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Sarah Palin rolls into D.C. — on a motorcycle?
wapo ^ | 5/27/11 | Justin Jouvenal

Posted on 05/27/2011 9:41:30 AM PDT by Nachum

Dontcha’ know, Sarah Palin is coming to town this weekend, and you may see her cruising the streets of D.C. on the back of a hog.

The former Alaska governor, who is the subject of a lot of overheated speculation about whether she will run for president in 2012, has accepted an invitation to participate in the annual Rolling Thunder memorial ride this Sunday, an official says.

“As far as I know, she is trying to rent a motorcycle, so she can ride with her husband,” said Nancy Regg, a spokeswoman for Rolling Thunder.

Gregg says the tentative plan is for Palin to join up with the ride at the Pentagon at 7 a.m. The ride kicks off at noon, and hundreds of bikers will snake through D.C. to the event’s main stage, which will be between the Reflecting Pool and the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Mall. The program is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m.

Gregg said Palin is currently not scheduled to speak at the event and watchers should not expect any type of “political statement” from Palin during Rolling Thunder.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; motorcycle; obama; palin; palin2012; rollingthunder; rolls; sarah
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To: Syncro
How very pissant-ian of you.

LOL!
Now that's something you don't see every day.
Think you may have invented a new word to describe PDSers and their pontifications.

81 posted on 05/27/2011 11:00:05 AM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: kevkrom
Intellectual curiosity is a hunger for knowledge and the truth and ability articulate the same comprehensively. For starters, if they had intellectual curiosity they should be able to answer a sentence in an interview without incessant rambling, should be able to think on their feet and should be able to name and discuss some terrible Supreme Court decisions other than Roe V. Wade.

In particular, they would find it easy to answer what newspapers and magazines they read instead of giving a vapid answer.

82 posted on 05/27/2011 11:01:05 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: MBB1984

Wow. It took you all of that time to come up with that outdated and debunked tripe? Amazing.

It’s a pity FR doesn’t have an “ignore” feature.


83 posted on 05/27/2011 11:06:14 AM PDT by kevkrom (Palin's detractors now resort to "nobody believes she can win because nobody believes she can win")
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To: GunRunner

But if she does win the “nom”, will yo vote for her?


84 posted on 05/27/2011 11:07:38 AM PDT by ngat
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To: Sea Parrot

That’s hilarious! Hadn’t seen that one. Made me kind of wonder, though, what kind of tantrum will the progressives throw if there actually is a Palin Administration?


85 posted on 05/27/2011 11:12:11 AM PDT by ngat
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To: MBB1984
Intellectual curiosity is a hunger for knowledge and the truth and ability articulate the same comprehensively...

You know they called Ronald Reagan a stupid actor. Just saying.

86 posted on 05/27/2011 11:21:26 AM PDT by McGruff (How's that Hopey Changey Thingy working out for ya?)
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To: 9YearLurker
I think Pawlenty, Romney, Perry, Paul Ryan, Christie, and possibly Cain (although its a slim chance with him) are electable.

Santorum, Paul, Pain, Johnson, and Gingrich are not.

87 posted on 05/27/2011 11:26:29 AM PDT by GunRunner (10 Years of FReeping...)
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To: GunRunner

I disagree (on Palin and your first list)—and I appreciate your answer.

FRegards


88 posted on 05/27/2011 11:29:12 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Nachum

I wonder what it would have been like if we had Free Republic back during the Carter years?

Because this thread, along with all the other Palin threads, sounds so similar to the arguments I heard from fellow Republicans about how Ronald Reagan could NOT win against Carter. He was dumb. Just an actor. Too old. A cowboy. An old-fashioned, unabashed lover of John Wayne’s America, an America that never truly was and everyone was leaving behind.

And yet look what happened.

I lived through all this; was a big Reagan supporter against the RINO Ford in 1976, going so far as to vote for Carter over him to punish the Repubs for kicking Ron to the curb (and I admit, a big mistake on my part)...

So when RWR came back in 1979, we knew in our hearts it was HIS election to win, while all else, even fellow conservatives, had a list of all the reasons he wouldn’t, couldn’t win. I very much remember the, “I paid for this microphone, Mr!” moment in New Hampshire that year, and am getting the same feeling about Sarah.

I think doing Rolling Thunder is a GREAT opportunity for her and will set her right with those real Americans out there who are not afraid to unabashedly love their country.

Another thing about Sarah’s negative numbers....

Could they go any lower? I don’t think so. Will they start to go up? Yes, I believe so, especially if she starts doing things like Rolling Thunder. We Americans need that SPIRIT. Reagan had it. I hate to say it, but so did Clinton, to a much lesser degree. Bush, GHW and GW, didn’t. Obama does NOT.

