Nancy Pelosi? Couldn’t be. Seems she want and expects to have first class transportation available at her beckon call.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly requested military aircraft to shuttle her and her colleagues and family around the country, according to a new report from a conservative watchdog group.
Apparently only the best will do…
But Judicial Watch said that Pelosi was notorious for making special demands for high-end aircraft, lodging last-minute cancellations and racking up additional expenses for the military.
The e-mails showed repeated attempts by Pelosi aides to request aircraft, sometimes aggressively, and by Department of Defense officials to accommodate them.
“I think that’s above and beyond what other members of Congress are doing and what is expected of our elected officials,” said Jenny Small, a researcher with the group.
In one e-mail, aide Kay King complained to the military that they had not made available any aircraft the House speaker wanted for Memorial Day recess.
“It is my understanding there are NO G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable … The Speaker will want to know where the planes are,” King wrote.
In another, when told a certain type of aircraft would not be available, King wrote: “This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset Speaker.”
Here’s a video Fox News report as well.
This is not good leadership in poor economic times. Yet, it is exactly the type of leadership one would expect from our entitled political leaders. Seems like a great way to lose some “moral authority”, of course that assumes Ms. Pelosi ever had any. There is NO doubt she has the power and the associated arrogance.
Added 3/11 @ 2:26pm. The country’s in the very best of hands.
