I'm furloughing tomorrow! Maybe we'll take a drive over to LB Airport....

If JFK could have gotten away with it, I bet he would have.

I think it's cute.

I don't know Air Force One's policy but flights from all the other airports in the area a delayed due to heavy fog.

Well it looks as if i've lost the Obama Lotto.




Pfft, that's the last time I'll vote for him.


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My dad sent me an email about 3 that AF1 was flying in over HB. He sent one about 20 minutes later that 6 Marine helicopters were flying over on the way to the Fairgrounds.

Plus he's staying over in Century City tonight, and frelling up my commute home today and in tomorrow.


He.Is.Dead.To.Me.

I kinda had a hunch earlier today that he wouldn't be in a motorcade. 1) The extent of road closures around the fairgrounds was one block in either direction, for only an hour before AF1 touched down. 2) I drove around the entire area at lunch. Other than 2 large sheriff's command buses in the fair parkinglot, there was absolutely no ground activity. Not a single cop car on the street. Not what I'd expect for prepping a major street for a motorcade.

I was in a meeting when the choppers came by. :( But on the off chance I was wrong, and the choppers were the diversion, I headed to the nearest overpass anyway. Hell, it was pretty unlikely that even if they were driving that they'd get off at the most obvious exit, but at least it was high ground, so I'd see it coming. But, as is now obvious, nowhere to be seen.

Kinda exciting anyway.

I don't know how much it has changed but I've seen two presidential motorcades (Clinton around 1994 and Reagain around 1985) and both times it was suprising how little official presence there was on the main roads until right before, during, and after he drove by.

Even at the destination point?

I feel your pain. The Pres, VP, Congress, Foreign self important dillweeds, we have more motorcades running around here than you have sunny days.