CNN: "Sanders flies coach, social media says he's first class" ... Cool Pics

[99th_Monkey]

Sanders flies coach, social media says he's first class
By Gregory Krieg, CNN * December 29, 2015 * CNN

(CNN)Bernie Sanders' supporters have launched a social media campaign highlighting their candidate's frequent appearances on commercial airlines.

While almost all of the presidential hopefuls have on occasion traveled alongside — or in between — passengers in coach, Sanders is the one most likely to pop up in your feed killing time before his boarding call.

For a look, simply dial up #SandersOnAPlane on Twitter or Facebook and behold.

This image below, which has been floating around online for at least a month, comes with a call by user @destroyamber to "spread as many images as we can of [Sanders] flying coach."




There's a bunch more pics of Bernie flying coach at the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/29/politics/bernie-sanders-on-a-plane/index.html

[RandySF]

1. Bernie Sanders May Be Taking More Rides on Private Planes

Bernie Sanders has entered a new stage of his campaign. The Vermont senator, who is running for president on a populist message and often speaks passionately about environmental issues, was for months regularly seen flying in coach class on commercial flights.

There is even a community of photos on Twitter, under the hashtag #SandersOnAPlane, where fans have posted photos after seeing him fly. There will likely be fewer photos of a luggage-wielding Sanders moving forward.

This holiday season, Sanders changed his routine and flew almost exclusively on private chartered planes with members of his traveling staff -- taking at least four trips.

Most recently, the campaign confirmed, a Gulfstream 200, took the Senator and some staff from Burlington, Vermont two days after Christmas and then from Las Vegas, Nevada to Moline, Illinois for campaign events in eastern Iowa this week.

Days before the holiday, a private jet whisked the team from Omaha, Nebraska to Chicago, Illinois in order to fit more campaign events into this tight schedule.

ABC News asked Sanders about whether the extremely high per-person carbon footprint of private planes was consistent with his staunch environmental policies. Sanders often talks about the need for “bold” action on climate change and even criticized the recent international Paris Accord for not going far enough to curb carbon emissions.

“The carbon footprint? As opposed to what?” the 74-year-old Senator said recently. “We are trying to get around Iowa and get around the country as best we can. So we have a lot of people to see and that is the best way can do it.”


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-taking-rides-private-planes/story?id=36033253

[Vinca]

3. Could you post that a few more times? There's 1 person the planet who hasn't seen it.

[RandySF]

5. As long as it takes to blow up the myths about Bernie.

[djean111]

9. Doesn't make Hillary any more palatable, you know, to those who prefer Sanders.

Even to a single issue voter, if mode of flying was that single issue.

[INdemo]

12. You probably don't remember much about how the campaign went between

G.W.Bush and John Kerry.The Republicans with all sorts of childish comments and flat out lies tried to alter the facts about John Kerry because the Republicans/the Bush team could not for one second talk about the real issues.
Not once did they discuss the issues because they knew if they did they would certainly lose.Back then though, unlike today the Corporate media would showcase the Republicans.

Bernie Sanders is the real deal. He is the FDR of our time. People may try to discredit him but they can’t. Not the competition and not the corporate media. Bernie Sanders just keeps rolling along and that is why he will win.

[roguevalley]

15. a few rides as opposed to HRC flying first class and staying in 5 stars all the time. Nce try on the

equivalency stuff.

[Jackilope]

18. Closer to the nomination, coach isn't always practical.

Point is he has been riding coach and he has traveled Amtrak. (A day or so ago, someone in the HRC camp tried passing off an Amtrak photo as a spacious private jet. Not sure if they came forward to correct that.)

I trust him. I trust he has the interests of those of us in the 99% and won't sell us out whether he has to travel coach or if he has to upgrade his travel to meet more of us.

[monmouth4]

23. Randy, your desperation is showing....Chill my man.n/t

[beam me up scottie]

26. "myths"? You mean he didn't fly coach?

[rhett o rick]

11. Notice that the post was posted withing 2 minutes of the OP posting. That's some dedication.

Seriously, one has to go to the forum page and refresh every minute to make the two minute first response. I think it's a tag team effort.

