Bu$h campaigning hard with our tax dollars

[GreenPartyVoter]

"President Bush is using Air Force One for re-election travel more heavily than any predecessor, wringing maximum political mileage from a perk of office paid for by taxpayers.

While Democratic rival John Kerry digs into his campaign bank account to charter a plane to roam the country, Bush often travels at no cost to his campaign simply by declaring a trip "official" travel rather than "political."

Even when the White House deems a trip as political, the cost to Bush's campaign is minimal. In such instances, the campaign must only pay the government the equivalent of a comparable first-class fare for each political traveler on each leg, Federal Election Commission guidelines say.

Usually, that means paying a few hundred or a few thousand dollars for the president and a handful of aides. It's a minuscule sum, compared to the $56,800-per-hour the Air Force estimates it costs to run Air Force One."


http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040530/D82T56B81.html

[Zuni]

1. great

I would expect no less from him

[freetobegay]

2. One of the perks not much we can do about it.

[Dying Eagle]

3. GRRRR

Their should be a law aganst that. I know there is, but6 close the loop hole, its Bull Shit

[2Design]

4. reminds me of my IBM managers.....

They used to do this all the time, when we were suppose to be cutting back. They would plan a personal trip and then call it business by setting up a meeting....then get there and the meeting would be cancelled....

Bush has done this a lot. I have noticed that. He goes places and then finds a reason to dedicated something so that he can say it was business....every trip ......from what I can tell....or a lot of them.... start noticing in the news on any trip he makes...... to poo dunk, nebraska..... he will find some small official something to do.... and write it off as a business trip...