Gunny
Gold Member
"It is my understanding there are NO G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable ... The Speaker will want to know where the planes are," King wrote.
a G5 costs about $7000/hr to run and would consume approximately 10,000 gallons of fuel for a round trip SF-DC.
get on a fucking airliner and shut your yap, nancy.
did anyone complain when dennis hastert took military planes?
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The media continues to pound a false Washington Times report accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of wasting government resources by demanding permanent access to a large military jet for herself, her staff, other Members and supporters.
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Sweet column: Pelosi's plane flap. Hastert's fed jet flights.
By Lynn Sweeton February 8, 2007 11:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (12)
Double standard
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is taking some heat because she wants a government plane to fly her between Washington and San Francisco and take some other members and staffers with her.
What exactly is the fuss about?
(from Sweet column in The Hill TheHill.com)
Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) used a government plane on a routine basis to fly himself and his two top staffers at the time, Scott Palmer, the chief of staff, and Mike Stokke, the deputy COS, from the capital to an airport near his home in Illinois. Hastert had a rather unusual management system: His key aides almost always traveled with him when he returned to the District. It was convenient, since Palmer and Stokke roomed with Hastert in Washington, sharing his townhouse.
When Hastert was under pressure because of the exploding Mark Foley page scandal last October, he ordered an airlift at government expense to fly a lawmaker to Washington for the sole purpose of getting him to a press conference to help bail Hastert out of the jam.
Sweet column: Pelosi's plane flap. Hastert's fed jet flights. - Lynn Sweet
Intellectually dishonest. Hastert used a plane 1 time. Pelosi wants one at her disposal.
Your response is typical. "It's okay if we do it cuz you did it first." Yeah, you lefties are S-O-O-O much better ....