[LovingA2andMI]

17. Yep...

But one would think they would counteract with pictures of their candidate flying coach.....but they can't because....maybe she does not...

[rhett o rick]

22. When you get a post in in 2 min you have to sacrific some content. nm

[Paka]

14. Good one.

[Sheepshank]

29. Is there person on the planet who hasn't been fed the "coach" line? Nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. The train?

[forest444]

7. Nobody begrudges a candidate for taking a private jet to a campaign stop.

What people increasingly resent is knowing that some candidates are doing so on the lobbyocracy's dime (as Hillary - and of course the Rapepublicans - are). Big difference.

[Sheepshank]

30. nobody begrudges a candidate for taking a private jet to a campaign stop.

What people increasingly resent are the tacit lies that "coach" is the only mode of transportation and nothing else will ever take place because Bernie always........never changes, always is the regular dude, always watches his pennies, always eschews the trappings of wealth, always does what the 45%would do.

Why not be honest in the first place?

[jalan48]

21. Quick! More pics of Hillary smiling with kids.

[Vinca]

2. Just look at him. He's as miserable as everyone else in the sardine can.

Except selfie guy who seems to be having a great time. LOL.

[UglyGreed]

8. Yeah he could not

happier!!!! Bernie has that effect on people

[forest444]

4. Best of all, we know that big lobby mafias are paying for his ride.

What people increasingly resent is knowing that some candidates are doing so on the lobbyocracy's dime (as Hillary - and of course the Rapepublicans - are).

Again, big difference.

[MisterP]

13. pic #2: "look how HUGE that airplane is! it must be hundreds of feet across! and with leather seats"

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. That's a fancy-pants luxury bus. I know, I used to ride it every week.

It's one hundred feet long and nuclear powered.

Here's a video:

https://m.

[farleftlib]

25. That bus must be full of comfy chairs

covered in rich Corinthian pleather. Only elitists would ride in such a fancy bus.

[tecelote]

19. Let's see any other politician try this...

[demwing]

28. Milking Cows - Candidate by Candidate

Last edited Sun Jan 3, 2016, 04:49 PM - Edit history (1)

Clinton checked the polls to see if her rural supporters outnumbered her lactose intolerant supporters

Martin O'Malley told a story about cows from the great state of Maryland, and passed out 5 policy papers on milking.

Jeb Bush pulled the tail, wondered why the "milk" smelled so funny. "We don't have goats in Florida" was his excuse.

Marco Rubio stopped (sip) in mid-milking (sip) to (sip) take a sip (sip)

Chris Christie brought BBQ sauce

Ted Cruz tried to shut the farm down until he learned that Obamacare doesn't cover Vets

Rand Paul refused to milk the cow, insisting that the cow was lazy and should milk itself

Mike Huckabee promised to convert the cow, or if that failed, shoot it

Ben Carson's chief PR staffer quit after repeatedly trying (and failing) to explain to him what "milk" was.

Carly Fiorna fired the cow and outsourced milking to India

John Kasich showed up for the milking, but no one recognized him or even knew his name.

and finally...

Trump deported the cow because he thought it was Mooslim.

[beam me up scottie]

32. DUZY!

[demwing]

33. thanks

posted as its own thread in GD. give it some love, will ya?

[beam me up scottie]

34. You got it!

[demwing]

35. We Bernie suppporters gotta stick together

we're not bright enough to survive on our own!

[beam me up scottie]

36. Right? Not only are we not bright enough to recognize genius, we're nasty too!

[tecelote]

37. That's great!

Nice job.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

38. One of the best ever

many thanks

[LiberalArkie]

20. In the second picture, that is the largest private plane I have ever seen.

Bernie has to be using the Antonov An-225 now. Shows how much money they have.

[beam me up scottie]

24. I read here that those pics are probably fake.

Because yanno, he's the kind of guy who would lie about that.

#nosnakesonthisplane - just Bernie in coach!

[Douglas Carpenter]

27. I must admit - I hate flying coach. In my last job the company paid for

business class tickets for me. That is no longer the case with my current employer. So good for Bernie - he is doing something more principled than I would do - if I were in the same circumstances.

[Live and Learn]

31. K&R Love that first pic. Thanks for posting since I hadn't seen it. nt