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insta8er

(960 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:26 PM Mar 2016

Video shows Hillary Clinton boarding private jet just hours after launching global-warming push

EXCLUSIVE: Video shows Hillary Clinton boarding private jet just hours after launching global-warming push – and she's using a FRENCH aircraft that burns 347 gallons of fuel every hour!

Just hours after Hillary Clinton unveiled her presidential campaign's push to solve global warming through an aggressive carbon-cutting plan, she sauntered up the steps of a 19-seat private jet in Des Moines, Iowa.

The aircraft, a Dassault model Falcon 900B, burns 347 gallons of fuel per hour. And like all Dassault business jets, Hillary's ride was made in France.

The Trump-esque transportation costs $5,850 per hour to rent, according to the website of Executive Fliteways, the company that owns it.

And she has used the same plane before, including on at least one trip for speeches that brought her $500,000 in fees.



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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3176630/Video-shows-Hillary-Clinton-boarding-private-jet-just-hours-launching-global-warming-push-s-using-FRENCH-aircraft-burns-347-gallons-fuel-hour.html
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Video shows Hillary Clinton boarding private jet just hours after launching global-warming push (Original Post) insta8er Mar 2016 OP
Sanders flies Private jets and yells about global warming on his stump speeches. riversedge Mar 2016 #1
Didn't his financial reports show $1.6 million to one charter plane company? nt CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #11
How do you expect him to travel now that he has Secret Service protection? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #13
But, mom, all the other kids are doing it. nt nichomachus Mar 2016 #19
Good find itsrobert Mar 2016 #2
Video shows Hillary Clinton picking her nose.... UMTerp01 Mar 2016 #3
Don't quit your day job. nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #34
Look at all the f*cks I give.... UMTerp01 Mar 2016 #39
You sure are no comedian. Keep posting looser comments. LOL nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #40
And you learn the difference between lose and loose LOL UMTerp01 Mar 2016 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Snotcicles Mar 2016 #45
Realistically, that's the only way a candidate can travel for a campaign. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #4
So has Al Gore mythology Mar 2016 #5
Today's been a light day for right-wing sources here, thanks for picking up the slack! DanTex Mar 2016 #6
I heard that she plans to fly in a full size jetliner when she's president. onehandle Mar 2016 #7
Does Bernie walk to all his campaign stops? Jesus Christ. nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #8
he hitchhikes! bettyellen Mar 2016 #16
I can't get upset about this. I'm still reeling over what they did to Al Gore. jillan Mar 2016 #9
When was the last time Hillary flew coach on a commercial airplane? angstlessk Mar 2016 #10
Having Secret Service protection makes commercial air travel pretty impractical The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #12
This! NWCorona Mar 2016 #21
. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #14
Just like Bernie. #itsokaywhenBerniedoesit bettyellen Mar 2016 #15
I agree with you but you gotta admit, those were some good pictures NWCorona Mar 2016 #23
unrec and boo for sh*t stirring WhiteTara Mar 2016 #17
Al Gore has a BIG House!!!! JoePhilly Mar 2016 #18
It's true davidn3600 Mar 2016 #30
So does Susan Sarandon and DU had big threads about it today, they were Al Gore's House threads. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #36
Presidential candidates fly, but not on a schedule MineralMan Mar 2016 #20
Wow, so now Camp Sanders is echoing global-warming denialists? Tarc Mar 2016 #22
Give it a rest matt819 Mar 2016 #24
I can't generate a lot of outrage over this one. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2016 #25
GOP alive and well here at DU I see. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #26
Jackie, tin foil much? insta8er Mar 2016 #31
I can see right through some. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #32
That's nothing. This fraud is still promoting COAL AND METHANE. arcane1 Mar 2016 #27
I LOVE the ... NanceGreggs Mar 2016 #28
The fact of the matter is, unless one rides a bike everywhere and has no electricity, we are all Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #29
The source of this video is the right wing pac America Rising. It says so right in your link Tanuki Mar 2016 #33
This is a non-issue, they did the same thing to Al Gore trying to carbon shame him. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #35
It's Al Gore's House day on DU, first Susan Sarandon gets it now Hilllary. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #37
We should try to call out right wing attacks on both candidates. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #38
Sanders spent $1.65ml on private jet travel in February bigtree Mar 2016 #41
Non issue SheenaR Mar 2016 #42
She's not my first choice, but this is bullshit . . . hatrack Mar 2016 #43
 

CalvinballPro

(1,019 posts)
11. Didn't his financial reports show $1.6 million to one charter plane company? nt
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:40 PM
Mar 2016

Edit: And that was just one month!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,001 posts)
13. How do you expect him to travel now that he has Secret Service protection?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:46 PM
Mar 2016

I don't think they would allow him to keep flying commercial in coach (or even first class) and I really doubt that they'd want him to hitchhike. Griping about any candidate's travel arrangements is just stupid. If either of them chartered a 747 there would be cause for complaint but not an ordinary business jet.

 

UMTerp01

(1,048 posts)
3. Video shows Hillary Clinton picking her nose....
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:33 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton caught picking her nose just hours after giving a speech about the dangers of finger to nose contact.

 

UMTerp01

(1,048 posts)
44. And you learn the difference between lose and loose LOL
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 10:04 PM
Mar 2016

Cuz clearly you missed that lesson the rest of us learned in elementary school.

