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February 20, 2007
The Plane Truth: Stantis Sucks
I'm not sure what's more annoying: Republicans lying and creating phony controversies to distract from real issues like the war in Iraq, or Stantis talking about the story two weeks later.
For the idiots like Stantis who weren't paying attention when this fake story was first generated by the Republicans: Nancy Pelosi did NOT ask for a plane. The Republican-appointed House of Representatives' Sergeant at Arms Bill Livingood requested Pelosi have a larger military plane than former Speaker Hastert. You see, Chicago is closer to DC than San Francisco, so Pelosi's plane needed to be bigger so it could make the trip without having to stop to refuel. A pretty simple story to understand unless you're an idiotic Republican who would rather "debate" a fake issue than talk about the war in Iraq.
Of course this could have all been avoided if Hastert and the Republicans, when deciding that the Speaker of the House should have a military plane, had realized that the Speaker can come from any state and they should have chosen a plane that can travel from DC to any one of the 49 landlocked states (then a second plane provided on the West Coast at a later time if we ever have a Speaker from Hawaii). But nope: the Republicans were convinced that Hastert would be Speaker for another two years and didn't need to worry about getting a new plane until he left office. That, and they knew it wouldn't be an issue if they chose someone from California since the Democrats are smart enough to understand that California is further away from DC than Illinois.
In the meantime, the Democrats in the House passed a non-binding resolution supporting the troops but disapproving of the President's plan for escalation in Iraq, the Republicans in the Senate blocked a vote on a similar resolution, and the White House trotted out some anonymous sources with some weapons with English writing on them to claim that Iran is arming the insurgents in Iraq (not mentioning they're probably Shi'ite insurgents, but that's a whole other thing).
So how many more days will Stantis spend on the Nancy Pelosi plane non-story before making jokes about Anna Nicole? At least we know two weeks from now that one strip will be dedicated to Britney's bald head. One less day spent on Stantis trying to joke about politics and not knowing what the hell he's talking about.
Comments
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/02/gop_rep_who_pus.php
Posted by: The Furnace at February 20, 2007 04:39 PM
why can't this guy tell the TRUTH?
Posted by: Jeff at February 23, 2007 01:57 AM
