CriticalMass wrote in message ...
airbourne56 wrote:

"John T" wrote in message

True, which might make all of the presidential TFRs tolerable if he
was traveling on the business of the United States of America. The
trip, however, was primarily or solely for political fund raising
purposes. Given how intrusive it is when he travels, he should step up
and make the sacrifice of staying home unless he has to travel on real
business.


I see.

So, *any* President of the United States should "stay home" (where the
hell is that?) if the proposed travel doesn't meet *your* definition of
"real business"?

Exactly. That's great that you got my point so clearly. Without
digressing into a discussion about the corruption of a political
system of financial orgy, if current airspace security requirements
dictate that large swaths of airspace have to be closed down when the
president travels, then travel that is for the sole purpose of
political fundraising should end--no matter the political party of the
president.

The official residence of the President of the United States is the
White House. It's in Washington, D.C. Perhaps you've heard of it?

I distinguished "real business" from political fund raising. Political
fund raising is not the business of the United States of America.
Having airplanes grounded, businesses disrupted, innocent pilots
busted, and travel in the air and on the ground stopped simply so a
politician can raise more money is not an act of sacrifice in a time
of war (not my definition), it's political business as usual.


Or are we still trying to smear "Baby Bush", and haircuts on the LAX
tarmac are A-OK with us good-ole boys with our collective heads on straight?

There is no "we." No liberal conspiracy, no pointy-headed elite, and
no attempt to smear anyone. Just a person with an opinion--like lots
of other people who post here. I must say that tiresome resurrections
of an event that occurred many years ago--as outrageous as it might
have been--seem to reveal a rather hypocritical proclivity to "smear."