Edwards jet aborts takeoff after generator fails

[Must_B_Free]

CNN just said. within 20 seconds of liftoff, pilots made the snap decision to abort.

That would have been an october surprise if it had wellstoned.

[Doosh]

1. thank god

scary stuff...


somebody might be looking out for them :)

[cmf]

2. OMG

Keep safe, John Edwards.

[treading_water]

3. Oh sh*t Oh sh*t Oh sh*t

Holy crap. You just tapped into my biggest fear. That they won't live long enough to take over after they win the election.

I think I'm hyperventilating.... :(

[rndmprsn]

4. indeed

that would be terrible...sabotage?

rove is getting really nervous.

[Lavender Brown]

5. God forbid

Don't even joke about things like that. :scared:

[Kikosexy2]

6. That just...

came to my mind--and honestly don't be surprised either. God forbid please but knowing these evil f*#ks who will stoop to anything...

[tridim]

7. I sincerely hope this is immediately investigated

Talk to every technician that worked on the plane during the past month.

[dolstein]

8. Shades of Carnahan and Wellstone

Why do only Democratic politicians die in plane crashes?

[noamnety]

23. um ...

Given how Teresa's first husband was killed, that remark doesn't sit too well with me.

[Thrill]

9. Right Wing nut

mechanics. I want the voter registration cards checked of these mechanics

[KittyWampus]

10. Blessings And Healing Energy Directed To Our Two Heroes

John Kerry and John Edwards

[spooky3]

11. fortunately, CNN said all were ok; the light came on during takeoff

[Lex]

14. Kerry & Edwards need private mechanics for their planes.

Are all their flights on campaign planes privately owned?

All it takes it one right-wingnut Bushbot airplane mechanic.

[spooky3]

27. absolutely

[irancontra]

12. somebody said that about a week ago... keep safe on the trail..

ughh.. scary. Edwards stay alert !

[nostamj]

13. invest NOW in tin foil futures...

I made a killing on white plastic lawn chairs...

[Eurobabe]

15. oh F*CK!!!!!

[Supersedeas]

16. whew....if only Paul Wellstone's pilot was quicker at the switch

[liberal N proud]

17. If I tell my wife this with suspicion, she will just say

"They wouldn't do that"
I know she is in the right ball park but she is somewhat gullible on this stuff.

[RafterMan]

18. They wouldn't do that

If it was Kerry's plane, I could see the tinfoil but Edwards isn't the one driving Bush's defeat. Pulling something like that wouldn't bring Bush any closer to reelection.

Plus, I don't really see any political reason to fire a warning shot at Kerry at this point.

[liberal N proud]

19. Now you are sounding like my wife

[RafterMan]

21. So why would anyone go after Edwards?

Why? I just don't see it. If anything, it would make the dems more sympathetic.

Why!

[fugop]

20. Ummm

Didn't Russert just have that weird "Stay safe" thing on his interview? Was it Russert? how weird!

[Wind Dancer]

30. Yes he did!

TR said at the end of the interview to be careful out there campaigning! The remark was strange and left me uncomfortable.

[Andromeda]

26. Open your eyes.

Don't you understand that this administration will stop at NOTHING, NOTHING to win this election.

They need to step up secret service protection for both Kerry, Edwards and their families.

[JohnnyCougar]

37. They already have secret service protection.

I'm joust worried that even that won't be good enough.

[Zookeeper]

38. I'm not quite ready to put on a tinfoil hat, but....

If Edwards was suddenly not on the ticket, it would be quite disruptive at this point. I could see BushCo thinking that a new VP candidate would give "soft" Kerry supporters a reason to go with the candidate they know (Smirk) even if they know he's a terrible president.

To BushCo: Don't get any ideas because after Wellstone and Carnahan no one will buy it.

[yodermon]

40. Tell her

JFK
RFK
MLK
Malcolm X
Lennon
Wellstone

[barbaraann]

22. Randi Rhodes was an airplane mechanic!

Has she said anything about this?

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. Nope. I'm listening to her and she hasn't said anything yet. n/t

[Lefta Dissenter]

24. OK

while I've tried to stay away from including a tin-foil hat in my wardrobe... the toppling of the power poles in Milwaukee that created a power outage that included Mitchell Field in Milwaukee - that was the same day that Edwards was flying into or out of Milwaukee (or maybe both - I can't remember the details). :tinfoilhat:

[in_cog_ni_to]

32. Are you kidding me???

My friend told me about that outage. I haven't heard ONE word about it! I thought it was a practice run for screwing up the electronic voting machines on Nov. 2. Edwards was flying into Milwaukee that day? :scared: Damn. :tinfoilhat:

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. My friend said the FBI was going to investigate that outage.

Did they/are they investigating? Can you tell me exactly what happened? She said she has seen only 2 quick snippets on the news, but never did find out what happened. Do they know yet?

[Lefta Dissenter]

39. as far as I know,

they have found a tool (wrench???) and a pair of workgloves near the scene. That's pretty much all I've heard, though I'm sure there's more in the Milw. local news than here in Madison.

Was this designed to be a hit on the power company (as has happened in... I think someone said CA) or someone else????? :tinfoilhat: It just seems a wee bit strange that it would happen the DAY that Edwards is there. You don't really think we'll ever learn any REAL details, though, do you? I mean, if it's some nutso freeper - what are they going to do, interview him on O'Reilly's show?

I hate this crap. I can't wait till the election is over and we know this current administration will be on their hike back to Texas.

[Andromeda]

25. When I heard that on CNN...

my thoughts flashed back to Wellstone and Carnahan. The Republicans will stop at nothing to win this election and you'd better not delude yourself that they aren't capable of tampering with the flights of our candidates.

Of this, I'm certain.:scared:

[DemDogs]

28. Didn't it happen before?

Wasn't there an electrical tower in Wisconsin or Minnesota that fell near a runway about the time Edwards was supposed to land?

[in_cog_ni_to]

29. Here we go, folks.

The BFEE is at it again. Well, now Edwards and Kerry have had a heads up..."we're out to get you." No one will ever convince me that this wasn't done by the BFEE...ever! :grr:

[Wind Dancer]

34. Yep, it's their signature.

Method of operation.:scared:

[tjdee]

33. People--there ARE such things as crazy wingnuts.

It probably has nothing to do with the BFEE.

In this case, it was probably just a thing that happened.

HOWEVER.

There are wacked out wingnuts (of all stripes I guess) who work on airplanes, etc. There are wacked out wingnuts everywhere who think they're 'helping the cause'. The same way Sirhan Sirhan was not commissioned by Nixon. THOSE are the people I worry about the most.

Bush and co. operate on another level.

[karlrschneider]

35. Let's not get too freaked over this...I have had that minor problem MANY

times. I've even continued a flight for hours with even -both- generators out...it's a concern but not an emergency. (But it was prudent to return to get it checked out...in my case, I was the only person to fly & maintain the aircraft so I pretty much knew how to deal with it, I don't know about those pilots.)

[Greylyn58]

41. GOD!!!

When did this happen? I can't find anything on CNN about it. Was it this morning ot this evening? This brings up my worse nightmare.

:scared:

[zulchzulu]

42. We should know the Rethugs will try ANYTHING

Don't take ANYTHING for granted. They are desperate, cornered RATS.