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President Obama On Marine One Forced To Land While En Route To Camp David

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Paging Snake Plissken!

In an odd little item, ABC News is reporting that presidential helicopter Marine One was forced to land in an undisclosed location as it carried President Obama and daughter Sasha to Camp David for the weekend. According to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, the diversion was due to a “bad weather call,” but the report goes on to say that the weather, from DC to Camp David, was far from frightful. Let the conspiracy theories begin!

From ABC News:

In a highly unusual maneuver, President Obama’s 30 minute flight to the Presidential mountain retreat at Camp David this afternoon was diverted to an undisclosed landing near Frederick, Maryland and a motorcade assembled to drive him to the nearby site. White House press secretary Jay Carney tells ABC News a “bad weather call” was made before the President and his younger daughter Sasha even boarded the aircraft.

…In Washington at the time Marine One took off, according to Accuweather.com, there was no precipitation across the entire region, including Camp David.

Light winds blew from the southeast at 10mph with  mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the middle 70′s.

According to Carney, the report says, the President and Sasha have arrived safely at Camp David.

If the weather was fine, then why the detour? We’ll leave it to others to speculate, but let’s not rule out the possibility that Marine One was simply tuckered out after flying all those buses around the Midwest.

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  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Mediaite – I’ve decided you’re tools for the RWNJ. WTF!

  • Anonymous

    First, Limbaugh will complain that the aircraft was made in Canada while Beck will say obama stopped to meet communists

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    Security threat?

  • Anonymous

    that or a mechanical problem maybe

  • Anonymous

    Call me Snake .

  • Hugo Daun

    Let’s not rule out the possibility that Marine One was simply tuckered out after flying all those buses around the Midwest.

    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • HIHIHI

    hahahah
    leave it to the right wing to put everything into…no context

  • Anonymous

    Even Marine One has no respect for the incompetent community organizer!!

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    Projecting sentiment upon the inanimate? Sign of a full blown Wackaloon.

  • Anonymous

    Which inanimate object were you referencing, Marine One or the incompetent community organizer?

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    Make a guess CoCo, with equal odds you will figure it out even if by mistake. In fact, mistake is probably your best bet… Intention serves you poorly.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t care for Obama one bit but being the reality is such that being the most important man/child in the world makes you a potential target 24/7, 365 days a year.

    This sad reality is even more tragic when the first family has young children that are in just as much, maybe even more danger on a daily basis.

    It does appear the Obama daughters have really taken to their place in history quite well. 

    Hopefully, incidents such as this, no matter what it turned out to be, won’t hinder them from just being kids in any way, shape or form.

  • Chainbucket

    Marine One was forced to land in Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick MD due to a mechanical problem. It is still there and there are MIG’s flying in big circles about 40k ft up since about 4pm.

  • DC Born

    MiGs?? Russian jets?

  • Anonymous

    In that case I will double down and guess both…..break even for sure and have a 50/50 of taking the whole Kobe Beef pie….that is if Michelle and Barrack haven’t already eaten it already!!

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    Read a comment from someone who purports to live nearby on the ABC story… Noted the heavy fighter jet traffic… Certainly not MIG’s though.

  • lina

    Real Wives of NJ? 
    Actually, it is refreshing to hear something from medialite that isn’t liberal hard-on.

  • RACE BAITING@6 RESIST WE MUCH!

    Better call in maverick and goose!

  • lina

    ok.  you love obama.  tell me why.  give me talking points.

  • http://gregingleright.weebly.com/ Greg

    Who promised beef pie? All I got for you is 6oz of High Life… only slightly cool.

  • Anonymous

    Actually, coming on the eve of 9/11, I’d theorize that the Illuminati are desensitizing Obama for more serious black (psy)ops to come…

  • Anonymous

    Let me elaborate, a “conspiracy theory” based on FACTUAL circumstances: the Illuminati and extreme rightwing pseudo-fuundamentalist crazies in the security-mil complex used their classified electromagnetic weapon system to spawn a violent wind microburst, forcing down Marine One… a harbinger of more nefarious 9/11 eve black ops to come??

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000487814511 Roy R Meadows

    If the Air Force is as downgraded as the rest of the country they may have had to borrow some MIG’S from Russia or China.

  • RWRN

    I’m just baffled….is this yet ANOTHER vacation?  Maybe at least go to Vegas and spend some money…I heard the economy is really bad there…or somewhere…I think…Idk, lemme go ask my mom….maybe B.Hussein Obama should do the same…

  • http://twitter.com/Staciisa_bitch Staci Chase

    I wonder what happen?? I will have to call my secret service friend and see if I can find out the details  

  • Anonymous

    My best guess would either be mechanical trouble or security trouble.  Either way – it’s not a good thing.  
    Carney’s answer was stupid (not surprised) since that was easily verified or found to be a lie.  

