Air Pelosi
Judicial Watch has a new trove of FOIA docs on Queen Nancy’s military air travel.
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No surprise from this Bay Area citizen.I don’t see much difference between her and any other politician. That’s why I hate all politicians. Thieves and liars, all of them.
These people really are a trip. Thanks Pelosi’s district for an idiot…
Well, it isn’t like there are non-stop commercial flights from IAD to SFO.
What choice does the poor girl have?
8 non-stops a day on United.
My goodness! We can’t have Her Majesty and her retinue rubbing elbows and breathing the same recycled air as the
peonspublic can we?Free for me, not for thee.
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I don’t think that Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House), Harry Reid (Senate leader), Joe Biden (Vice President), or Barack Obama (President) should ever travel on a commercial airliner.
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Security and safety for them is more important than fuel savings and costs to the taxpayers.
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Ditto for their limo travel–a heavy fuel guzzling armored SUV should be used.
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There are probably terrorists and local kooks gunning for them 24/7. No more John F. Kennedy disaster, please.
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John Bibb
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This reminds me, there are little airlines that get your Federal tax dollars to fly to airports near Congresslosers’ home towns – even though they are empty on those runs nearly all the time.
She makes me sick.
why not just assign her a donkey for all future travel needs. After all, she is a Democrat.
Aside from disagreeing with you over Pelosi and Biden, Pelsosi is demanding bigger jets, available every weekend whether she needs them or not, crews driving in, fueling and prepping the planes then cancelling, complaining when the planes she wants are not available, taking extended family members on junkets….
Hey, lay off…how is she suppose to know when Obama will come down with a case of the sniffles or campaign exhaustion…
Having to be SOTH AND POTUS pro tem must be rough… /sarc/
oops, sorry, meant Reid not Biden…
For President (CIC of the armed forces) and VP, I can see your point Rocketman, but Pelosi and Reid are just two of 535 members of congress. In the event of an assassination or other injury, someone can step up and spend more money.
And I personally see no need for any member of Congress to travel to foreign countries at taxpayer expense. The executive branch has plenty of professionals in every agency that can give Congress all the facts it needs regarding any issue. In the event of a national emergency that we have to have them in Washington, we can send a C130 (or any other type of aircraft) from numerous bases to transport them.
Why doesn’t she just use her Broom?
Heh. Probably waiting for the Nimbus 2009 model.
Put her a$$ in the cargo hold disguised as a pig. She rates no special privileges in my book.
What’s even more outrageous is the fact that she and her husband are millionaires many times over – guess they’re too cheap to be patriotic and foot the bill when a govt aircraft isn’t available. Maybe the trip wasn’t worth taking in the first place. Democrats = OPM
She had to give it up, when the wind changed – that’s really how she got her permanent “surprise” face.
Sad story.
I think the USAF should reserve a DC-3 for her, and only that. Flown by cadets. No jets. Or a Chinook.
If she doesn’t like it, she can fly commercial and deal with random TSA cavity searches.
Or ride Amtrak.
What a hypocrite she is.
The DoD should be sending her the bill for the costs involved in those canceled flights. If the time span is over the course of a year, I’d bet the bill would approach a million dollars. I’d love to see her have to write that check.
Not Iraq or Afghanistan?
I am willing to admit, btw, that Pelosi and Reid are disasters.
This is the problem with most of our elected officials. They think they are a special class of people and should be treated as such. They work for us!! Let Nancy fly coach like the rest of us smucks.
That beautiful machine is too good for her.
She can use an O2-A. Maybe Danny Glover will fly her around.
I’m all for transporting Pelosi on military aircraft, but these multi-seat corporate jets are overkill. I think a more amenable solution would be to rig up some kind of a harness for her to be strapped to a weapon pylon on an F-16. Or instead, maybe modify a drop tank for the purpose. It can have a little window and everything. I’d call it the Pelosi Pod(TM).
That way Madame Speaker can get where she needs with less expense, while at the same time giving a fighter pilot much needed training hours.
While I agree that the President shouldn’t fly commercial for security reasons, I don’t believe the same for the Speaker of the House or The Senate Majority Leader. These are certainly not irreplaceable people and maybe if they did fly on commercial once in a while they would be more in touch with everyday Americas. That being said these are elitist liberals who look down on you an me (remember Dingy Harry thinks we smell!). It is an outrage that they are telling corporate America not fly on private jets, yet Pelosi flys everywhere on one on our DIME!
“Botox2, Botox2…”
Didn’t the travel on the military jet start with Dennis Hastert?
Do as I say, not as I do.
Pelosi — The mountaintop of hypocrisy.
Hmmm, I’m no accountant, but I suspect that if the taxpayer’s paid for an entire row of 1st class seats for Nancy Pelosi during his travels, that would cost tens of thousands less than flying on a private jet.
