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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney laughs as he returns to the stage with his wife Ann as his running mate Paul Ryan waits for them at a Republican National Convention farewell victory rally at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida on Friday.
After accepting the Republican party's nomination for president, Mitt Romney celebrated and showed off his new wings - a new campaign plane. Painted along the side of the plane is his campaign's motto, 'Believe in America,' and website, along with his "R" logo on the tail. The customized jet is a McDonnell-Douglas 83. Apparently, his running mate, Paul Ryan, has a similar plane, a DC-93.
His first trip aboard the the aircraft is to New Orleans where he will view damage caused by Hurricane Isaac.
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Mitt Romney is joined by vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan and their wives at a campaign rally in front of their new campaign plane in Lakeland, Florida on Friday.
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Secret Service agents guard the campaign bus of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during an RNC Farewell Victory rally on Friday in Lakeland, Florida.
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Republicans gather in Tampa, Florida to officially nominate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
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Don't you folks realize that they aren't OWNED? He and Ryan has leased/chartered them for the remainder of the campaign. Just like the Dems do during primary season. The only one who doesn't is the sitting president who has to use Airforce One or Marine One or what have you, paid for by tax payers. I can't say I like it but the sitting presidents have done it, Bush 1&2, Clinton, etc. They are the most powerful person in the world and it has to be done. It would be nice though to know that their re-election campaigns are paying back some of the cost of operating the aircraft for campainging but I highly doubt that happens. Sarah Palin used a JetBlue plane for her campainging back in 2008. During his 2008 campaign, Obama chartered a Boeing 757-200ER from North American Airlines as his campaign plane. See, they don't buy the planes, they charter (AKA lease/rent) them. Same with the Romney RV. It's chartered/rented. Obama actually bought 2 that are known to be made in Canada with US tax dollars on one of his spending sprees. He claims that one was for the democratic presidential candidate and one would eventually be for the republican presidential candidate. Anyone else remember that he bought these things more than 2 years ago when we weren't in campaign season?
At least Romney is using his own private campaign funds, unlike Obama who is flying around in Air Force One paid by the taxpayers.