Gosh, how did they bash Bush about stuff like this? Let's see if we can sneak one in anyway... Well, here it goes...Mostly Cutn'Pasted from the Chicago Tribune,
Obama's Air Force One flight to Chicago and back Monday to cost $236,000
Secret Service protection, motorcades and helicopter transports not included in the price tag.
The round trip on Air Force One will run about $236,000.
Obama spent about 2 1/2 hours in Chicago. To avoid snarling traffic on the Kennedy Expressway, he took a helicopter escort to a location near the Hyatt Regency Chicago. What a pal.
A Government Accounting Office report in 2000 showed Air Force One cost $54,100 to operate each flight hour, or almost $67,000 in today's dollars. It is a tough number to estimate, however, because of so many variables and fixed costs that could be included in or excluded from the calculation.
Ah - as expected my cutn'paste source can't help but find a way to bash Bushy:
"As expensive as that trip was, it is still roughly half the distance President George W. Bush routinely flew to visit his ranch near Crawford, Texas."
Well, let's just tack on the obligatory "how many children could have had health care with the 'wasted' $236,000?" statement for good measure.
A non story.
And he didn't even drop silver dollars from Marine One.
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