Posted on 05/29/2011 2:50:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sarah Palin's much-publicized "One Nation" bus tour got off to a chaotic and rumbling start Sunday in Washington, with no bus in sight and the potential presidential candidate only occasionally popping into view.
The former Alaska governor, who has indicated she is still contemplating a run for the White House in 2012, showed up at a motorcycle rally at the Pentagon, clad in black leather, a black helmet and sunglasses, riding on the back of a motorcycle driven by an unidentified woman.
Fox News, with whom Palin has a contract for political commentary, said Palin attended the rally with her husband, Todd, and some of their children.
Asked by those in the crowd whether she would run for president, Palin replied, "I don't know yet," Fox said.
Amid the rumble of motorcycles, Palin was asked whether all of her tour events would be that loud. "Oh, it would be a blast if they were this loud, if they smelled this good," Palin declared. "I love that smell of the emissions!"
Once back as a passenger on one of the bikes, Palin traveled with other riders to the Vietnam memorial on the National Mall, and later was seen riding down an adjacent street, waving to the crowd from her perch.
The bus tour has been a staple of presidential campaigns, but Palin's effort was as much a mystery as her future political plans. Tours are usually highly choreographed to present the candidate making multiple speeches in front of rapturous crowds, as a sort of rolling campaign commercial.
In Palin's case, however, there was no indication where she would appear next or whether she would even speak publicly.
Last week's announcement of the tour, which Palin said on her website was meant to start the "fundamental restoration of America,"
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I expect she laid off those aides in February when she was having second thoughts about a run—then rehired them as she changed her mind and started to prepare for the race again.
Hilarious. The MSM is going to lose there minds having to cover Palin at these genuinely American gatherings. White Wine Spritzer sales are going through the roof today as the Lamestream drinks themselves into a depressing stupor.
They would feel a lot more comfortable being with this dope and his un-American Liberalism.
I hope everyone understands why she isn’t driving a bike herself (which I guess is due to liability reasons).
She made a grand — and unexpected — entrace in the 2008 campaign and she will do the same in this one.
I think it's called a "Flying Pigeon" in Red China.
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i’d be shocked if the person driving the bike wasn’t security.
i’d be even more shocked if she didn’t have other security riding bikes around her
she needs to keep a solid security wall at all times. give them minimal information of travel and itineraries. think jfk. it could even get to the point of decoy vehicles & routine bomb sweeps, especially if they are riding around in such an easy target like a bus
she is pissing off the left and the rino right. she is threatening their power. it’s up to the real Americans to make sure she is safe.
if anything happens to her or her family, i will be very angry.
and they won’t like me when i’m angry
His bike is a pretty blue
Is it true that the Rolling Thunder people have expressed some concern at Palin’s involvement, citing their non political stance?
“i’d be shocked if the person driving the bike wasn’t security.”
An article I read on yahoo (I think from politico)said Piper was riding the bike, her mother was on.
Now, if it had been a media-whore liberal democrat or RINO, then they SHOULD be worried.
Sarah is just trying to tell everyone that you can’t predict what she will do.
She even looks great with “helmet head”
Damn I wish I was there.
I can tell it is just a photo-op, they took off the training wheels.
Those two probably share a booth at the .25 cent “theater”.
250,000 Rolling Thunder participants is all the security any honest true American needs.
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