"You'll Be Staying In Turkey. . . Buh Bye!"

We see that about 100 of the mainstream press corps traveling on President Obama's trip were grounded in Turkey, and were unable to travel with him on his unannounced trip to Baghdad. What a shame. . . . Bwahahaha! (Note the picture of Obama at the link -- perfect for the story!)

Dark conspiracy theories swept through the idle press corps, fueled by some of the wingers on the trip (e.g., the Examiner newspaper clowns), until it was disclosed that the charter plane had a problem with the pilot's seat. Of course, the press had trouble believing the simple explanation at first, and some were a bit pissy about the whole episode:

"The reaction from the White House press corps was mixed. The corps is made up of wide-eyed newbies, as well as whiners who have already traveled the world. . .after a grueling eight days of Obama coverage, most headed to the bar."

Which is probably where they file most of their stories from anyway.