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New Buses for Obama's 'Tour' Cost Taxpayers Millions
FoxNews ^ | August 15, 2011

Posted on 08/15/2011 9:42:51 AM PDT by maggief

By Josh Gerstein, Politico

The Secret Service has revealed to Talking Points Memo that the government has purchased two armored buses for use by President Barack Obama and Republican candidates in the 2012 presidential campaign and beyond.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhofascism; bus; bustour; democrats; liberalfascism; obama; obamacampaign; secretservice; taxandspend; taxcheatparty; taxes; tour; youpayforthis
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Reuters Pictures 11 minutes ago

U.S. President Barack Obama steps aboard a bus upon his arrival at Minneapolis-St Paul Airport in Minnesota, August 15, 2011. Obama is travelling to the Midwest on a bus tour of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.

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1 posted on 08/15/2011 9:42:54 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

why is the govt paying for this? each campaign should


2 posted on 08/15/2011 9:44:31 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss
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To: maggief

They purchased these buses with taxpayer’s for a 3 day trip?

What idiots!


3 posted on 08/15/2011 9:45:27 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: maggief

This is the kind of armored bus Clint Eastwood’s character could have used in “The Gauntlet.”


4 posted on 08/15/2011 9:46:11 AM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority (Where is the middle ground on insolvency of the United States government?)
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To: maggief

By damn I bet those things cost a Million bucks apiece, and God only knows how much fuel they will burn.

Nothing is too good for our boy Obama.

I bet Sarahs bus isn’t armored.Although I would say the paint job cost ten thousand dollars.Only we didn’t have to pay for it.


5 posted on 08/15/2011 9:47:44 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: maggief

What a waste of money just to stroke his ego! What will this tour accomplish for him? Photo-ops?


6 posted on 08/15/2011 9:48:05 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: maggief

Obama’s new buses will get great fuel mileage and will not need wheels. He’s thrown so many people under there they can carry it around the country.


7 posted on 08/15/2011 9:48:34 AM PDT by red-dawg (Biden says I am a terrorist - I say he should RESIGN NOW.)
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To: maggief

Name Obama’s bus the “Chicken Bone Express.”


8 posted on 08/15/2011 9:48:34 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: maggief

Well... someone probably authorized this.

It says the Republican will use the other bus.


9 posted on 08/15/2011 9:49:04 AM PDT by Winstons Julia (when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
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To: maggief

Thank God for those busses..

Can you imagine the pain living thru a full year of MLK’ing Obama in the main stream media if he got hisself assassinated?..

It would be excruciating.. extremely painful.. on every single channel YES even FOX...

I have been worried that the democrats would off him themselves.. for just that purpose..
Thank god for little blessings.. those buses are cheaP...


10 posted on 08/15/2011 9:49:32 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: maggief

ok ok... let not get silly here, it’s not like they are going to send these to the scrap yard next week. A president (any president) needs to be secure, and I am sure Rick Perry will appreciate these fine buses when he becomes president.


11 posted on 08/15/2011 9:51:24 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority

Nag Nag Nag


12 posted on 08/15/2011 9:52:33 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom!!! I know i was kidding)
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To: maggief
for use by President Barack Obama and Republican candidates in the 2012 presidential campaign and beyond

Another article I read said that the Secret Service deemed the charter buses they've seen as unsuitable for the security concerns regarding their charges. So, they're buying these buses for use across the board in their protective duties. Less of a big deal than the headline indicates.

13 posted on 08/15/2011 9:52:41 AM PDT by kevkrom (This space for rent.)
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To: maggief

The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All around the town.

The President on the bus goes “Give me more tax!
Give me more tax! Give me more tax!”
The President on the bus goes “Give me more tax!”
All around the town.


14 posted on 08/15/2011 9:53:09 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: maggief

Commie bastard. His campaign should be paying for this!


15 posted on 08/15/2011 9:53:15 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: maggief

Commie bastard. His campaign should be paying for this!


16 posted on 08/15/2011 9:53:18 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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17 posted on 08/15/2011 9:53:44 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: maggief

Anyone know where the USSS got the money for the buses? Especially since the ‘Rats haven’t approved a budget in over 800 days.


18 posted on 08/15/2011 9:54:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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To: maggief

0dumbo very cleverly says these buses were purchased by the Secret service
and will be used later during campaing for both Dems and Republican candidates
meanwhile we cna believe 0dumbo when he says this is NOT a campaign swing. I wonder if I can interes 0dumbo is sme oceanfront property in Az


19 posted on 08/15/2011 9:54:15 AM PDT by RWGinger
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Obama’s

Back of the bus tour

Dead end bus tour

Under the bus tour

Chump on a stump bus tour

Its all about me bus tour


20 posted on 08/15/2011 9:54:58 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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