Posted on 03/20/2012 2:11:06 PM PDT by presidio9
At Little Rock National Airport, it's two for the price of one. No, we're not talking about airfares, but Clintons.
The Arkansas capital's Municipal Airport Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to rename the airport in honor of the former president and the current secretary of State, a rare twin billing for the state's former first couple.
The change won't be official until the Federal Aviation Administration signs off. Adams Field, the designation for the airport's aeronautical operations, will remain the same.
"Bill and Hillary Clinton not only devoted years of service to Arkansas, but have served the nation as a two-term President, and as First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State -- that’s a legacy of which all Arkansans can be proud," Jim Dailey, chairman of the airport commission, said in a statement. "The Clintons continue to have a major impact on our state and our local economy, and we believe renaming our airport in their honor is a fitting way to recognize their service and their position in Arkansas and our nation's history."
The commission noted in its decision the draw that Bill Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock has become, as well as the economic development it spurred in the city's downtown. The Clinton Library is the state's top attraction for out-of-state visitors.
The former president released a statement saying that he and his wife "are humbled" by the decision.
"We are grateful for this honor and for all that the people of Arkansas have done for us. And we look forward to many happy landings at the airport in the years ahead,"
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
This is fertile ground for humor.
I understand that there will be a 42 foot statue of the 80
or so dead bodies that accumulated under the Clinton
Administration.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to name the airport in Mena,AR after him?
Wow gee, a landing strip in Arkansas named after him. Not even a street in Harlem.
Will they name the airport in Menia, Arkansas after Clinton?
Will they name the airport in Waco, Texas after Clinton?
Will they name the airport in Ruby Ridge, Idaho after Clinton?
Is Sky Blue dress doing to fly out of there? Are they going to name a “terminal” after Vince Foster??
Dysfunctional Marriage Airport (DMA) seems an odd name to me.
Netherlands Antilles already has a Franklin Delano Roosevelt airport.
Yup, they gonna sew up one end and use it for a wind sock.
There has to be jokes somewhere about Hillary’s “wide-body” and Bill using the Gennfer Flowers hangar.
Is there something wrong with me? I think your photo is lovely, in an Andy Warhol kinda way.
Not possible for any narcissist to be humbled. It is just not possible. They can lie, of course; and do.
Not possible for any narcissist to be humbled. It is just not possible. They can lie, of course; and do.
Incredible. (Where IS this?)
It’s actually an outdoor theatre in Sweden or some such.
Seems to me places should be named after you after you are gone, like Reagan and JFK.
I guess this is why Hillary being “interested” in Amelia Earhart is the number one story on Google Trends today. After all, it can’t be that Malia is being guarded by 25 secret service agents in a country so unsafe Americans have basically been advised not to go there, and suddenly she’s been in the epicenter of a 7.4 earthquake?
Or that gas shot up another 15 cents last night, and people are crying they can’t fill their tanks here at 4 a gallon.
Nope, it’s Hillary and her airport.
Yeah, it was only going to be 74 feet high, but they decided it would be more fitting if Bill and Hillary were shown just having clawed their way to the top after crawling over those dead bodies.
Whoops, 36 to 42...
Stay away from Obamamath : )
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