Response to UMTerp01 (Reply #44)

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,001 posts)
4. Realistically, that's the only way a candidate can travel for a campaign.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:34 PM
Mar 2016

The fuel burn for the aircraft is about average for a jet that size. A hot air balloon or a glider isn't very practical.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
9. I can't get upset about this. I'm still reeling over what they did to Al Gore.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:38 PM
Mar 2016

Lots of other things she does upsets me but this isn't one of them.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
10. When was the last time Hillary flew coach on a commercial airplane?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:39 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie did till he had secret service protection...and this is snopes!

http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-flies-coach/

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,001 posts)
12. Having Secret Service protection makes commercial air travel pretty impractical
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:42 PM
Mar 2016

and would be extremely inconvenient for the other passengers and the airline; in fact, I don't know if the Secret Service would even allow it. I don't begrudge either candidate for chartering an airplane because as long as we expect candidates to campaign in person there isn't any other way for them to do it.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
15. Just like Bernie. #itsokaywhenBerniedoesit
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:50 PM
Mar 2016

Give me a fucking break- next you'll pull out pics of him flying coach eight months ago. Bullshit.

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
30. It's true
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:40 PM
Mar 2016

If you are someone who wants to preach about the environment and carbon footprints, then you shouldn't be afraid to evaluate your own footprint.

I'm not talking about Gore or Hillary on private jets. I'm talking about their personal life and their personal footprint. Let's forget the private jets and look at their houses.

I had a professor in college that was all big on this environment thing. She was big on global warming and permaculture and all that stuff. I respected her for that and her opinions because she lived by example. She lived "off the grid" so to speak. What I don't respect is Al Gore living in a mansion with a power bill in the several thousands of dollars and then him preaching to me and other poor and middle class folks that we need to "cut back." Fuck that.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
36. So does Susan Sarandon and DU had big threads about it today, they were Al Gore's House threads.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:13 PM
Mar 2016

That sort of crap engenders this sort of crap. Which is what I said in those threads.

MineralMan

(147,300 posts)
20. Presidential candidates fly, but not on a schedule
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:04 PM
Mar 2016

that matches commercial flights. They all use private jets when necessary. Once they have Secret Service protection, there really is no choice.

Your criticism is a criticism of what is standard for presidential candidates during primary and general election campaign season.

I can see that you're concerned, but now that you have the correct information, I hope that satisfies your concerns. Truly.

Tarc

(10,562 posts)
22. Wow, so now Camp Sanders is echoing global-warming denialists?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:07 PM
Mar 2016

This is like when Hannity and the other talking heads make fun of the global warming conferences that happen to coincide with a blizzard, or Al Gore driving to one in an SUV.

Point. Missed.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
24. Give it a rest
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:12 PM
Mar 2016

Sure, it's fun to see Bernie flying coach. But the reality is that these candidates - all of them - have to get from point a to point b pretty quickly. Sometimes that involves private aircraft.

Airplane travel is a reality. It sucks, but when business or personal needs demand, you gotta take a plane. Even candidates. So let's skip the sanctimony, on all sides. Well, except for Trump, of course, who looks like he is going to make this the first presidential campaign in American history to show a profit, thanks to his accountants.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,783 posts)
25. I can't generate a lot of outrage over this one.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:26 PM
Mar 2016

Should she start travelling in a gold-plated 747 with "HERE'S HILLARY!" on the sides, well...

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
27. That's nothing. This fraud is still promoting COAL AND METHANE.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:31 PM
Mar 2016

Her "climate plan" is just another focus-group-tested slogan, signifying nothing.

NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
28. I LOVE the ...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:32 PM
Mar 2016

... EXCLUSIVE: Video shows Hillary Clinton boarding private jet ..."

I guess this EXCLUSIVE story is big news to the eleven people who don't know that Hillary always uses a private jet in her travels.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
29. The fact of the matter is, unless one rides a bike everywhere and has no electricity, we are all
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 05:34 PM
Mar 2016

Complicit.

Yowling "hypocrisy' is a diversionary tactic, straight from the fossil fuel industry.

Tanuki

(15,239 posts)
33. The source of this video is the right wing pac America Rising. It says so right in your link
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:28 PM
Mar 2016

..."a videographer working with the conservative America Rising PAC spotted her at the private air terminal in Des Moines.

FIfteen seconds of video shot just after 12:00 noon, local time, shows Clinton walking up the plane's stairs while an aide hodls a giant black umbrella over her head to sheld her from falling rain.

'Despite her campaign’s best efforts to rebrand her as a down-to-earth fighter for "everyday Americans," Hillary Clinton’s jet-setting ways are just further confirmation that she’s out of touch with the American people,' the group's communications driector Jeff Bechdel told DailyMail.com.".......

==========================

America Rising? Why in the name of God are you on Democratic Underground, using material from a right-wing political action committee that was founded by Matt Rhoades, (Mitt Romney's campaign manager), to smear a Democratic presidential candidate?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/01/america_rising_the_republican_pac_that_s_filming_every_vulnerable_democratic.html

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
35. This is a non-issue, they did the same thing to Al Gore trying to carbon shame him.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:35 PM
Mar 2016

The source is a right wing rag, there are plenty of valid reasons to criticize Hillary, this isn't one of them.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
37. It's Al Gore's House day on DU, first Susan Sarandon gets it now Hilllary.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:15 PM
Mar 2016

It's a stinking trope in all cases.

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
42. Non issue
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:22 PM
Mar 2016

Would have been funnier if you indicated she boarded to escape sniper fire. Then you would have had something.

Candidates have to get from place to place. Necessary evil. She's not using a hot air balloon to go from state to state and neither is Bernie

hatrack

(60,590 posts)
43. She's not my first choice, but this is bullshit . . .
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:54 PM
Mar 2016

Substitute "Al Gore" for "Hillary Clinton", change the dateline, and this post would be right at home at Breitbart.com.

Come to think of it, I'd be willing to bet that James Hansen and Kevin Trenberth and Michael Mann and Jason Box have traveled by plane, perhaps more than once. Some have even traveled by helicopter - even MORE wasteful!

Guess that's enough to discredit them and their efforts too, right?

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