CNN: 'Palin's Historic Bus Tour'

[RandySF]

I was in a coffee shop on Capitol Hill this morning when I glanced up and saw this chyron on CNN:

One of our staffers went back and watched the segment, and I guess it was about Palin's bus tour making stops at historical sites -- not that the bus tour itself is a historic milestone of any sort. For that we can be thankful, I suppose.

But look at how the New York Times stumbles over itself trying to point out what a farce Palin's bus tour is, without able to quite bring itself to say that:

Ms. Palin announced her bus tour with great fanfare last week and is using it on her Web site to raise money for her political action committee. Despite that, Ms. Palin is acting as though her family is just like any other taking a sight-seeing vacation to see the country.

Never mind the charter bus plastered with images of the Constitution. Or the fact that her family vacation has a name: the "One Nation Tour." Or that she is documenting her family's movements on a Web site that invites Americans along. Or that she might just run for president.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/05/palins_historic_bus_tour.php#more?ref=fpblg

[Botany]

1. Historic in the fact she might really ride the bus ....

... this time?

[lpbk2713]

12. I'm waiting.

I know it won't be long until she compares herself to Rosa Parks.

[RagAss]

2. Listen !.This is the final circle of Dante's Hell !..The one he would write if he was alive today !

Watching a racist, hateful tart destroy America with a media worshipping her every move !

[coalition_unwilling]

14. I actually think the 8th circle of the Inferno (reserved for fraudsters and

panderers) and the 9th circle (reserved for those who betray trust) will suffice, without Dante needing to create yet another level for a flim-flam bunco artist like Palin :)

[Faygo Kid]

3. What the HELL is historic about this joke tour?

Why does the media continue to shove this ignoramus down our throat? What, she finally heard of Gettysburg?

I would love to take her on in any aspect of American history. Any time period, anything. She appeals to the same fools who think Rush Limbaugh is a climate scientist.

And like Lawrence O'Donnell has said repeatedly, she's not running. It's all about the $$$, and only about the $$$ to this greatest political fraud of my lifetime. Without Fox, she's nothing.

[tanyev]

4. Surely they meant histrionic.

[nolabear]

7. Bwahahahaaa!!

Amen to that! :rofl:

[liberal N proud]

5. Historic? - NO

Paul Revere's ride was HISTORIC. This is just sensational bullshit!

I will be glad when Palin is nothing more than an * in history!

[justgamma]

6. We've already had a One Nation rally and

it did not include thi twit. I hope everyone looks up "one nation". Tell the grifter to get her own name for this farce.

[lpbk2713]

8. How can I find out the itinerary?

I'll stock up on fresh eggs if that bus comes anywhere near me.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. You kidding? Even if they have one, they aren't following it.

Bus was supposed to be in Gettysburg this afternoon yet it was at Mt. Vernon, VA this morning.

[lpbk2713]

10. Looks like they planned a few steps ahead of me.

:shrug:

[lillypaddle]

11. "Tart"?

LOL! I like that. :rofl:

On edit: Oops - this is meant to respond to #2, Ragass. :)

[underpants]

13. My family doesn't have a "media team" that follows it around

:eyes:

[zbdent]

15. watch the "liberally-biased media" try to paint it almost as if

nobody else in the history of the U.S. presidential races(even John McLame) ever did a "bus tour" ...

[liberal N proud]

16. No one ever did it with this much fake

Hype or substance

[Vinca]

17. It's a historic move, all right.

A historically blatant move to turn a buck. More loot to SarahPac means more free private jets and good hotels.

[lunatica]

18. It's her current 'reality show' attempt

I'm sure they got plenty of footage of her on a motorcycle.