"AP: White House Defends Pelosi Plan Request" Uh-oh

[Norquist Nemesis]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PELOSI_PLANE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Thursday defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against Republican criticism that her desire to fly in an Air Force transport plane is an extravagance.

"This is a silly story and I think it's been unfair to the speaker," White House spokesman Tony Snow said.

Republicans are taking issue with the size of the plane Pelosi would need to fly in to reach her hometown of San Francisco without refueling. There are three Air Force airplanes that have the fuel capacity to make the trip nonstop, with the largest being a C-32 plane, a military version of the Boeing 757-200.
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Bushetals need to watch it. Cons threatening impeachment might add this to their list!

[blogslut]

1. my head hurts now

I am very confused.

[dancingme]

2. Hannity and Ingraham won't know what to say now

of course that never stopped them before :D

[spanone]

3. Set-up a non story, then look like the good guys by pooh hooing it.

[Catherine Vincent]

11. Yep, you got it.

They did the same with the outgoing Clinton staff supposedly trashing the place. I don't know who they think they are fooling.

[cassiepriam]

13. Yep that is it. New strategy? Repugs playing good cop/bad cop?

[The Count]

18. Nothing new. AF 1, office-gate - been done since * climbed in the WH...

[Kadie]

4. From SFGate: Pelosi, Snow slam critics: 'Silly story'

Pelosi, Snow slam critics: 'Silly story'
Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Thursday, February 8, 2007


(02-08) 09:45 PST WASHINGTON D.C. -- A political odd couple, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House spokesman Tony Snow, today slammed critics of Pelosi's bid to use a government plane that can fly her nonstop between Washington and her home district in San Francisco.

"This is a silly story, and I think it's been unfair to the speaker,'' Snow told reporters.

What's especially notable about the Bush White House coming to Democrat Pelosi's defense is that many House Republican leaders have been the most outspoken critics of the negotiations that have been going on between the House sergeant at arms, a GOP appointee, and the Air Force over what plane Pelosi should have access to.

"We think it's important that the speaker of the House enjoy the same kind of security that we arranged for Speaker Hastert in the wake of Sept. 11. And like I said, I think that there's been a lot of over-hyped reporting on this,'' Snow said.

Asked by reporters about the Republican criticism -- which has included charges that she wants an "Air Force Three'' or a "Flying Lincoln Bedroom'' -- Pelosi denounced officials at the Defense Department for leaking information about the House-Air Force negotiations. She said she suspected that officials loyal to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were behind the leaks.

more...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/08/BAGHNO171A6.DTL&feed=rss.news

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. And yet, the Cons are now on the House making speeches about it!

They should be challenged at the first opportunity; take that back...they should be challenged immediately to have their words "taken down". IMMEDIATELY!

[spanone]

7. Just shows what stupid, mean shits they are.

[lyonn]

10. Since you posted about the House discussion I flicked over

there and sure enough, they are still harping about it with great emotion. Meanwhile, what ever happen to the Billions lost in Iraq due to poor contracts and just plain can't find it. Mind boggling

Could the media report this properly? Nope, they take it serious.

[Johonny]

5. Not stop flight to San Francisco

Come on what we really want to know is if she will wear diapers on the trip. That's a long flight. Bah the media never covering the REAL story.

[malaise]

8. Meanwhile the leak came from the

Pentagon. Time to run Bushco out of town.

[wicket]

12. Amen to that

:grr:

[Double T]

9. How could the WH condemn IT; THEY are flying around the country.......

and the world all the time.

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. They're just letting the assholes in Congress be the bullies.

I'm glad they released that statement, but I'm sure KKKRove was immediately on the phone to BONER ordering his attack dogs to the House floor...which is where they were.

[Drifter]

15. Chimpy ...

is going to support her on this, because if he doesn't, they are going to begin comparing her travel costs with Chimpy's travel costs. If people knew how much Chimpy was spending to vacation and campaign, there would be far more outrage.

Cheers
Drifter

[Zandor]

16. I'm sure Faux

will retract their criticism on the Grapevine. /sarcasm

[The Count]

17. SHE BLEW THE WHISTLE ON W - THEY HAD TO "save her"

Reminiscent of "officegate" AF1-gate etc