Obama's HIGHWAY TO HELL Bus tour to cost Taxpayers Millions. F'NG CLUELESS!

[Soul Crusher]

August 15, 2011 11:26 AM
U.S. Secret Service gets 2 new buses ahead of Obama tour
By Mark Knoller . The U.S. Secret Service has two new buses in its fleet for President Obama to use on his 3-day Midwest bus trip starting today.




An official tells CBS News the buses were purchased in recent months and will serve as part of the fleet of vehicles the Secret Service uses for all of its protectees.


In the past, the Secret Service would lease buses as needed and outfit them with the security and communications equipment as needed.


"We have not been satisfied with the level of protection offered by leased buses," said a Secret Service official.


Another official said the buses cost the service $1.1-million and are of a size and make the Secret Service finds most suitable for its equipment and protective requirements.


"Protectees have been utilizing buses for some 40 years or more," the official said, and the new buses will not be used just for the president.


Mr. Obama today begins a 3-day bus swing through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. He has four town hall meetings planned and a forum on rural economic issues.


Although the bus trip has the feel of a campaign swing, the White House is billing the 3-day tour as "official." That means taxpayers pick up all of the costs of the trip.


When Mr. Obama ventures out on political trips, his campaign or the Democratic National Committee typically pay a small portion of the cost of presidential travel, as required by the Federal Election Commission.


A spokesman says Mr. Obama views the outing as one of his "chief responsibilities" in office: "to spend some time outside Washington, D.C., talking to people all across the country about the economy and about how they're impacted by the policy decisions that he's making."


Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that such a bus trip "isn't just an appropriate thing for a president to do, it's something that a president should do."


The White House says Mr. Obama will use the town hall meetings to hear the concerns of the American people about the economy and their ideas on what needs to be done.


The Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called a news conference in Minnesota this morning to raise objections to the taxpayer-funded nature of the president's trip.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20092460-503544.html#ixzz1V7EQsAno



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What a fucking joke.  

Mid 30's here we come.  

[Soul Crusher]

 

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

August 15, 2011 11:26 AM
U.S. Secret Service gets 2 new buses ahead of Obama tour
By Mark Knoller . The U.S. Secret Service has two new buses in its fleet for President Obama to use on his 3-day Midwest bus trip starting today.




An official tells CBS News the buses were purchased in recent months and will serve as part of the fleet of vehicles the Secret Service uses for all of its protectees.


In the past, the Secret Service would lease buses as needed and outfit them with the security and communications equipment as needed.


"We have not been satisfied with the level of protection offered by leased buses," said a Secret Service official.


Another official said the buses cost the service $1.1-million and are of a size and make the Secret Service finds most suitable for its equipment and protective requirements.


"Protectees have been utilizing buses for some 40 years or more," the official said, and the new buses will not be used just for the president.


Mr. Obama today begins a 3-day bus swing through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. He has four town hall meetings planned and a forum on rural economic issues.


Although the bus trip has the feel of a campaign swing, the White House is billing the 3-day tour as "official." That means taxpayers pick up all of the costs of the trip.


When Mr. Obama ventures out on political trips, his campaign or the Democratic National Committee typically pay a small portion of the cost of presidential travel, as required by the Federal Election Commission.


A spokesman says Mr. Obama views the outing as one of his "chief responsibilities" in office: "to spend some time outside Washington, D.C., talking to people all across the country about the economy and about how they're impacted by the policy decisions that he's making."


Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that such a bus trip "isn't just an appropriate thing for a president to do, it's something that a president should do."


The White House says Mr. Obama will use the town hall meetings to hear the concerns of the American people about the economy and their ideas on what needs to be done.


The Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called a news conference in Minnesota this morning to raise objections to the taxpayer-funded nature of the president's trip.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20092460-503544.html#ixzz1V7EQsAno



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What a fucking joke.   

Mid 30's here we come. 

Nothing that President Bush didn't do when he was running for re-election.  Its an incumbant advantage.

[blacken700]

been going on for years,only a big deal when a black man does it 

[Soul Crusher]

Good - so we agree - Obama = Bush, who yuou libtards consider the worst potus of all time.  

