New Buses for Obama's 'Tour' Cost Taxpayers Millions

FoxNews ^ | August 15, 2011

[Texas resident]

Curious about something.

The two buses were paid for with taxpayer money for all the obama campaign sweeps with this one being the first. The secret service claims that the busses will be available to the republican candidate as well.

yeah right, we will see.

Bet it is scheduled up all the way through Nov 2012

[Charles Henrickson]

DUmmie FUnnies 08-14-11 ("Magical Misery Tour": DUmmies throw Obama's bus tour under the bus)

MAGICAL MISERY TOUR
Tune: Magical Mystery Tour

Barack, Barack and the Magical Misery Tour! Step right this way!

Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour

Barack, rolling across the nation
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, but this is no vacation
Barack and his Misery Tour

The Magical Misery Tour is wanting to make you all pay
Wanting to make you all pay

Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour

Barack, he's got everything you need
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, even though it's all wee-weed
Barack and his Misery Tour

The Magical Misery Tour is hoping to make you all pay
Hoping to make you all pay

The misery trip . . .

The Magical Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour

Barack, rolling across the nation
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, but this is no vacation
Barack and his Misery Tour

The Magical Misery Tour is coming to make you all pay
Coming to make you all pay

The Magical Misery Tour is trying to make you all pay
Trying to make you all pay, take it away . . .

[ridesthemiles]

Some one is getting pretty thin-skinned about how safe he thinks he is among ‘his people’.

[Venturer]

I heard today that those bus’s were flown to the starting point in a C-47.Don’t know how true itis. I also heard there were 3 bus’s each armored.
Taxpayers are paying for the tour since it isn’t REALLY a Campaign Tour.

I think it’s called the “WTF did I do to America?”.

Any idea how much these rolling luxury tanks cost?

[fantail 1952]

C47? The C47 was one of the workhorses of WWII, the military version of the DC-3, last used in the late 1940's.

these monstrosities might be handled by a C5A or larger aircraft.

Now, if I saw one of these monsters coming, I'd think it was a new swat team vehicle. Totally ugly!

[NCC-1701]

Man, that beat the Tale of the Dragon all to he!!. I’ve driven the Dragon ( in southeast Tennessee and into North Carolina, 318 major curves in 11 miles). You don’t dare drive that road in the pic under the influence. You need all your sences for it.

[AFreeBird]

Rush mentioned today that they cost us the taxpayers$ 1.1 MILLION apiece. Now the SS says they will be used for their other charges over time, and I have no problem having the SS procuring equipment to do their job. But as someone pointed out, if this is “_residential business”, then why is is the bus painted with Øbama’s logo like a campaign bus (not the Presidential Seal), which HIS CAMPAIGN would have to pay for.

This is a campaign tour, nothing else. The taxpayers should not be paying for it.

[Venturer]

Don’t worry Freebird, we are on the same page.

But we have no one with the Cjnes to do anything about it.

Republican candidates shuld be raising holy hell over this, but I haven’t heard one mention it.

The Press almost shat themselves when Palin used her own money to go on tour, but Obama spends ours, and everything is cool.

[mikrofon]

[opentalk]

--Jay Leno:
President Obama is off on his three-state bus tour this week. I believe the three states are Confusion, Delusion and Desperation.

[deport]

But as someone pointed out, if this is “_residential business”, then why is is the bus painted with Øbama’s logo like a campaign bus (not the Presidential Seal), which HIS CAMPAIGN would have to pay for.

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I suspect the campaign will have to throw some money in for the use of the buses just like they have to when the President is on the campaign trail and is flying AF1. I remember that Bush had to pay something but it is no where near what it cost to operate the transports. The next President be it Palin or Perry will have the use of them then.

[AFreeBird]

LOL!

That’s great!

[AFreeBird]

Appropriate graphic. We can call the Bus Unicorn One. Because it runs on rainbows and shoots Skittles out it’s tailpipe.

It’s Green like most horseshit.

[maine-iac7]

Should he be paying for the Republican bus too. That is why there is two

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Did I misunderstand what was said about the 2 buses?

I read it to understand that these buses were ordered specifically for Obumble's 'tour" - at 1.1 million each.

To pull the wool over peoples eyes, they've said - AFTERWARDS, the buses could be used for other purposes by the SS - and by 'the republican.'

I didn't read where the republicans had any part in ordering these...must have missed it - but it's good hype to deflect outrage. And it looks to already be working - even here?

here's an explantion by the SS - nothing about "THE REPUBLICAN" - they were made particulary ofr the annointed one - and after he's through with them, he can't take them home ;o) so they CAN be used by others the SS guards.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0411/22_million_pricetag_for_Obamas_new_armored_buses.html

live llink for the lazy next post

;o)

(see my tag line)

[maine-iac7]

For those of you swallowing the hype - ALREADY - that one is for “the republican” - geeze

http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0411/22_million_pricetag_for_Obamas_new_armored_buses.html

see my previous post

[billymalone]

He is the President of the greatest debtor nation in the world. He borrowed the money from China to pay for the damn things. He should be riding in a rickshaw pulled by the VP.