re: Should Gov't officials be able to use tax payer jets for personal trips?

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Seriously, why would anyone get mad about this now when it's been going on for 50 years?

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You answered that with your first sentence.

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because the writer knows the hard-on people have for him.

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This will get spread on Facebook and the #tcot on Twitter, which will generate a ton of hits for the writer, which will generate ad revenue. They'll laugh all the way to the bank at all the rubes they were able to get riled up over something so trivial.