Tucson-based company delivers campaign jet to Palin

[mcg]

Source: Arizona Daily Star

Will she sell this one on eBay?

Tucson-based Global Aircraft Solutions Inc. on Thursday delivered Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's new campaign plane, an Embraer 190 regional jet complete with the Republican ticket's campaign logo on the fuselage.

Palin, presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's running mate, told delegates at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday that she put her predecessor's plane on eBay. Former Gov. Frank Murkowski, a Republican, had been criticized for buying a jet to travel around the state.

Palin's new plane seats about 100 people and was reconfigured with bigger first-class seats, dividers and an area for the press, Global Aircraft President John Sawyer said. The company also repainted the jet.

Read more: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/business/256059.php

[votetastic]

1. An area for the press?

So they can take pictures of her, but not talk to her?

[mcg]

5. They press will be supplied muzzles,

so they can't ask any questions.

"In case of an urge to ask a question, put on your muzzle."

[Dr.Phool]

9. Instead of drop down oxygen masks

They'll have drop down muzzles.

[mcg]

6. They are putting her in a cone of silence. nt

[Pete2069]

23. Republicans the party of security government

When will the democrats attack the republican's censorship of
the news media and our government policies and actions???.
Does everyone which speaks out about Bush's administration
receive a  very strong warning from Bush and his Police State
StormTroopers!!!!
Foreign countries know more about our government's actions and
crimes then the American citizen does..

[JBear]

2. Who paid for this one?

Was this paid for by public campaign funds? Was this on THE TAX PAYERS??

Is Johnny still using his wife's jet? When will this be considered a violation of McCain-Feingold?

:popcorn: :bounce:

[mcollier]

3. Who Cares!!!!

Treat Palin as the nobody she is....

Focus on Issues Important To YOU...

[Not Me]

4. She did NOT sell it on eBay. In fact she sold it at a LOSS to a repub contributor.

It was an inside deal (quelle surprise!) to an Alaskan businessman.
_Per Thom Hartmann

[bigworld]

7. A Brazilian plane, isn't it?

[soothsayer]

26. no, just one plane

[SeattleVet]

42. Yes, Brazilian. Why won't they support Amarican workers?

There are plenty of Boeing aircraft available for lease.

Why is she outsourcing her campaign?

[mcg]

8. Good point. nt

[L. Coyote]

25. Please show me that Republican contribution.

It is not humorous how this place operates like a giant rumor mill.

DU has zero credibility for a reason. People post LIES.

[underpants]

34. Oops look what I found L

THIS isn't true either? Wow

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-palin_planesep05,0,3470364.story

Palin's statement implied the plane was sold through the online auction site revered for empowering millions of small entrepreneurs, and Palin's spokeswoman insisted Thursday that the transaction occurred. But the plane failed to sell on eBay.

Instead, the 23-year-old 10-seat Westwind II was sold in August 2007 for $2.1 million to a Valdez, Alaska, entrepreneur; that's about $300,000 less than a broker's asking price, according to news accounts.

Also, while Palin characterized the plane as an extravagance of former Gov. Frank Murkowski, who arranged for its purchase in November 2005, the plane saw heavy use transporting Alaskan convicts.

Alaska does not have adequate prison capacity and contracts for space with a private facility near Phoenix. On Thursday, 24 percent of the 4,546 Alaskans in jail or in prison were serving their time at Arizona's Red Rock Correctional Center, said a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Corrections.

When the state first began using the plane in November 2005, prisoner transport accounted for 58 percent of the jet's use, and Murkowski's office used it 23 percent of the time. Over time, Murkowski's usage increased.

Today, the U.S. Marshals Service transports 90 percent of Alaska prisoners to Arizona. that is Fed. Govt. expense, no?

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/27938324.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
PALIN'S PLANE? IT WASN'T SOLD ON EBAY

One of the most compelling anecdotes in Sarah Palin's repertoire is that she auctioned off the Alaska governor's jet on eBay after taking office -- a swift move aimed at cleaning up the excesses of her predecessor. But in fact, the jet did not sell on eBay. It was sold to an Alaska businessman named Larry Reynolds, who paid $2.1 million for the plane, shy of the original $2.7 million purchase price, according to news reports at the time. Reynolds contributed to Palin's campaign in 2006. Palin did try to sell the plane on eBay, but there was only one serious bid, in December 2006, and it fell through.


