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Obama Plane That Made Emergency Landing - A Loaner From Hillary

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Posted by a yankee 2008-07-08 14:16|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I think she named it "The Spirit of Vince Foster"...

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-08 14:26|| 2008-07-08 14:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Hah tu3031

"I think its time for a Change. Of underpants."

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-07-08 15:11|| 2008-07-08 15:11|| Front Page Top

#3 I find the 'emergency chute deployment' story a bit thin; the tailcone on these aircraft are ejected and the slide then comes from a compartment in the floor; i have deplaned from these aircraft many times and have never seen anything above me that even cloely resembels control cables or plumbing. Don't forget this series of aircraft was the subject of an AD after the Alaska flight 261 crash that found a failure of the horizontal stabilizer actuator (jackscrew) due to improper lubrication. Several others were found in similiar shape and required immediate replacement; others were deemed satisfactory.
personal opinion: this aircraft was in the early stages of AK 261 part II and the pilot saved it.
(but the consiracy theory is more funner!)

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-07-08 15:41|| 2008-07-08 15:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I think she named it 'The Spirit of Vince Foster'...

Just when I was coming in with a Ron Brown joke...

Posted by Raj 2008-07-08 16:24|| 2008-07-08 16:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Once is an accident,...

Posted by SteveS 2008-07-08 17:13|| 2008-07-08 17:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Why does he (or, previously, Hillary) need an MD-80?

(Heck, if I were president I'd probably sell Air Force One to a museum or something and fly around in a Cessna twin).

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-07-08 17:36|| 2008-07-08 17:36|| Front Page Top

#7 No you wouldn't. Senior executives' time is always under heavy demand. US CEOs average 75 hours a week on the job - I can't imagine the president works much less. Except for Reagan, for good or ill.

Posted by lotp 2008-07-08 18:01|| 2008-07-08 18:01|| Front Page Top

#8 I started counting, and Mr. Wife easily spends 75 hours a week dong his job -- not counting business dinners -- and he's only middle management at a Fortune 500 company. His brother-in--law, who has a mid-size local HVAC company, regularly works 'til midnight.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-07-08 18:27|| 2008-07-08 18:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Besides, Air Force One doubles as a command center. The President can stay in touch with whoever he needs to at all times.
Plus the press gets to sit in the back of the plane.
For a candidate, I suppose the press is the major reason they need an MD-80.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-07-08 19:59|| 2008-07-08 19:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Note to Senator Obama: Other things you should never, ever accept from either of the Clintons, or their friends, if you value your hide:

1) Their cook or any food prepared by anyone even vaguely associated with them.
2) Any security personnel, armed or unarmed.
3) Physician referrals.
4) Limousines to drive down steep mountain roads.
5) Powder cocaine.
6) Packages that smell like fuel or that have gift clocks in them.
7) Free lessons for sky or scuba diving, bungee jumping, bronco busting, alligator wrestling, skiing or spelunking.
8) T-Shirts featuring the Target Corporation or Red Cross logos.
9) Contracts that require your signature in blood.
10) "Symbiotic health worms" you need to swallow.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-08 20:01|| 2008-07-08 20:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Moose, add to your list: never offer her your VP slot. Remember that if you do, the only thing standing between Hillary and her lifelong ~~destiny~~ ambition is your last heartbeat.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-07-08 20:27|| 2008-07-08 20:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Hillary's reaction per her closest advisors...
DANGIT! DANGIT! DANGIT!

Posted by a yankee 2008-07-08 21:21|| 2008-07-08 21:21|| Front Page Top

#13 'Symbiotic health worms' you need to swallow. I think Opophis already has that.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-07-08 22:44|| 2008-07-08 22:44|| Front Page Top

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