Air Force One is now Flying over the Super Dome for Bush to See Damage!

[KoKo]

to see the damage. Fox is only Cable showing this now. I guess it's an "Exclusive."

Can Bush see ANYTHING from AF-1...

[babylonsister]

1. I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy now.

:sarcasm:

[hlthe2b]

7. God help me...

I'm feeling overbrimming with intense anger!

God help me to not feel this way....:shrug:

[babylonsister]

24. Me, too, hlthe2b, but I

shroud my anger in sarcasm. I'm going to be doubly angry if people don't see through this ploy that is the blivet. I doubt he has a sympathetic bone in his body and wish people would wake up to that fact.

[Connie_Corleone]

2. I thought he wasn't going until Friday

[Beelzebud]

3. WHAT TOOK HIM SO LONG?

The incompetance of this administration know no bounds.

The sad thing is. There will be no accounting. Bush will give a few promotions and a few medals of freedom, and all will be forgotten.

[Imagevision]

48. Cunning bastard! - now he can say he's already seen the damage and

no need to come back by helicopter on Friday, this gives one the impression on much this country has gone down the toilet since the Bush cartel took over.

These guyz make the mob look like pansies!!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[SammyWinstonJack]

52. He can start his long Labor Day weekend tomorrow at Camp David

or on the BFEE compound in Kennebunkport or wherever the little worm plans on escaping to this weekend.

[LisaM]

4. Since when do they advertise Air Force One's whereabouts LIVE?

Do we live in the United States of STUPID?

[CatWoman]

Wouldn't it be more feasible to use a helicopter to do that?

[MercutioATC]

30. Umm, since EVERY SINGLE trip he makes...

The route may not be broadcast, but destinations are usually pretty easy to find...

[LisaM]

35. Well, sure the destinations

I just meant, is it normal to tell everyone, oh, by the way, Air Force One is currently located at.......such and such....

[MercutioATC]

38. Yep.

Every time he lands, everybody knows where AF1 is. Publicizing the fact that he's overflying a disaster area is not a big deal.

Publicizing his exact route there would be.

[rateyes]

50. Yes.

[txaslftist]

58. Rhetorical question, I assume?

[stellanoir]

5. Wow

* is so courageous. Ya think he's eating cake again?

[acmavm]

6. Why is he using Air Force 1. Do you know what it costs to fly that thing?

Can't he use a smaller aircraft for a flyover? What is wrong with that guy?

[Stephanie]

28. because he's FINALLY on the way back to DC

[MercutioATC]

32. He's on it anyway and AF1 (the 747) has advanced communications gear.

(any Air Force plane he's on automatically becomes "Air Force One"...it's not an individual aircraft, it's a designation.

The 747 he usually flies on is outfitted with all sorts of stuff (secure communications gear, satellite links, staff resources, etc.) that would make it a good choice for this.

[acmavm]

34. What's he gonna do, call the National Guard back from Iraq?

[MercutioATC]

37. No, but he was on the plane ANYWAY.

Does it make sense to land, switch to a smaller plane, fly over NOLA, land again, and get back on the big plane?

The big plane also has the advantage of letting him contact anybody he needs to instantly (no, I'm not suggesting he's bright enough to actually DO this) and carrying his entire staff.

[natrat]

8. strange times

[Tin Man]

9. I hope they don't forget to implement OPERATION CAKE DROP

[Catherine Vincent]

12. No...Operation Dumbo Drop.

:-)

[ronnykmarshall]

41. Something like this?

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. I'll bet someone has to tell him to look out the window.

And put down that &%^^#@* guitar he got yesterday..............

[SammyWinstonJack]

54. Oh man! Another photo of bush on AF1 looking out the window

while on the phone, sporting a 'series' look, showcasing what a strong leader he is. The RNC can sell the pics for $150 a pop just like they did with the 9/11 pics!

[Systematic Chaos]

11. Do any of those "armed gangs of criminals" in the streets

come equipped with rocket launchers?

Just asking.... :shrug:

[thereismore]

13. Bushturd is probably going to contribute some "blue ice" from AF1 into

the toxic brew underneath. Best he can do.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. hahahahahaha! I was thinking of "blue ice" too! GMTA! nt

[jackstraw45]

14. How CONVENIENT....

So he doesn't have to interrupt his naps in DC to actually VISIT the area properly via helicopter.

Does the MSM and White House think we are THAT stupid?

(rhetorical question of course)

[Wickerman]

15. Short answer - NO! Can Bush see ANYTHING from AF-1...

because he would have to turn off the Ranger's game, get off the coach , and walk to the window and peer out. Instead, he'll have an aide tell his speechwriter about it.

[hatrack]

16. Well whoop-dee-fucking-doo

I can feel the concern radiating from 15,000 feet. :puke:

[hlthe2b]

17. all the fucker has to do is turn on the friggin tv...

What the hell does it take to make these rat bastard rethuglicans do their job?

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. KKKarl probably took his clicker away before he went to TX

To protect His Highness from seeing bad things being said about him.

[SoCalDem]

18. zoom-zoom-zoom

what a dolt

[nini]

19. this is his VISIT to the area?

Ok, I have to laugh now or I'm going to lose my mind.

