Ah, The Joys Of Modern Air Travel

In this political climate anyone with Presidential aspirations had better fly coach. And didn’t I read a while back that Romney quietly sold one of his homes? No way is he going to get flamed for owning multiple properties like McCain was.

Sounds to me like old Mitt needs to mind his own business.

First rule of flying, don’t look anyone in the eye.
Second rule of flying, speak only when spoken too.
Third rule of flying, if your religion starts with the letter “M”, people are going to look at you suspiciously.

Ahem.
They fly coach so that upon their election, the CEOs – who fund their campaigns – can fly private (and over 50 million destitute sickly Americans may teeter on the brink of nothingness.)

That is the essence of capitalist America.

I read the headline and thought this was going to be a post about Kevin Smith.

Aw, c’mon. This guy was putting his seat back right into Ann Romney’s lap. I wish Mr. Swamp were this chivalrous.

” .. First rule of flying, don’t look anyone in the eye…”

Because out there, everything that moves or squats in the mud is jealous of our freedoms and wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes.
- Fortress America

Too bad I wasn’t on the flight. The person in front of me is always the one who puts his seat alllllll the way back. Therefore, Mrs. Romney wouldn’t have been bothered.

However, I read it as this happened during take off when you are required to have seat up.

KT:
“The only real surprise for me in this story was: Mitt Romney flies coach????”

Another liberal tenet about conservatives evaporating?

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“Third rule of flying, if your religion starts with the letter “M”, people are going to look at you suspiciously”

I await to read the castigation o f this by the bigot police here.

Since when do the seats in coach go allllllll the way back? The recline feature is a joke, with maybe a 1-2″ difference from verticle. It’s not the passengers’ fault that there are too many seats jammed into each plane with no room whatsoever regardless if the seat is “reclined” or not.

Maybe Romney should have booked on Air Pelosi instead.

To be more precise, as far back as the seat will go – and then frequently sit up straight without their head even touching the top of the seat. Last time I flew the attendant asked the person in front of me to raise the seat when the meal was served.
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It is the passenger’s fault to be utterly thoughtless about anyone except themself.

Freeinpa: nah, the bigot police don’t have an issue with that statement. See, in this case, the only presumption is that, out of 500 people, at least one of them will not only be a bigot but one that stares. Considering that my mom, who is normally a fairly open minded person, has admitted she’d probably do the bigoted thing and be suspicious of any Muslims that stepped on the plane, I think finding one out of 500 would be like looking for a junk at a dump.

forgottenlord:

I am sure you had a point but I am pretty sure in yogi’s reference to “M” religion and Romney it was Mormon. Not sure how Muslims, junk and your mother fit into the response

Not to put too fine a point on it, but I still maintain that passengers are expected to put with excreble design by the airline industry which does nothing but heap misery on the poor suckers who must travel coach. This is in addition to the well-known irritants caused by unfathomable delays, cancellations, gate changes, and lack of communication or outright lying by airline staff about what’s going on. Add to that our friendly TSA representatives, and it’s a wonder that every flight does not end up in hand to hand combat.

Maybe he’s saving a little of the family fortune so that he can blow it on another run for the presidency. He came sooooo close last time.