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Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« on: November 30, 2009, 03:01:46 PM »
Originally on the Daily Beast, but will post the link to Hot Air's summary....and comments here:

New Palin “scandal”: Her book tour involves some air travel
http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=61679

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Joe McGinniss, The Daily Beast snip


There is, of course, nothing the least bit inappropriate about flying from place to place on a book tour. Back in the day when publishers still sent non-celebrity authors out in public, I flew on all of mine. It’s the only sensible approach. And if someone will spring for an executive jet, all the better. On the other hand, nobody tried to pretend I was riding a bus.

What’s wrong in this instance is the apparent fakery created and sustained for the sake of building pseudo-populist appeal—and selling books. Sarah Palin and Harper Collins have consciously tried to give the impression that she is doing her book tour by bus when the evidence suggests she is not. At every stop, she’s been filmed getting off Big Blue looking rested and radiant. She dazzles onlookers and interviewers with her seemingly bottomless reserves of energy. And no one suspects she may secretly be hopping on and off her main means of transport, UJT750, and resting up in hotels.

I have never felt she was misleading anyone, nor did I believe, according to her tour schedule she was in that bus all that time !  Certainly rock stars aren't in the tour bus all the time either  ::)
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 03:05:00 PM »
:whatever: it's pathetic isn't it? I liked Sarah but I wasn't totally bowled over. Now I'm finding myself firmer in her camp due to the ravening wolves at her door.
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 03:19:23 PM »
The only photo I've seen of Sarah on her book tour looked like it was taken in an airport concourse. A couple of security guys at her flanks.

No bus to be seen, but I've admittedly not made Sarah a career.
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2009, 03:23:02 PM »
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And no one suspects she may secretly be hopping on and off her main means of transport, UJT750, and resting up in hotels.

:ohnoes:

What, is she supposed to be staying in youth hostels & hitchhiking? :whatever:
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2009, 03:28:05 PM »
It's like they are trying to bust her like Bear Grylls got busted for sleeping in hotels instead of really sleeping out in the wild.

Of course Sarah would probably do just fine out in the wild with a tent and rifle. :-)
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2009, 03:30:33 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on November 30, 2009, 03:05:00 PM
:whatever: it's pathetic isn't it? I liked Sarah but I wasn't totally bowled over. Now I'm finding myself firmer in her camp due to the ravening wolves at her door.

The more I learn about her, the more I know she's better than what we have in the White House now.  Hell, I'm better than what we have in the WH now  :evillaugh:

Poor Huck seems to have had his Willie Horton moment, so he may be out in 2012.  Not a huge fan of Mitt....who's left, er, right  :bawl:

I could live with a Sarah  :heart:
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2009, 03:36:26 PM »
From the Hot Air comments, and why I used their linky....

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Wonder what Joe thinks of Al Gore flying to a GW conference in a private jet, then hopping a stretch limo to a nearby location only to transfer to a Prius for his triumphant arrival at the conference venue.

Hmmm, Hmmm, Hmmm, the sweet smell of liberal hypocrisy.   :-)



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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2009, 08:47:42 AM »
Quote from: seabelle on November 30, 2009, 03:36:26 PM
From the Hot Air comments, and why I used their linky....

Hmmm, Hmmm, Hmmm, the sweet smell of liberal hypocrisy.   :-)





Awesome! :-)

Somewhere there used to be a youtube vid of The Goracles entourage sitting in idling SUV's on a hot summer day in D.C. while he popped in to a meeting. Somebody took a cell phone camera to show how many cars he had, how long they idled, etc...it was beautiful.
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2009, 09:12:50 AM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on December 01, 2009, 08:47:42 AM
Awesome! :-)

Somewhere there used to be a youtube vid of The Goracles entourage sitting in idling SUV's on a hot summer day in D.C. while he popped in to a meeting. Somebody took a cell phone camera to show how many cars he had, how long they idled, etc...it was beautiful.

