[Virginia Ridgerunner]

And don’t you find it amazing that everybody, including Bachmann, Obama, and now Perry, are trying to imitate Sarah Palin’s bus tour???

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Imagine that, a politician traveling around the country campaigning in a bus! Nobody but Palin has ever thought of that by golly.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Perry's actually campaigning and in the race.

>>>MANCHESTER, N.H. — Gov. Rick Perry was swarmed by reporters and photographers from news outlets all over the country today, when he made a swing by a Energy Freedom Family Festival at the McIntyre Ski Area in Manchester, N.H.

Despite all the recording devises and cameras in his face, Perry tried to introduce himself to as many New Hampshire voters as possible. He also managed to eat a hamburger with his family, along the way.

It was mostly a friendly crowd for Perry on his first full day as a presidential candidate. The attendees were mostly part of a conservative bunch because the organizers of the Sunday event at the base of a grassy ski slope included the conservative groups Americans for Prosperity and Cornerstone Action.

Larry Gloekler a 58-year-old from Concord, N.H., had been waiting patiently to shake the governor’s hand as live country music flowed from a nearby tent at the base of the ski hill (and let’s face it, you really can’t call McIntyre a mountain).

Gloekler said he had been waiting for six months to meet Perry, whom he said he supports.

President Barack Obama is too much of a President Jimmy “Carter on steroids,” he said. The country needs a “Reagan on steroids,” he added.

Asked what it was about Perry, Gloekler said: “I like the way he talks.”

...After the hourlong visit, Perry darted off in a black Suburban.

He’s now headed to Iowa, another early-voting state.

But he’ll be back in New Hampshire soon. There are still a lot of hands to shake. <<< One last stop for Perry in New Hampshire before going to Iowa

[Pan_Yan]

And don’t you find it amazing that everybody ... are trying to imitate Sarah Palin’s bus tour???

I know you're a bit myopic about your candidate, but do you really believe that?

[don-o]

are trying to imitate Sarah Palin’s bus tour???

Yeah! Sarah was the very first person EVER to think about riding around on a bus. They are ALL stealing her idea - triksie Hobbitsies!!

[don-o]

are trying to imitate Sarah Palin’s bus tour???

Yeah! Sarah was the very first person EVER to think about riding around on a bus. They are ALL stealing her idea - triksie Hobbitsies!!

[Psalm 144]

“And don’t you find it amazing that everybody, including Bachmann, Obama, and now Perry, are trying to imitate Sarah Palin’s bus tour???”

The one that was so clueless and ineffective and proof that she is an entertainer rather than a serious candidate? It is ‘unexpected’, isn’t it?

[Huck]

Didn’t McCain do a bus tour before Palin was even known? Straight-talk express. Wasn’t that 2000, when Palin was still Mayor of Wasilla? And isn’t a bus tour just an update of the old whistle stop tours that go back 100 years?

[GOPyouth]

And don’t you find it amazing that everybody, including Bachmann, Obama, and now Perry, are trying to imitate Sarah Palin’s bus tour???

Or maybe that this is what national campaigns do? I respect the hell out of Palin, but she's not the first candidate to use a bus for a campaign. I don't feel like hyperlinking, so here are some links.

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thesouthern.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/8/2b/a91/82ba9122-a6d5-51d0-a3d0-97ece446fe5c-revisions/4d4dd78a0c946.image.jpg

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/focus/att/site1/20040715/xin_51070115094298655566.jpg

http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/keith_belk/2005/jan18/file0003.jpg

http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/blog/Hillary%20Ohio%20motorcade%20small-thumb

[ken21]

ditto.