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On her book tour, Sarah Barracuda pretends to be one of the people. But she's really winging across the country on a private jet.
As much of her entourage, including HarperCollins publicist Tina Andreadis, risked a collective case of White Line Fever, covering more than 3,000 road miles during the book tour’s first week, Sarah Palin herself seems to have remained above it all, apparently cosseted in the luxury of a Gulfstream II 12-passenger jet rented from Universal Jet Aviation of Boca Raton, Florida, at a cost of more than $4,000 per hour.
More than two weeks ago, quoting Andreadis, USA Today reported that Palin would be “making two and sometimes three stops a day, traveling in a bus painted with the cover of her book.” And just before the tour started, Palin herself said on her Facebook page: “I’ll post our progress from the road.” To further the illusion, the populist heroine gave televised interviews from the bus, including one to Greta Van Susteren en route to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
To further the illusion, the populist heroine gave televised interviews from the bus, including one to Greta Van Susteren en route to Fort Bragg.
Last week I was in The Villages, the fantastical Back to the Future-style retirement enclave north of Orlando, when Palin popped out the front door of the bus to greet the thousand or so worshipers gathered outside Barnes & Noble. I thought she sure looked good for someone who had been riding a bus for a week, changing diapers—as she said—all the way. Publicist Andreadis, by contrast, had the worn and harried look of someone who had been earning an honest living by riding a bus for a week.
It seems now that Palin hasn’t been on the bus, except for short hops between local airports and hotels and book-signing sites. Instead, as first reported by the Alaskan blog Palingates, she’s apparently been aboard UJT750, the Gulfstream American twin-jet that she first boarded at Westchester County airport shortly after noon on November 18, bound for Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the first stop on her tour.
The full activity log for UJT750 can be found here. The bottom line is that the plane’s goings and comings track Palin’s tour perfectly: from Grand Rapids to Washington, Pa. and then to Rochester, N.Y., Roanoke, Va., Fayetteville, N.C., Birmingham, Ala., and Jacksonville and Orlando.
On November 25, the plane carried Palin, her parents, her two youngest children and her Aunt Katie to Pasco, Washington, for Thanksgiving. And there it sat, at Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, for four full days, which is a lot of inactivity for a plane that rents for more than $4,000 an hour. But it was Thanksgiving weekend and the Pasco-Richland area was where Palin wanted to be.
Palin apparently returned to New York Sunday night. At least UJT750 was scheduled to take off from Tri-Cities at 6:55 p.m. EST with an 11:30 p.m. arrival at Teterboro, N.J., anticipated. Her next signing is not until Thursday, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Presumably, she’ll fly to Fayetteville and then board her bus again for the short ride to the local Sam’s Club. Presumably, she’ll also fly over the much greater distances that separate the stops on the western half of her tour, which stretches from Dallas to Minneapolis. Will she continue to pretend she’s riding the bus?
I emailed Tina Andreadis and Jonathan Burnham, HarperCollins’s publisher, yesterday to ask:
--How much is Universal Jet Aviation charging?
--Is HarperCollins paying?
--Will Sarah continue to fly throughout the second half of the tour?
--Does anyone else ever ride on the plane with her?
--Can you give me a list of where she actually stayed overnight from Nov. 18 until her arrival in Tri-Cities?
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Monk66
Palin 2012!!!
middle america can all get behind this nonsense politics.
i wonder what diamondgirl has to say about this.
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Monk66
DG is hunting moose.
she'll be back shortly
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ReyesHawk
Satire, right?
GM2009
'socially ignorant' That's funny. So-called conservatives who are virulently anti-society now think they are somehow socially enlightened. LOL
callyrose
It matters not much about the bus vs the plane. What matters is this women's character, sense of integrity and intelligence. In each instance she falls short. Why must she USE her children. She comes out with one on her arm for the general introduction and then hands the child off. What is this about? What's real about keeping your children up at all times of the day or night to enhance one's image. And, what has she done? I can't imagine her representing our country to other heads of state. Will the children be used there too. I think we must require serious leadership and intelligence from our officials. Afterall, look what happened with George W. Dumbness got us into a horrible mess because we preferred so-called style over substance.