    I’m glad they took no chances either way.  Don’t enjoy stories like this.

  • Anonymous

    @markknoller
    Mark Knoller 
    Actually, it was Pres Obama’s 498th flight on Marine One today since taking office. He has flown 406 times on Air Force One.

    http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/109783463032397824

  • Nature Freak

    I bet you know off the top of your head the price of tinfoil in bulk.

  • Rob

    There are no talking points. That’s what sets us apart from you guys. Fox tells you what to think, we just…think.

  • Rob

    First sensible thing I’ve ever read from you. Kudos man, nestled beneath the Photoshopped pictures of Obama, unoriginal puns, and talking points, you still have humanity and Americanism. Thank you for that.

  • Rob

    Must we bring up Bush? He spent a cumulative 2 years of his presidency on vacation. Pfft.

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Let me guess. The copter landed on a golf course in route.

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Let me guess. The copter landed on a golf course in route.

  • ObamaSux

    According to PMSNBC the reason Marine One was forced to land is because of racism.

  • Ralph

    Says here a civilian plane was intercepted encroaching on Camp David air space after Marine One landed in Frederick due to a weather situation.  Wow, man.  What are the chances of that!  Dude gets forced out of the sky due to bad weather that no one else can see, and then a small aircraft is intercepted by an F-15, but it’s all entirely coincidental!

    http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/civilian-plane-intercepted-near-camp-david/

  • Tedderman

    Then they’ll add eleven more trips aboard AF1 to the phoney tally they have already.

  • Tedderman

    It’s called a “weekend,” Camp David is where Presidents go on most weekends.

  • Anonymous

    Hey Obama, next time take “the (big, black, tinted-window, made in Canada) bus!”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Auni-Uskoski/1542803877 Auni Uskoski

    The bus, two of them actually, were ordered by the Secret Service.  They will be used by the Republican contender for President, as well as for President Obama.  It’s a cost saving measure to buy them outright, instead of leasing them as they have in the past. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Auni-Uskoski/1542803877 Auni Uskoski

    The bravery that President Obama shows in making decisions that he knows will anger both the far right AND the far left is outstanding.  He gathers the smartest people he can find, looks for solutions, and bases his decisions on what is right for the country.  In this climate of people insisting on having it “their way or the highway” he sticks out like a sore thumb.  He continues to believe in compromise–he ran on it–he acts on it–and crybabies from both sides can’t stand it.  I know he is a lot smarter then I am, he has access to information I don’t have–and I trust that he is doing everything in his power to improve the economy.  He is also up against a political party that is hellbent on getting him out of office. The Republicans remind me of a squirrel trying to get into a birdfeeder–one focus–oblivious to anything else–Michele Bauchman was the only one of the Republican candidates dumb enough to say out loud that she will do better if the job situation doesn’t improve. I look at that crop of Republicans as traitors to America.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H6OSSRX7HERS6GHHHERVSBAMTU ecoco

    President Obama isn’t going anywhere, This is why this Country is having all these Disasters because all you people do is hate on the President, everyone talking about 2012 he will be “RE-ELECTED, what really make us angry with the REPUBLICANS/TBS and DEMOCRATS who is out there Bashing the PRESIDENT, after READING some of CHENEY TRASH, He have talked to much in his Book Especially when HE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY, BUSH AND CHENEY DIDN’T BOTHER ABOUT USING THE TREASURY SEC., LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA, BUSH AND CHENEY MADE ALL THE FINANCE DECISIONS, THEY DID BOTHER ABOUT GOING TO CONGRESS, BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN’T PAY THE BILLS. These COWARDLY Democrats went Right along with everything the BUSH ADMINSTATION did, they knew and the REPUBLICANS WAS DRIVING THIS COUNTRY OFF THE CLIFF, THIS IS WHY THESE DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING AND HIDDING, AND THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY THE PRESIDENT BENDING, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH BUSH AND THE REPUBLICANS, THEY ALL ARE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR.

