Bush Campaigns Heavily on Air Force One

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Originally Posted by dissention

No, I have issues with hypocrisy among Republicans and the partial image they project to the world as fact.

And, if you had read my first reply in this article, I said no one should use AF1 for their own political gain. That's not why we pay taxes. Pay to charter your own jet if you need it that badly. That's what Teresa did.

I think it is impossible for the Pres. and the First Lady to eschew AF1. I guess they could, but that is not practicle. I mean the security clearances alone would be momumental. That is why they should just have to pay the going rate to charter an aircraft that size if the trip in anyway contains a campaign event.

BTW - that is why we pay taxes. I mean when a Pres. campaigns from the White House, should he have to pay a portion of the rent that month Taxes are properly used to protect the Pres. and the First Family, etc.