Not to mention, that she can hardly express herself in a coherent sentence. This is why she so poorly expressed herself about seeing Russia, reading and an inability to recall important supreme court decisions. I think all us need to stop. take a deep breath. See Palin for what she is... A reflection of our ignorance.
Monk66
nope hawk you better follow gary's lead or you're a COMMY!!!
stjam8
Gary4205: If you have proof that gobal warming is a hoax,please tell the rest of us.
jbrantow
genuine? typical spewing by a misinformed ignorant fox and palin lover. Pathetic.
"This Study Is Still True-Study shows Fox News viewers misinformed about war, Iraq, WMD"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&add ress=389x3563986
Rethug teabaggers...contributing to the dumbing down of this country.
DevilsLawyer
Oh, crap. I'm guessing my parody skills are not that good and will try to refrain from in the future. Did anyone (other than Hawk) catch the part where I called diamondgirl "entertaining?" I guess we have no more room for laughter in our political discourse anymore--sad.
AlanD2
Monk66: You should know by now that conservatives like Diamond live in their own special universe. The one where Sarah goes around the country on her bus...
ImNoPUNK
Hey AlanD2...
I see you surfaced at 2:32AM..... seems you and a "night crawler" have much in common.....
Monk66
coughcoughstalkercoughcough
ImNoPUNK
Hey Monk66
We don't need a step-by-step accounting of your yearly physical.
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ImNoPUNK
yooooo Monk66...
Wishful thinkin on your part.... considering you don't have a set to begin with ...
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AlanD2
Actually, Punk, the late time has more to do with living on the West Coast.
The timestamps are EST, while I'm on PST.
osea65
I like a woman who treats herself right, you go Sarah!!!! Revenge for all the crap she takes daily from all the commercial airline fliers and bus riders, LOL!!!!!
AuntBarb
The bright side of this story is that most of the folks in this country of voting age already know this woman is a phony and a fake. They have plenty of evidence, going back over a year, that this is so. The fact that she's lying about her bus tour is worth little more than a yawn, at this point.
She must be thanking god every day that her and McCain lost the election. She's doing better now than if she had become Vice President. She's making more money than the VP office pays, and has little to do but fly around and self promote.
winterparkmom
I'm from the Orlando area and those old folks in the Villages are rabid when it comes to their "Christian values" and "Christian darlings" like SP. Now this is the same The Villages where rampant STD's were breaking out because these old folks were getting it on without protection.
Gotta love them Christian Values. Those old folks couldn't care less that she traveled by private jet as long as she stroked 'em and told 'em what they wanted to hear. I watched them on my local news last week and almost gagged.
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Desertpenguin
The rabid right-wing will now attempt to change the subject.
Any criticism of Queen Sarah will not be tolerated.
brucenahin
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 it if Gov. Palin had donned herself in 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 maths and came to the conclusion that it was impossible to cover the 500 mile stretch from Fayeteville to Birmingham (AL) in the two hours that 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 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 live. 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 be just Sarah from Alaska. And that is the way it is, Joe.
osea65
Bad try , bad timing, bad Aunt!!! Palin is coming to bite your ass, hope you showered!!! The more these liberal twats hate Palin, the more I respect her, you go girl, we䶥 got your back!!!! Sarah for President now!!!! Now that would be a nice Christmas gift. Yeah, you heard right, I did say CHRISTMAS!!!!! LOL. Damn, itä³ so easy to be against liberals!!!!You losers are just jealous
pgsteward
Will you guys get a life. So who cares how she travels. It's not as if she is spending thousands of dollars for a jumbo jet to take her on a date to New York. This is a commercial venture, paid for by her publisher. Now get back to your lives.
jaydeekay
I though Palin was 'authentic'?
Bus tour?
That would be like if I said I sailed around the world... oh, and I took a plane here and there.
