Posted on 05/29/2011 9:33:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Almost any politician in America follows tried and true patterns when dealing with the media. They alert the media of an upcoming event, the media shows up, photos are taken, cameras roll. Sometimes questions follow. And then the media goes home. But not Sarah Palin.
Palin alerted the media of the first stop on her northeastern road trip: Rolling Thunder. But after some event organizers expressed displeasure at her attendance on Friday, her staff refused to comment about the appearance, and some reporters wondered if she’d even go. No time was given – the event lasted from 7am to 5pm. No venue was given – Rolling Thunder’s course goes for more than five miles from Arlington cemetery around the National Mall. The annual charity for prisoners of war and missing in action draws a quarter of a million bikes and an estimated 900,000 participants – good luck finding the Palin family.
Amazingly, some media did (bravo, AP’s Phil Elliott), though the former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee mostly refused to answer questions. She signed jackets and hats, shook hands and admired tattoos. She rode on the back of her middle daughter, Willow’s Harley. Husband Todd rode with their youngest daughter Piper and their eldest daughter Bristol rode separately, according to media reports. Palin had “rolling justice” written in smeared ink on one hand and a George W. Bush sticker on her bike reading, “Miss me?” “There’s no better way to see D.C. than on the back of a Harley! My family may be used to snowmachines more so than motorcycles,” Palin wrote on her political action committee’s website. “But whether you’re riding the open road or the frozen tundra, you’re celebrating a free spirit. What could be more American than that?”(continued)
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It’s all about the money! She has became very wealthy being a political tease.As a been there/done that Vet. I resent any politics at Veteran Memorials.
Let me see if I understand.
Sarah notified the media her family would participate in rolling thunder.
The media tried to sandbag Sarah by creating a negative narrative instead of reporting the news.
Sarah, interacts with rolling thunder participants, instead of the media.
To all the corrupt media>TOO BAD
“She rode on the back of her middle daughter, Willow’s Harley......From a rag that wants to be taken seriously....totally wrong and they couldn’t care less....”
That wasn’t Willow was it?.....I hear conflicting reports, but it doesn’t look like her either......The woman looks older than a 17 year old......
It probably would have gotten more coverage except for the Bamster’s political speech, I mean eulogy, yeah - that’s the ticket - in Joplin.
Yeah, LOL, DU is having “a come apart” at the thought Palin is entering the race. Their preferred candidate is Huntsman.
That gal that Sarah is riding with is not Willow........She's obviously a much, much older woman and is wearing a wedding ring.....
Transparent. That is the word I am thinking of here.
“I agree. She is not running for POTUS. She is running for something else.”
Your entire post sounded like something out of a NYT’s or Huffington Post commentary.....Time will tell......
OMG THATS FUNNY~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for that pic
One of the reasons for the lack of coverage was the fact that ALL cable networks covered the entire memorial service for the tornado victims in Missouri.
The message of the meaning of the day WAS NOT LOST!!! It was only lost for those that accepted the MSNBC type coverage of the event. MSNBC types hate Sarah Palin more than they respect the troops, so they had no problem trying to distort the message.
If indeed the main reason for the lack of coverage was due to the possibly over done coverage of the Missouri tornado victims memorial service, then I think that was a poor judgment call by the networks.
Many of them wanted to cover the filthy current President, more than they wanted to cover Rolling Thunder. Also they may have been afraid of positive coverage of Gov Palin.
CSPAN coverage was probably pulled because they did not want to cover Gov Palin, there was no reason for the in and out coverage that was impossible to catch on CSPAN. They were showing repeat broadcasts while they had a crew on the ground with a camera at Rolling Thunder.
The lack of coverage was not Sarah Palin`s fault!
YES! That’s the team that can bring America back from the brink!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7RKIpufStQ
Monday MorNing coverage on MSNBC.....
I just saw a report on MSNBC and they managed to get some pictures with people with long faces around Gov Palin. I noticed one of the pics had a guy appearing to look not happy, but we see this same guy again beaming with Sarah and getting her autograph in FR pics from Sunday.
So it seems, no surprise that MSNBC went out of their way to put together the most unflattering pics they could find (they only showed about 4 pics) then they talked about how Sarah got such a mixed reception and how she may not have been welcomed.
I cursed them as I turned away.
We all saw the wonderful photos, we read the CBS report how protective they were of Sarah. To say she got a unwelcome response was certainly a work of fiction.
You say “Wow. Thank you for posting the photo of Gov. Palin and Rep. Allen West. It makes me smile. They’re two of my favorites.
Two fine folks indeed”
INDEED!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7RKIpufStQ
We were trying to schedule a video shoot with a client who couldn't do Thursday or Friday because he was joining Rolling Thunder. When I saw the "uninvited" thing I asked him if he was invited (via cellphone). He just laughed. It is something those riders chose to participate in. No one issues formal invites. I thought Sarah Palin kept it very low key.
ahahaha
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