Once an Elitist, Always an Elitist

Obama and his staff "hijack" stick the press corp assigned to him on a plane and send them to Chicago while he hangs in DC.

For 45 minutes before departure, however, Obama's staffers gave the impression that everyone was waiting because Obama would arrive shortly.

With the plane sitting on the tarmac, staffers shot the breeze with members of the press as if nothing was amiss, though they later admitted they knew all along Obama wasn't coming.

One campaign aide said he asked not to be told what was going on so that he "wouldn't have to lie."

Asked later in the evening why the press was kept waiting there if they knew Obama wasn't coming, Gibbs said he "had two phone calls to make."

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