Today was Bush's last flight on AF1. He didn't know. LOL.

[Avalux]

A reporter informed him that today's flight to Norfolk and back again would be the last flight. Bush mistakenly assumed that his 'get out of Dodge' flight from Washington DC to Dallas would be on AF1.

DOH!!!! :rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

1. yeah, Bush is an idiot who has proven over and over he can't look into the future

and weigh consequences.

:banghead:

[EFerrari]

2. 10 more days until we can say we survived this idiot. n/t

[Andy823]

44. We may survive him

But the world is a worse place since he took office! And in 10 days that asshole can still do a lot of damage. He and Cheney should have been impeached years ago!

[MissDeeds]

57. Sadly, many did not

He is responsible for thousands of deaths as a result of his war of choice. :cry:

[grannie4peace]

3. oh my gosh...

i thought my day was perfect before but this is far more than i ever asked for!!!!

[Occam Bandage]

4. Here's hoping he flies back to Dallas on a single-engine small plane. nt

[aquart]

7. Oh, that's a sweet thought.

But they'd have to prove it to me.

[frogcycle]

52. maybe he'll have to sit on the tarmac for an hour

waiting to take off - I hope he likes peanuts

[Ishoutandscream2]

61. And in flight, the single engine conks out

Hello, Agent Mike!:hi:

[grannie4peace]

5. you are an angel from heaven....

this is the best post!!!!!!!! you make me want to shout!!!!!:toast: :bounce: :bounce: :hi: :hi: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :applause: :applause: :rofl: :rofl: :popcorn: :popcorn: :patriot: :patriot: :spray: :spray:

[Avalux]

6. Can you believe he really didn't know?

Made me feel good too when I heard it - had to share! :hi:

[grannie4peace]

8. it is precious! i wonder if stephen colbert has heard?

[rvablue]

9. What an epic moron....he does know that AF1 is for the POTUS which he will no

longer be at the time he returns in shame and disgrace to Dallas.

When will I have to stop being exposed to this idiotic moron....oh, that's right, in 9-10 when Obama is sworn in.

[argonchloride]

10. What if he decides to go to Seattle next week? He can if he wants.

Where did this "news" come from?

[Avalux]

13. CNN. Sure he could go to Seattle next week but that's not the point.

The moron actually thought his flight to Dallas, after he is no longer president, would be on AF1.

[argonchloride]

20. Well, not to defend him but I'd give big odds that 99% of Americans would call

the big blue and white plane hauling his butt back to Dallas on the 20th Air force one. I don't actually know what it officially IS called though when an ex-potus is on board, do you? I do know the man keeps the title "Mr President" for life...

[mduffy31]

22. Its just reffered to by its tail number, but it is the "Air Force One" plane

[argonchloride]

24. Indeed, as I have been attempting to point out here for half an hour but getting no answer to

the question: Why can he NOT have another trip on one of the pool aircraft as Air Force One if he wants to before 1/20/09?

[rvablue]

29. He can...it's just that this was the last scheduled trip.. and now that he's found out, I'm sure his

nastiness, pettiness and childishness will kick in and he'll have to trump up some trip somewhere, just so he can ride in it again.

[argonchloride]

31. Yes and that is the actual point. Neither the 'reporter', Boosh or the OP knows if today's

trip will prove to have been the last one. The whole thing is a petty bunch of crap anyway.

[rvablue]

33. No, It's not crap and neither was the OP, the point of which was

to point out that Bush is so moronic and stupid that he thought he would be traveling back on "Air Force One," which he won't because thank the lord, he will no longer be President. Obama will be.

And it was supposed to be a little moment of celebration for us all .... in thinking how close we are to having this liar out of office.

Cheers!!!!!!

[argonchloride]

42. Yes it is crap, it's juvenile and petty and the vast majority of Americans would make

the same mistake. It's focusing on petty little shit like this in lieu of his actual high crimes and misdemeanors that allows him to get away with them. Makes us look like grade schoolers.

[malaise]

45. I'm celebrating

:party: :toast: :party: :toast: :fistbump:

[annabanana]

58. Any aircraft that any PRESIDENT is on is automatically "Air Force 1"

When the PRESIDENT is on a helicopter... That is "Air Force 1"

The designation follows the office, not the person.

[argonchloride]

59. Nope. It's Marine One.

:eyes:

[rvablue]

26. The plane that he flies back to Texas on Jan. 20th will not be Air Force One

as, thank the Lord above, he will no longer be president.

It is not the plane, per se, that is named Air Force One.

Air Force One is a designation and applies to the aircraft that carries the POTUS.

And so, the lying Shrub, even if he did get on the same plane that he was on today to go back to his cul-de-sac in Dallas on Jan. 20th will not be on AF1.....as Air Force One will be waiting on the tarmac for PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

[grannie4peace]

30. fuckin' a

[hlthe2b]

34. He SHOULD be shipped back on a greyhound bus...

if you ask me....:eyes:

[rucognizant]

37. I think I remember.............

When ghwb was sworn in..the reagans were flown to CA on the plane that HAD BEEN airforce one, same plane but lacking that name! Seems to me the newcaster stated that/

[mduffy31]

38. It is the Boeing 747 that is Air Force One when POTUS is on it

When it is the ex-pres is is just the tail number of the plane

[dysfunctional press]

43. isn't any plane the president on given the call sign "air force 1"...?

and when he's on the helicopter, it's "marine 1", iirc.

