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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:09 PM
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Bush IN COCKPIT of Air Force One when landed in Iraq (PHOTO)


"Only Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice were aware Bush had slipped away from Camp David abruptly on Monday night. He spent several hours in Baghdad before returning to Washington.

Aides said he was in the cockpit of Air Force One when it landed in the Iraqi capital with a sharp bank and quick landing."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060613/ts_nm/iraq_dc
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:10 PM
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1. "Timmy, have you ever noticed a dog humping your leg"
Bwaahahahaha.

Thanks for the memories
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:10 PM
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2. "Hey, kid -- you like gladiator movies?"
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:10 PM
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3. Mr President ...
ever hang around a gymnasium?
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:11 PM
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4. I swear I thought this was a joke...
until I looked at the link.
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:14 PM
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9. That sums up the way I've felt about the past 5 years....
Always seems too crazy to be true.
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Human Torch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:12 PM
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5. Your subject line got me to click on the thread...
...but when I saw that "Airplane" pic I truly busted my gut.

Probably today's BEST thread.

:patriot:
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dave29 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:12 PM
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6. Ever been in a Turkish Prison?
(Insert depressing torture joke here)
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:14 PM
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11. Quit reading my mind!!!!
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:16 PM
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13. Do you like movies about gladiators?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:12 PM
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7. So, W, ever hang around bald top whores?
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:13 PM
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8. Mr. President, you can sit on my lap, but don't touch the controls...
I've seen your flight log.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:14 PM
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10. "George, have you even been in a Turkish prison"?
Some of the people you've had "rendered" still are.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:16 PM
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12. Bush is an imbecile, of course he was in the cockpit of the plane
unsupervised, no doubt. I bet he was trying to push all the buttons and gawking at the gizmos. Like a child folks, that's who 'runs' our country.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:16 PM
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14. Do we have clearance, Clarence?
Roger, Roger.

Got the vector, Victor?

Over, Under.
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The Deacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:17 PM
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15. But, inquiring minds want to know
Did he wear The Flight Suit?
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:18 PM
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17. Do you even have to ask?
I just wonder if they have him a model of air force one to "land" himself on the floor of the cockpit...
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:17 PM
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16. How much taxpayer money did this little jaunt cost?
How many thousands of gallons of fuel does that plane use on one of these propaganda stunts?
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freexone Donating Member (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:20 PM
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18. Awww...did the child known as little man bush get a thrill?
Now he can go home and tell mommy and daddy all about it!
Yaaaaayyyyy!!!
(hands clapping!!!)
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:20 PM
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19. He was in cockpit of a 747 going into Baghdad? - A WAR ZONE?
BULL SHIT... BULL SHIT
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:26 PM
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20. No kidding.
I can see them letting him sit up front landing in DC, but flying into an airport where someone could take pot-shots at him as he comes in? Bullshit!
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 03:31 PM
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22. But the media reported it...it MUST be true...
:sarcasm:
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 02:28 PM
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21. Ha! I was just watching that movie earlier this morning.
Still love that movie.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 03:59 PM
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23. if only the troops could "slip" home that quickly!
Edited on Tue Jun-13-06 04:41 PM by Lisa
Bush, master of the fast getaway.

And I don't for a moment believe they let him touch any of the stuff in the cockpit (after all, there are dozens of people who would be at risk if * fooled around with AF1).
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:05 PM
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25. They may have duct-taped his hands to the chair arms
yet another use for duct-tape:)
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:42 PM
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32. I bet Don Evans wishes he'd thought of that, before that joyride ...
http://www.dubyaspeak.com/incidents.phtml?page=6

"Evans said he'd love to go flying. At the airport he watched Bush stare at the controls, at the panel, and he realized that Bush -- though not admitting it -- had no idea how to fly the thing properly. After finally figuring out how to launch the plane, Bush pushed the Cessna hard down the runway. Evans screamed, "Give it some gas!" The Cessna's warning system was blinking and crackling. Bush tried to lift his craft fast, almost as if he were piloting a jet back in the Texas Air National Guard. The plane wobbled into the air, and the unsubtle maneuvering threatened to shove it into a stall."
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:00 PM
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24. "you ever see a monkey naked billy?"
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:07 PM
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26. John Roberts was there too
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:08 PM
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27. Wow! Laura didn't know either, must be something to the rumors
about their marriage.
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jama Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 06:13 PM
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35. Well , yes she did
Bush visit to Iraq cloaked in extreme secrecy; only key aides, Laura knew

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13297571/
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:10 PM
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28. Bet he was wearing his codpiece.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:15 PM
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29. Yeah right, and I get strapped in the 737 when I fly to LA too!
Not happening folks! I don't care who he is! AF1 or any other plane! Nice try Shrub, but no dice this time!!!! Sounds like another "I landed the plane on the carrier deck" story to me.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:21 PM
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30. Yeah, and the press corps was kidnapped and taken to Baghdad
But no one knew, except the entire WH press corps
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 04:35 PM
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31. Whats he bucking for combat flight pay.......
Edited on Tue Jun-13-06 04:38 PM by Historic NY
That shiney blue & silver plane makes one hell of a target, counter measures or no counter measures. Well at least it explains why he was having a long Camp David summit.......yesterday he was too distracted to read or take notes. Pretty soon someone is going to catch on that staying at Camp David beyond the week end means were sneaking in someplace. He has done this at least 2 times before.
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InkAddict Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:27 PM
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33. Is it wrong to assume the FBI really did identify the 20th
hijacker - Hi Agent Mike, just kiddin'
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 05:33 PM
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34. I was hoping he really was piloting it, if you get my drift.
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