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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 01:08 PM
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Well at least Haley Barbour's spokesman got the "Tool" part right
The Mississippi state plane, a zippy Cessna Citation with a capacity of 12, is a favorite of corporate executives and the wealthy, and its principal passenger, Gov. Haley Barbour, might easily be mistaken for one of them when he arrives with a small entourage at airports in Washington, Las Vegas or New York, a car and driver waiting there at their disposal.

Barbour has traveled extensively on the jet, brushing off suggestions from Mississippi Democrats that he give it up in favor of a more modest propeller plane for his travel. The trips, according to a POLITICO review of the Cessna’s flight manifest since 2007, have mixed state business with both pleasure and national politics.

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7Dan Turner, a spokesman for Barbour, defended the travels as vital to the state’s economy. "Gov. Barbour is an effective marketing tool in a state that really needs it,"

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46816.html#ixzz19KvhJM1l
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 01:36 PM
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1. Barbour is good for Mississippi like tax cuts for the rich is good for job creation
Edited on Mon Dec-27-10 01:37 PM by lunatica
Q.E.D., the equation is faultless.
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