John McCain Blasts Obama Jobs Tour, Campaign Bus: 'I Have Never Seen An Uglier Bus'

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Monday that the bus on which President Barack Obama is traveling this week to campaign for his jobs plan is ugly. "I must say again I have never seen an uglier bus than a Canadian one," McCain said on the Senate floor, according to CNN. "He is traveling around on a Canadian bus touting American jobs."

Obama is traveling in North Carolina and Virginia on a three-day buys tour to promote his jobs plan. He won both states in 2008 after Republican presidential candidates had triumphed there for decades.

"On the taxpayer-paid dime, the president is now traveling attacking the Republican plan. Obviously I think unfairly," McCain said.

The Secret Service purchased two buses last year for $1.1 million each, according to the Associated Press. The president used the buses earlier this summer for his Midwest jobs tour, but the Secret Service said that the buses would also have future uses for traveling dignitaries.

According to the White House pool report, the black armored bus is code-named Ground Force One.

McCain became known in the 2000 campaign for traveling on a bus called the Straight Talk Express, with open media availability. He also campaigned on the Straight Talk Express in his 2008 campaign.

On Oct. 6, McCain tweeted, "Re: Upcoming Obama bus tour- That ugly, Canadian-built, taxpayer-funded bus is an insult to the Straight Talk Express!"

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[Mary Nissenson]

04:34 PM on 10/26/2011

Senator McCain, have you looked in the mirror lately? Obama, at least, can get off the bus.

[north of the boarder]

02:52 PM on 10/22/2011

Sounds like a school yard taunt. Silly and further represents what his party really stands for. Nothing except pound Obama for anything and everything regardless how petty the topic. I doubt Obama wentt the dealer and picked it out for gawds sake.

[publiknme]

10:41 AM on 10/22/2011

........I'd rather ride that bus than Sar ah !

[g9]

09:19 AM on 10/21/2011

McCain thinks it is ugly....Job hunters think it is beautiful

[fgrammit]

10:06 AM on 10/20/2011

all this ridicule over a bus, coming from a man who chose the sarah as a running mate is rather laughable

[Direct Engagement]

07:44 PM on 10/19/2011

Welcome to the realities to free trade Senator McCain. What did you think? It works both ways.

[Eris23]

05:01 PM on 10/19/2011

"Re: Upcoming Obama bus tour- That ugly, Canadian-built, taxpayer-funded bus is an insult to the Straight Talk Express!"

Fair enough. However, the "Straight Talk Express" was also an insult to straight talk.

[progressiveguy100]

04:19 PM on 10/19/2011

Clearly McCain never looked at his bus. What was it called again?, The Senile Scenic Cruiser.?

[blueagle8u]

04:05 PM on 10/19/2011

Jealous cause Obamas is a NEWER model of the same Canadian Bus Company? lol

[rsptn]

02:27 PM on 10/19/2011

Old man yelling at cloud.

[1tourist]

01:37 PM on 10/19/2011

Let's all talk about busses, of which all come from Canada anyhow, but this way we can not only avoid the real issues we like to obstruct, but not even discuss anything of substance at all.

[1tourist]

01:28 PM on 10/19/2011

what kind of idiot, with the situation of the country and the world, runs a poll on the astetics of busses?

[fgrammit]

09:59 AM on 10/20/2011

a R E P U B L I C A N

[g9]

09:21 AM on 10/21/2011

A LOOSER

[Rob2tall]

01:07 PM on 10/19/2011

I think if I was Obama-the Presidential bus would be green-with a nice image of an American landscape painted on it vs black. Black vehicles suggest power & aggression not peace, tranquility, equality and ecology. I think its important to visualize all these concepts when you are the leader of America.
I suspect its black to hide its stealth defense capabilities-maybe there are chain machine guns hidden on it, rocket launchers, laser cannons or just heavy armor that the color hides from view. Its just the wrong color. Why not red,white and blue? And add an American flag?

[blueagle8u]

04:11 PM on 10/19/2011

That bus MAY be equipped with heavy bulletproof glass,etc.

[fgrammit]

10:08 AM on 10/20/2011

if it isnt it aught to be with the nastiness they have been portraying toward POTUS

[John Doucette]

06:35 PM on 10/25/2011

It would look too much like Sarah Palin's bus.

[Tennys Daughter]

12:23 PM on 10/19/2011

John McCain, wake up, wake up, the election is over . . . YOU LOST! #andhefaintedagain

[jgapsj]

10:21 AM on 10/19/2011

Ok lets see if you libs. can understand this.
1. McCain rented his Canadian bus from an american co. with his campaign funds. Obama used taxpayers money to buy two busses from Canada and support a Canadian co.
2. I have heard the excuse that americans do not make a frame to meet the needs of the secret service. I am sure that if an american co was given the opportunity to meet these specifications they could have and this would have provided american jobs. .

[DK in MS]

11:09 AM on 10/19/2011

Okay, let's see if you reps can understand this.

1. Nobody cares.

2. It's just a freaking bus.

[jgapsj]

11:43 AM on 10/19/2011

1. You cared enough to respond?
2. It's also american jobs?

[GypsyO]

03:26 PM on 10/19/2011

Let,s see if you can remember this _it was GWB that allowed and approved the purchasing of these buses

[jgapsj]

05:59 PM on 10/19/2011

not true - purchase contract signed by secret service july 2010