Heck, let’s buy Nancy three rows so that nobody is seated in a row directly in front/behind her either.
Still bet it’s cheaper!
Why do they need to go to Iraq or Afghanistan? If they need a briefing, I’m sure we can find a general that can fill them in. If they need to shake hands with the troops, let them pay for it out of campaign funds.
The lowest private in the Army has more rights than this POS to use military transportation. If there is a hop and space let her ride, other than that. NOTA. Taxpayers pay for these jerks to govern this country and should stop all overseas junkets also.
Good Lord, man, some of us just ate lunch and would like to keep it down!
Wasn’t there a whole lot of hand wringing here abotu how Obama had not yet made a trip to Iraq at some point in the election?
Budget demands? What, this costs money?!
“She can’t make up her mind”. What else is new.
Glad Judicial Watch was able to publish. I wonder what % of the population knows what she is?
Here Here. With todays communications there is no need for them to leave their office other than pandering.
Excuse me, but does she really need an Army escort and three military planes to attend a funeral in OH?
Learjet Liberal.
The difference is, Obama doesn’t care, and didn’t want to go to Iraq.
And exactly what does a member of congress going to Iraq or Afghanistan accomplish?
Hastert didn’t need a military jet either. No member of congress requires military transportation for domestic travel.
If they’re going overseas for approved fact-finding missions or other authorized trips, that a different story. It’s sometimes important for in person visits to conflict areas.
In fact, I think Ms. Pelosi needs to go to Warizistan as soon as possible.
Rus, I think if members of congress are going to vote on issues affecting our military operations, it can be useful for them to be able to have a representative go there in person. Not the whole of congress… but some number of reps need to see the place, not just hear about it on CNN and MSNBC.
Wait, so you want them to want to go but not let them go?
And other members of Congress. How many? Doesn’t say.
Adding to my last comment… that if they are expected to go to conflict areas, they should be in the custody of the military from the time they leave our soil. I don’t think we want to risk the safety of any elected official, even the ones we don’t like, in a hostile area.
But if Pelosi wants to go to France to chat with her kindred spirits, that should be be on her dime.
Private air travel is a lot of fun if you can get it. However, one could get hooked on it if not used judiciously. Seems like Madam Speaker is mainlining .
Blame-Am-Last. I would agree that a visit to Iraq by Obama had little chance of him changing his opinion, as would a visit to Gitmo. In his case, I don’t think there was any objectivity. But, I still think they should be afforded the opportunity to go.
Not all would agree, but that’s ok.
Mookie- Bush started that with Hastert post 9/11. Matter of fact, I think that is actually in the original thread comments.
It isn’t just that Princess Botox flies military, it is that she reserves a flight every weekend, apparently, whether she intends to fly or not, and demands certain aircraft.
Now that the War on Terror is officially over (the November election results would certainly imply that), commercial travel should be just as safe as military travel, and even a first class seat for Pelosi would be a lot cheaper than reserving a jet every weekend for her use, whether she needed it or not.
There’s hope for you yet Chapstick.
Sure, and grudgingly he went because his PR folks said he HAD to (he had an election to win!), not because he WANTED to. There’s a difference.
3rd in line for the POTUS. Not only are her constituents idiots (which is totaly understandable in SF) but apparently, there are some mentally challenged Democrats in Washington. What is it she has on them? There are hundreds to choose from and they choose her. Ze plane boss, Ze plane.
Over on huffpo they are crowing over daily show and how it is the only news source they trust. Seriously. Go look.
No wonder these guys voted for the dumbo in chief.
Common. You left off Cary and (erp) Kennedy to say the least. Oh, and Obama (who was probably not present at the time you were looking for people on that list).
I am with AJ, this small list and you being on our side concerning the 2nd Amendment – there is hope.
Great comment – if you were lgm.
Pelosi, you dumba$$…YOU work for ME, and YOU’RE FIRED!
“On March 10th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
Well, it isn’t like there are non-stop commercial flights from IAD to SFO.
What choice does the poor girl have?”
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I think she should get her broom upgraded and use that for these important trips she makes………. AH
Again, pandering for votes. Anyone running for office that wants to go to a combat zone to get votes should pay for the trip out of campaign funds.
And if congress needs to see what’s going on in a combat zone, ask the military information officers for a video report.
I can’ speak for the current troops, but when I was in the Air Force, having a visit from congress took us away from performing the jobs we were there to do. These guys are there to fight muslim insurgents and they don’t need to take time out to baby sit a bunch of politicians and reporters on a PR mission.
And I felt the same way about McCain, Hillary, Biden, Kerry etc etc etc visiting during the election.
