Trouble on Air Obama
By GAIL COLLINS
NYT
"The helicopter I have now seems perfectly adequate to me." — President Obama at the White House Fiscal Responsibility Summit
The helicopter the president has now does not seem perfectly adequate to me. It was built in 1975! It costs a fortune to operate because of the stupendous maintenance required for its aging innards. Really, it’s kind of like sending your commander in chief whipping around in an airborne Plymouth.
New presidential helicopters are being built even as we speak. But Obama wants nothing to do with them, even though we the taxpayers have already spent $3.2 billion on them. This is because he does not want to appear wasteful.
Let’s follow this story. After 9/11, the Bush administration ordered up a new generation of presidential helicopters that would be able to whisk the chief executive away from the White House in a crisis. The new choppers were supposed to be less vulnerable to attack, carry more people and have efficient communications with the outside world. All of which seemed supremely reasonable.
(More here.)
NYT
"The helicopter I have now seems perfectly adequate to me." — President Obama at the White House Fiscal Responsibility Summit
The helicopter the president has now does not seem perfectly adequate to me. It was built in 1975! It costs a fortune to operate because of the stupendous maintenance required for its aging innards. Really, it’s kind of like sending your commander in chief whipping around in an airborne Plymouth.
New presidential helicopters are being built even as we speak. But Obama wants nothing to do with them, even though we the taxpayers have already spent $3.2 billion on them. This is because he does not want to appear wasteful.
Let’s follow this story. After 9/11, the Bush administration ordered up a new generation of presidential helicopters that would be able to whisk the chief executive away from the White House in a crisis. The new choppers were supposed to be less vulnerable to attack, carry more people and have efficient communications with the outside world. All of which seemed supremely reasonable.
(More here.)
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