    WHAT REALLY PUT THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN, WAS RACHEL MADDOW, DOCUMENTARY ON THE DESTRUCTION: The people that didn’t see it, it’s a must see, as CHENEY said make your head turn, of what was going on in Washington for 8 years, The Iraq War was a MONEY MAKING BUSINESS for both PARTY’S, Cheney Co. HALIBURTON, HAD a CONTRACT to work over in Iraq HE Received Billions of Dollars, after he Made VP he resinged and still got Million of Dollars  for years, the Republicans and Democrats was Ripping this Country and Taxpayers off, for 8 years, all these Loud Mouth Democrats Need to answer some Questions why didn’t they whine when BUSH THEM was doing all this BULL, JUST WHY DIDN’T THEY WHINE. Maxine Waters and others was Busy lining they Pockets yet they can get out there and attack the PRESIDENT. This Job Business and Economy Problems didn’t just Start it Started over 16 years ago, But the 8 years BUSH and CHENEY just Broke the Camel Back, why wasn’t the DEMOCRATS fighting for the People the 8 years BUSH was in the seat. (THE PROGRESSIVES AND THESE DEMOCRATS HUNG AND TURNED THEY HEAD WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION), THEY are worst then the Republicans attacking the President, when Bush adminstration was in the seat they cowarded down it not President Obama Bending, it’s all the Democrats bending, only two have supported the PRESIDENT IS HARRY REID AND NANCY. We don’t want to hear anything NEGATIVE  FROM THESE DEMOCRATS, PRESIDENT IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO HAD TO TAKE ON HIS OWN PARTY, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOTHING BUT TRAITORS.
    WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WAS THE MEDIA ALSO GUILTY FOR THEY PART IN THE IRAQ WAR, THEY WAS ALSO ON THE MONEY TRAIN.   REV. AL SHARPTON HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD AND THUMBS UP FOR RACHEL MADDOW, ABOUT THESE DEMOCRATS, THE ALL NEED TO GET OUT OF WASHINGTON AND THE PRESIDENT RUN THIS COUNTRY, THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE ALL BOUGHT AND PAID FOR, THEY ARE NOT FOR THE PEOPLE. What really make just make you mad! mad! is the same Party that almost destroyed this COUNTRY, and evey OTHER COUNTRIES look at the United States as GREEDY PARASITES.

  • Anonymous

    Marine 1 landed in the Burger King parking lot by order of the president.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Isidro-Garcia/1622148780 Isidro Garcia

    I heard Sara Palin flashed’em and well….. you know Marines.

  • Gorgegirl

    The bus wasn’t made in Canada.  It was made in Tennessee although some parts were made in Canada.

  • Gorgegirl

    Hey, why tell the truth?  Let the lying Republicans show their true colors here.

  • http://www.MekhongKurt.com Mekhong Kurt

    Guess you’re shopping — right?

  • http://www.MekhongKurt.com Mekhong Kurt

    cjdohio1, thought about those. Of the two, I figure (with no information, admittedly) a security threat was more likely, since I think any mechanical diffulty would cause the pilot to make an immediate emergency landing, at least with POTUS aboard. I gather it was an emergency landing, just one made elsewhere than normal for a flight to Camp David. And if there were bad guys in place and able to threaten Marine One, in makes sense no one’s talking about it.

  • http://www.MekhongKurt.com Mekhong Kurt

    Actually, Rob, he spent nearly 1,000 days at Camp David and his Texas ranch. I worked out the amount of time, and it came to about 2 years, 8 months, and 2 weeks. Or about 35% of his Presidency.

  • http://www.MekhongKurt.com Mekhong Kurt

    And your point is . . . ? What? “Don’t have one!”

    Figures . . .

  • http://www.MekhongKurt.com Mekhong Kurt

    I agree with your comment — EXCEPT for the last sentence. “Traitor” is way too strong a word. Although I have voted largely Republican most of my voting life, I do find myself increasingly irritated with a whole bunch of the current crop of Republicans. But I do not think they are traitors. Maybe I’m still hypersensitive because someone called me that and a Marxist just yesterday, and I’m still smarting some. I destroyed his argument completely by laying out my background, but it still both angered me and hurt. Especially he called me that ONLY because I gave an opinion with which he differed, an opinion in which I suggested some possible steps, leaving them on the table for discussion. Anyway, unless you have a smoking gun, I suggest you refrain from calling ANYONE a traitor.

  • Nature Freak

    Only for beer.

    May check out the produce while I am there.

  • Nature Freak

    Seriously, you don’t seriously believe scrivenerNP, do you Mekhong Kurt?
    In my opinion, this Illuminati thing seems to have its roots in antisemitism.
    Kurt, you seem like a smart guy. What’s your opinion?

    Am I wrong?

    Respectfully, Nature Freak.

  • Nature Freak

    As Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

  • Soctratease

    Ok, so you can’t name any reasons why you think Obama is a good president. And right after saying, “There are no talking points,” you say “Fox tells you what to think.” That’s one of the most frequent talking points I read on this site. Seriously, do you have any good evidence to hold up to show that Obama is a good leader, a good decision-maker, or even a good politician?

  • -Save Amerika – nuke DC-

    Likely the American hero flying M One got fed up and kicked off the A-Hole-In-Chief.

    -0bama – A truly hateful “person”-

  • http://www.MekhongKurt.com Mekhong Kurt

    Nature Freak, I goofed big time. I MEANT to direct the question to scrivnerNP, though in an answer nested under your comment. It was not directed at you. Sorry for my error, which of course completely altered just who the intended audience was.

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