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Sanders flies coach, social media says he's first classBy 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
(59,224 posts)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
(50,303 posts)RandySF
(59,224 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)Even to a single issue voter, if mode of flying was that single issue.
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INdemo
(6,994 posts)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 cant. Not the competition and not the corporate media. Bernie Sanders just keeps rolling along and that is why he will win.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)equivalency stuff.
Jackilope
(819 posts)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
(9,709 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)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
(7,006 posts)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
(55,981 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)forest444
(5,902 posts)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
(12,504 posts)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
(13,883 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)Except selfie guy who seems to be having a great time. LOL.
UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)happier!!!! Bernie has that effect on people
forest444
(5,902 posts)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
(23,730 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)It's one hundred feet long and nuclear powered.
Here's a video:
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farleftlib
(2,125 posts)covered in rich Corinthian pleather. Only elitists would ride in such a fancy bus.
tecelote
(5,122 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)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
(57,349 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)posted as its own thread in GD. give it some love, will ya?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)we're not bright enough to survive on our own!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)tecelote
(5,122 posts)Nice job.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)many thanks
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)Bernie has to be using the Antonov An-225 now. Shows how much money they have.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Because yanno, he's the kind of guy who would lie about that.
#nosnakesonthisplane - just Bernie in coach!
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)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.