[Soul Crusher]

been going on for years,only a big deal when a black man does it 

Yeah, telling everyone else buckle up and tighten their belts while he bounces our checkbook is real leadership. 

 

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Good - so we agree - Obama = Bush, who yuou libtards consider the worst potus of all time.  

Have you ever heard of an honest and fair politican???.....

[Soul Crusher]

April 21, 2011
Categories:Miscellaneous.$2.2 million for Secret Service's new armored buses

http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0411/22_million_pricetag_for_Obamas_new_armored_buses.html#ixzz1V7P6eeaL

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The Secret Service has revealed to Talking Points Memo that the government has purchased two armored buses for use by President Barack Obama and Republican candidates in the 2012 presidential campaign and beyond.

The agency initially declined to tell TPM whom the buses were bought from, but based on some searches of federal databases it looked to me like the seller was Hemphill Brothers Coach Co. of Whites Creek, Tenn. Last July, the Service signed a contract for nearly $2.2 million with the firm, according to a federal procurement database. (The entry doesn't specify the number of buses.)

"The contract you found is the contract," Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said Thursday morning. "It's two buses for $1.1 million each."

"We've been overdue for having this asset in our protective fleet for some time," Donovan said. "We've been protecting presidential candidates and vice presidential candidates all the way back to the 1980s using buses during bus tours."

In the past, the service leased buses and then tried to fit them with extra security gear. But that can't provide the assurance of starting from scratch.

"They're certainly going to be used for bus tours around the country," as well as other events, Donovan said. "When protectees go to remote areas, go camping or on a motorcyle trip, we''ll bring the asset out as a mobile security facility." (Kind of like a congressman's mobile office, I guess.)

The final cost of the two new buses will exceed $2.2 million, because the Service prefers to add its own aftermarket security features to vehicles. Donovan said the service will do so in this instance as well.

The $1.1 million price tag is roughly in line with costs for custom-made, luxury motorcoaches. This company quotes prices of $1.5 million to $2.5 million for a new luxury bus.

UPDATE: This post has been updated with comment from the Secret Service.




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Funny how obama could not spare 2 million out of the billion he is raising to pay for his own commie ass and that pig of wife to be carted around the nation on our dime. 

Like I sad - this is the flash mob admn. 

[dario73]

Have you ever heard of an honest and fair politican???.....

So explain your blind loyalty to Obama.

[240 is Back]

Funny how obama could not spare 2 million out of the billion he is raising to pay for his own commie ass and that pig of wife to be carted around the nation on our dime.  

Are you calling the first lady of the USA a pig?

[Soul Crusher]

Are you calling the first lady of the USA a pig?

Yes - she is a pig and thug. 

[blacken700]

Yes - she is a pig and thug. 

no class

[Soul Crusher]

no class

The day i heard this i wrote this nasty leech off. 

[dario73]

Are you calling the first lady of the USA a pig?

Isn't it great to be able to insult the president's wife without fear of any repercussion? God Bless America!!!

[240 is Back]

How many americans were "proud" of Dubya's response time on 911?  

Were you "proud" of it, 333386?

When they changed the law in summer 2001 so that only Bush/Cheney could shoot down airliners, no longer giving NORAD that power...

Then upon hearing planes were being used as weapons - he sat there for 8 long minutes gazing into space...

Were you REALLY PROUD then, 33?

[240 is Back]

Isn't it great to be able to insult the president's wife without fear of any repercussion? God Bless America!!!

LOL!  Correct~!

All of 33's talk about us living in a communist dictatorship under obama...

Go to a REAL communist dictatorship and post shit like that...

[Soul Crusher]

She wasnt proud during Clintons' term? 

[Soul Crusher]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/15/obama-economy-jobs_n_927189.html



I guess HP is Teathuglicans and Teavangilists too? 

[Soul Crusher]

Rebranding Obama's buscapade
Politico44 ^ | 08/15/11 | JULIE MASON

Posted on Monday, August 15, 2011 3:12:15 PM by ColdOne

Obama arrived in Minnesota earlier today. "I am very pleased to be out of Washington," he said.

White House press secretary Jay Carney bridled at the notion that the three-day bus tour, which traverses three battleground states Obama won in 2008, had anything to do with the fact that he’s struggling to maintain support in those states ahead of the 2012 contest.