CBS
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/06/politics/animal/main4422397.shtml

http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/douglasdeclue/CCFx

[Igel]

39. "Implied" is the wrong word.

That's from logic.

"Implicated" is the right word, from discourse pragmatics. It's a reasonable interpretation of an utterance, given the context, beyond what the utterance actually says given the meaning of the parts and the sentence grammar involved. Implicatures are deniable in certain contexts, that is, they can be ambiguous, and an implicature can either either left hanging, with its truth or falsity left unevaluated, or it can be assumed that the implicature simply doesn't follow.

Many "lies" are actually implicatures that might be intended, but which are false; or which are ambiguous, but which the listener only interprets as intended. It's a breakdown in communication, sometimes on the part of the speaker, and these days, esp. in politics, probably as often on the part of the hearer.

[Newsjock]

10. Where's the U.S. flag on that plane??

Oh wait, there it is, very tiny and small, almost invisible, just the size you'd find on a regular, ordinary, commercial jet.

Why does Sarah Palin hate America?

[stlsaxman]

27. there was a big Freep-mail about this very thing about Obama's plane..

i'll be sure to point this out to the freep at work as well

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Why not purchase the jet she "sold" on e-bay for a "profit"?

:rofl:

[mcg]

13. A negative 600,000 profit to a GOP donor, why can't he loan the plane

for their use? But no, not the little thing, it would not suffice.

[L. Coyote]

24. NOT a GOP donor, it seems. A Safari Club donor, yes.

Can you find ONE donation?

[mcg]

32. Looks like his wife donated 1,000 to John Harris

see
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6957433

[L. Coyote]

36. Before Palin was governor.

[mcg]

37. So what? nt

[Zuiderelle]

12. Wonder how much more it cost than the one she unloaded?

[mcg]

16. Embraer 190 list price is around 30 million ...

http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRHEFT/FRHeft04/FRH0404/FR0404e.htm

[high density]

18. It's a lease

You don't buy campaign aircraft...

[Zuiderelle]

29. I bet the lease is more than she lost on the plane she sold.

[ELY08]

14. Country First?????

No Flag!!!! & Made In Brazil!!!!!

[mcg]

20. Alaska first, then Brazil, the United States is somewhere down in the list. nt

There's actually a tiny little token U.S. flag that you can barely see at the back of the plane.

[pattmarty]

15. Hillbilly redneck is gonna get used to the "good life" in a hurry.

[ChazII]

35. May the 'good life' be

a short half life.

[high density]

17. 100 people with bigger seats and dividers?

I doubt that highly. 100 seats is the typical coach configuration AFAIK.

[LiberalFighter]

21. She will demonstrate how to field dress a moose on the plane

[mwooldri]

19. It's a plane JetBlue isn't using right now.

Since the plane is only going to be used for 2 months ... remove the Jetblue logo, slap on theirs. Minimal paint job; cut costs. Surprised they kept the Jetblue tailfin though.

*/Cheney only had an American flag on theirs because the aircraft owners logo consisted of an American flag.

Mark.

[jmowreader]

43. Why would they PAINT it at all?

If it was me, I would have wrapped it...you use "aircraft vinyl," which is perforated so it can breathe, and print anything you want on it. It's cheaper, more ecologically friendly and looks better.

[Wizard777]

22. No she will sell Air Force One on E-Bay after being elected.

You can launch nuclear missles from Air Force One. So lets hope we can out bid Al Qaida.

[DCKit]

28. Hope they offloaded all the coke before turning it over to the campaign.

That last thing we need is Palin all juiced on the campaign trail.

[bobthedrummer]

30. If anyone wants to dig deeper into this there was a mangagement shake-up last summer

At Global Aircraft Solutions as reported by TCMnet.com on July 29, 2008
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/07/29/3573740.htm

[Joanne98]

31. LOL

[ben_meyers]

33. Why can't she just campaign from the back of her 1st Dudes

snomachine? Whats with these Repugs and their private jets. Just regular folks my butt.

[DebbieCDC]

38. Did CIndy McCain pay for it

Like she owns McPOW's plane?

Just askin' :shrug:

[Historic NY]

40. Will she sell it at a loss? Like she did with Alaska's jet when no one bid.

[BrklynLiberal]

41. So, are the kids going to be flying with her too????