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NO MORE PHOTO OOPS (Officer approving Air Force One photo op over Manhattan lands a new job!)
WaPo ^ | Monday, June 15, 2009 | Al Kamen

Posted on 06/15/2009 12:05:06 AM PDT by parisa

Louis Caldera, the former White House Military Office chief who quit last month after approving that bizarre Air Force One photo op over Manhattan that frightened countless New Yorkers, has landed a job. He'll be a senior fellow focusing on higher education and national security matters at the Center for American Progress, run by John Podesta, a co-chairman of Obama's transition team.

Obama aides said at the time that the president was furious about the April 27 flyover, which included an Air Force One understudy and two F-16 military fighter aircraft flying over the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan, not all that far from the site of the World Trade Center. The photo shoot, which cost up to $357,000, sent panicked New Yorkers into the streets thinking another attack was occurring.

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airforceone; bhoairforceone; caldera; cap; democrat; democrats; louiscaldera; obama; obamacronies; podesta; whitehouse
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To: parisa

Well, lookee here. Louis Caldera lands a nice, cushy no-show job after agreeing to be the fall guy over the Scare Force One imbroglio. I wonder how much this deal is costing the taxpayers...


21 posted on 06/15/2009 2:36:54 AM PDT by gridlock (L'Etat, c'est Barack...)
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To: parisa
Center for American Progress

Also known as this:


22 posted on 06/15/2009 3:03:38 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: parisa

Just great, the man who authored an INDEMNIFICATION letter to the company making that harmful Anthrax Vaccine is now being rewarded yet again. I am utterly amazed that the brazeness of this administration for the total lack of holding anyone accountable for actions. This is but a small glimpse of many more even worse things to come.


23 posted on 06/15/2009 3:04:48 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Saudi backers aboard.


24 posted on 06/15/2009 3:57:46 AM PDT by browniexyz
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To: TYVets
The payoff for Caldera keeping his mouth shut and taking the fall for the photo op.

That kind of payoff from Clinton would be a bullet. Wanna bet "Friends of Bill" become "Friends of Barack?" If history asserts itself, within a few months this guy will become another tragic crime statistic so common in today's cities as he falls victim to a fatal mugging/carjack/home invasion or you name it.

25 posted on 06/15/2009 4:13:21 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: parisa

Pays to ROLLOVER for Bammy!


26 posted on 06/15/2009 4:40:18 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: parisa

When will they release the manifesto?

I still have a sneaky suspicion that some of Bozo’s family or friends took a day trip on air force one.

Where are the other pictures they took ?

When will this state run media start to do their job as a supposedly free media?

When will I win that lottery?


27 posted on 06/15/2009 5:25:03 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick queer sham--- end racism end affirmative action)
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To: Lawgvr1955

Correct and who was on that plane to see NY city skyline while being served on our tax dime?


28 posted on 06/15/2009 5:27:07 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick queer sham--- end racism end affirmative action)
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To: parisa

Obama’s fall guy.


29 posted on 06/15/2009 5:28:29 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (The great object is that every man be armed. - Patrick Henry)
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To: HonestConservative; holdonnow; STARWISE

ping


30 posted on 06/15/2009 5:38:25 AM PDT by AliVeritas ( Pray, Pray, Pray)
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To: parisa

Has any enterprising reporter FOIA’d the passenger manifest? I am very skeptical this was a “photo op”.


31 posted on 06/15/2009 5:45:43 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
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To: parisa

So much for getting fired. If I ever get fired, I hope it goes like this.


32 posted on 06/15/2009 5:53:39 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: parisa
"Helluva job, Louie"


33 posted on 06/15/2009 5:55:31 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Obama as President is like hiring a mechanic who never saw a car before.)
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To: Lawgvr1955

“Okay. He “approved” the flight. Who requested it?”

I am SOOOOOO convinced that Malia, Sasha, and Grandma were on that flight. Don’t even try to talk me out of it!


34 posted on 06/15/2009 6:04:58 AM PDT by texteacher
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To: ABQHispConservative
I’m curious, what does 0 look like when he is furious?
ML/NJ
35 posted on 06/15/2009 6:05:25 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: parisa

They don’t stay under the bus very long, do they?


36 posted on 06/15/2009 6:12:24 AM PDT by VTenigma
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To: SkyPilot

Obama needs to be in that pic.......


37 posted on 06/15/2009 6:13:21 AM PDT by Osage Orange (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. - Will Rodgers)
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To: parisa
...focusing on higher education and national security matters at the Center for American Progress...

Says it all. "Progressing" us headlong into full implementation of The One's preferred blend of communism/socialism/fascism as penance for his mistake.

38 posted on 06/15/2009 6:25:39 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: ExSoldier
If history asserts itself, within a few months this guy will become another tragic crime statistic...

No way would I bet against it, no matter what odds you gave me.

I know several people like you that only bet on sure things and fixed horse races.

39 posted on 06/15/2009 9:33:23 AM PDT by TYVets
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To: gridlock

I agree with you 100%


40 posted on 06/15/2009 9:37:26 AM PDT by LoveMyFreedom
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