# Cardinal Mahoney: God Grant Me The Grace To Forgive My Accusers

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**Created:** [February 27, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinal-mahoney-god-grant-me-the-grace-to-forgive-my-accusers/651521 "2013-02-27T15:13:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinal-mahoney-god-grant-me-the-grace-to-forgive-my-accusers/651521/186 "2013-03-01T02:09:51Z")

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Now, here’s an interesting situation. After then-Speaker Pelosi was accused of malfeasance for not flying commercial, I said:

> [@Pelosi's Palatial Plane Preference: Piggishness or Republican Pablam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pelosis-palatial-plane-preference-piggishness-or-republican-pablam/391385/7):
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> The Speaker is the second person in line for the Presidency. It seems utterly obvious to me that she should have a government plane that is capable of taking her back home without refueling. Hastert did, but of course his home is Illinois, much closer, so this didn’t come up.
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> Thirty years ago, I’d have said that the Speaker should suck it up and fly commercial. Today, that would be madness. Ms. Pelosi should fly on whatever military plane is equipped to move her and her staff non-stop.
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> Now, I don’t know details of plane models, but that’s my view of what the policy should be, and it’s a no-brainer.

I was fully prepared to grind out a battle, but interestingly… no real disputes arose on the SDMB.

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