It's just too bad Bush went AWOL during the National Guard. Also because Bush had to have it has way they kept the carrier pointed away from land so the California Coast wouldn't appear during this multi-million dollar, out of your wallet, photo-op. And the boys were kept offshore for one more day for a press conference which could have easily been done from shore.
How many attempts did it take for you to register a login to FR? Let's see.. andrew1? Taken. andrew2? Taken. andrew3? Taken. andrew4? Taken. andrew5? Taken. andrew6? Taken. andrew7? Sh!t hot, I'm in.
I admire the persistence of you folks from DU..
and keeping the boys away from their families for one more day? ZZZZzzzzzzzz! After months away from friends and family a few more hours aren't anything. How many times have you deployed on an aircraft carrier? I deployed on seven major deployments and countless other at sea periods during my career. Believe me, another day at sea is nothing, once the BMOW calls "liberty call, liberty call", any and all gripes melt away as crewmembers walk down the brow and into the arms of friends and family.
"this multi-million dollar, out of your wallet, photo-op"
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Dubya only needed one plane for this trip,
Can't hold a candle to Ole' Slick...
In March 2000, the President, with Chelsea and his mother-in-law, took a trip to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Oman, and Switzerland. The SRPC noted that both ABC News' World News Tonight and the Air Force Times estimated the cost of the trip at $50 million, a record for the cost of an overseas trip by a president. Used on the trip were 14 C-17 Globemaster IIIs, 12 C-5 Galaxys, 3 C-141 Starlifters, and 2 C-130 Hercules. A large number of other Air Force planes were to deploy.
ABC News' John McWethy filed this report:
"Ninety percent of the costs [cited by the World New Tonight anchor at $50 million] are for airplanes, drawn from an Air Force that is already stressed meeting military and humanitarian commitments overseas. When a President travels, all the public ever sees is Air Force One, but consider this: Seventy-seven other Air Force planes are being used on this one trip, including 26 of the biggest transports, C-5s and C-17s."
"Military sources say that represents more than one-third of the Air Force's entire inventory of these planes that are ready to fly on any given day."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/905281/posts?page=40#40 More info at
http://www.senate.gov/%7Erpc/releases/1999/df033000.htm Typical nutless liberal. Your ilk are consumed by fuming envy.
Sucks to be a Clinton whore, doesn't it?