Sarah Palin Bus Tour Hits Speed Bump With Private Jet Controversy (GAG ALERT!!!)

The Sphere ^ | DEc 1, 2009 | Dana Chivvis

[Blood of Tyrants]

You are mistaken. Michelle has 22 assistants.

[Blood of Tyrants]

And both Laura Bush and the Beast had much more than you list.

[inglorious_basterd]

So what if she’s flying a private jet. I don’t care. She can ride on a magic carpet for all I care, and it wouldn’t matter - it’s her “bus tour” and she can get around on her book signing tour however she wants, and she can represent it however she wants. When you pay for it, then you can complain.

[Royal Wulff]

Plus it gives her traveling entourage the chance to have Thanksgiving with their families.

[gogeo]

Er, because she gives the misleading impression of being on a "bus tour" (i.e. of acting like regular folks rather than part of the elite establishment)...

The publisher is paying for it, and she's spent the great majority of time on the bus.

Rather than just reporting the story, you seem to be pimping it. Why is that?

[Churchillspirit]

You are correct. I went to the source of the article in the Canada Free Press. 22 assistants it is...with 16 of them costing a total of $1,256,500.00 per year!

[Still Thinking]

If they're trying to accuse her of hypocrisy (and it's hard to tell since they can't even assembly a coherent article) they're off base because it's THEIR guys that are always claiming we're supposed to be living in the twelfth century (at conferences THEY jetted to). They need to read Michael Crichton's State of Fear. It describes exactly that type of person, who's nothing like Gov. Palin.

[ShandaLear]

GO SARAH GO!

[skippermd]

Well Said.

Last time I checked Harper-Collins hasn’t received bailout money... correct? I have lost track.

That would be the only catch I could think that would remotely give this article credibility.