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bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 06:38 AM Oct 2012

Mitt Romney Blimp-Like Aircraft Crash Lands in Davie

Source: NBC

A blimp-like aircraft carrying a Mitt Romney campaign message crash landed in a field in Davie Sunday night, officials said.

No one was injured when the thermal airship, which had a photo of the GOP presidential hopeful and the slogan "America Needs Romney," went down in the 3800 block of Southwest 92nd Avenue around 7:30 p.m., Davie Police spokesman Capt. Dale Engle said.

"It experienced some high winds and was having a difficult time and crash landed here in the field just south of Bamford Park in Davie," Engle said. "They were experiencing some problems due to the wind which forced them to crash land here in the field."

The airship had been traveling from Boca Raton, the site of Monday's third and final debate between Romney and President Barack Obama, to North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines.



Read more: http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Mitt-Romney-Blimp-Like-Aircraft-Crash-Lands-in-Davie-175211681.html

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Mitt Romney Blimp-Like Aircraft Crash Lands in Davie (Original Post) bathroommonkey76 Oct 2012 OP
Had to post for the title of the article. LOL n/t bathroommonkey76 Oct 2012 #1
And "goes down in South Florida" is sooo prescient n/t Coyotl Oct 2012 #33
It just goes to show . . . cosmicamerican Oct 2012 #49
Was the blimp like aircraft made in China?? One could understand the irony of it all. n/t 2on2u Oct 2012 #2
ROFL-ha.Made in China-ha. Where's Pat Robertson bjobotts Oct 2012 #51
Hope that is symbolic of Romney's chances going down with tonights debate! berni_mccoy Oct 2012 #3
Let's hope that is symbolic of his chances liberal N proud Oct 2012 #4
Prayers for the swift recovery of Rush Limbaugh. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #5
lol treestar Oct 2012 #44
Mitt opened a window, didn't he? TheCowsCameHome Oct 2012 #6
\o/ FTW!!!! SemperEadem Oct 2012 #28
ROFLMAO Coyotl Oct 2012 #34
rofl CatWoman Oct 2012 #35
rofl treestar Oct 2012 #45
Did he build it? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #7
Romney - taking us back to the 1920s , every way he can .... nt pkdu Oct 2012 #8
Oh the delicious irony... Earth_First Oct 2012 #9
Must've left the sunroof open to check on the dog. truthisfreedom Oct 2012 #10
lol treestar Oct 2012 #46
So it's a sign that a GOP message full of hot air went whichever way the winds blew and crashed? Thor_MN Oct 2012 #11
Romney will go down for the 2nd time in 24 hours! Dustlawyer Oct 2012 #12
I hope that's a metaphor for his performance tonight and his whole campaign. n/t woodsprite Oct 2012 #13
it was weighted down with too much bullsh*t to stay afloat tomm2thumbs Oct 2012 #14
FOREIGN aircraft James48 Oct 2012 #18
were experiencing problems with wind :-D trusty elf Oct 2012 #15
For what it is worth- it's a FOREIGN registered aircraft James48 Oct 2012 #16
I have to wonder where it was manufactured. n/t Gore1FL Oct 2012 #36
Prophetic /nt Ash_F Oct 2012 #17
blimp full of hot air goes with binders full of women wordpix Oct 2012 #32
I love starting the day with laugh @ willards expense. bunnies Oct 2012 #19
Chris Christie Passes Wind! Donkees Oct 2012 #20
"We crashed it." - Republicans on the economy Berlum Oct 2012 #21
Oh, the inanity! tanyev Oct 2012 #22
DUzy! JBoy Oct 2012 #24
How many dogs were strapped to the roof? Happyhippychick Oct 2012 #23
Hilarious! Franker65 Oct 2012 #25
Saw this Sunday AM.... Beachy Oct 2012 #26
only in my imagination! welcome to DU! NRaleighLiberal Oct 2012 #27
no.. those people would have been rendered SemperEadem Oct 2012 #29
Those "Miss Me Yet?" billboards always struck me as anti-Bush, tanyev Oct 2012 #30
The "Miss Me Yet" ads Were Showing Up on Facebook for a While AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #42
are billboards still allowed on Fed hwys? or is this a state hwy? wordpix Oct 2012 #31
Welcome... cyberswede Oct 2012 #41
Mittenfreude! n/t beac Oct 2012 #37
Dave Letterman is right. sarge43 Oct 2012 #38
Oh, the (lack of) humanity! n/t xfundy Oct 2012 #39
There's just so many jokes that can be made for this, I don't even know Proles Oct 2012 #40
Sounds like Robme's campaign! Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2012 #43
Time for another photoshop thread n/t livetohike Oct 2012 #47
Mittenburg: cosmicamerican Oct 2012 #48
. reflection Oct 2012 #50
 

bjobotts

(9,141 posts)
51. ROFL-ha.Made in China-ha. Where's Pat Robertson
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 06:42 PM
Oct 2012

Where's Pat Robertson and why isn't he blaming the Romney Campaign as evil to the point that God crashed his blimp?
If Romney were gay that's all you'd hear from that goober.

 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
3. Hope that is symbolic of Romney's chances going down with tonights debate!
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 06:47 AM
Oct 2012

In other words, he's run out of hot air !!!!

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
34. ROFLMAO
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 09:18 AM
Oct 2012

It was a special hot air blimp customized for Mittens, with windows that open at his insistence

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
11. So it's a sign that a GOP message full of hot air went whichever way the winds blew and crashed?
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:19 AM
Oct 2012

It seems only natural....

James48

(4,436 posts)
18. FOREIGN aircraft
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:45 AM
Oct 2012

Tail caiires a "G" registration- it's a BRITISH registered aircraft.


Isn't it illegal for a foreigner to donate to a U.S. candidate?

James48

(4,436 posts)
16. For what it is worth- it's a FOREIGN registered aircraft
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:42 AM
Oct 2012

Take a look at the tail in this photo. The registration number begins with the letter "G", which makes it a BRITISH registered aircraft.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/21/3060738/blimp-like-craft-with-romney-ad.html

Hot air- of a FOREIGN aircraft.


Yep- that's Mitt!

Beachy

(7 posts)
26. Saw this Sunday AM....
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:46 AM
Oct 2012

...from the Florida Turnpike heading north to Ft. Lauderdale Airport(after a Key West vacation)!! It REALLY was shocking and frightening to see...and disturbing, too.
What was more disturbing was the huge Anti-Obama billboard we saw just ten minutes before this. I am 50 years old(as of today, in fact...AND a new member here..have been a reader of this site and forums for months, though) and cannot recall when a President of the United States was treated with such disrespect(election or no election). Can anyone remember an anti-Bush billboard ad anywhere?!

SemperEadem

(8,053 posts)
29. no.. those people would have been rendered
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 09:02 AM
Oct 2012

I distinctly remember all of the "talk against the president=treason" rhetoric back then.

tanyev

(42,556 posts)
30. Those "Miss Me Yet?" billboards always struck me as anti-Bush,
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 09:02 AM
Oct 2012

but I guess they really were put up by supporters. Go figure.

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)
42. The "Miss Me Yet" ads Were Showing Up on Facebook for a While
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 11:16 AM
Oct 2012

I always flagged those ads as "Offensive"

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