BlueRidgeBystander
Brucenahin has a point. I say this as an Obama supporter. I expect a free press to be objective and report news. This isn't big news, but it was an interesting short piece since I have heard quite a bit about this bus tour. It may be the publisher or it may be Ms Palin, but someone set up an image of her traveling by bus across the US and she did not do exactly that. However, the reporting changes to speculation of what would her supporters think with an overwhelmingly obvious point of view. Obviously, her supporters at this stage will think that it is ok -- free country and all... that is why they are called supporters. As long as scoops and news are less interesting to readers/viewers than opinions supported, we all lose. I am progressive (liberal implies libertarian in most countries) and I am a vet. So no, I am not a communist or socialist. There is a difference. And I think the sad part of comments like osea65 is it is venom and rage against someone they deem weaker. If Palin represents Christian values, and I do believe she tries to, then I would submit that it is not Christ-like to encourage such rage against someone who chooses not to think like you. Or in the case of osea65, rage against someone who chooses to think.
bigman9099
Right on there....Who cares about it. Like someone said earlier, she can travel anyway she wants, the bottow line is, she's an empty dress that will never, ever turn into an American version of Golda Meir. In fact, I'd like to apoligize to Mrs Meir for putting her in the same sentence.
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Monk66
back from moose hunting i see..
ponchobrown
Thats what http://www.sarahpalinforum.org/ now I suggest all you Palin power republicans to go there and STOP FUCKING TROLLING
stjam8
Source Media Matters :NASA scientist: Emails do not show that gobal warming is a hoax. NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt:"Critics" are using language used in science and interpreting itin a completely different way". Wired's Threat level blog reported on November 20, that Schmidt a climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said: "There's nothing in the e-mails that shows global warming is a hoax.... There's no funding by nefarious groups. There's no politics in any of these things; nobody from the [U.N.} telling people what to do. There's nothing hidden, no manipulation. It's just scientists talking about science, and they're talking relatively openly as people in private e-mails generally are freer with their thoughts then they would be in a public forum. The few quotes that are being pulled out of context. People are using language used in science and interpreting it in a completely different way." Schmidt is a contributor to the Red Climate Blog, which has stated that some of the stolen CRU e-mails involve people at Real Climate.
brucenahin
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 it if Gov. Palin had donned herself in 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 maths and came to the conclusion that it was impossible to cover the 500 mile stretch from Fayeteville to Birmingham (AL) in the two hours that 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 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 live. 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 be just Sarah from Alaska. And that is the way it is, Joe.
honeywagon
AMEN! This is Palin the PRIVATE CITIZEN's money...not like BO and MO taking AF1 and AF2 both just so MO and kids could go shopping in London....on the taxpayers dollar...while we're smack in the middle of recession...and BO is telling us it's the patriotic thing to share the wealth straight across the board...guess he meant all Americans except himself and his taxcheating cronies, eh? The Palin Company can get to the book signings and speaking engagements however they please and it suits this middle class American just fine. The boy writing this story is obviously pulling out his shovel to try digging something up on Palin, but I can think of better uses for that shovel and it deals with cleaning out the crap because it is getting deep. By the way, all of you dingbat lefties making the snarky remarks...is that all you got? The crazier you nimrods get....the more protective of SP the conservatives get.....DUH!
roadhunter
You apparently don't think it's a non-story considering the amount of time and effort you put into your response.
You totally missed the point. It isn't that she's using a private jet. It's that she's lying to people to try to make them think she's NOT using one.
activeduty
brucenahin,
Could you stop making so much damn sense and start behaving like everyone on this blog?
Obviously Sarah Palin is Satan's best friend because she chose to fly instead of ride a bus.
yankeechamp2009
LET ME TELL YA, PLANTAGENT AND DIAMONDGIRL ARE THE SAME PEOPLE. CUZ I DONT THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE 2 PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET SO STUPID AND PATHETIC...SOMETHING TELLS ME THEY ARE BOTH SARAH PALIN.
barrett
She's about as regular as constipation.
DevilsLawyer
People, do yourselves a favor and read University of Manitoba psychology professor Bob Altmeyer's free PDF book, The Authoritarians.
