So how much fuel did W waste on Earth Day

[DoYouEverWonder]

Flying AF1 all the way across the country just so he could go bike riding?

[stevebreeze]

1. like father like son

when the first Iraq war broke out Bush 1 took a break for driving his cigarette boat (25 gal/hr) to take question on Iraq from reporters.

[valerief]

2. It's different for him. He deserves more. He's a decider. n/t

[FightingIrish]

3. I see a little man with a very big airplane

sneaking around California to avoid seeing real people speaking out. I'll have no problem with Bush flying our 747 when the caption readds, "Worst President Ever George W. Bush boards Air Force One for his final flight to Crawford, Texas after being convicted by the Senate and removed from office."

[DemoTex]

4. How much of the taxpayers' fuel did W burn campaigning in 2002/2004?

Hundreds of thousands of miles flown in AF-1 burning untold amounts of jet fuel, paid for by the US Treasury (bi-partisan), for partisan GOP campaigning. It ain't right, folks.

[Olney Blue]

5. Not to mention the continuing phoney "meetings" with the "people."

:banghead:

[TomInTib]

7. AF1 and the backup 747 get less than 1mpg, C17 even less

with JetA running about $4.50 per gallon (God knows how much the taxpayers are paying)commercially and figuring about 3,000 miles cross country, fuel costs stack up pretty quickly.

And then there is Marine1 at .014mpg.

And then factor 2 limos and 4-6 armored Suburbans.

[DemoTex]

8. And, often, fighter escorts and combat air patrols.

A gallon here, a gallon there. Pretty soon you are talking real money.

[HeeBGBz]

9. Don't forget the Katrina Photo Ops on the Do-Nothing Tour

I won't.

[TahitiNut]

6. Answer: All of it.

:shrug: