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Related: About this forumMitt Romney’s tour bus has wings
BOSTON In Mitt Romneys America, buses have wings. And jet engines. And they travel 500 miles an hour.
Not really.
But Romney is putting a twist on what it means to go on a bus tour through the heartland.
On Friday, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is launching a five-day bus tour across six battleground states, his first big sprint of campaigning since the GOP primaries. Welcome to Day One of summer camp, Rick Gorka, Romneys traveling spokesman, told reporters gathered Friday morning for a pre-tour briefing at Romney campaign headquarters in Boston.
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But although Romney plans to ride between stops on his bus family, friends and key surrogates like Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) will accompany him on each leg he will board a chartered airplane at the end of each day to fly to the next state, according to aides.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romneys-tour-bus-has-wings/2012/06/15/gJQA1ZDneV_blog.html
Not really.
But Romney is putting a twist on what it means to go on a bus tour through the heartland.
On Friday, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is launching a five-day bus tour across six battleground states, his first big sprint of campaigning since the GOP primaries. Welcome to Day One of summer camp, Rick Gorka, Romneys traveling spokesman, told reporters gathered Friday morning for a pre-tour briefing at Romney campaign headquarters in Boston.
(snip)
But although Romney plans to ride between stops on his bus family, friends and key surrogates like Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) will accompany him on each leg he will board a chartered airplane at the end of each day to fly to the next state, according to aides.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romneys-tour-bus-has-wings/2012/06/15/gJQA1ZDneV_blog.html
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Mitt Romney’s tour bus has wings (Original Post)
EarlG
Jun 2012
OP
hopefully later on this summer, President Obama and VP Biden will do a real bus tour
WI_DEM
Jun 2012
#2
Bill Maher said the difference is on the bus the greyhound's on the side...
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2012
#10
Enrique
(27,461 posts)1. it's not a plane
it's a bus elevator.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)2. hopefully later on this summer, President Obama and VP Biden will do a real bus tour
thru the heartland or even an old fashioned train whistle-stop swing.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)5. trains!! totally should be trains.
and talk about high speed rail jobs and infrastructure the whole way.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)9. Cool!
In 2008, they drove right past my business.
montanacowboy
(6,103 posts)3. bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS FOOL?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)6. there is a fog upon the land
anyone with half a brain can see he is a liar and shyster.
But on account of the fog, people's brains are being
directly programmed to disregard their hearts and their
common sense.
This disregard will cause them suffering no matter who wins.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)4. Why am I not surprised? nt
siligut
(12,272 posts)7. The news stories always have to include something Obama did too
Last summer, President Obama got heat when the government flew, not drove, his black armored campaign bus to Minnesota to ready for the presidents Midwestern bus tour.
Obama is the president! There is no comparison. Obama was doing a short tour, do they really expect the president to waste time on the road getting the bus to a destination? And he flew the whole crew, it was a time saver.
Romney is going to fly each night, between stops, while his hooligans drive the bus. That obviously isn't saving time as the bus and crew are still traveling by ground, it is just saving Romney from any discomfort.
The news has been doing this, anytime they run a story unflattering to Romney, they have to include something Obama or another Democrat (Clinton) did. Like Clinton's team overlooking a tip for a waitress was equated with Romney's team breaking precious mementos and tearing off table cloths.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)8. All dogs have to be strapped to the roof of Robme's bus
Rhiannon12866
(206,116 posts)10. Bill Maher said the difference is on the bus the greyhound's on the side...
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)11. So the buses are just props
Why not just use dummy props of Romney himself on each bus. That way he could visit every part of the country at the same time. No one would know the difference.
Botany
(70,589 posts)12. A must read .... the bus tour where Mitt does not ride the bus.
Sarah Palin did this on her book tour .... fly into town and ride the bus the
last few miles to "the event."
I expect the media to cover this fraud in depth.
last few miles to "the event."
I expect the media to cover this fraud in depth.