Obama Plane Drama
The Obama Midwest MD80 charter took off from Chicago’s Midway Airport this morning at 8:59 central through some rain and clouds, bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, for an economic event. As the plane ascended, the plane seemed to push down at one point before bouncing up quickly - one of the traveling press gasped audibly - the rest chalked it up to turbulence.
About 20 to 30 minutes into the flight, an Obama adviser informed press we would be landing not in Charlotte as planned due to mechanical problems. Flight attendants who normally let press get away with unbuckled seat belts and keeping bags out asked us to clear the exit rows and buckle up.
The pilot calmly told the plane filled with staffers, Secret Service, press, and one presidential candidate that there were “controllability issues” with the plane’s pitch. The problem was with the nose of the plane, and the ability to move it up and down.
“We have full authority of the aircraft,” the pilot said, but said we would have to make an unscheduled stop in St. Louis for precaution. It was not classified as an emergency landing and the pilot assured us we would not have to assume the “brace position.”
The landing was as smooth as any landing and two green airport fire trucks greeted the plane at the end of its taxi. About an hour after landing, Obama was seen talking to pilots at the front of the plane and then came back to joke with his press corps. “Just thought we’d spice things up a little bit today,” he said with a laugh.
done
Soon after, Obama and his protective pool left the airport to hold in a nearby hotel. Those reporters not in the pool today are waiting on the plane, where pizza is on its way.
It’s unclear how long we’ll be waiting - the campaign just announced Obama’s North Carolina event will be postponed to a later date. “While en route to North Carolina, Senator Obama’s plane was diverted to St. Louis for a maintenance check. The plane is remaining in St. Louis until the check is completed and as a result Senator Obama will not be able to hold his event today in Charlotte. Senator Obama will return to the Tar Heel state again soon and looks forward to a continuing discussion with hard-working North Carolina families about his agenda to strengthen our economy and bring the change America needs,” a statement read.
The MD80 is a substitute airplane for Obama’s chartered 757, which is being outfitted for the general election.
Same family of plane and same symptom that claimed Alaska Air 261.
O.K. enough. I’ve now been hearing this through the media over and over for the last 2 hours. The plane landed. Nothing serious. No trauma. These things happen. Do we have to listen to this over and over the entire day??? Would it be this big of a deal if it were not the plane of the “chosen one” ???
Barack Obama for President of The UNITED States of America.
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…because it’s not the American way to reward COMPLETE Failure.
While the situation with the plane is very serious we could not help but chuckle when Bonnie referred to the secret service surrounding Obama as the “cess” pool surrounding him.
we are glad all are safe.
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So poor Osama’s (Obama’s) plane broke down. Well maybe he can just walk on water because after all he is the second coming in his own mind. Then again maybe Osama (Obama) can just book the next flight to hell. Please leave the Fox News reporters at the airport this time.
to God be the glory for the things He has done. There many,many, prayer warrior for mr. obama as well as all of the people that is involved in the campaign.
http://myapologies.wordpress.com/
Okay. Obama is catching up with McCain. McCain was shot down in a fighter jet and spent 6 years in the Hanoi Hilton. Obama’s private jet made an unscheduled landing and he will spend tonight in a Sheraton. They are almost even.
Okay. Obama is catching up with McCain. McCain was shot down in a fighter jet and spent 6 years in the Hanoi Hilton. Obama’s private jet made an unscheduled landing and he will spend tonight in a Sheraton. They are almost even.
Ignorance is contagious in America*** to Mr. Wes; if you don’t want to vote for him don’t but I hope you are prepared for very much of the same if you don’t!
Does Senator Obama wear a parachute when flying? He must learn how to bail out of an airplane and he should wear a parachute contraption at all times! This is not the first time he has been in an airplane with trouble, before it was during the primaries. This is no joke and although he made a funny out of it, it should be taken very seriously, life-saving!
I also think Senator Obama should have his own airplane, like McSame.
God bless him. Thanks be to God.
B.O. = Stock Market Crash…
BO is a FRAUD
Give me a break. So the plane had a maintenance problem. Big deal. If this is all Obama has to show us, America is in big trouble.
AIR AMERICA IS DOWN FOR REPAIRS!
Go McCain!
Obama wasn’t even born in the USA.
He was born in Zimbabwastahn or Bugwundeland
or somewhere like that. He is mental.
To “Vote American Vote McCain” … where did you attend school?
Obama was born in Hawaii and the last time I checked Hawaii is one of the 50 States. His father from Kenya and his mother from the mid-west USA. He is a Christian, not a Muslin, he does salute the American Flag and he does put his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance. He bleeds the same color blood as we all do. He is a very bright young man and frankly all those who want to slam him are suffering from their own personal insecurities. I really don’t care who sits in the Oval Office as long as the fuel in my car doesn’t cost $4 + a gallon, my grocery bill is not double, I can hold on to my job AND my home and those poor unfortunate military families do not have to go to a made-up war in order that the OIL MEN in this country can get richer.
Have a nice day !!
fox news why do you allow comments that are zenophobic posted by clan members on your blogs like the one above from vote american vote mccain. obama was born in hawaii us territory not africa. i think its mccain who was born where one could dispute if it wa us territory panama. but as biased as you are i,m not sure to see this comment.
foxnews = fraud from the postings you allow on your blogs.