It’s not congress’s job to run the war. Declare it and fund it and leave the fighting to the Executive Branch. I’d rather spend our defense budget on bullets and body armor rather than airfare for congress.
Gee, that’s swell of you, Chap. And what was your first clue?
I respectfully disagree. I understand Japan is not Iraq – but when I lived in Japan there was a saying amongst the ex-pats. “There are two kinds of foreign experts on Japan, those that have been here more than 30 years and those who have been here less than two weeks”. I view most foreign travel by members of congress as in the less than two weeks category.
When they pissed off Dear Leader.
And instead of going through the trouble of landing, they could just give her a parachute, open the door and push…preferaby over the water.
NoO parachute needed. Just have her open her mouth and the hot air in there should slow her descent.
Auto executives are pilloried for flying a business jet to Washington.
Pelosi’s organization is over $10 trillion dollars in debt and she wants her own personal air force. That’s just a bunch of Bravo Sierra.
Unless they are on Air Force One, no civilian should be on a military aircraft flying from one US city to another.
I once had a fighter driver guarantee me he could make me upchuck in less than five minutes if i went up with him. I wonder if he could be available to fly Nancy.
That is the entire point in one sentence. The blatant hypocrisy is so disgusting, it deserves to be ridiculed everywhere, every day! The fact that they can’t see their own hypocrisy just shows how far detatched from reality they are!! Apparently, they really do believe they are better than even corporate executives. They’re not.
The auto execs produce something other than misery. So they must be punished with more government misery.
“Uhhh…Base, we have a problem…the Pelosi Pod was released followed immediately by a misfire with my starboard Slammer…Roger, the Slammer is tracking…”
These so-called “representatives” are more and more arrogant every day. They represent their own wishes, and nothing of the public. Reminds me of the feudal days…the aristocracy and the peasants. You’ll find it hard to “vote” them out too. They buy the elections through the party and “friends”.
I heard the guys at GAS (“Pimp My Ride”) will be ready for the broom as soon as they finish pimpin’ Hillary’s
LET THE B!TCH WALK!!!!!!!
Washington:
Reversing Rising of Oceans Delayed Due To Essential Carbon Emissions For Congress and POTUS
Film at 11
Just ducked in….Nancy wants to be President someday. She is just in training. (Whydo you think Hillary has been exiled out of Country?) These knuckle draggers up the Peninsula just love the old girl. So simpatico. The Republican that ran against her made more progress this last election, but only slightly. Arnold doesn’t help the Party, doesn’t help down ticket races. SHMUCK!
Third in line for the presidency. We may not like it, but she should get the planes. Reid? no. He’s just a senator, but Speaker Pelosi is indeed high in the presidential line of succession.
Would conservatives have suggested that Rumsfeld and Rice take commercial flight? Of course not, and they’re further down on the succession list.
Yes, Pelosi is in many ways one of 435 congressmen, electable every 2 years. But in reality, she’s the highest official of one of our 3 branches of government.
Like it or not, an attack on Pelosi would be (and should be) an attack on the United States itself, just as it would be on President Obama.
Maybe she pays carbon credits for the flights…I didn’t think so, either.
ADyer: This “old” fighter pilot would consider flying from point A to deliver a Congressperson to point B would be a waste of precious flying time.
We needed to keep our skills sharp by hurling our bodies at the ground to drop a bomb where it was needed (we didn’t need no stinkin’ GPS). When we weren’t dropping bombs we were down below 100 feet shooting our guns to make sure we killed what we aimed for.
We needed to root around at 600knots and 500 feet off the ground (max) navigating to and from the range to hurl our bodies at the ground and shoot the gun.
Finally, we needed to twist and turn while rooting around at 600 knots and 500 feet off the ground (max) so we could defeat an aggressor and get to the range to hurl our bodies at the ground and shoot the gun.
Now, THAT is training every fighter pilot needs!
Flyoverman: I guarantee any fighter pilot worth his salt could make her sick in less than a minute from when they break ground on takeoff!
Heck, in Vietnam I even made myself sick — with a little help from the high humidity, bad weather and getting shot at causing me to do a lot of unplanned maneuvering!!
Pelosi and those like her should be held accountable for this type of flaggrant missuse. Enough of her “not returning phone calls” on the matter. Apparently she believes she is accountable to no one. She must stand before the American people and explain herself and we should not stop demanding it until we get relief. She owes us that!!! One comment regarding Christopher Estep’s post – no she should not get the planes for unofficial busines.
quoted from Fox News.
There seems to be a total disregard for the lives and well-being of these crews. Air Force regulations REQUIRE 12 hours of uninterrupted rest before flights are conducted, except, of course in an emergency.