Carney said it was ridiculous to suggest that “anytime the president leaves Washington, it’s campaigning,” and that Obama was “doing what presidents do, going out into the country.”



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LMAO.   They are in for such a surprise next year. 

[Kazan]

Carter tried something like this except he invited them to the white house to get "ideas" on what to do. Didn't work out for Carter and it will be a train wreck for Obama. Seeing as how all the people at these town halls seem to be plants with scripted questions.

[Soul Crusher]

This idiot was elected by the morons because he convinced them he had a plan.   When that lie was exposed and the stim bill and other nonsense failed miserably, not its back to the blame game.   


pathetic.  The man is a sad joke.    I look at him like Willie Loman at this point.   Just clueless.   

[Soul Crusher]

LA Times: With approval rating at new low, Obama launches three-day bus blitz
Los Angeles Times ^ | August 15, 2011 | By James Oliphant and Peter Nicholas



Minneapolis — Burdened by sagging poll numbers, hamstrung by poor economic news, and trapped in Washington for much of the summer because of the debt ceiling fight, President Obama will seek to reverse his recent fortunes by hitting the open road.

Obama Monday will embark on a three-state, five-town bus tour deep in the heart of the American Midwest. The campaign-style swing comes at a time when a new Gallup Poll shows the president sliding below a 40 % approval rating for the first time.

The White House maintains the president will confine his remarks to the economy and will not go after his potential GOP presidential opponents. But at the very least, however, the trip should afford him a chance to renew his connection with a public that has been showing signs of increasing discontent with his administration.

Paul Begala, a former campaign aide to Bill Clinton who now advises a political action committee, Priorities USA Action, started by two ex-Obama aides, called for “bold action.”

“The whole focus of the country for the last month has been on these terrible negotiations over the debt ceiling. That hurt everybody. He’s got to turn the page,’ Begala said. “The president can’t wave a magic wand, but he has the power to set the agenda. Now’s the time.’’


(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

So explain your blind loyalty to Obama.

My loyalty is to God, myself, my family, and the country that I served proudly for. Its not to politicians to cater to the Wall Street or the corporations that ship jobs overseas.

[OzmO]

August 15, 2011 11:26 AM
U.S. Secret Service gets 2 new buses ahead of Obama tour
By Mark Knoller . The U.S. Secret Service has two new buses in its fleet for President Obama to use on his 3-day Midwest bus trip starting today.




An official tells CBS News the buses were purchased in recent months and will serve as part of the fleet of vehicles the Secret Service uses for all of its protectees.


In the past, the Secret Service would lease buses as needed and outfit them with the security and communications equipment as needed.


"We have not been satisfied with the level of protection offered by leased buses," said a Secret Service official.


Another official said the buses cost the service $1.1-million and are of a size and make the Secret Service finds most suitable for its equipment and protective requirements.


"Protectees have been utilizing buses for some 40 years or more," the official said, and the new buses will not be used just for the president.


Mr. Obama today begins a 3-day bus swing through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. He has four town hall meetings planned and a forum on rural economic issues.


Although the bus trip has the feel of a campaign swing, the White House is billing the 3-day tour as "official." That means taxpayers pick up all of the costs of the trip.


When Mr. Obama ventures out on political trips, his campaign or the Democratic National Committee typically pay a small portion of the cost of presidential travel, as required by the Federal Election Commission.


A spokesman says Mr. Obama views the outing as one of his "chief responsibilities" in office: "to spend some time outside Washington, D.C., talking to people all across the country about the economy and about how they're impacted by the policy decisions that he's making."


Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that such a bus trip "isn't just an appropriate thing for a president to do, it's something that a president should do."


The White House says Mr. Obama will use the town hall meetings to hear the concerns of the American people about the economy and their ideas on what needs to be done.


The Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called a news conference in Minnesota this morning to raise objections to the taxpayer-funded nature of the president's trip.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20092460-503544.html#ixzz1V7EQsAno



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What a fucking joke.   

Mid 30's here we come. 

 

[Soul Crusher]

My loyalty is to God, myself, my family, and the country that I served proudly for. Its not to politicians to cater to the Wall Street or the corporations that ship jobs overseas.

Good - glad to have you on the ron paul or MB train.