(H/T – JammieWearingFool)
Barack Obama’s chartered Midwest Airlines’ MD-80, en route from Chicago to Charlotte, North Carolina, made an unscheduled landing in St. Louis after what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported as the emergency slide in the tail cone of the plane deploying in flight. ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reported an abnormally large dip shortly after takeoff from Midway during bad weather.
I’m glad that everyone’s okay, but I have two questions:
– Why would an eastbound flight from Chicago divert to St. Louis?
– Considering that Midwest is grounding its MD-80s because they’re too fuel-inefficient, why did the Obama campaign decide to charter one?
As to question #2: YX made them a helluva good deal on the charter price. Fuel, Schmuel. The O-and-Savior is CAMPAIGNING, for crying out loud!
Obama is just trying to burn up what’s left of the aviation fuel so that McCain can’t make any more trips!
I’m guessing the campaign didn’t pick the plane and left it up to the charter company. I’m sure dad29’s right that the company got a sweet deal for the plane.
We just can’t get enough Barack Obama here in Saint Louis.