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
Sarah Palin = Social Dominator, to a T. Might be another Double High, much like one George W. Bush.
attilathehunny
are you kidding me? as opposed to the supreme fascist we have in office now?
openhand
You guys need to practice your talking points more. Facist or Communist, which one is it going to be today, mo.ron?
ynot4tony2
openhand, speaking of talking points, you parrot out the same nonsense that every liberal drone says, about fascists not being the same as communists. Pol Pot was both. Lennin was both. King Jung Il is both.
Learn to think for yourself.
Monk66
hitler was not.
mussolini was not.
tojo was not.
madame48
you mean that socialist fascist hitler stalin terrorloving puppy eating black guy near our women?
Monk66
Obama is gay. He wouldn't be caught dead near women.
gak001
Something about this article reminded me of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and their bus.
honeywagon
The author of this article reminds me of Larry the Cable Guy's Buttcrack....full of crap.
indyignant
From the author of this comment made one minute earlier: By the way, all of you dingbat lefties making the snarky remarks...is that all you got?
Dontcha love right-wing hypocrisy? You betcha!
Honeywagon, eh? Appropriate for a troll? --> http://tiny.cc/wBpED
JayGetty
How many articles have you done on Al Gore and his private jet/ contributing to global...Your bias is showing badly!
democracy7
The subject is not about Al Gore. The subject is about one more of the many lies that sister scarah has been caught in. Try to pay attention and put on your adult thinking cap!
peppermint
I have on my cap and am thinking......., did Sarah charge the public for her booktour? When did she say the tour would be completely on a bus? How are millions of her adoring fans gonna see her? As for Gore, his whole agenda is a fake. Unlike the POTUS, who flies around the world at our expense (date nights too) and will collect his famous Peace Prize, at our expense. Give it a rest jealous libs.
ScottieDog
The comment was meant to illustrate the hypocracy of the left when it comes to reporting. Palin using a bus and a plane during her book tour is a non-story. Al Gore has a carbon footprint the size of Texas and yet he wants each of us to give up our way of life to save the planet. Newsflash...the planet is not in danger...and neither are we. AGW is a farce. Gore is a liar. Gore has made hundreds of millions off the lies. But here we have a "hot" story about someone who uses a plane and a bus during a book tour. Good use of journalistic resources.
attilathehunny
how about you and the msm putting on their journalist integrity and stop going after conservatives. THere is no more hypocrisy on this planet the Al Gore. Just read the leaked emails....oh sorry liberals don't ever deal in facts.
JayGetty
The story is biased media reporting in a biased fashion.
EnvironMentalists are invariably people that demand OTHERS use less energy!
jjjrou
Is this why you yankee liberals keep calling palin a liar? my lord is that the best you got ? what else did she lie about? let me guess she said she had egg instead of an omlet, or she said she drove a car but it was really a truck!!
or maby she sat in a church for 20 years but never heard what the preacher was saying, no wait that was ..........
ittybittykitty
But Al isn't claiming to be riding around the country on a bus.
sophia5
" But Al (Gore) isn't claiming to be riding around the country on a bus. "
No,
but he's preaching about global warming as he flies around in private jets,
and how many energy wasting mansions does he own ?
attilathehunny
no he just wants the rest of us to.
attilathehunny
love your yawn, such a typical liberal response. When presented with facts, just ignore them!
roadhunter
You are totally missing the point. It's not that she's flying, it's that she's lying by saying she's not flying.
Marionetta
But unlike the liar Saint Sarah, Al Gore doesn't lie about taking a jet.
escomments
That's some argument! Al Gore doesn't lie? His whole Global Warming Scam is a lie!
Saint Sarah is not going to cause energy bills to go sky rocketing and cause poor people to have no heat in the winter and die due to Al Gore's tax on "Air" which has just been provin' to be the biggest hoax in history!
No, we don't plan on seeing any Climate Gate stories in the Left Wing media DB included until they're dragged kicking and screaming to the story as usual.
Al Gore is a hypocritical piece of excrement.
Monk66
"Al Gore doesn't lie about taking a jet. "
way to refute what she said...
ittybittykitty
yawn...................
escomments
Monk66-
He's been lying about Global Warming for decades but we should be relieved that he didn't lie about flying around on his plane?
