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But think of all of the dignitaries who would have to be driven around DC in traffic as opposed to being flown on helicopters to where they need to go!
by jcranmer 2y ago
But think of all of the dignitaries who would have to be driven around DC in traffic as opposed to being flown on helicopters to where they need to go!
- porphyra 2y agowhy don't they just take wmata? The Metrorail is immune to traffic.
- ryandrake 2y agoThese people see themselves as aristocrats. You don't expect them to travel with the commoners? They might have to see or even touch someone below them.
- macintux 2y agoMike Dukakis regularly took the Boston subway to work as governor.
- ycombinatrix 2y agoDonald Trump regularly eats McDonald's. They're just like us!
- porphyra 2y agoJoe Biden commuted daily from Delaware to Washington, D.C. on Amtrak during his Senate years and was nicknamed "Amtrak Joe" as a result.
- jcranmer 2y agoI think many of the people being flown by helicopters would go apoplectic if they had to rub shoulders with the hoi polloi in public transit.
- throw0101a 2y ago> why don't they just take wmata? The Metrorail is immune to traffic. “An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car, but one where the rich use public transport.” — Enrique Peñalosa (then-mayor of Bogotá), https://www.ted.com/talks/enrique_penalosa_why_buses_represent_democracy_in_action/transcript https://www.ted.com/talks/enrique_penalosa_why_buses_represe... (Sometimes attributed to differently: “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” ― Gustavo Petro)
- singleshot_ 2y agoI’m thinking of them stuck in a bus on 66 or the BW parkway, and it’s making my mood more pleasant.