Pelosi's Plane Problems
No, that's not Air Force One...that's the plane used by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...or at least that's the plane that was chosen for her.
Since 9/11, the Pentagon has agreed to provide the Speaker of the House, second in line to the Presidency with the private military plane to take him or her to and from his or her's home district and back to Washington.
Since 9/11, there have only been two Speakers...first Denny Hastert from Illinois, who didn't have to travel all that far, and now Nancy Pelosi from far away San Francisco, California.
For security reasons, the Pentagon and the Speaker agree he or she should fly to and from Washington non-stop, but San Francisco to Washington is close to 4,000 miles. Hastert's small Gulfstream-like plane brought him back to Northern Illinois without a problem, but California to Washington...a little more of a problem
It doesn't surprise me that the GOP is pouncing on reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has requested a more elaborate and expensive plane to transport her back and forth from California to Washington...but perhaps before they pounce, they should look more into things.
First of all, to listen to GOP Congressmen, such as Patrick McHenry (R-North Carolina) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) complain Pelosi's plane contributes to global warming really ticked me off
Anyway, House Sargent-at-arms Bill Livingood now admits he, not the Speaker, requested the bigger, fancier plane. Pelosi admitted she wouldn't care if she just flew commercially (as Speakers pre 9-11 did).
Even the White House said the issue was overblown by House Republicans.
I guess the GOP is just sore about being in the minority...they don't like it. They don't like to be without power...they got too used to it.
Well...my only response is the same one they gave to Democrats after 1994, 2000, 2002 and 2004;
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