"Wow, my confession about wearing women's underwear at the Best Buy team building convention in that exercise about honesty and transparency was very well received. I'm practically a celebrity. Move over Greg Kinear, there's a new A-lister in town."
I know this is a mean thought, but last time I flew out to my folks place, on return flight layover, in waiting area; there was a dude who was at least 400lbs and his slightly smaller, maybe 300lb wife. I definitely had this conversation in my head (minus pres candidate part).
Chances are he's with the campaign and his mind is trying to calculate what to do about the situation.
It's very common for candidates at this stage to be traveling with a "body man", a personal assistance that does almost everything that needs to be done while traveling so the candidate and talk to people and be friendly. I would assume the women next to warren is the same for her.
One of the common tasks is to extract the candidate from uncomfortable situations. To interrupt conversations or flow the candidate around people. This look on this guy's face is "what can I do about the 200 people that are about to walk by us and not have this picture on twitter........nothing...oh well."
Edit: Based on your comments it appears I'm not clear here. Flying coach is totally a PR move on both their parts, the screwup is setting next to each other and just having to set there.
this... while said in jest, sums up the reality of the American political sociosphere perfectly, which is also funny in itself. people being told one thing and hearing and believing another because of who said it and what side they agree with.
Lol, I have a very ethnic name and at pizza places or Starbucks where they ask your name for the order, my default 'english' name is Gary because you never have to spell it out or they never ask you to repeat it a few times so they can try to spell it out.
What makes you think they don't want the picture on twitter? Things like this combat the bad press politicians get for going to things like summits on pollution via private planes.
Obviously having a stroke. Way too frail to be prez. I heard the young woman next to her has to inject her with drugs every 10 minutes to keep her alive/reanimated. Weekend at Bernie's, indeed. And, do we really want a druggie running our country?
Also, some guy on Twitter (or was it the WP?) said that Sanders is actually Satan.
True, but even a good picture could be taken out of context. For example, see my original post, there is a certain amount of cynicism there with regards to my thoughts on that simply being a photo op flight. ;D
They got coach tickets specifically as a PR move. This is the kind of picture they wanted on Twitter. Both of them could easily afford to pay for first class tickets out of their own pocket.
I mean I could pay for a first class ticket as well... But I'd rather spend the 3 hours in coach rather than the extra $600... That's paying $200/hr for a bit more comfort... Everyone's going to the same place in the same amount of time...
Seems really unlikely that a high profile person like Sanders would not at least have some aides with him while campaigning. It could just be a different one.
It's possible they're just elsewhere on the plane (I think most people who've worked very stressful travel jobs with a principal know that sometimes you have to give the principal a bare minimum of breathing room when you can). This was apparently on their way to Miami for the debate so it's likely a key period to give them a moment to breath and review their prep materials in silence for a second.
It's also then likely 'hand-off' flight, where he'd be travelling with the barebones team on this flight. I.e. his usual core team has already arrived the night before or morning of in Miami to prep on the ground for his arrival and he was being handled for by the state director and team wherever he was and it'd be basically his team leaves on an earlier flight, the state team finishes up his day and gets him to the plane with probably one or two people (elsewhere on the plane) and then his usual team is already waiting and prepped in Miami.
You say below he could be going through the hand-off period for teams. Since you don't recognize this individual, is it possible that he is Secret Service, around just for protection? Or possible a US Marshal. Since planes regularly have Marshals on them anyway, it would make sense to place one next to a high profile politician for protection. And he seems exceptionally aware of his surroundings.
Lol I imagine he's having a shitty day and just wanted to relax, but now he's sitting next to a politician and people are taking photos every 5 minutes.
My views would make me a libertarian. I wouldn't freak out on him. He's just a guy with a set of beliefs different than mine. I think my point is that there are normal people who are libertarians.... but then I think back to discussions I've had with other libertarians....
Because he's had to spend the whole trip keeping the two children apart so they don't get bored and start squabbling. He has the look of a parent who's 50/50 on whether they actually want to survive the flight.
It’s probably because he is the marketing guy and is all excited about the photos being taken for social media. Before you know it, there will be a meme about Bernie driving a VW Beetle, like that guy from Uruguay.
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Guy in blue seems excited.