Thread: Dog Day Afternoon — Obama's Pets Get The Air Support Benghazi Didn't

Dog Day Afternoon — Prez Pets Get The Air Support Benghazi Didn'tug 21 2013 00:00:00 E A12_ISSUES

Posted 06:48 PM ET

Leadership: We may not know who gave the stand-down order, but we do know the First Family has a second Portuguese Water Dog. Will it too be airlifted on a Marine aircraft to Martha's Vineyard?
The breaking news on Monday was not a new revelation about the National Security Agency, the IRS, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, or the pending collapse of ObamaCare.

It was that President Obama and his family have adopted a companion for first dog Bo. The new presidential pet is called Sunny, a name obviously not picked because it reflects the future of America under this administration.

"We suspect Sunny will follow in Bo's footsteps and keep the president company in the Oval Office, go for walks with the first family after their 6:30 family dinner and even jump up on the first lady's lap from time to time," a White House spokesman announced to a world still waiting to find out what the president was doing the night of the Sept. 11 Benghazi terrorist attack other than play cards with presidential "body man" Reggie Love.

If Sunny does follow in Bo's footsteps, he'll soon be privately airlifted, as was Bo, to Martha's Vineyard aboard a Marine MV-22 Osprey, a helicopter that operates at a cost of $11,000 per hour. Bo was given a ride on one of two MV-22s that took various personnel on the trip with the Obamas and arrived ahead of them.

When the administration guts the defense budget to the point where training and military readiness are suffering, why are scarce military aircraft being used at all on a presidential vacation and why is the presidential dog being ferried on one?

At least Mitt Romney took his pooch on a trip in a doggy carrier strapped to the roof of his private car, a story that got a lot more attention than this one.

Some have suggested this is a nonstory, that Bo did not fly alone but with staff, Secret Service and other personnel required for the trip. We think there is a story here, considering that a couple of Ospreys loaded with Marines or any other military personnel would have been useful in Benghazi.

The V-22 Osprey has enough capacity to carry as many as 24 troops seated or 32 without seats. The Marine Corps' MV-22 is a specialized derivative of the V-22 Osprey, which has had a troubled history and which the president of the U.S. technically is allowed to ride on.

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No word yet from Love the body man about the presidential card-player’s whereabouts the night of the Benghazi massacre. But we’re pretty sure the other White House “swell” on the Vineyard would know.



The first family’s vacation on Millionaire’s Row, despite a day of no golf due to inclement weather, generated plenty of attention in the blogosphere, especially when First Dog Bo was airlifted from his D.C digs, along with POTUS’ balls via Osprey helicopter at an estimated cost of some $11,000 per hour to We the People.

As Daniel Greenfield observed, “Fresh from giving a speech warning disabled veterans that the sequester would cut their health benefits (more than he has already), Barack I ferried his dog on an advanced Marine Corps chopper.”

As the following photo points out, Bo received more consideration for his safety than did the Americans killed in Benghazi:



“Leading from behind”