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Palin Plays Hard to Get ("She's not playing by our rules!")
Time Magazine ^ | May 29, 2011 | Jay Newton-Smell

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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TOPICS: Campaign News; State and Local
KEYWORDS: memorialday; notrunning; palin; palin2012; pds; rollingthunder; running; sarahpalin; waronsarah
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Poor babies!
1 posted on 05/29/2011 9:33:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If the state-controlled media/Democrat cartel actually believed that Sarah Palin was unelectable, they'd be begging the GOP to nominate her.

ineluctable

2 posted on 05/29/2011 9:35:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
She rode on the back of her middle daughter, Willow’s Harley.

Sigh.
3 posted on 05/29/2011 9:37:02 PM PDT by PA Engineer (SP12: Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You just knew their heads would be exploding because she didn't make them the center of her attention. They still don't get it, they never will get it. She'll be comfortably ensconced in the White House and they still will be asking "what happened, where is she, how did she get there?"
4 posted on 05/29/2011 9:40:34 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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....

5 posted on 05/29/2011 9:43:28 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now, and in the future)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
RE :"The goal of the road trip seems to be two fold: 1) to bring the attention back to her after months of laying low, and 2) raise money for her political acti0n committee ahead of June’s Federal Election Commission reporting deadline. Both goals seem to indicate she’s considering a run for the presidency.....So, will she run? “Don’t know,” she told one fellow Rolling Thunder biker. The more she plays hard to get, the more the media — and voters, she hopes — want her."

She's not running, this is all a tease show. But she sure has the MSM fooled, not like it's been the first time.

6 posted on 05/29/2011 9:45:08 PM PDT by sickoflibs (If you pay zero Federal income taxes, don't say you are paying your 'fair share')
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She’s playing cat and mouse with them....I was thinking about how they handled her son, Track’s, wedding....and how quiet that all was. They are going to wish they’d NEVER toyed with her....


7 posted on 05/29/2011 9:45:47 PM PDT by goodnesswins (...both islam and the democrat plantation thrive on poverty)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unfortunately, Rolling Thunder got less coverage than any in recent years - and we’re talking about an event that CNN and CSPAN used to cover for hours, including the no name entertainment. This year, the coverage was mostly Palin and American Idol alumni.

I’m sure for whatever stringer got assigned her bus tour, it was a nightmare trying to cover what they presumed was a photo op or campaign.

I’m disinterested in Palin getting one over on the media, or playing the system, honestly. I don’t want the message to get lost.


8 posted on 05/29/2011 9:51:16 PM PDT by harmonium
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Can you imagine Barry hopping on his own Harley and riding with the Thunder? Throw Mama Michele on the back and head out on the highway!

He’d need training wheels.


9 posted on 05/29/2011 9:52:17 PM PDT by bigbob
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The more I’ve thought about her strategy, the more brilliant it becomes. The writer is correct, she is playing hard to get and on the biggest stage. This is such a great strategy. She lets people see how weak the field is, which makes more people clamor for her to run, then she tells those same people that she doesn’t know if she will. Just brilliant. She is creating a groundswell of support beyond even her extensive base of loyal supporters. Everyone wants to take her to the prom. And once she announces that she’s running everyone will feel like they ARE taking her to the prom.

P.S. What a prom date she would have been!


10 posted on 05/29/2011 9:52:27 PM PDT by jsdjason
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To: harmonium

Tell us all about your service in uniform.


11 posted on 05/29/2011 9:52:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (How do you starve an Obama supporter? Hide his food stamps under his work boots.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
You just knew their heads would be exploding because she didn't make them the center of her attention. They still don't get it, they never will get it. She'll be comfortably ensconced in the White House and they still will be asking "what happened, where is she, how did she get there?"

I think you're right.

12 posted on 05/29/2011 9:59:34 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: goodnesswins

“how they handled her son, Track’s, wedding....and how quiet that all was.”

She managed the leak by giving the story to a tabloid who protected their scoop....which they may or may not have bid on to get.


13 posted on 05/29/2011 9:59:34 PM PDT by harmonium
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I remember how Reagan didn’t play the media game.

Reagan had a way of talking around the media.


14 posted on 05/29/2011 9:59:56 PM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I remember how Reagan didn’t play the media game.

Reagan had a way of talking around the media.


15 posted on 05/29/2011 10:00:21 PM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Tell us all about your service in uniform.”

I’m at a loss why you felt the need to make such a hyper defensive inquiry?

I’m touting the days when Rolling Thunder, the event itself, got MORE press coverage. Read my comments again.


16 posted on 05/29/2011 10:01:55 PM PDT by harmonium
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To: cruise_missile
Reagan had a way of talking around the media.

"The bombing starts in five minutes."

17 posted on 05/29/2011 10:03:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
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“P.S. What a prom date she would have been!”

She would been the smoking chick who spoke to everyone the same, she would have taken her Bowie knife from her side and cut the top of the beer bottle off. Then insist it gets poured into a frozen mug,,


18 posted on 05/29/2011 10:05:42 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Who is John Galt)
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To: cruise_missile

Think of what Reagan (aka The Great Communicator) could have done with today’s social media and all. Palin is not “one of them” so when she plays by her own rules it just drives them nuts.

For example, what was Romney doing today?

If he got on a Harley it would be almost as big a joke as if Barry did. They’d both need help getting on and off.


19 posted on 05/29/2011 10:06:28 PM PDT by bigbob
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He’d need training wheels.

Your wish is my command.

Palin:

Obama:

Cheers!

20 posted on 05/29/2011 10:07:33 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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