Of course, there's much more to the story, mainly that a lot of it, if not all of it, isn't true. It is true Nancy gets to fly a plane back east but it's only because ever since 9/11, the Speaker of the House is made to fly on special air force jets for security reasons. Double that when you're talking about the first woman Speaker of the House. So now the story becomes not that she specially asked for something she's not supposed to (although Fox News hasn't gotten that memo as of this morning), the story is that she's asking for a big ass plane (the C-40) that Republican wags have labeled "Air Force Three" (because she's third in line-- get it? Get it?) so she can shuttle her staff and all those cute grandkids back and forth. That story's been denied by everyone but it hasn't stopped everyone from turning it into truth.

Now, Dennis Hastert flied flew in a small plane, the C-20 but he lived in Illinois. If Nancy were to fly that, she'd have to refuel and for obvious reasons, Nancy would like to go non-stop. Wouldn't we all. Nancy is said to have asked for the much bigger C-40, something she denies. She's claiming that she's still working it all out with the Air Force. Something she had to say in a presser she had with the press today to discuss the story, as it's a matter of national importance.

Now here's where it gets really crazy-- even the White House is rushing in to to defend Pelosi. On the other hand, people are claming that the story was leaked by the White House to the Moonie Times because the whole thing as a way to embarrass her. Ahh, crafty that White House. And if it's not the White House, then it's the Air Force and as John Murtha said, that would be stupid because Pelosi controls their funding.

Needless to say, the story was such a big deal that both CNN and ABC News felt like they had to weigh in on it. Why? Because our press sucks.