We’ll see, no matter what anyone says.

If she runs in Alabama’s Republican party, I will vote for her. If she wins the nomination, I will certainly vote for her in November, 2012.

I can tell you of a sure, absolute scenario where Sarah Palin doesn’t win the White House. It’s when she doesn’t run.

Run, Sarah, Run!


89 posted on 05/27/2011 11:33:08 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: kevkrom

Please thoroughly and comprehensively express in specific detail how it is “outdated and debunked tripe.” I look forward to your answer.


90 posted on 05/27/2011 11:48:56 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: Syncro
Her followers have a cultist, messianic passion for her

You may not like it but this is true. I'd compare it to the adulation of Obama on the Left. It's off-putting and dangerous. Cults of personality are always problematic.

We need to be alert and critical even of political figures we like or support in large measure. These are real people with real flaws, not minor deities.

Feel free to be dismissive of the poster's listed Palin negatives but your self-denial won't make them go away. Only Palin can make up ground there and she'll have to in order to win.

91 posted on 05/27/2011 11:50:09 AM PDT by newzjunkey (teleprompter + autopen)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I'd rather lose and go down swinging with Palin than lose with a whimper with state-controlled media's hand-picked RINO.

Amen, brother!

92 posted on 05/27/2011 11:53:13 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: The Cajun
Well you gotta admit he is the quintessential archetype of Palin haters!

Might as well honor his latter day lackeys with a fitting description.

Thanks!.

93 posted on 05/27/2011 11:54:34 AM PDT by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: 9YearLurker
No problem.

I was actually coming around on Mitch Daniel until he dropped out. Now I don't know who to support.

94 posted on 05/27/2011 11:58:19 AM PDT by GunRunner (10 Years of FReeping...)
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To: Alas Babylon!; All
I wonder what it would have been like if we had Free Republic back during the Carter years?

Reagan would've been trashed as not conservative enough, not pro-life enough, too Hollywood, lacking family values... Large numbers on FR would support some fringe candidate without a hope in hell of winning the nomination, maybe Phil Crane—I don't know the '80 primary field well. Some would swear off voting if Reagan's the nominee, they would return envelopes to the RNC with tirades enclosed. GHWBush as the running mate would be proof Reagan is a liberal RINO.

95 posted on 05/27/2011 12:04:59 PM PDT by newzjunkey (teleprompter + autopen)
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To: ngat

Of course I will vote for her. What kind of question is that?


96 posted on 05/27/2011 12:08:00 PM PDT by GunRunner (10 Years of FReeping...)
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To: MBB1984

It’s outdated, because it refers to a single interview from nearly 3 years ago. It’s debunked, because said interview was an editing hack-job, and more recent appearances belie your suppositions and conclusions.

And it’s tripe because you know the previous two points perfectly well (and if you don’t, you have no business discussing the subject at all), and yet still post it anyway, carrying water for the leftist media.


97 posted on 05/27/2011 12:10:37 PM PDT by kevkrom (Palin's detractors now resort to "nobody believes she can win because nobody believes she can win")
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To: MBB1984
Intellectual curiosity is a hunger for knowledge and the truth and ability articulate the same comprehensively. For starters, if they had intellectual curiosity they should be able to answer a sentence in an interview without incessant rambling, should be able to think on their feet and should be able to name and discuss some terrible Supreme Court decisions other than Roe V. Wade. In particular, they would find it easy to answer what newspapers and magazines they read instead of giving a vapid answer.

Speaking of a lack of intellectual curiosity, all of your examples are 2 1/2 years-old.

Palin gave her explanation about what happened with the Couric "newspaper" question. Why don't you show some intellectual curiosity and find out what Palin said about that question instead of being such a dumba$$ PDSer.

98 posted on 05/27/2011 12:18:36 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: GunRunner

The kind of question that leads to others. Would you devote any personal time to help get her elected? Contribute any money? How much? Try to convince others that it is socially acceptable to vote for her and even help out in the campaign? or would you just offer lukewarm support? Just wondering what your level of support would be if she were to win the nomination.


99 posted on 05/27/2011 12:25:21 PM PDT by ngat
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To: kevkrom
So, following your points, everything three years old from a single interview is outdated? Therefore, everything Obama stated three years ago is meaningless and irrelevant as well? He will love to know he can casually forget anything said more than three years old.

Please state specifically what parts of the interview were a editing hack job and what her real answers were. Did they lift words and cut and splice? Which ones and where? Did they airbrush Palin's face on another woman's body during the interview as well? Did they use a ventriloquist? The only thing I heard from Palin against the interview was her whining about “gotcha questions.” She does do a great whining job, I must admit.

100 posted on 05/27/2011 12:40:54 PM PDT by MBB1984
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