"Obama will do anything to manipulate emotions and push people to pass his agenda, even if it means flying grieving parents to DC on Air Force One. So rather than working this out with rational arguments and real solutions, let’s just do what makes us all feel better, no matter the consequences"


President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition.

A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama’s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December’s massacre at the school.

The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an obligation to the children killed and other victims of gun violence to act on his proposals.
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Senate leaders say there are not enough votes for Obama's push for an assault weapons ban.

Prospects are also bleak for the president's proposal to limit the number of rounds of ammunition in a magazine to 10.

Not all Sandy Hook families support gun control, and even those involved with the lobbying push organized by Sandy Hook Promise are not backing the assault weapons ban.

http://www.therightscoop.com/obama-flyin...ress-in-person/

I'm surprised Obama didn't ask New York Mayor Bloomberg to speak. /s

This is a nit with me. It isn't AF1 unless the pResident is on board.

The VC-25 is most famous for its role as Air Force One, the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. The two aircraft currently in U.S. service are highly modified versions of Boeing's 747-200B, with tail numbers 28000 and 29000. Although the Air Force One designation technically applies to the aircraft only while the President is aboard, the term is commonly applied to the VC-25s more generally. They often operate in conjunction with Marine One helicopters that ferry the President to airports in circumstances where a vehicle motorcade would be inappropriate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_VC-25

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"Obama will do anything to manipulate emotions and push people to pass his agenda, even if it means flying grieving parents to DC on Air Force One. So rather than working this out with rational arguments and real solutions, let’s just do what makes us all feel better, no matter the consequences"


President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition.

A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama’s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December’s massacre at the school.

The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an obligation to the children killed and other victims of gun violence to act on his proposals.
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Senate leaders say there are not enough votes for Obama's push for an assault weapons ban.

Prospects are also bleak for the president's proposal to limit the number of rounds of ammunition in a magazine to 10.

Not all Sandy Hook families support gun control, and even those involved with the lobbying push organized by Sandy Hook Promise are not backing the assault weapons ban.

http://www.therightscoop.com/obama-flyin...ress-in-person/

I'm surprised Obama didn't ask New York Mayor Bloomberg to speak. /s

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