The Wright Brothers would have voted for McCain.
If they are still alive I know they’ll vote McCain.
Pilots against Obama!
Bush is a moron.
Obama is worse than Bush.
Fox never updates the comments.
Losers all around.
Darcy Hudgens, VP of bag maker TomBihn.com of Port Angeles, WA
and her mother
Susan Hudgens (Unemployed smear merchant of noquarterusa.net called SusanUnPC) also of Port Angeles, WA have been in cahoots to pump up the sales at Tom Bihn’s online store by advertising Tom Bihn’s products at the blog noquarterusa.net without letting anyone know that they are mother and daughter and that the pitches that SusanUnPC was making for TomBihn.com were not simply based on liking the products but for both of their benefits.
noquarterusa.net is Larry C. Johnson’s hate blog that functions as a clearing house and sometimes originator of false smears, libel and racist attacks against Barack Obama — Democratic Party Presidential Nominee.
While Susan Hudgens has been working with her daughter to make money off her hate and smears, she has also been telling the government that she is permanently disabled and cannot work.
The good people of Port Angeles and Seattle need to know what TomBihn really stands for and how exactly their customer’s money is being used to subsidize hate and smears on the Internet.
This is not the first time that Tom Bihn has tried to use notierity to advance his merchandise sales. In 2004 he was forced to apologize for placing the following message (in french) inside his washing labels:
“NOUS SOMMES DESOLES QUE NOTRE PRESIDENT SOIT UN IDIOT. NOUS N’AVONS PAS VOTE POUR LUI.” Translated, the message reads, “‘We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We didn’t vote for him.’”
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/tom_bihn_bags_apologizes/
Here is a picture of Susan Hudgens for those who know her or recognize her and can furnish more information. She is the dour looking middle aged (bitter?) white woman.
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/36636_Ah4tL/1/1282219_7td8h#1282219_7td8h
You can contact Susan Hudgens (SusanUnPC) at:
409 S ENNIS ST
Port Angeles WA
You can contact Darcy Hudgens at:
1-800-729-9607 or 206-652-4123
TOM BIHN
108 W 1ST ST
PORT ANGELES, WA 98362
To contact Tom Bihn:
360-565-0143
The Obama campaign has setup an anti smear website to combat these false and hateful smears by people like Larry Johnson and Susan Hudgens. The new information that a commercial entity (TomBihn.com) is coordinating with the smears makes TomBihn a “deep pocket” for libel lawsuit purposes.
Its getting so you can’t hurl an innocent barb at obama
without some obama zealot attacking your personal
views of the truth of life. Shows me what life under an
obama dictatorship would be like. SCARY !!
Barbara Olson wrote, “The Clinton era is far from over and Hillary’s ambitions far from satisfied.” Ms. Olson was aboard American Airlines Flight 77, bound for Los Angeles as a guest on Bill Maher’s popular TV show, Politically Incorrect. Flight 77 was hijacked and flown into the Pentagon. Date: September 11, 2001. During her suspended campaign, Senator Hillary Clinton is redoubling her efforts, removing obstacles, and paving the way for her comeback. When Senator Obama was forced to land due to a “controllability issue,” KSDK-TV in St. Louis reported, “The same plane was used by Hillary Clinton during the primaries, but after Obama clinched the nomination, he began using it.” During Mr. Obama’s unscheduled layover, oil soaked fabric bearing the initials HRC was found packed into the tail section’s hydraulics; but authorities say remnants of the signature green scarf could have been from an old repair. Besides, millions of people have the same initials. To borrow a phrase from Bill Clinton, “It ought to make the bells go off in your head:” http://theseedsof9-11.com
For more on this story .. check out ERSNews.com for an exclusive report on Obama’s plane and its previous problems.
http://www.ersnews.com/permas_stories_updates/Obama_Plane.htm
Artietexas: Okay. Obama is catching up with McCain. McCain was shot down in a fighter jet and spent 6 years in the Hanoi Hilton. Obama’s private jet made an unscheduled landing and he will spend tonight in a Sheraton. They are almost even.
Me: Lol. I can’t believe that being shot down and being taken alive is still looked upon as heroism. I though dying for your country was the ultimate in heroism. And I think you are the first to make the comparison between these two.
dlwix: B.O. = Stock Market Crash… BO is a FRAUD
Me: It’s funny; you’re forecasting economic plans that haven’t been tried before as disastrous, yet McCain is proposing to extend the Bush tax cuts, making even more money for the rich to strengthen the imaginary “trickle-down effect”, while the middle class suffers EVEN MORE and the market really does crash from the current failed policies on steroids. You’re quick to knock down new views to stay with old ones that have already proven to hurt our economy. Can you explain?
To “vote american vote mccain” and richard, why is a fact-based post all-of-a-sudden attacking you personally? Could it be that maybe you’re clearly misinformed and he’s trying to give you correct information? If anything the legitimacy of McCain running should be in question because he was born in Panama! Don’t worry Richard, I’m sure somewhere there is a blog that only allows people to post with only your views so you can live an a misinformed bubble.
Comment by TheDuck
July 9th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
To “vote american vote mccain” and richard, why is a fact-based post all-of-a-sudden attacking you personally?
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uh……..er……….I was just messin with you guys………….he he.