Air Force One doing Daytona 500 fly-over

[spanone]

What a crock of shit. This is pure unadultarated politics. Shameless. Bush* doesn't have the attention span of most "NASCAR" dads to watch an entire race.

[blackcat77]

1. I turned the tv off and came in here

There's going to be a lot of that crap with him pandering to the "NASCAR dads."

[wndycty]

2. That should be illegal. . .

. . .the way he is buzz the racetrack in Air Force One at taxpayer expense. I hope his campaign is forced to pay for this trip.

[spanone]

4. I wouldn't count on that.

[booisblu]

3. This idiot

sure does love to put on a show.

[MuseRider]

5. All hat

and no cowboy.

[madmax]

6. He should parachute out of Air Force One

maybe the chute won't open :evilgrin:

[spanone]

9. If we learned anything from the aircraft carrier

he'll probably show up in full NASCAR regalia. Helmet and all.

[madmax]

13. Don't forget

socks in the crotch. ;)

[booisblu]

17. Thanks

Now I've got to clean off the monitor :7

[xray s]

7. Are the taxpayers paying for this campaign stunt?

If we are I think someone should be SHOUTING about it!

[wndycty]

10. Doesn't Air Force One normal land on the first attempt.

. . .this a a deliberate buzz, I even think he circled the track. Very unnecessary.

[aquart]

8. That's his appearance at Daytona?

In a plane overhead?

At a cost of how much?

[spanone]

12. No he's landing and he'll kick off the race. Lots of publicity for

AWOL. He's probably flying Air Force One himself.

[blackcat77]

19. He's going to be on pit row and...

...give the command to start the engines.

Gee, I wonder if he'll adopt his cornpone accent for the occasion...

[A HERETIC I AM]

20. Best estimate on cost for AF1...

$60 - 80,000 PER HOUR Not to mention the getting the Limo's down there (On an Air Force C-17 Transport)

And yes, it is on the Taxpayers dime.

[Cat Atomic]

11. Is he dressed like a racecar driver??!!

He does love playing dress up.

[napi21]

21. If he stays for the entire race.....

this stunt could backfire, bigtime! It did when he came to Ga on MLK B-Day and had the traffic all tied up for hours because they have to block the streets to accomodate his motorcade.

With all the fans trying to leave after the race, and all charged up from the excitement, won't they just LOVE sitting in the traffic lines created because GW thought he had to be there!!!!!

I sure know how much I loved it when I had to sit on the tarmac for a couple of hours because they ground all air traffic for 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after AF1 comes and goes. The backup it couses isn't loved by anyone!

[Birthmark]

14. I don't know why I'm doing this, but...

...in the interest of fairness, the Daytona Airport is adjacent to the Speedway, so it's probably not all that big a deal - assuming they were landing in Daytona anyway. Just FYI.

[wndycty]

15. We know that but. . .

. . .Air Force one has clearance to land. He did not nead to circle the track!

[blackcat77]

16. The plane circled the track

NOT just an ordinary approach.

[spanone]

18. It was a REAL fly-over. Banking the plane and all.

this was no coincidence. I don't know but I would think in the interest of safety other aircraft have probably been re-rounted so they DON'T come over the track.

[nostamj]

22. CNN: "* is PRESIDING over the race"

this was uber-whore judy woodruff, of course.

"the the president RACE to victory in 2004?"

she is SO impressed with herself, almost makes you wish for wolfie!

[spanone]

24. Judy gives bush* her all. Shameless politics, shameless.

who's the dipshit defending bush* on CNN this guy must be embarassing to repugs?

[wryter2000]

23. OMG

Just when I think he can't sink any lower. I'm going to have to start using the puke icon.

[alcuno]

25. Bush I did the EXACT same thing - and lost the election.

Let him follow in the footsteps of his father - one term and you are done.

[diplomats]

28. Did he go to Daytona, too?

[alcuno]

29. Yes. The last president to attend was Bush I in 1992.

During his re-election bid.

[MidwestMomma]

26. It shows the complete hypocrisy of this man

After 9/11, you can not take a purse bigger than like 6 inches into any sporting events because of 'security concerns' and all major sporting events are a 'no fly zone'. But it's okay to fly Air Force One over a HUGE event and then have the president attend. Wouldn't that increase the 'security concerns' for all those people there?

He is such a :puke:

And then the irony of the pre-show report of how there are not as many cars this year because they can not find corporate sponsors due to the sucky economy.

ps He probably thinks the Busch race is name after him.

[leetrisck]

27. We get to finance our own demise

what a crock of garbage - our taxpayer money and he gets one hell of a free advertisement today - who's paying for all the extra security there because of him. Don't mean to sound petty, but this is getting old in a hurry.

[spanone]

30. Interview "I like speed, I flew fighters in the guard"

You don't think this is politics. bwahahahahahahahahahahah.

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[Cooley Hurd]

32. Did he fly directly over the track? And at what altitude?

I don't think AF1 is exempt from the FAR's:

http://www.risingup.com/fars/info/part91-119-FAR.shtml

<snip>
Sec. 91.119 - Minimum safe altitudes: General.

Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:

(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
</snip>

I'd be jumpy as hell if I were at the Daytona 500 today, knowing that Shrub was going to attend. Hearing a jetliner roar overhead probably caused some to empty their bladders...

[nwohiodemocrat]

33. Is * going to play politics at all 36 races

This bastard is shameless. Is it possible that he will schedule appearances that mirror the entire NASCAR schedule so that he can charge these expesnses to the tax payer? Maybe this is his idea for giving the boost to the economy with money being spent to provide security, gas, and etc..