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Bird Strike Cripples Joe Biden Plane in California
abc ^ | 4-20-12

Posted on 04/20/2012 2:21:19 PM PDT by doug from upland

Air Force Two, a modified Boeing 757 government airplane carrying Vice President Joe Biden, struck birds Thursday night as it was landing at Santa Barbara Airport in California, an administration official told ABC News.

The plane touched down safely without further incident, allowing Biden to continue on his itinerary, officials said. Biden was

The bird strike damaged the official plane making it unable to return to Washington, DC. It’s engines were later seen under inspection by mechanics on the airport tarmac.

“The Vice President left Santa Barbara this afternoon as scheduled, aboard an alternate U.S. Air Force aircraft,” the official said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airforcetwo; biden; hairplugs; patrioticbirds
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1 posted on 04/20/2012 2:21:25 PM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Wish I could do Photoshop.

I’d make up the ‘Red’ Angry Bird crashing into his plane. lol


2 posted on 04/20/2012 2:25:36 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: doug from upland

Obviously, the dumbest birdbrain survived...


3 posted on 04/20/2012 2:26:09 PM PDT by Errant
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To: KoRn

4 posted on 04/20/2012 2:27:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: doug from upland

This would have been very bad.

Who could possibly replace Biden?


5 posted on 04/20/2012 2:28:03 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1186 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...])
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6 posted on 04/20/2012 2:30:15 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: doug from upland

Yep, bird hari-kari to protest windmill green initiatives.


7 posted on 04/20/2012 2:30:21 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: null and void

uh, I don’t know, what’s PeeWee Herman doing these days?


8 posted on 04/20/2012 2:30:59 PM PDT by brivette
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To: doug from upland
just d@mn bump..$HRILLary/Pelosi as Veep....Scary thought. :-P

9 posted on 04/20/2012 2:32:47 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (the DNC/RNC = D.C. Establishment...Brazilian saying: $AME OLD $H!T, W!TH D!FFERENT FL!E$. :^)
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To: doug from upland

Even the birds are on our side. They must hate Obama/Biden ticket, too.

Wonder what quip Biden had to express...I’m sitting on the edge of my chair because I know he will say something profound - Biden style.


10 posted on 04/20/2012 2:33:40 PM PDT by hummingbird (Just askin' or just sayin' depending on the subject. Oh yeah...OBAMA SUCKS!)
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" When seagull droppings landed on my head at a campaign event at Bowers Beach two days before Election Day, I chose to read it as a sign of a coming success."

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11 posted on 04/20/2012 2:35:02 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: null and void
Biden is the brains of the operation. It would have been a devastatingly blow to this administration.
12 posted on 04/20/2012 2:35:45 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The democratic party is the greatest cargo cult in history.)
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To: null and void
Biden is the brains of the operation. It would have been a devastatingly blow to this administration.
13 posted on 04/20/2012 2:35:54 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The democratic party is the greatest cargo cult in history.)
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To: PGR88

Two guys on the side: “Biden, what a joke...bwawawawaw...”


14 posted on 04/20/2012 2:36:12 PM PDT by hummingbird (Just askin' or just sayin' depending on the subject. Oh yeah...OBAMA SUCKS!)
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To: doug from upland

I always thought that Joe Biden waa “For the Birds”.


15 posted on 04/20/2012 2:37:06 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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To: doug from upland

Um, ate crow? sd


16 posted on 04/20/2012 2:37:54 PM PDT by shotdog (I love my country. It's our government I'm afraid of.)
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To: doug from upland

well everybody’s heard, about the bird! bird bird bird, the bird is the word! bird bird bird, the bird is the word! well everybody’s heard, about the bird! bird bird bird, the bird is the word! everybody’s heard, about the bird! bird bird bird, the bird is the word!


17 posted on 04/20/2012 2:38:20 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: doug from upland

The flock that Fluked Biden was identified: 7 Spotted Owl, 3 California condor, and a pure bred Delta Smelt.

The Smelt was dropped from the owl’s talons just before the Owl hit the fan.


18 posted on 04/20/2012 2:39:43 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
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To: doug from upland

A Hillary plot?
1st Joe the drunk, then the quota boy.


19 posted on 04/20/2012 2:41:50 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: null and void
Emo Philips is my first guess.


20 posted on 04/20/2012 2:43:31 PM PDT by Salamander (Hey, blood brother, you're one of our own. You're as sharp as a razor and as hard as a stone.)
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