Some folks may have seen the NBC report last night about members
of Congress using private or corporate jets for travel
purposes.
The report almost exclusively attacked Republicans, and
particularly targeted Sen. George Allen's use of corporate jets.
How did NBC arrive at attacking Allen, particularly when Democrats
such as Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Dick Durbin often use
corporate facilities for travel?
From what we hear, NBC congressional reporter Lisa Myers picked
Allen after she learned that the Senator (who is up for re-election
this year) took a corporate jet from Memphis earlier this spring to
get back to Washington. In fact, cameras were present at the
Memphis airport to film Allen's boarding the plance.
How did Myers know about Allen's travel plans? Because Allen was
coming to Washington to attend the Gridiron Dinner.
And who had invited Allen? Why, none other than Myers' boss,
Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert.
Allen has begun responding to the emails he's getting from
constitutents from the report. It's a reasoned letter, but we
expect that the NBC report will become fodder for TV advertising by
the Democrats in the fall.
topics:
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, NATO
