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Pryderi

(6,772 posts) Mon Jun 1, 2015, 07:31 PM Jun 2015

gasp SCANDAL! John Kerry was transported to the US by a C-17 [View all]

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Right-wingers seem to be making a big deal about this.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3106197/John-Kerry-picked-C-17-plane-airport-Geneva-breaking-leg.html

Air Force for one: Massive military transport plane that usually carries 100 troops picks up US Secretary of State John Kerry to bring him home after he breaks his leg cycling

Is it unusual for a Secretary of State or other governmental officials to be transported like this when they're injured? Was he supposed to fly coach?

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*gasp* SCANDAL! John Kerry was transported to the US by a C-17 [View all] Pryderi Jun 2015 OP

They absolutely sicken me. Left to them he would be transported by a Chinese Junk...n/t monmouth4 Jun 2015 #1

Planeghazi!!11! Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #2

+ underpants Jun 2015 #5

Never flew on one but a flight on a C-anything with a broken leg can't be very great underpants Jun 2015 #3

And probably noisy as hell. 3catwoman3 Jun 2015 #8

Yes underpants Jun 2015 #10

The USAF has modified Airstream trailers which are loaded into large transport aircraft Major Nikon Jun 2015 #15

I read some mind-blowing stuff on FB today. Atman Jun 2015 #4

Haven't seen it yet underpants Jun 2015 #6

Much ado about nothing nil desperandum Jun 2015 #19

+ 1000 n/t MBS Jun 2015 #20

Politics is a form of tribalism. People need to understand nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #28

Thank you nil desperandum Jun 2015 #35

I blame Speaker Gingrich for that nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #37

Just went through this with an old old friend in Florida. Atman Jun 2015 #45

Excellent Point nil desperandum Jun 2015 #48

Ah, fuck them. peecoolyour Jun 2015 #7

I suppose they want the Secretary of State to fly crammed in a coach seat Warpy Jun 2015 #9

Wasn't there a piper cub available? Maybe they should have used Ryan Air! n2doc Jun 2015 #11

and strapped to the wing! CTyankee Jun 2015 #12

Shit... catnhatnh Jun 2015 #13

Right wing idiots Action_Patrol Jun 2015 #14

they get fauxraged by anything.. they're boring and predictable Cha Jun 2015 #16

they think the military belongs to them, i remember the anger when some soldiers held up an umbrella JI7 Jun 2015 #17

sadly, spot on. n/t MBS Jun 2015 #21

I guessed a US Airforce Air Ambulace nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #18

Is it slow, or is that a swift plane? pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #22

The Yahoos wouldn't know the difference...nt Princess Turandot Jun 2015 #24

I see... riqster Jun 2015 #30

He of course rates a military aircraft Lee-Lee Jun 2015 #23

Silver Star recipients deserve the best. Octafish Jun 2015 #25

He broke his thigh bone (the femur)... Princess Turandot Jun 2015 #26

I almost feel sorry for conservatives Kalidurga Jun 2015 #27

He is 3rd in line in Presidential succession exboyfil Jun 2015 #29

Well, fourth. Demit Jun 2015 #33

You are right exboyfil Jun 2015 #36

I'll always remember Alexander Haig saying he was in charge Demit Jun 2015 #38

That was the first thing that came to mind exboyfil Jun 2015 #40

How about when they pick somebody to NOT attend the State of the Union Demit Jun 2015 #41

Isn't like the Sec of the Interior exboyfil Jun 2015 #42

Should have stuck him on a Greyhound Bus. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2015 #31

He couldn't be "Swiftboated" home, could he? eom. Bad Thoughts Jun 2015 #32

C-17, C-18, whatever it takes. spanone Jun 2015 #34

Time for a bike like mine. CK_John Jun 2015 #39

Paraphrasing Animal Farm exboyfil Jun 2015 #43

WTF? No scandal on Hastert? That thing went in and out of the news media like nothing. Xyzse Jun 2015 #44

A Thread that Must Not Be Pulled Octafish Jun 2015 #46

Ick... Xyzse Jun 2015 #47