What are you? Some kind of a nutjob?
Monk66
yep straight off the right wing of SP's plane.
JohnnyAces
OK escomments, peppermint, sophie, and Scottiedog, let's put the Gore argument aside (let's pretend for now that he has agreed to commission a row boat as he travels the world):
Are you saying Sarah should not be called out for this?
openhand
yawnnnn......
escomments
Well..., There lies the rub. Doesn't it Johnny?
Al Gore is not going to commission a Row Boat to travel the world. He is going to travel it in his private jet as he spews out to others the danger and peril to the planet that is inherent when being so irresponsible as to fly around in what?
Can we say it together?
P-R-I-V-A-T-E J-E-T!
You can call out SP all you want. Go for it.
She hasn't been scamming the world for well over the last 20 years trying to do the shakedown on every American, rich and poor while padding her own pockets.
escomments
openhand-
Maybe you should get with ittybittykitty and take a nap?
donquijoterocket
I'm just sure that any moment now some wingnut scientific genius is going to post the smoking gun e-mail from the hacked bunch that proves all their statements. Meantime I'm going t wonder who's paying for this jet ride Caribou Barbie is enjoying. I'm hoping it's her publisher and they add the cost of promotion to the price of the book. Isn't that what the wingers are always claiming, that such costs are passed through to the consumer? It wouldn't matter to the palinistas anyway, they've already coronated the princess of the frozen north and can't back down now.
ReyesHawk
When your grandchildren are taking the boat tour around lower Manhattan and looking at all the nice buildings sticking out of the water they can take comfort in the knowledge that Grandpa was right about global climate change, it was all a hoax.
escomments
ReyesHawk Is it Global Climate Change? or Global Warming? Let's get our talking points together on this if we want to convince the critical thinking skeptics.
Sounds like we've been to see 2012. News Flash: its a movie. Not real life.
escomments
donquijoterocket-
Maybe that would be a good story for TDB to investigate instead of whether or not SP lied about taking a plane or a bus!
ReyesHawk
It's Global Climate Change, it's always been Global Climate Change. The guys who called it Global Warming called it that because that is what is what is happening. The world is getting hotter VERY rapidly and we (humans) are causing it. But that causes Global Climate Change because local events may vary. If you don't know that, even as a living in a dream world denier of reality, then you haven't been paying attention or choose to (surprise, surprise) ignore the facts for your own private fantasy world.
Ithinktoomuch
commerce clause...
ImNoPUNK
Hey Marionetta....
Hey puppet lady... Gore has only recently fessed up to his jet and it wasn't info proffered willingly....... so don't paint "Mr I invented the Internet" as champion of truth and justice now... especially since Gore has been telling lies about most of the things he's involved in going as far back as 1988 and beyond.
MrGEAH
Let's be fair to Al Gore and not sell him short. He didn't say he "invented" the Internet.
His claim was much more grandiose. He claimed to have "created" (like a god) the Internet.
ImNoPUNK
Mr Geah...
Sir, you're a Gentleman and a Scholar and in the interest of fair play I do welcome and agree the assessment of Al Gore and his divinity be amended.
Ithinktoomuch
Actually Gore was huge in helping the internet become what it is today. And it is a great example of government stepping in and being efficient, creating commerce by spending money.
escomments
I think you are over thinking, Ithinktoomuch.
Let's try to keep it simple for now.
Where does the Government get the money to spend to create commerce and where in the Constitution is it granted the authority to spend the money to create the commerce?
gameon
If Al Gore had not created the internet I wouldn't be able to see liberal stupidity whenever I like on this website. It's like a peak inside the heads of the mentally ill.Thank you Mr. Gore.
ynot4tony2
Marionette (such a good name for a liberal puppet, so I'll stick with it)...what exactly is the lie you've got your panties in a bunch about? Please quote Palin where she said she'd be exclusively traveling by bus.
It's also funny how you neo-comms hold a private citizen up to such high standards and falsely accuse her of lying about something that doesn't even effect you. Yet, you constantly give a pass to Obama, who tells blatant lies about things that do concern you.
