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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:15 PM
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Bush Official's Plane Makes Emergency Stop
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A small, twin-engine plane carrying White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card made an emergency landing in Nashville Saturday after smoke began pouring into the cockpit, officials said.

Card and 12 others on board were not injured when the Gulfstream 4 plane bound for Washington landed at the Nashville International Airport around 4 p.m., said Lynne Lowrance, an airport spokeswoman.

"They thought they could be having some trouble with the Avionics instruments but they weren't sure what was causing the smoke," Lowrance said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051127/ap_on_go_pr_wh/andrew_card_s_plane
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:19 PM
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1. Hmmm, wonder who the others were?
I'm really no conspiracy nut, so this could have been just a thing that happens all the time with smaller aircraft, but I wonder who was traveling with Ancy Card?
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:19 PM
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2. Plane carrying White House Chief of Staff makes emergency landing

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051126/APN/511260874&cachetime=3&template=dateline

Plane carrying White House Chief of Staff makes emergency landing

The Associated Press

A small, twin-engine plane carrying White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card made an emergency landing in Nashville on Saturday after smoke began pouring into the cockpit, officials said.

Card, a Holbrook, Mass. native and former Massachusetts lawmaker, and 12 others on board were not injured when the Gulfstream 4 plane bound for Washington landed at the Nashville International Airport around 4 p.m., said Lynne Lowrance, an airport spokeswoman.

"They thought they could be having some trouble with the Avionics instruments but they weren't sure what was causing the smoke," Lowrance said.

The plane left Texas, where Card has been meeting with President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:19 PM
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3. Very Interesting!!!
Glad everybody was ok!!!
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:19 PM
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4. That's Bush trying to cook a turkey.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:41 PM
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16. Deep fryer no doubt.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:43 PM
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17. wonder if he wears his flightsuit
when he does that?

or one of his nifty, "commander in chief" bomber jackets?
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Moosepoop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:28 AM
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39. Yeah, burning plastic creates a lot of smoke.
:evilgrin:
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:19 PM
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5. Scary event!!!
glad they are OK!!!
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:32 PM
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13. damn, me too!
Imagine the danger to our country if important government administrators like this had fallen in harm's way!

Whew, so glad they are ok!!!




Cher
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:12 PM
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41. LOL!!!......tooo funny.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:21 PM
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6. "small, twine-engine plane" my ass it was a Gulfstream4
I could go on but I won't
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:24 PM
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8. Just a little-bitty thing.
:eyes:
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:26 PM
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9. 10-14 mil and a few grand an hour
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:29 PM
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11. A Gulfstream 4 can have all the bells and whistles, but
it's still a twin-engine plane, according to my husband, an aviation guy.

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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:35 PM
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14. I know that and I know people that have GS's.. but I just had to ..
post that for the benefit of those here who were envisioning a small plane like a Beechcraft or Cessna.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 11:19 PM
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20. So are 737s, 757, 767s & all Airbuses.
...
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 05:21 AM
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31. So is a Boeing 777
:)
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:22 PM
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7. Karl Rove and Card still fighting, eh?
:evilgrin:
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:37 PM
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15. Karl "The Omen" Rove, to be precise. n/t
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #7
45. What has their relationship been like anyway?
Any scoop?
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 07:05 PM
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48. competitive and probably intermittently confrontational since...
the whole Plame thing blew up in their faces. Card is on record as far back as when the hulking Amazon woman, Karen Hughes left the WH the first time, that he bemoaned the loss of "counter" to Rove. Apparently, Rove has placed the debaucle with the Meiers nomination directly at Card's feet as well.
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:26 PM
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10. and so it begins
Edited on Sat Nov-26-05 10:28 PM by LibertyorDeath
:sarcasm:
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:31 PM
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12. OK, so what does that mean? It's neverending! nt
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 11:33 PM
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23. Fitzgerald supposedly has someone on the inside
feedng him the goods on these thugs to save their own
ass, someone very high up, maybe it's Andrew Card.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 01:26 AM
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28. I watched Godfather II tonight
n/t
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allisonthegreat Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 03:14 AM
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29. I watched Scarface
on Bravo Friday night of course it was chopped to hell..i had forgotten i had seen it before...can you believe it. right in the middle of the damn thing...i hate that when it happens...

