Obama leading by example

In flying to and from Iowa today, President Obama took two flights on Air Force One and four on Marine One.

The press office at Andrews AFB wouldn’t give me the fuel consumption numbers for the 747 that serves as Air Force One without the approval of the White House Press Office, which as I write this has yet to be given.

But Boeing says its 747 burns about 5 gallons of fuel per mile. It’s 895 miles from Washington to Des Moines, so a round trip brings the fuel consumption for the fixed-wing portion of the President’s trip to 8,950 gallons.

When you add in the fuel used for the short trips back and forth between the White House and the airport, it totals more than 9,000 gallons.

Barack Obama -- leading by example yet again.

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Comment by S.L.

April 23rd 2009 22:52

The Political Brief

He's just following the Kennedy/Gore/Clinton/Frank/Do dd method. Everyone else gets to do without and cut back. Not him! He's much too important to live like the "little people" who pay him. Betcha that "garden" Michelle is putting in never gets used beyond the photo-op.

Comment by PopulistConservative

April 23rd 2009 23:09

Angry Electorate

SL, he needs to stop loving the earth so much. I don't think the poor thing can take it.

He used more fuel yesterday (in ONE day) than I use in eight years in my gas-guzzling SUV. I'm a tree-hugging environmentalist in comparison to him.

Comment by S.L.

April 24th 2009 02:20

The Political Brief

Aren't we all, PopCon! Like most ignorant politicians, he has the concept down, but reality never comes into his thought process (such as it is).

Comment by Lester Caudill

April 25th 2009 13:59

Round Politics

They talk the talk, without walking the walk, that just shows what shallow phonies they are.

Comment by PopulistConservative

April 25th 2009 18:10

Angry Electorate

Lester -- Unfortunate, but true. I think someone like Al Gore hurts the environmental effort more than he helps because of his extravagant, wasteful lifestyle. That's also true of the Hollywood types who preach to us about the environment. Apparently, it's also true of Obama.

Comment by Anonymous

August 28th 2009 01:12

It seems when President Obama needs to use transportion for his daily duties it is a problem for him to use gas on "Earth day". Was this same subject brought up by anyone, when previous President Bush was using fuel for other causes like going fishing or on other trips? No, point out facts that matter instead of facts that do not have anything to do with what is going on in the world today. Everyone burns gas, everyone spends money on themselves instead of thinking about what others do not have. Open your minds and expand your intelligence to see that anything that he is doing is to better the country, and all he is trying to do, is clean up a mess that had been done previously. No one else has stepped up to do this, all everyone does is complain, and sit back and critisize, instead of embrase and see what he has to offer. Did we forget that our "soldiers" are at war and we are spending unecessary money on this, we dont even know what we are fighting for anymore! Does anyone want to calculate how much fuel is being used to send them back and forth, and to have them to return with nothing but missing bodies?

Comment by PopulistConservative

August 28th 2009 02:29

Angry Electorate

Anon,

Bush was an oil man. He didn't preach to us about global warming. He didn't preach conservation. Obama does. That is the difference and it's why Obama is a hypocrite on this issue.

And I wouldn't refer to a two-hour trip to Iowa as part of his "daily duties". He could've made that announcement from Washington. Had he done that, he would've led by example. He didn't.

Open your minds and expand your intelligence to see that anything that he is doing is to better the country, and all he is trying to do, is clean up a mess that had been done previously.

Wow. You are drunk on the Obama Kool-Aid, aren't you? Bush was awful. I'm not a Bush fan. However, Obama is exponentially worse. He makes Bush look miserly. Don't believe me? Check this out.

Let me guess. Those projected deficits out to 2019 are all Bush's fault too, right? Perhaps you should "open your mind" and "expand your intelligence".

Did we forget that our "soldiers" are at war and we are spending unecessary money on this, we dont even know what we are fighting for anymore!

Wait, isn't Obama the president now? He's your hero, right? Maybe you should be directing your rantings at him. For what it's worth, I think Bush did a lousy job managing the war(s). He should've sent enough troops in to get the job done, get in, and get out. I do blame him for doing a terrible job at managing the war(s). If Obama wanted them home, though, he could sign the order tomorrow.

Comment by S.L.

August 28th 2009 11:10

The Political Brief

I'm with you, PopCon! Anonymous doesn't have a clue and is swimming in Kool Aid.

Comment by PopulistConservative

August 28th 2009 18:43

Angry Electorate

SL, people think that if you criticize Obama, you're automatically a Bush fan or a Republican fan. I'm not. They're all terrible. It's just that Obama is in charge now and he's driving us over a cliff by growing government and spending at unprecedented levels.