You're drowning in Kool-Aid, puppet.
diamondgirl
Marionetta, provide the link where Palin said she would never take a jet?
Monk66
I thought you didn't have time for this nonsense.? Shouldn't you be cleaning your moose?
theschmooze
Palin is a fraud. Keep going Sarah you have committed yourself to the club of the untrustworthy, wrapped up in a christian cloak. Hypocrite.
opedanderson
News Headline for TDB: (168th in 10 days re The Irrelevant One)
Sarah Palins bowels were filthy this morning! Our in-depth investigation shows.......
bonkus
"This Just in: Palin Pops Pimple in Phillie (video)"
srsly. enough.
escomments
At least she's not gallivanting around the world in a GulfStream while at the same time, fraudulently telling everyone how it's destroying the planet like Freekin' Al Gore.
The chutzpah of you Liberals makes me sick!
She's made plenty of money selling her book. If she want's to fly around in a GulfStream, that's her business.
donquijoterocket
I'd say the best thing about her jetting around in a Gulfsteram is that at least she's not leaning out the window to shoot a wolf.
honeywagon
Holy Cow! Alaskans kill the wolves to protect the moose which is the "roast beef" of their food supply. Wonder if any libs who get upset about killing wolves (in remote areas) every think where that hamburger patty came from? Why aren't you upset about the slaughter house using a kill-stick with a 22 bullet place right on the forehead of that steer? You think about how that lil cow kicks when it falls over next time you unwrap the foil around that nice juicy burger. Also, you get puckered up about killing predators of the food chain, but to abort a human fetus is ok????????
indyignant
@honeywagon. Cows are not a wild species that is potentially endangered, nor are they considered a key species in a ecosystem, ie, one that helps keep other species in balance. Aerial bounty hunting is purely fun for sadistic a$$h0l3s, not "protecting the food supply." Yet, people like you don't care about the impact antienvironmental decisions have on the food supply and living of the native people in Alaska, do you?
Matt572
And apparently wolves didn't show up until we had guns to hunt them with. Right...
honeywagon
Al Gore needs to ride his ass around the world to be credible.
crypto
This article shouldn't bother anyone. Obama spent $7,200,000 to take his family and friends on vacation and Pelosi spends 1.6 million almost every week to fly out to good 'ol California. I can't say for absolutely certain but I think the taxpayer pays for that. Palin was in her own pocket.
attilathehunny
well I will say this, it was W who made sure Pelosi could fly privately for security reasons after 9/11. However, again it is the hypocrisy of the left that makes me ill. Pelosi's husband (and she) is worth a great deal of money through his hotel business etc but guess what? No unions! Can you imagine that!
crypto
Oh yes, one more thing. "SARAH BARRACUDA" The author of this article shows his contempt for those he disagrees with, happened before. But I would say to the parasite that with out these people you wouldn't have a dirt hill in which to live.
DakLak
The Flying Moose. She's as fake as her lie-filled, ghost written book.
Maybe she's trying to make like one of Santa's reindeers?
Next she'll complain about global warming.
ImNoPUNK
Hey DakLak...
Now you've crossed the line......Leave Santa outta the mix.....
crypto
Nothing is sacred to that douche bag. Not even Santa.
tumbleweed
It's hard to believe anyone is stupid enough to buy into that down to earth phony persona of hers??? It's the same people who are to ignorant to accept Global Warming as a reality. But, the right wing nuts love her she is as dumb as they are. I would imagine that's why she is so genuine and such a breath of fresh air. She is on the same low level of thought they are. She was the one who sank McCain last election. I hope she does run in 2012!!!!!
ScottieDog
Looks like you have "tumbled" a bit too much. The religion known as AGW is crumbling all around you and all you can do is lash out at Sarah Palin. Must really suck to be you these days. I guess I would be whining if I'd followed the prophet known as AlGore and bought into his scam/sham of a belief system.
Pablo4200
Yeah, she's not the down to earth type! She's a dumb chillbilly!
Seriously, I wonder how folks like tumbleweed get their shoes tied.
