Pelosi Jet Request Sparks Debate

[Psycho4Bud]

(CBS News) WASHINGTON Ever since 9/11, a small military jet has been made available to transport the Speaker of the House for security reasons, CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports. The Speaker is second in the line of succession to the presidency.

Before the 2006 elections, the speaker was Republican Dennis Hastert of Illinois. Now it's California Democrat Nancy Pelosi, and she may be getting some more leg room. Pelosi reportedly is asking for a much bigger jet â?? a government version of the Boeing 757 that can make the trip between Washington and her San Francisco home without stopping to refuel.

The speaker's critics have dubbed it "Pelosi One." Military officials are said to be grumbling about it, and she finds herself on the defensive. Today, she insisted that size doesn't really matter.
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:S2: I don't really put much faith into the word of politicians.....especially democrat politicians.....BUT when a WOMAN, DEMOCRAT POLITICIAN is saying "Size don't matter". GET REAL!!!

Have a good one!:s4:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 02-08-2007. Pelosi Jet Request Sparks Debate (CBS News) WASHINGTON Ever since 9/11, a small military jet has been made available to transport the Speaker of the House for security reasons, CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports. The Speaker is second in the line of succession to the presidency. Before the 2006 elections, the speaker was Republican Dennis Hastert of Illinois. Now it's California Democrat Nancy Pelosi, and she may be getting some more leg room. Pelosi reportedly is asking for a much bigger jet â?? a government Rating: 5

[noruth]

it's not size it's GIRTH!

[Bong30]

I herd she got shot down.......

that didnt sound right....

i herd they said no to her request....

[PatrickHenry]

It makes her look bad. If you're a public servant, act like a public servant.

[birdgirl73]

This one makes me laugh a bit. The right is saying she wants a palatial jet and making this an issue of Pelosi's power-hunger. But if you read the various stories and facts about this issue, she and her staff have explained that she simply wants transport that can fly her home to her district in California without having to restop for refueling. Hastert's home district was Illinois, which was reachable non-stop from D.C. in a smaller plane. Bush has stressed security to the top leaders in Congress and the Senate, considering where they fall in the line of succession if anything happens to him and that they're key targets of the crazies, too. He has even agreed that the non-stop issue is an important one for the speaker.

Read the real facts on this. Not just the anti-Pelosi propaganda. If you know anything about cross-country aviation, you know that it takes a fairly big plane to make that trip nonstop.

[PatrickHenry]

This one makes me laugh a bit. The right is saying she wants a palatial jet and making this an issue of Pelosi's power-hunger. But if you read the various stories and facts about this issue, she and her staff have explained that she simply wants transport that can fly her home to her district in California without having to restop for refueling. Hastert's home district was Illinois, which was reachable non-stop from D.C. in a smaller plane. Bush has stressed security to the top leaders in Congress and the Senate, considering where they fall in the line of succession if anything happens to him and that they're key targets of the crazies, too. He has even agreed that the non-stop issue is an important one for the speaker.

Read the real facts on this. Not just the anti-Pelosi propaganda. If you know anything about cross-country aviation, you know that it takes a fairly big plane to make that trip nonstop.

That said, she can afford to have a quick refueling or save the tax payers some money and work from Washington, DC. I wonder how much each trip costs with a private pilot, jet fuel, and administrative costs. Government officials should be a bastion of frugality.

[Psycho4Bud]

Read the real facts on this. Not just the anti-Pelosi propaganda. If you know anything about cross-country aviation, you know that it takes a fairly big plane to make that trip nonstop.

I don't buy this hazardous situation because she has to make a fuel stop. Her new plane would have a permanent 16 member staff, 43 luxury seats and a sleeping area. She's the Speaker, not the President.......

Tax and spend........when they raise up our taxes, thank the fine people putting YOUR tax dollars towards their own luxuries.

The woman who five months ago said, â??Democrats are committed to a new direction in the way our government does business so taxpayersâ?? money is handled responsibly,â?�

Have a good one!:s4:

[Psycho4Bud]

That said, she can afford to have a quick refueling or save the tax payers some money and work from Washington, DC. I wonder how much each trip costs with a private pilot, jet fuel, and administrative costs. Government officials should be a bastion of frugality.

I heard that this lil' plane would cost US taxpayers an additional $300,000 per year just to make it so ol' girl doesn't have to make a refuel stop.

Have a good one!:s4:

[PatrickHenry]

I heard that this lil' plane would cost US taxpayers an additional $300,000 per year just to make it so ol' girl doesn't have to make a refuel stop.

Have a good one!:s4:

That bald eagle and the American flag cracks me up. Don't get me wrong I'm not a conservative looking to trash the lady, I just don't think we should be paying that much for a politician's domestic airplane.

[delusionsofNORMALity]

....The woman who five months ago said, â??Democrats are committed to a new direction in the way our government does business so taxpayersâ?? money is handled responsibly,â?�

Have a good one!:s4:

that new direction is straight into democrat pockets instead of republican pockets, so technically it wasn't a lie:S2:

love the bela pelosi bit