I'll keep this short. For flying to New York and having some dinner and maybe a show, the RNC has decided to make it a political issue...
You couldn't make it up.
“As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan’s theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills,” RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said in an email this afternoon.
That’s not all from Gitcho. She then added a snitty, “Have a great Saturday evening — even if you’re not jetting off somewhere at taxpayer expense.”
And no, they did not take the 747.
The plane they took this afternoon is an Air Force Gulfstream V (C-37A) — a 12 passenger aircraft.
I don't know... is this desperate or what?
http://features.csmonitor.com/...
Edit: More from Politico
The Republican National Committee slammed the outing in an "RNC Research Piece":
The RNC's Gail Gitcho added: "If President Obama wants to go to the theater, isn’t the Presidential box at the Kennedy Center good enough?”
2nd Edit: Thanks for rec list. Full text of the RNC press release over at Lynn Sweet. Includes the following gem:
But Americans Have Seen This Show Before
President Bill Clinton Blocked Two Runways At One Of World's Busiest Airports To Get His Hair Cut.
Freeper class warfare for those with a strong stomach or a light heart. :)