The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
In news that is sure to warm the hearts of every American, the Charlotte Observer has a report today about Sarah Palin's meeting with Billy Graham and his son, Franklin. "He's followed her career and likes her strong stand on faith," said son Franklin Graham, who was present for the 2 1/2-hour get-together. "Daddy feels God was using her to wake America up." As if that were not...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Horror by digby Vaguely following up Tristero's post below, it should probably not go unmentioned that today was the 46th anniversary of JFK's assassination : The procession left the airport and traveled along a ten-mile route that wound through downtown Dallas on the way to the Trade Mart where the President was scheduled to speak at a luncheon. Crowds of excited people lined the streets waving to...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
President Obama addressed troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on Thursday. The president spoke as Air Force One refueled before he heads to Tokyo for his first visit to Asia.
Swampland (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska In an early sign of how President Obama's trip to Asia will likely go, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs came back to the press cabin on Air Force One Thursday to a torrent of questions that were not about the president's trip to Asia. “Can we start with Afghanistan, and [...]
Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Via CBS News: (CBS) Even before President Obama sets foot on Air Force One tomorrow [today- ST] to begin a 9-day trip to Asia, he has traveled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors. Since taking office, he has made 7 foreign trips and visited 16 countries, 3 of [...]
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
It took alot of hand holding to tamper down the trauma of GWB's reign. Even before President Obama sets foot on Air Force One tomorrow to begin a 9-day trip to Asia, he has traveled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors. Since taking office, he has made 7 foreign trips and visited 16 countries, 3 of them twice. The Asia trip – which takes him to Japan, Singapore,...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign manager David Plouffe will do his first interview since writing his new book "The Audacity to Win" this Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory . "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory" is scheduled to hit stands next Tuesday, November 3rd. NYT 's Jeff Zeleny blogged...
Ernie (Not Bert) (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
When I first arrived at Sarasota International Airport this afternoon, this was a view. A big 747 sitting there, all decked out in blue & white, labeled United States Of America on the side. There were a few hundred people gathered on the side of the road watching. Technically at this point, you're looking at just another plane. Just another really big plane, though. SRQ isn't a big airport, and...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Among those vying for time with POTUS on the flight from DC to Jacksonville, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson. The plane just landed and Nelson, followed by Reps. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville, and Ander Crenshaw, R-Jacksonville, followed Obama during the steps. The...
Political Intelligence (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
By Matt Viser, Globe Staff Moments before Air Force One landed at Logan International Airport, Governor Deval Patrick spoke to reporters waiting on the tarmac and gushed about today's visit by President Obama. "It's exciting. I guess I'm still an...
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The president's former campaign manager goes along to Boston for the ride, and perhaps a reading.
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
This is going to happen more and more and more and I hope the Secret Service is making good money. On the eve of the President's arrival in Newark, a private airport security guard is charged with making a terroristic threat against the commander-in-chief. Police and secret service agents spent the day at Newark Liberty International Airport preparing for President Obama's arrival. It turns out one...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
First Lady Michelle Obama talks with, from left, Chicago 2016 board member Marty Nesbitt, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Education Secretary Arne Duncan aboard Air Force One prior to departure from...
David Drake (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Dear Leader His Excellency Barack Saddam Hussein Obama, Junior finally got his bi-racial ass down to New Orleans . WSJ : President Barack Obama spent a couple of hours Thursday telling the hurricane-stricken people of New Orleans how the government is helping them. Afterwards, he flew to San Francisco where he spent Thursday evening telling the high-tech glitterati the same thing–but they paid...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
The 747 used as Air Force One flies over the Statue of Liberty in this photo released by the White House. WASHINGTON (CNN)– After nearly six months, President Obama named a replacement Friday for Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office who was responsible for the controversial low-altitude flyover over New York by [...]
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