A Democrat, lying? What next, a Republican?

Rico says NetRight Nation has an article by Adam Bitely about Nancy Pelosi and her little airplane problem:

Jeff Emanuel at RedState reported on the emails recovered from the Judicial Watch FOIA request. Here are some of the details that turned up:
“Can nothing be done to get a non-stop flight?” wrote Pelosi scheduler Cortney Bright on 26 February 2007, after being told that the only way to do so would be to upgrade to a larger plane from the one Pelosi had already requisitioned. “the spkr office continues to ask the escort if they can get a bigger plane,” said one internal DOD email, dated 4 September 2008.
The Speakers office event went as far as to intimidate the DOD for not getting the larger plane: “Could you send me a hard copy of the DOD budget documents on the FY 08 request and the FY 07 supplemental request?” wrote Pelosi staffer Mike Sheehy in a 5 February 2007 email to the DOD, in direct response to having the speaker’s request for a bigger, nicer plane, that could take her from San Francisco to DC without having to refuel, rebuffed. This was an implicit budgetary threat issued to a department Pelosi and her staff wanted something from.
They even asked that they have access to military bases for arrivals and departures: “Pelosi has business that is closer to Travis and due to the tight timeframe is requesting to depart out of Travis instead of SFO. She lives about 1.5 hours from SFO and much closer to Travis. LL is well aware of the all the rules and tries hard to get our travelers to follow them. But, if we dedicate an aircraft to her for her use, then shouldn’t we try to meet her itinerary? CVAM has never done this before… Whether or not it is the best use of assets is not the question, but instead is it worth upsetting the speaker…”
“We have never done this in the past. The deal is from OSD/Execsec, the White House and OSD/LA that the Speaker shuttle is from DC to SFO and back. We will not reposition. We do not reposition for convenience even for the SECDEF. It is not to far of a drive from Travis to SFO.”
“…you know I understand and feel with you…but, this is a battle that we are bound to lose if we tell the Speaker's office. In the end, this is what will happen. Can you forward higher for approval for this mission. I wish that I could say this is a one-time request, but we know it will probably happen again in the future. We know you are correct in your justification, but this is still the request from the speaker’s office.”
“AF/LL has asked this question before. We can’t reposition the airplane such a short distance. It is not a judicial use of the asset. It is too expensive to operate the jet when there is truly no need to do so.”
Clearly, Nancy Pelosi was lying to the public saying she had never wanted a larger plane. Not only did she want the larger plane, but she wanted the treatment that a President receives in traveling as well. Just who is Nancy Pelosi? The Speaker of the House or the President?

Michelle Malkin confirms it:

My column today takes a close look at the documents obtained by the invaluable Judicial Watch pertaining to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s military travel demands. There were some real gems buried in the FOIA records release. I zeroed in on Pelosi’s diva request in December of 2008 to have the military reposition a military jet from San Francisco Airport to Travis Air Force base so she wouldn’t have to drive an hour and half.
Reading through the e-mail exchanges between DoD officials and Pelosi’s staff, you can’t help but feel very, very sorry for the men and women in uniform who have to put up with this woman— and even sorrier for all of us taxpayers who are footing her carbon-footprint-expanding bills.
Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is the Jennifer Lopez of congressional travel: fickle, demanding, and notoriously insensitive to the time, costs, and energy needed to accommodate her endless demands. The indispensable government watchdog Judicial Watch released a trove of public records through the Freedom of Information Act on Pelosi’s travel arrangements with the military. As Speaker of the House, Pelosi is entitled to a reasonable level of military protection and transport. But it’s the size of the planes, the frequency of requests and last-minute cancellations, and the political nature of many of her trips that scream out for accountability.
And, of course, it’s the double-barreled hypocrisy. There’s the eco-hypocrisy of the Democrat leader who wags her finger at the rest of us for our too-big carbon footprints and crusades for massive taxes and regulation to reduce global warming. Then there’s the Bay Area hypocrisy of the woman who represents one of the most anti-military areas of the country soaking up military resources to shuttle her (and her many family members) across the country almost every weekend.
Remember: Pelosi’s San Francisco is notorious for banning the Marines’ Silent Drill Platoon from filming a recruitment commercial on its streets; killing the JROTC program in the public schools; blocking the retired battleship USS Iowa from docking in its waters; and attacking the Navy’s Blue Angels, which left-wing activists have tried to banish from northern California skies for the past two years.
Apparently, those anti-war protesters have no problem with evil military jets carrying Pelosi and her massive entourages to the funerals of the late Representatives Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Charlie Norwood; foreign junkets to Rome; and politicized stops to Iowa flood sites to bash the Bush administration. One exasperated Department of Defense official, besieged with itinerary changes and shuttle requests back and forth between San Francisco Airport to Andrews Air Force Base for Pelosi, her daughter, son-in-law, and grandchild, wrote in an e-mail:
“They have a history of canceling many of their past requests. Any chance of politely querying Pelosi's team if they really intend to do all of these or are they just picking every weekend?… There’s no need to block every weekend ‘just in case’…”
Another official pointed out the “hidden costs” associated with the speaker’s last minute changes and cancellations. “We have folks prepping the jets and crews driving in (not a short drive for some), cooking meals and preflighting the jets etc.” Upset that a specific type of aircraft was not available to her boss, a Pelosi staffer carped to the DoD coordinators: “This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset Speaker.”
Three months ago, turmoil erupted over Queen Nancy’s demand for the military to reposition her plane to fly out of Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, closer to where she had “business,” instead of San Francisco Airport. A special air missions official wrote: “We have never done this in the past. The deal is… that the Speaker shuttle is from DC to SFO and back. We will not reposition. We do not reposition for convenience even for the SECDEF. It is not far of a drive from Travis to SFO. Did the escort suggest to the Speaker that this is okay? If so, I hope you guys correct them immediately. If you agree with me that I am correct, then you need to stay strong and present the facts to the Speaker’s office.”
Another official stated bluntly: “We can’t reposition the airplane such a short distance. It is not a judicial use of the asset. It is too expensive to operate the jet when there is truly no need to do so.”
A beleaguered colleague responded: “I understand and feel with you…but, this is a battle we are bound to lose if we tell the Speaker's office. In the end, this is what will happen…I wish that I could say this is a one-time request, but we know it will probably happen again in the future.”
In the end, the military won that battle. But a few days later, Pelosi was back with a new demand: that her military plane taking her from DC to San Francisco make a stop in New Jersey to bring her and three Democrats to an “innovation forum” at Princeton University involving 21 participants and no audience. A Gulfstream jet was secured for the important “official business.” No word on whether Pelosi required vanilla-scented candles, Evian water, and fresh white lilies aboard the flight. But rest assured: AirDiva traveled in style, courtesy of your tax dollars and the forbearance of the U.S. military.

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