To schedule a flight and then cancel it ripples down on succeeding flight operations. Crews who are called in and then sent home have to restart their “clocks” before they can show up for the next flight. By calling them in and sending them home you are upsetting Circadian rythms and putting everyone at risk.
Also, the unavailability of aircraft comes about because of required maintenance. You plan flying around required maintenance inspections, coordinating to minimize impact on the schedule. Unplanned flight requests made at the last minute are often not possible because of planned maintenance.
nail49 – but it’s all about her donchano
For those who say Hastert had the same thing…NO, he did not. He had access to a 12 seat jet — not an entire fleet of jets that include 757s and 737s.
Overkill a bit?
12 seats? But then where would his staff sit?
The issue is NOT that she needs a plane. The issue is Nancy Fancypant’s attitude and her demand to have the biggest planes to shuttle friends and family. It’s her arrogance. A little Humility from little Nancy would go a long way to smoother ruffled feathers. Like so many in power, she has a sense of entitlement. Horse Hockey as Col. Potter said. She is entitled to a flight, not the taxpayers purse.
Prime Minister Pelosi gives virulently toxic feculant sludge a bad name.
That such vermin (eg, Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, Dodd, Conyers, Rangel, Waters, et al) — and of course Bwany Fwank — can rise to such positions speaks so badly of our nation.
B-A-L, yes. I agree. In fact, what he did when he got there was try to undermine the Bush Administration’s foreign policy. So yes. You are correct. For many, the trip is a waste. But there were some Dems that went that came back with slightly less asinine views. Though admittedly, none come to mind at the moment.
Rus, I think you’re correct that there are no doubt visits that would be a waste of time. In fact, rarely do these members of congress spend more than a day on site. And as we were saying above, anyone as predisposed to whatever thinking they had, such as Obama, is wssting everyone’s time by going. I do think there are situations and objective persons that would benefit from some face time with the people doing the work where ever it may be.
But the issue isn’t so much that someone like Reid or Durbin are dipsh!ts who would look at a soccer game and call it Civil War, but rather that if we send our own officials into a war zone, should they be escorted in and out by the military. I just think that’s not an unreasonable measure to take.
Perhaps it should be left to the discretion of the military as to whether it’s warranted or not, and not left to the pol.
In Nancy’s case, they should make her parachute to her destination.
I really hate this creature.
I so want to reply to this. It’d get me banned, though.
So I’ll just say the people who would attack the United States are all tight buddyroos with Botox Nan.
This abuse and ethics violation by Pelosi will unquestionably and immediately be addressed by the media…….by attacking Sarah Palin.
Met a flight attendant on that very leg (flight) in San Franciso. First Class does have its privileges. Flew her up to Vail last weekend too… but I digress….
I dont think I really want to get my thug thizzle on with a GOV G5 flight attendant. They might have other commitments that limits their schedule flexibility.
Kiss and tell, Rabbid.
I’d almost rather pay my neighbor’s mortgage than foot the bill for Pelosi’s travel.
Sen. Feinstein: Please explain to NanPel how navigate home to CA via commercial flights–maybe you could hold her hand on a few trips until she’s comfortable with it.
I wouldn’t have a problem making a web seat in the back of a C-130 available. She can sit with her knees against a pallet of cargo and make 3 or 4 stops along the way. Coast to Coast, it should only take 15 or 18 hours, depending on the stops. One thing about C-130s though, it can be difficult to keep the temperature comfortable in the back. It always pays to be nice to the Flight Engineer.
Not just that they can reach these positions but also stay in them for decades. “Congressman” and “Congresswoman” were never meant to be career choices.
I hate to inform the likes Princess Peloozi, but the military is not her personal air taxi service. She’s breaking all kinds of rules such as bringing family members with her on Congressional jaunts to far off places like Iraq. She acts like the military (and its planes) should be at her beck and call whenever she feels like using up some jet fuel. This is a serious abuse of power and needs to be investigated. Would it hurt her to use commercial air travel? She has been playing up the recession so why shouldn’t she be a role model in economy?
If I was one of those Airmen I’d be thinking to myself when I saw Nancy and family/friends on the tarmac:
“Man, I didn’t sign up for this. She really does look more scary in person.”
self-edit: likes of Princess Peloozi…
http://www.judicialwatch.org/documents/2009/DOD_pelosi_response_3_2009.pdf
re the Iowa visit
http://learfield.typepad.com/radioiowa/2008/08/pelosi-talks-to.html
somethings fishy here.
We can blog furiously until the cows come home, but until we’re ready to march on DC with our torches, pitchforks, tar, and feathers, she (and the rest of the elitist Congressional scum) will continue to live it up on our tax dollars while nickel and dime-ing us to death. We do nothing except prove Schumer’s “chattering class” point by actionless blogging.
To heck with all of this. Where is the puppy HE promised to his kids?