Posted on 05/27/2011 12:41:31 PM PDT by kristinn
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"It is a big distraction, because my phone's been ringing off the hook since she announced it," Ted Shpak, legislative director for Rolling Thunder, the group that hosts the annual rally in support of American POWs and veterans, told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell in an interview Friday. Shpak implied that Palin's presence would detract from the event's focus.
"We're not political, this is not a political event," Shpak said. "The way it came out, it sounded like we endorsed her."
Though Palin will reportedly make Sunday's rally the first stop in her bus tour, Shpak was clear that her bus will not ride in the group of motorcycles that will travel from a near the Pentagon, along the National Mall, and back.
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(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
All I see is one gigantic run on paragraph that is impossible to read unless I cut and paste and format it in Word.
If you say so.
Is there anything she could do that you would not support?
Any situation where you would not presume her to be without flaw and perfect in the eyes of God?
No one’s lying, it’s that they didn’t have their communications in order. She was invited by a state group, not the national organization.
I wouldn't have thought so either.
It just seemed to me, upthread, that folks were a bit quick to
slam the bikers and anoint Mrs. Palin as eternally sinless.
That irked me a bit.
“Is there anything she could do that you would not support?”
Sure!
Stuff like romneycare...
Pardoning child molesters...
Abanding Israel...
Being pro choice...
Being pro-gay marriage...
Paling around with terrorists....
Attacking the ryan budget...
Have a 50k line of credit from a lobbyist...
Donating money to democrats....
Pushing for cap and trade...
Getting divorced three times...
Having a bad comb over....
What else you got?
Andrea Mitchell’s an implied threat. The story can be Sarah invited herself or Rolling Thunder is acting against the law and could lose it’s 501C3 status.
People need to chill. It has already come out earlier that she would not speak politics at this event. It is supposedly a non political event.
They don’t seem to be uneasy about her participation, they are just uneasy about people attaching it to the bus tour and politics or an endorsement.
“She was invited by a state group, not the national organization.”
Well then.....that settles that...
Capitalization and spelling, just for a start.
Not only is she a prominent citizen and supporter of the military, she is the mother of a vet.
Quite irk-worthy
But lol@anoint Mrs. Palin
pissant is probably reading that and lovin’ it!
“What else you got?
Capitalization and spelling, just for a start.”
Syntax nazi!
*grin*
If that ever happened, at least half of the posts on this board would never appear. Well said.
It's a non-story planted only for the reaction (that it is getting).
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Sarah Palin is scheduled to appear at a Rolling Thunder event on the National Mall. Do you know if she’ll speak there?
She’s not scheduled to speak as of yet. But she and her husband will come to the Pentagon a motorcycle (sic), and they will participate in the demonstration.
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The stories about her being invited appeared before the article in the thread
Uuuuhhh, did you happen to see the video of his “toast” of the Queen? LOL!
I do not see her as a deity but I do think that God has chosen her for his agent.
Yes, they have always made it clear that all patriotic bike riders are welcome to their events and rides afik
Many non RT member riders have ridden with them when I was around.
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