Newark to Jamaica

We have found a plane. That was the news that came across email this morning. I was skeptical at first, but we have moved from Newark to JFK so I am becoming more optimistic. The new plane, a Boeing 707, is the kind of plane that was used as Air Force One in the 90's. After 747's succeded the 07 for AirForce One, then First Lady Hillary Clinton used one for her plane. We’re sure getting a lot of recycled Hillary planes on this trip. The 707 is prehistoric. One good thing is that it does have a much better range than the 727 so we will make up time by only having to stop once for fuel in Spain. I might just drop off there.

The timing of our departure remains to be seen. It is one of those things that changes by the hour. The latest rumor is midnight, but they haven’t said what day that will be. Yes, I’m very skeptical.

For now, we sit and wait…for the third day. The upside is that we do have a change of venue. The delegation was moved to the Sheraton in Jamaica (no, not that Jamaica) where we will sit in yet another bar until we depart or go to another hotel to overnight. We had a nice ride over from Newark through Manhattan. We ate ginger snaps given to us by our driver as actress Erika Alexander and Jehmu Green, former director of “Rock the Vote” and political commentator, had an interesting conversation about a new Ludacris song that is coming out with lyrics that praise Barack Obama and call Hillary Clinton an irrelevant bitch. Is Ludacris a sore winner?

While grazing on the assortment of cold fried food that was laid out for us, I overheard ABC producer Glen Dacy say that he was attempting to upload video that he and cinematographer Ellen Kuras had shot on his DV cam of us sitting around the Signature terminal the night before. Apparently, the tape recorded no sound, but I’m sure the footage was great. I will surely end up on the cutting room floor.

The waiting continues. I think I will watch Oprah.