Posted on 04/14/2015 3:19:48 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Hillary Clinton has arrived at her first campaign stop, completing the 965 mile trip from Chappaqua, New York to Le Claire, Iowa in about two days time. Her choice of transportation? A Secret Service owned and operated van.
The van, however, isn't an everyday minivan or even a full-sized van. It's a luxury vehicle outiftted with top amenities.
Specifically: It's a limited edition Chevrolet Express van upfitted with a Limited SE packed by Explorer Vans company "It's very luxurious," a salesman who helped deliver this vehicle tells me on the phone. "I'd rank it up there with the best."
The model being used to chauffeur Hillary Clinton around has a gray leather interior, heated seat, a 29 inch Samsung television, and a Blu-ray DVD player.
There is no refrigerator in the van. However, Hillary's model does feature an ice chest between the two front seats. (Which might have been used to keep her cottage cheese cold.) The middle chairs are swivel and quick release. Indirect lighting (like mood lighting) throughout the vans.
Oh, and there's a bed. The power sofa in the rear of the vehicle converts into a bed. But given the fact it's only a 6 foot wide vehicle, it might have been a little hard to get a proper night's sleep in it.
But it's not exactly great for the environment. It's a 2014 model all-wheel-drive that gets only 16-18 miles per gallon.
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The Phony Express
The most important feature is the lack of space for enemy press corps.
Driving Miss Crazy Tour
Agree. Now, its one thing that a candidate doesn’t want the public to know about a health issue because it simply looks bad: thick glasses, a back brace, a hearing aid, etc. Anything that leaves an impression of diminished vigor, but does not actually impair the person’s ability to perform the demanding job of president (think FDR).
On the other hand, if it is a matter of any mental impairment, any significant physical limitation that impacts job performance, it must be known to the public and concealment is tantamount to a major fraud on the electorate.
Well, that plus the booze and black coffee afterwards...
You don't think anyone's actually sleeping in that thing do you? Perhaps whatever agent gets a night shift watching the van as it sits in hotel parking lots, perhaps.
In fact, I doubt Hillary's even spending much time in it at all. She's probably going from place via helicopter/jet and meeting the van a few miles out from each stop so she can get into character.
I believe that is what Obozo did with the taxpayer funded black busses.
Wouldn’t that be something to catch her in a photo bomb coming off a private plane and entering the van.
There is no way she is sleeping and riding in that van from start to finish.
“But it’s not exactly great for the environment. It’s a 2014 model all-wheel-drive that gets only 16-18 miles per gallon.”
Fighting globull warming is for the little people, not for the queen and her courtesan.
Wouldn’t that be something to catch her in a photo bomb coming off a private plane and entering the van.
There is no way she is sleeping and riding in that van from start to finish.
“The Phony Express”
I like it. Very fitting.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Hill uses the van — she probably really needs her naptime in between events. Besides, it was cheap. She inherited it from Bill — just had to peel off the “If this van’s a rockin,’ don’t come knockin’ bumper sticker.
Whips and chains O my!
"That's a big thumbs up."
“There is no way she is sleeping and riding in that van from start to finish.”
Maybe “sleeping” means “sleeping it off”.
“The Phony Express”
Quip of the day!
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