8/17/11, "Canucklehead Obama bus-ted!," NY Post, Geoff Earle
"President Obama is barnstorming the heartland to boost US jobs in a taxpayer-financed luxury bus the government had custom built -- in Canada, The Post has learned.
The $1.1 million vehicle, one of two that Quebec-based Prevost sold the government, has been tricked out by the Secret Service with state-of-the-art security features and creature comforts.
It's a VIP H3-45 model, the company's top of the line, and is used by
- major traveling rock bands.
"That's the more luxurious model," Christine Garant of Prevost told The Post.
"When we have the Country Music Awards, we sometimes see a lot of them," she said, noting that Kid Rock, David Lee Roth and Kenny Rogers also have owned them....
The president also has large flat-screen TV sets and comfortable couches....The bus was ordered by the Secret Service in July 2010 and delivered two months ago.
NASCAR drivers, executive travel, or anyone accustomed to the very best."...
Hemphill Brothers lists Beyoncé, Cher, KISS, Van Halen, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga,
- and Pope Benedict XVI as clients on its Web site."...
via Lucianne.com
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