White House refuses to release cost of Obama’s little “date” in New York

3 Responses to “White House refuses to release cost of Obama’s little “date” in New York”

1. DD Russel on May 31st, 2009 11:39 pm

   Just like all the other Presidents. This one lies, cheats and steals from the citizens of America. Why would anyone spend millions to get a job that only pays half a mill a year? He is a crook. He is for Obama and Obama only.

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3. websquaw on August 31st, 2009 8:30 am

   Received this email today:

   “Here’s what you DON’T know.

   Three days before “dinner” a C-17 flew Marines and the helicopter maintenance equipment to JFK Airport .

   The day before “dinner” I flew the USSS and the motorcade to JFK Airport. Our crew of 5 spent two days and nights at the Hilton in Times Square. My
   hotel bill: $621.66 plus $64 a day in per diem. The USSS guys were at a different Hilton in NYC, so figure that cost another $14,000 (or so) plus per diem. The Marines had to have cost as much and were there four days, so figure another $55,000 plus per diem (for 44 Marines).

   We were supposed to fly the motorcade back and go home, but the Air Force was so short C-17’s that we were re-tasked to take the motorcade back, return to JFK and take the helicopter back to Quantico .

   When we got back to JFK, while the pilot was turning the plane around to park, he noticed a rotor blade sticking out of the hangar where the
   helicopter was parked and informed me that either it wasn’t ready to transport or it was flying home. After shutting down I walked over to the hangar and to my surprise I find FIVE elicopters, not ONE.

   We’re obviously not transporting five big helicopters. I went and talked to the Marines guarding the “fleet” and found that they were flying all five helicopters home and we were only transporting the Marines and the maintenance equipment. After talking to the Marine(s) in charge, I was told that the White House requested FIVE helicopters. The Marines told me that they spent all morning trying to figure out how much it cost them to come and said they figured it cost them $140,000 to stay there (I don’t know where they came up with that) and the trip’s total had to be about $1,000,000.

   We heard that the President didn’t use Air Force One (the 747) so I asked if he came in on one of the 757’s. I was told that his party came in on THREE Air Force Lear jets.

   So, date night consisted of: 2 C-17’s flying three missions, 3 Lear jets, 5 Helicopters, Presidential Motorcade, 44 Marines, more than 20 USSS personnel on our plane. Who knows what it cost the NYPD and NY Port Authority (at the airport) in overtime.

   These are the same people that chastised the automobile CEO’s for using their aircraft. It further proves that the media only use the facts that make the President look good and hide any facts that will detract from his persona..

   Is this the ‘change’ we expected?

   The Emperor’s clothes on a grand scale. “Transparency”? Remember, 2010 is just around the corner. All we have to do is survive long enough.”

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