92 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:38 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: Joiseydude

Don’t the bus tires need changing by now?


93 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:41 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Joiseydude

A Democrat walks warily down the street,
With the brim pulled way down low
Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet,
Registration card ready to go
Are you ready, Are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Into the ballots the levers trip
Voting to the sound of the beat
Chorus

Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one under the bus
Hey, I voted for him too!
Another one under the bus

How do you think I’m going to get along,
Without you, when you’re gone
You took me for everything that I had,
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Into the ballots the levers trip
Voting to the sound of the beat
Chorus

Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he’s down
But I’m ready, yes I’m ready for you
I’m standing on my own two feet
Into the ballots the levers trip
Voting to the sound of the beat


94 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:43 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Joiseydude
at the time of the fly-over debacle, several on FR predicted the military attache’ would take the blame and be terminated. And, like a good soldier, he resigned thereby protecting the President, who, IMHO, was a primary actor in the show.
95 posted on 05/08/2009 1:44:59 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Talisker

Interesting...return to this later.


96 posted on 05/08/2009 1:45:09 PM PDT by kenavi (Want a real stimulus? Drill!)
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To: 353FMG; Joiseydude; All
He's there .... LOL

THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO .. IT'S HYSTERICAL !!!

Under My Bus: ZoBama's 100 Days & Throwing People Under the Bus

97 posted on 05/08/2009 1:45:22 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: aphid

That is a crappy shot. The sky is EPA brown.


98 posted on 05/08/2009 1:46:11 PM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: aphid

That’s the picture? It’s not impressive at all. Glare from the window, composition, lighting, contrast, etc... Any 10 year old could do just as well. I want my tax dollars back.


99 posted on 05/08/2009 1:46:40 PM PDT by bgill (The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
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To: cripplecreek
Check out these pictures to see what the Photographers and pilots can do (Hi-res):

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/021126-O-9999G-024.jpg
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/050526-F-1029W-046.jpg

These are likely taken from the back seat of an F-15 or F-16.

100 posted on 05/08/2009 1:46:40 PM PDT by Never on my watch (GIMME MY FREE CHIKEN!)
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