Neox99
Well - as someone who spend a total of 5 hours over 3 events right next to her, I can tell you she is as much down to earth as anyone can get.
It's entertaining to read folks bash her who have NO clue who she is!
Your ignorance must be indeed 'bliss'. Please keep it up.
ittybittykitty
O.K.
indyignant
And Mickey Mouse is real, too, right? Because you stood next to him at Diznee World.
Redhead5050
The continuous dumbing down of America is portrayed perfectly by Palin and her ilk.
crypto
You must have went to Furman University.
tolatetocry
good for Sarah! Why is this a story? woman who writes memoir and sold a couple of million in a couple weeks flies in a private jet. Who gives a rip?
phoebes
tolatetocry, I don't think anybody begrudges Mrs Palin her right to fly around in a private jet. What is hypocritical is her claiming she's doing all the touring on the bus.
I'm not a Palin-supporter, but if she had said she was flying between book signings and sleeping in hotels, I wouldn't have cared one jot. That's her privilege. But, it's the claiming one thing and doing another is typical Palin behavior.
tolatetocry
I've seen Sarah on her bus, no where did she say she was going to take her bus with her everywhere! You people seem to be making something out of nothing! You got algore, mr green, himself his home uses more energy than 20,000 average American homes, Sting, saves the rain forest and flies jets to bring his kid pasta and the list goes on Cheryl Crowe wants people to use one square of toilet tissue, while flying on her pals jet and playing guitars made of exotic woods, Ba ba striesand wants people to dry their clothes on a clothes line instead of a dryer!
Liberals clean your own house MAYBE you'll have some credibility on this issue!
crypto
Well goddiddllydam phoebes. If you don't care one jot why the hell are you all over her case like the rest. See the difference is the rest do care. Now as for claiming one thing and doing another she's a private citizen now ya know. How about the twats in this administration who say one thing and do another. They're costing money. Ms. Palin is paying her own way. You Flippen people just talk to have something to put on the blog.
ImNoPUNK
Hey phoebes ...
you say, " But, it's the claiming one thing and doing another is typical Palin behavior.".....
Wasn't it POTUS that said he would lead by example....Are you gonna sit there and tell me you object to Palin emulating Obama's actions?
What you're smoking now is still outlawed in almost all 50 states isn't it ? .
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crypto
Mark Twain said" if you do not read the newspaper you are uninformed.
if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed"
If you read much of this garbage on here your brain will rot off at the stem. I sincerely believe some of the liberals on here have read too much.
KuroTenshi
She quit the bus too? wow.
bygones
With her $400 glasses and the jet, Sarah once again shows she is just one of the people. Right. One of the biggest phonies to hit the national stage since Paris Hilton.
Why do people even listen to her? She makes no sense and they stand there nodding in agreement. Not sure who is the most intellectually challenged at this point, her or the sheeple who think she has something to offer.
attilathehunny
you literally are comparing an "heirhead" ( to quote the NYPost) to SP? A girl who made a sex tape to get famous as compared to a woman who has a faith, children and a long term marriage? Who is educated? (I know she went to 5 colleges, pity when you have to pay for it yourself! Unlike some affirmative action people....Occidental College, then Columbia...) And you call the right wing people stupid.
indyignant
You say that like she has 5 high-level degrees from prestigious schools. She kept bouncing around to small cow colleges, probably 'til she found the easiest curriculum. And yes, a lot of right-wing people ARE stupid. Including SP.
Willow207
Paris Hilton, heir to Hilton family riches, hardly needs a sextape to become famous....
Guess those in the "Real America" never heard of Hilton Hotels....
MotherofThree
Hey bygones, why are you so obsessed?
KryptoniteToStupid
Why do you care so much? Feeling a little guilty? It's hard being so smart, isn't it.
DakLak
At least Paris is easy on the eyes.
Willow207
If you cover up her "5 Baby Pregnancies" worth of flat chestedness
followed by stretch marks galore,
and a "pancake ass"
vericose veins
and 12 inches of trowled on pancake batter on her face
topped off with "perma-colored" hair extensions..
Will the real Sarah Palin please stand up!
Thank you.
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