Comments on: Err, er, Air Pelosi, a distant take

By: steveegg

steveegg — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:15:49 +0000

As for Murtha, I call leaving a reminder that he controls the pursestrings along with a demand that SanFranNan gets Pelosi One a threat.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:12:38 +0000

Again, you mistate things. It must be the distance (say, don't you have a dictator-in-training you need to clear out?). Let's make things clear. She would not need to stop and refuel with either the C-20 or C-37 (check the range map on Gulfstream's G350 page; only Hawaii and the far western Aleutians are out of range for the shortest-ranged Gulfstream). She could not, however, take the grandkids and all her husband's lobbyists, and well as the rest of the Dem delegation from California, home with her on the Gulfstreams. She's demanded that.

By: Nikolay

Nikolay — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:55:24 +0000

She’s not an expert in planes. Where did you read that she refused C-37? She only said that she wanted to fly non-stop, and that she would to prefer to fly commercial, but if WH insists on flying her on a military plane, she wouldn’t want to stop to refill (or this was sergeant-at-arms recommendation). She simply queried if it was possible. Obviously, C-37 would be OK.
NB: Murtha didn’t clash with DoD over plane, he clashed over those shameless misleading leaks.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:25:47 +0000

Lie, you say? Then why didn’t she instruct Murtha and the House Sergeant-at-Arms to accept the C-20/37 for her?

Hell, since she “wants” to fly commercial, why didn’t she instruct those two to accept that? Oops, there is exactly one airline that flies non-stop between the DC airports (specifically, Dulles) and San Francisco (United, which code-shares those flights with US Airways).

By: Nikolay

Nikolay — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:21:13 +0000

“So, if it’s not range, not passengers (at least as long as SanFranNan can keep the entourage under the limits) and not communications, what’s driving her to demand the C-32, using the House Sergeant-at-Arms and the chair of the House Armed Services Committee to threaten the Pentagon?”
Nothing. Nothing is driving her to demand the C-32. It’s simply not happening. It’s a lie. Don’t you still get it? IT’S A LIE! She NEVER said she wanted C-32. She EXPLICITLY said she doesn’t care about the size. She EXPLICITLY said that she would gladly like to fly commercial.