Ed Rendell doesn't get on a plane

[DINGO Joe]

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Really nothing to add.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Lucky is all I can say.

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It seems there's a lot of random stuff about plane crashes.

There was the House Majority Leader Boggs missing in 1972.

Ted Kennedy had previously been on a plane with fatal plane crash, and almost was on Wellestone's fatal flight.

Ted Stevens' second fatal plane crash got him.

Some other Congressmen like Jesse Helms were originally supposed to be on the flgiht that Larry McDonald died on.

[Joe Republic]

So does this mean Rendell is considering running for President in 2016 now, or...?

[Likely Voter]

So does this mean Rendell is considering running for President in 2016 now, or...?

Clearly God just made his endorsement (sorry Dr. Carson)

[DINGO Joe]

So does this mean Rendell is considering running for President in 2016 now, or...?

Mods shouldn't have moved it.

[Joe Republic]

So does this mean Rendell is considering running for President in 2016 now, or...?

Mods shouldn't have moved it.

Because Rendell is somehow relevant to the 2016 campaign?

[DINGO Joe]

So does this mean Rendell is considering running for President in 2016 now, or...?

Mods shouldn't have moved it.

Because Rendell is somehow relevant to the 2016 campaign?

He's certainly one of the biggest power/money brokers in the party, and while he may be a little old to be Hillary's top choice for VP, he's more relevant than 90% of the yahoos rolled out on that board.  And if Hillary didn't run....

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Reminds me of how if a travel agent hadn't screwed up we wouldn't have had any of Seth MacFarlane's contributions to pop culture post-9/11. Now that'd be pretty tough to fathom and quite depressing too.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Reminds me of how if a travel agent hadn't screwed up we wouldn't have had any of Seth MacFarlane's contributions to pop culture post-9/11. Now that'd be pretty tough to fathom and quite depressing too.

'contributions'

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Look at it this way: No one would have ever heard of Sneakers O'Toole.

[DINGO Joe]

Look at it this way: No one would have ever heard of Sneakers O'Toole.

Somehow, the terrorists won again.

[Mr. Morden]

So does this mean Rendell is considering running for President in 2016 now, or...?

Mods shouldn't have moved it.

Because Rendell is somehow relevant to the 2016 campaign?

He's certainly one of the biggest power/money brokers in the party, and while he may be a little old to be Hillary's top choice for VP, he's more relevant than 90% of the yahoos rolled out on that board.  And if Hillary didn't run....

He's done nothing to indicate an interest in running, and there's nothing in the OP that explains what connection this might have to 2016.

[hawkeye59]

Look at it this way: No one would have ever heard of Sneakers O'Toole.

That's still true.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Look at it this way: No one would have ever heard of Sneakers O'Toole.

quelle horreur

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

So does this mean Rendell is considering running for President in 2016 now, or...?

Mods shouldn't have moved it.

Because Rendell is somehow relevant to the 2016 campaign?

He's certainly one of the biggest power/money brokers in the party, and while he may be a little old to be Hillary's top choice for VP, he's more relevant than 90% of the yahoos rolled out on that board.  And if Hillary didn't run....

Rendell could be a good VP pick for someone other than Hillary or Biden. For example Schweitzer/Rendell would be a good balance.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Bugsy has always been lucky.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Reminds me of how if a travel agent hadn't screwed up we wouldn't have had any of Seth MacFarlane's contributions to pop culture post-9/11. Now that'd be pretty tough to fathom and quite depressing too.

Mark Wahlberg was also scheduled to fly on Flight 11, but canceled at the last minute.

On a sad note....one of the co-creators of Frasier was on Flight 11 with his wife, along with the wife of Anthony Perkins.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Reminds me of how if a travel agent hadn't screwed up we wouldn't have had any of Seth MacFarlane's contributions to pop culture post-9/11. Now that'd be pretty tough to fathom and quite depressing too.

Mark Wahlberg was also scheduled to fly on Flight 11, but canceled at the last minute.

On a sad note....one of the co-creators of Frasier was on Flight 11 with his wife, along with the wife of Anthony Perkins.

Wait, the guy who played Norman Bates? I thought he was gay.

[Sol]

Reminds me of how if a travel agent hadn't screwed up we wouldn't have had any of Seth MacFarlane's contributions to pop culture post-9/11. Now that'd be pretty tough to fathom and quite depressing too.

Mark Wahlberg was also scheduled to fly on Flight 11, but canceled at the last minute.

On a sad note....one of the co-creators of Frasier was on Flight 11 with his wife, along with the wife of Anthony Perkins.

Wait, the guy who played Norman Bates? I thought he was gay.

He was bi, IIRC.

[Holmes]

Reminds me of how if a travel agent hadn't screwed up we wouldn't have had any of Seth MacFarlane's contributions to pop culture post-9/11. Now that'd be pretty tough to fathom and quite depressing too.

Mark Wahlberg was also scheduled to fly on Flight 11, but canceled at the last minute.

On a sad note....one of the co-creators of Frasier was on Flight 11 with his wife, along with the wife of Anthony Perkins.

Wait, the guy who played Norman Bates? I thought he was gay.

Even if he was, it was a different time, even in Hollywood (where not much has changed, to be honest). If you were gay, you were pressured to marry a woman and keep up appearances. Stories of affairs with other men only really come up posthumously.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

It seems there's a lot of random stuff about plane crashes.

There was the House Majority Leader Boggs missing in 1972.

Ted Kennedy had previously been on a plane with fatal plane crash, and almost was on Wellestone's fatal flight.

Ted Stevens' second fatal plane crash got him.

Some other Congressmen like Jesse Helms were originally supposed to be on the flgiht that Larry McDonald died on.

While I have not personally done the math, I really doubt its statistically significant. Big-name politicians fly very frequently, often on small aircraft. Small aircraft crash far more often than airliners. That over the span of decades a number of prominent political figures have died in airplane crashes should not surprise anyone. (If anything, I'm a little surprised that the US hasn't lost a president or vice-president to a helicopter crash yet.)

[Simfan34]

This, of course, assumes the plane would have still crashed had Rendell gotten on it. It depends on how exactly the crash happened.

[Nutmeg]

Reminds me of how if a travel agent hadn't screwed up we wouldn't have had any of Seth MacFarlane's contributions to pop culture post-9/11. Now that'd be pretty tough to fathom and quite depressing too.

Mark Wahlberg was also scheduled to fly on Flight 11, but canceled at the last minute.

On a sad note....one of the co-creators of Frasier was on Flight 11 with his wife, along with the wife of Anthony Perkins.

Wait, the guy who played Norman Bates? I thought he was gay.

Even if he was, it was a different time, even in Hollywood (where not much has changed, to be honest). If you were gay, you were pressured to marry a woman and keep up appearances. Stories of affairs with other men only really come up posthumously.

Their son is musician Elvis Perkins. Some of his songs reference the notable deaths of each of his parents.