Re: Plane...ho humm...
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johncoby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:49 PM
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18. Coincedence? (sp?)
Hum......wonder what Andy knows?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 10:56 PM
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19. Vulcan Mind Meld going here.............
:D
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:33 AM
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26. It could be that Card was supposed to be the fall guy
Their fabricated Woodward story has to have the leaker as someone other than bush* or dick, and Card seems a likely choice. Maybe BFEE is not so sure that he will be a "good soldier".
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:15 PM
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42. interesting tinfoil analysis.
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 11:24 PM
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21. I have family and friends in Nashville....
glad there was no crash.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 11:26 PM
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22. Card seems implicated in the Plame case.
Someone might have thought life would go more smoothly, if Card wasn't around to be subpoenaed.

Or, it was just one of those random things. Take your pick.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:06 AM
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37. Card, the whisper in Chimp's ear guy

on 911.


He really knows the real truth.

He sure knew how to keep Chimp in his chair with the Pet Book that day.

I've always wondered what he did say to Chimp.

He should have said, "Mr. President, for the safety of everyone in the room, get your ass up immediately, say goodbye and get out NOW"

Card = "The Man Who Knows Too Much"
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Nihil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 08:08 AM
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49. Yep
If there was any single incident to put Card's life on the line
it would be his presence with GWB on 9/11.

Even if he didn't know exactly what was going down, he would know
very well that the usual tried & tested procedures were *not* being
followed ... Card is sentient and is more than capable of recognising
the "extraordinary coincidences" of that day as well as the benefits
to his master that swiftly followed.

Maybe this was a little reminder that an explosive device is just as
easy to sneak on board as a smoke device ...
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-26-05 11:51 PM
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24. The Bush's always cover their tracks.....
...not that I'm suggesting anything. No, not at all. Just forget my subject line....:yoiks:
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:13 AM
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25. the small plane
someone trying to get rid of Card?
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:16 AM
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36. Did Rove try to have Card Wellstoned?
Their feud is well known.
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:17 PM
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43. Don't forget Rove's Carnahan (Just a little help to Ashcroft)
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 02:54 PM
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46. those small planes!
they shouldn't use 'the small plane' too much or the public will catch on. Who ditched JFK Jr?
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 03:56 PM
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47. Asscrack was probably the only incumbent US Senator in history
Edited on Sun Nov-27-05 03:56 PM by Gman
to lose to a dead man. And you're right, again there is a Rove connection.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 01:25 AM
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27. How many small plane crashes so far?
Wellstone's was odd. Carnahan. It's just strange that Bush enemies never die in car crashes. Always small planes. And aren't planes supposed to be safer than cars?
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 04:13 AM
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30. Both killed during campaigns, too late for another Democrat to have
a decent chance organizing his/her own campaign as a replacement for the killed Senate campaigners.

There was another Missouri Democratic candidate killed in his plane during his campaign, too:
Carnahan was the second Missouri politician to die in a small plane crash. The first was Democratic Representative Jerry Litton, whose plane crashed the night he won the Democratic nomination for senate in 1976. His Republican opponent ultimately captured the seat from his successor in November.
(snip)
http://www.alternet.org/story/14399/
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Nomen Tuum Donating Member (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 07:15 AM
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32. ...but Bush says God is his co-pilot!
With remarks like that, I'd rather take the train, oops, I forgot that Republicans are shutting Amtrak down!
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 08:00 AM
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33. Now pulling tin foil hat on head.
With Plame-gate still going great guns and Abramoff nearing Pennsylvania Avenue, what did Card know and when did he know it?
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:19 PM
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44. Quite frankly this may have to do more with Abramhof than Plamegate.
Card was a huge fund raiser and here is the glorious
ties to the very top.
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readmylips Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 09:20 AM
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34. Why were they going to Texas?...to mix DeLay mess?
and who are these thugs traveling with Andy Card?
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 10:11 AM
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35. I'm a' SKEERED, Preznit Butch! I'm a' SKEERED! PROTECT ME!
OK, FIRST the "insurgents make a phone call" to say that they want to sign up for "America's Plan" for Democracy in Iraq.

NOW, the OFFICIAL BUSH PLANE starts smokin'...DAMN that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi! DAMN HIM!

I think it's time to appoint McBain as the OFFICIAL bodyguard to the Emperor. The rules have CHANGED, Stretch! We've got to take the fight to the TERRA-ists, rather than fight it on our own shores!

:sarcasm:
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CabalPowered Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 11:12 AM
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38. First the Nike exec and now this?
Gulfstream is having a bad week.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 12:10 PM
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40. Has anyone heard this on the corpomedia anywhere?
just curious
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