:shrug: I like it. It’s not supposed to be a party bus.
… and spinners. A politician’s bus most definately needs spinners.
Two things surprise me here. One, only 1.1 million bucks? I figured most music band busses probably cost that much. You’d think with all the beefing up and gadgetry it’d easily top that. Two, no press has been allowed inside yet? I thought on A.F One that there were frequent chats with the press to qualify positions, promote policy, etc. I find the omission somewhat surprising.
I hope it plays Darth Vader’s Theme out the windows.
Or Flight of the Valkyries although, on second thought, “Valkyries” probably isn’t a word the Secret Service has fond connotations of.
…and truck nuts.
Well, the heavy weapons are in the SUVs in the other parts of the motorcade. I am surprised it is that little myself, especially with the communication equipment that is needed.
I’m sure we will see it at some point, but on this tour he’s made it a point to have interviews in real workplaces. The Secret Service has done an amazing job keeping the President secure, and making any place he visits secure, so it’s not as if they need a bulletproof place to hold an interview. I’m sure all the major news organizations will have “ride-alongs” during the actual campaign.
“Looks like a fish.”
“Moves like a fish!”
“Steers like a cow…”
I assume that they can stick a vehicle skin on them for the candidates come election season if such a thing is desired.
Easier than a paint job probably.
It will look cool going into a tunnel.
This is the funniest post of the week so far.
Sorry 'bout the fried chicken on the bus post.
Gov. Rick Perry of TX going to throw him under the bus.
Like a giant black dildo.
Who cares about the outside I want to see the inside. I wonder if it’s anything like Ashton Kutchers bus.
Maybe physically if he’s crazy enough to try it. The Secret Service would wrestle his ass to the ground. Definitely not electorally.
By the way, Dylan Ratigan claimed the bus was built in Canada. It’s a Prevost bus, sold by Hemphill Brothers of Tennessee. Prevost is Canadian, but I can’t think of a US company that makes a bus built for this purpose. By the way, why does this rule only apply to Democrats?
DAMN!
I have seen plenty of slides, but never a whole second floor!
I’m with the (few) folks who think the bus looks cool.
This.
Thank your lucky stars it wasn’t painted battleship gray.
The bus is, in a word, presidential.
Maureen Dowd described it - in her words - [I’m with the (few) folks who think the bus looks cool.
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He’s obviously campaigning on our dime, so pretending he isn’t is just silly.
Aren’t most of them campaigning on our dimes? I think the president’s very short, ground-based trip was a fairly responsible use of time and money.
I don’t know, I think it looks sexy. Cover it in translucent slime, paint some teeth on it and you’ve got yourself an alien.
No, they aren’t. Obama’s re-election campaigning is supposed to be on his dime, not the taxpayers’.
Methinks we need to tighten the rules on what constitutes official presidential business.