Colorado, USA
THIS IS WHY AMERICA LOVES PALIN - SHE GETS US...
Directors of Rolling Thunder espoused their disapproval of the appearance because of the commotion and distraction it caused. Did she use the ride for publicity? Hmmm... Palin is Publicity personified - I think a more pertinent question is, would this media outlet have covered Rolling Thunder with more than a paragraph otherwise? So publicity stunt? Probably... to some extent, but no more so than the President is using his belated appearance to the site of the recent tragedy in Joplin... If I know bikers at all, especially Veteran bikers... I figure if the Rolling Thunder bikers did not want her in their midst - she would not have gotten a ride... my thinking is "chill"... it is what it is.
The New York Daily News. com source article below is primarily political in motive. Had the point of the article been to trash Palin's ulterior motives for hopping on, they would have emphasized the negative light her attendance threw on the proceedings - and perhaps concentrated their efforts on what Rolling Thunder is all about. Personally, I don't see it as anything other than Palin being the spontaneous, purely American fun gal that she is.
Source: New York Daily News.com, Sarah Palin arrives in D.C. on motorcycle with Rolling Thunder
Doug Powers via Michelle Malkin.com (with Fox news Video), Rolling Thunder Rolls into DC
Glad she attended.
ReplyDeleteMe, too... say what they may about Palin - I believe she is a Patriot through and through...
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