I'm sure the people there going through hell feel much safer with that prick flying over.

GAWD.. :puke:

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. No he'll be an expert on the situation, havong seen it from up there.

GET DOWN IN THE TRENCHES, YOU MORaN. THAT'S WHERE THE ACTION IS!

[sabra]

22. "look at the ants swimming in the water" he he he

[hunter]

57. "Embedded" twinkie Fox reporter laughs...

"Yer so funny, Mr. President. Can I get you another beer?"

[jackstraw45]

23. PHOTO-OP NUMBER 1

KKKArl Rove wants the photo of Bush looking out the window on the news by tonight.

CNN/FAUX/MSRNC will run it every 15 minutes and it will be the cover of many newspapers tomorrow.

"Bush surveying damage after canceling his vacation"

:puke:

[whichside_nys]

33. "PHOTO-OP NUMBER 1"

Where is he, where is he. Your complaints are out there. If he's not their in the mix during the storm, pulling people out of their homes than he's ignoring the situation. If he somehow is connected to the situation it's a photo-op. Would you like any more angles to argue from.

[in_cog_ni_to]

39. Please stop. The man is a worthless piece of shit and for you to defend

him, says a lot. Enjoy your visit! :hi:

[coffeenap]

40. Having fun wandering the threads and inserting pain? Go home.

[LandOLincoln]

43. Welcome to DU...

and enjoy it while you can.

[Beaverhausen]

47. He should be giving his helicopter (marine 1 ?) to help rescue victims

There is a lot he and his "staff" could be doing.

do you have any idea of the magnitude of this tragedy?

[txaslftist]

61. If you're still around, an answer:

"Where is he, where is he?"

The complaint is the same one you will find here going back to 2000. Democrats recognize something that a good Republican like you wouldn't. Bush doesn't feel our pain. Bush doesn't feel the pain of the people of NO, either. He doesn't feel the pain of the families of the soldiers he sent to die, telling our enemies to "bring it on", arguably the three stupidest words ever uttered by a living politician.

Now he flies above the site of the disaster in a cavalier and dispassionate way, looking out the damn window of a 747, from which he cannot possibly see New Orleans. If he were a decent human being (not just a decent president, even, just a man with a drop of compassion) he would be closer. He would be talking to the people who have lost their homes, their loved ones, everything.

He wouldn't even have to talk to black people (since he doesn't like too). There were lots of victims in white places like Gulfport, MS.

You mocked Clinton when he said he felt our pain. He did, though, however flawed he was in other ways. Bush feels nothing.

We know that and you don't.

[paineinthearse]

25. Who is the guy in the white sweatshirt

speaking live in front of the "G" background?

Edit - Brett Farve, QB of the GP Packers. In time of national crisis, Faux features a jock. Where is Homeland Insercurity? Haley Barbor? Senator Landreau?

[TheCowsCameHome]

36. Who is this clown Faux is interviewing? He speaks like a retard

How about some REAL authorities commenting instead?

[soup]

27. Parachuting in to save the day.

Oops, sorry, wrong George...

source: http://www.chez.com/georgebush/fr/actualites/1999/1999-06-10/

[dbonds]

29. It is not really out of the way.

I can't blame him for doing a flyover as he heads back to DC.

I can blame him for many other things, such as: cutting back funding for disaster planning, not make an on the ground appearance by now, having 35% of LA's NG in Iraq,...

[Ganja Ninja]

31. It doesn't look that bad from 40,000 feet.

:banghead:

[Hugin]

46. I saw some satellite photos a couple of hours ago...

Probably give close to the same perspective.

[kenny blankenship]

42. He's thinking: "MAN...coupla years from now there's gonabe some Hellafied

BASS FISHIN' down there!"

[FlaGranny]

44. Switching stations to catch news reports

I always find someone on Fox saying something to make Bush look good. Other networks report what is going on - Fox is Bush boosting regularly, if not constantly.

[ronnykmarshall]

45. He lookin out the winder saying:

W: Hey Linda ....

Laura: My name is LAURA!!

W: Yeah ok. Hey Linda, 'member when I got drunk over thar and puked in street?

Laura: What city haven't you puked in?

[terrya]

49. It's a 747 for Christ's sake. How can it get low enough for him to see?

[leftofthedial]

51. Look! Up in the sky!

It's the turd in the bird!

[RetroLounge]

53. Does he have the Presidential Bullhorn Handy?

RL

[Nikki Stone 1]

55. I'd be surprised if he could see much from AF1

I figure the next few days are going to be spent briefing him on how to talk about the disaster without sounding ignorant or smarmy.

[Neecy]

56. ugh

He's probably got a big ol' woody looking down at the destruction of a city that votes D.

[Gloria]

59. If it crashed, I wouldn't be sad....

I wonder how long it would be for a resue for him and his bunch?

[txaslftist]

62. Except it would land on someone.

[OhioChick]

60. This title sickens me.........

:puke:

[KamaAina]

63. When Pigs Fly

sorry for the insult to the entire porcine species.

At least they didn't put ** in a boat rescuing a baby that they'd placed there for the purpose. That was my nightmare scenario for ** cringe-inducing photo op.