Presidential Hopeful (Dean) Flying Casino Express

KRNV-TV, Reno ^ | 8/27/03 | Associated Press

[JennysCool]

ELKO, Nev. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean is flying from campaign stop to campaign stop with a distinct Nevada flair.

His campaign booked his flights through a charter booker and the booker signed up with Casino Express.

The Elko-based carrier normally carries gamblers from a variety of cities to the Red Lion Inn and Casino in Elko, but it had a plane free.

The flights started on Saturday, when Casino Express picked Dean up in Washington, DC, and flew him to Milwaukee, then on the following day to Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon, and Seattle.

Casino Express provides the crew, as well as the Boeing 737, which is one of four it owns. Along with Elko, jets are based in Memphis, Tennessee; Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

[JennysCool]

Howard ("The Gambler") Dean.

[donozark]

I don't like joking about things like this...however, I hope Dean has better luck than I had (on TWO occasions) flying on gambling "junkets." They were 737s as well. Champion Air. AKA-Tree-Top Airlines.

[Paleo Conservative]

So on which card does Howard Dean appear? Given his personality, he should definitely be a club.

[Tacis]

Can someone check to see if "Casino Express" is a unionized carrier? It would be so great to find that his purchasing guy got a little on the side (cash or stewardess, or, since it's Dean, steward) and rejected one of the union carriers.