[mduffy31]

64. Yes

[RoyGBiv]

54. delete

wrong place

[pnwmom]

28. Why would he want to go to Seattle?

Seattle doesn't want him.

[argonchloride]

32. Well, hell, I just picked a far place with shitty weather.

Coulda said Reyjkavik, I guess...:D

[pnwmom]

35. Hey, don't dis our weather!

It helps to keep the riff-raff out!

;)

[argonchloride]

40. Actually the weather there has been beautiful nearly every time I'm there!

I think maybe 2 or 3 times out of 20 or so it was crappy...almost every time we go it's clear crisp and nice. Have not been the last 6 months though. :-)

[pnwmom]

49. Nov. - Jan. are the months that give us that reputation. Pretty much solid

clouds and rain, although this year we got a lot of snow instead.

In spring and fall we have a lot more clouds than the east coast, but not a whole lot more precip.

And our summers (July - Sept) are beautiful -- dry, moderate temps, mostly clear, and no mosquitoes.

But don't tell anyone -- tell them how bad our traffic is. (It really is.) Tell them they don't want to get mixed up in it.

And welcome to DU, argonchloride!

:hi:

[argonchloride]

56. Thanks. We usually come up there in late spring or late summer

have friends in Bothell (we tell them we visit because they live in Brothel hahaha) The traffic is not a problem, we lived in Florida for years - if you can survive driving there, you can survive anywhere. :D
:hi:

[Zywiec]

11. How do presidents usually get to their homes after leaving the White House? n/t

[Avalux]

14. Most certainly by military jet, but it's not called AF1. n/t

[argonchloride]

15. They use the same airplane. AF ONE is a radio callsign and has nothing to do with the plane

itself. I recall Nixon going back to Calif in the same aircraft that had always been AF1 after resigning.

[Avalux]

18. HELLO??

Again, you miss the point. :eyes:

[argonchloride]

21. I'm afraid you have missed the point as well. He most assuredly can initiate a trip

within the next 10 days and be on board AF1. Whether he WILL is a matter of unknown future events.
:eyes:

[RoyGBiv]

55. Nixon and AF1

Nixon's exit from DC upon his resignation provides the stuff of a standard historical trivia question.

Air Force One has taken off one more times that it has landed, but it has never crashed. How could that be?

When Nixon's plane took off, it was designated Air Force One. His resignation took effect while he was in the air, at which point the plane took on a new call sign.

[Staph]

16. Same plane, different name.

Whichever plane that the President is flying in is referred to as Air Force One. Even a Piper Cub can be AF1 if the President is on board.

[Occam Bandage]

17. Can't be Air Force One. That's the radio callsign for an Air Force craft carrying the President.

[WolverineDG]

19. They get a "courtesy lift" on the current President's Marine One

to the airport, but they're not on Air Force One.

dg

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

12. This is too sweet. Love it!

K&R. Thanx!

[trof]

23. He leaves as he came. Clueless.

Totally oblivious.
"Hunh? That was the last time I get to be Commander-in-Chief? Ride in the big airplane as the Decider? Durn. Wish I'da known. I'da gotten on the radio and said '10-4, good buddy. Come back?' Or sumthin'. Aw shucks."
:-(

[grannie4peace]

27. rotfl

[47of74]

25. Ha-ha

[valerief]

36. I wonder if Bush and Cheney have plans to fake their deaths like Ken Lay. nt

[defendandprotect]

39. Good ... but why? !0 days w/ AF1 ... Wow!!!

[dysfunctional press]

41. he's probably pissed that he didn't grab up all the towels, playing cards, ashtrays, and liquor...

because they want you to take that stuff.

[4 t 4]

47. A complete incompetent fool

right up to the very last day. I am still a little scared 10 days is allot to cause more damage. Please let him just go away with no more trouble in the next 10 days. Please !!

[LibertyLover]

46. I wish they could find a still flying Ford Trimotor

or a DC-3 to cart his wretched person back to Texas - call it Air Force X.

[argonchloride]

60. Actually, there are two Ford Trimotors still flying! I flew one of them for 20 minutes

a few years ago...and of course there are still several hundred DC3s. :D

[Kansas Wyatt]

48. The need to pull out the Beverly Hillbilly's truck.

He can pack Laura up, and they can drive that to Dallas during the last part of January. No, fuck it! Make them walk home.

[LiberalHeart]

50. Maybe he could fly back on Con Air.

[Mika]

51. Maybe Prez Obama will let him use AF1, in the new warm & fuzzy spirit of bipartisanship.

:puke:

W should get a flight straight to the Netherlands for a reservation in a basement cell at The Hague.

[frogcycle]

53. When Nixon resigned

He departed DC on "Air Force One". Halfway across the country, ATC advised the pilot that his designation had been changed to a conventional one, as Gerald Ford had been sworn in.

[pinto]

62. Ah, consistency. Clueless but consistent.

:eyes:

[spanone]

63. scrub it down with bleach.....undiluted