Oh but he had polar bears in those SUV's for show and tell...........or maybe it was some hot bitch that was going to show him some tail......I can't remember.
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2009, 10:37:30 AM »
It has gone "main" stream. Saw this on my local ABC station this morning.
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2009, 11:29:27 AM »
Quote from: Ranger Rick on December 01, 2009, 10:37:30 AM
It has gone "main" stream. Saw this on my local ABC station this morning.

Once again the MSM should have did a little fact checking.

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On the scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most disingenuous piece of crap I've ever read, that scores a solid 11. Let's look at the facts - it's not something journalists are supposed to do anymore these days, but humor me:

- on Wednesday the 18th of November, private jet UJT 750 flies from Teterboro (NJ) to Westchester (NY) to pick up Gov. Palin and her family members and personal aides to fly her to the place of the start of her bus tour, namely Grand Rapids (Mi). That same afternoon, the jet flies ahead to Washington County airport (Pa).

- Gov. Palin and her entourage then set off on a three day whistlestop bus tour of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. That's 650 miles in three days, with six stops in total. Not a bus tour?

- It's only three days later, on the 21st of November, that they use the private jet again to fly to Rochester (NY). Should they have done the five hour, 300+ mile journey by bus, just to satisfy Mr. McGinniss' craving for authenticity?

- On the evening of the same day (still the 21st), the jet flies them to the place of the next event, namely Roanoake (Va). A mere 550 miles, so Gov. Palin could easily have taken the bus, right? I mean, she would certainly have made it on time for her next event, which wasn't till 11am the next morning. Sure, she'd be dead on arrival, but hey: if Joe McGinniss says that's what it takes, then that's what it takes.

- late at night on the 21st, after having dropped the Palin gang off in Roanoke, the jet flies on ahead to Fayetteville (NC). Gov. Palin does the book signing in Roanoke, then jumps on a different jet to fly to Asheville for a private meeting and dinner with the Rev. Billy Graham and his son and daughter. Since this meeting was mainly devoted to the subject of religion, Joe McGinniss would probably have preferred if Gov. Palin had donned sackcloth and ashes and crawled the entire 260 mile distance on her hands and knees. Let's call that one a missed opportunity.

- Gov Palin and crew rejoin the jet on the 23rd in Fayetteville, following the book signing event at Fort Bragg. Apparently, the Palins did the math and came to the conclusion that it was impossible to cover the 500 mile stretch from Fayeteville to Birmingham (AL) in the two hours they had until the next event. Let's put this one down to bad scheduling (we gotta blame her for something, right, Joe?).

- The Birmingham event is a great success, with thousands of people shouting her name and... Sorry, that's not what McGinniss wants to hear. Let's talk flights. On the evening of the 23rd, the private jet (that's private as in: not state-owned. Is that still allowed in the age of Obama, you ask? That will be the subject of our next investigation) takes Gov. Palin from Birmingham to Jacksonville (FL), the place of the first of her three stops in the Sunshine State. The jet flies ahead to the destination of her final stop in the state, Orlando.

- Gov Palin covers the distance between the events by bus. That's another 2 stops and 200 miles on this non-bus tour. At the end of the first part of her book tour, for some reason, she decides against covering the 2,990 miles to Tri-Cities (WA) by bus, and instead opts for flying. Strange, I know.

So what's the point of this non-story? Ultimately, it's the same as the wardrobe saga. Liberal propagandists want you to believe that Palin is a fake populist, someone who claims to live frugally but really loves to live the high life. A sort of John Kerry in drag, if you like. It's their desperate attempt at stopping people from saying that she's "one of us". After all, how can she really be "like me" if she flies a private jet? Answer: she can, because she is. Doesn't matter if she flies a private jet, or even Air Force One: to your average, hard working American, she'll always just be Sarah from Alaska. And that's the way it is, Joe.
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Granted, this isn't an unbiased opinion, but the author makes valid points as to when and why she flew on a jet.
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Re: Stupidest Sarah Palin Hit Piece ever (via Hot Air)
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2009, 11:33:45 AM »
^he makes great points. Esp. about her being just like us. If the DUmmies can think that Teh Wun and Sharp Shelley are just like them, then there you have it.....
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