Sarah Palin quits bus tour halfway through, retreats to Alaska

[kpete]

WASHINGTON – Amid diminishing media interest, Sarah Palin has quit her high-profile bus tour halfway through and returned to Alaska with her family, according to RealClearPolitics.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/06/22/palin_bus_tour_takes_extended_pit_stop__110313.html

The move puts a damper on widespread speculations that Palin's "One Nation" bus tour, which launched on Memorial Day, was a potential precursor to a potential White House bid for 2012. Palin never made it to her scheduled stops in the key primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

RealClearPolitics, which originally broke the story about the bus tour, reported Wednesday on Palin's "extended hiatus." The remaining legs of her trip, according to Scott Conroy, are "in limbo" as "Palin and her family have reverted to the friendly confines of summertime Alaska."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/22/report-palin-quits-bus-tour-halfway-through-retreats-to-alaska/

[sakabatou]

The Quitter quits again!

[SpiralHawk]

27. "Sitting here in Limbo." - The Pale Horses (apologies to Jimmy Cliff)

Sitting here in limbo
But I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo
Like a bird without a song

Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo
Got some time to search my soul

Well, they're
Putting up resistance
But I know that my faith
Will lead me on

Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, limbo, limbo
Sitting in limbo

[roguevalley]

47. what friendly climates of Alaska? We think she blows too.

[eridani]

53. I took that to mean Midnight Sun and really big cabbages n/t

[roguevalley]

59. Okay. :) And they really do get that big.

[hedgehog]

1. Looks like Paul Revere served his country from the grave!

[Renew Deal]

2. She went to NH

I remember that. Why does this story say she didn't?

[Zoeisright]

3. In other words, she quits everything.

What a total loser.

[MilesColtrane]

4. Predictable

[Botany]

5. Who could have seen this coming?

She quit as mayor .... hired a city manager
She quit the Alaska Oil & Gas Commission
She quit as Governor of Alaska
She did not ride her bus on her previous bus tour
She did not write either of her books
She has somebody else do her face book
She quit or was flunked out of many colleges


:rofl:

[cascadiance]

9. And was her Alaska television series canceled, or did she "quit" that too before the second season!

Seems like that's the question that Hannity fans are asking.

So is she better for having "quit" this series before a second season, or did the network truly feel that it was crappy enough not to renew the season. Not much of a choice for the righties, much like her political career!

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=2166121

[Botany]

12. from what I read the ratings for her show ...

.... were going in the tank and that it was costing more to produce the show then
what they had thought was going to come in ..... and btw Sarah couldn't shoot, fish,
and her outdoor skills were lacking ..... Todd wasn't the best either.

My guess is that Roger Ailes pulled the plug on giving the bus tour publicity and the
national media quit covering her too .... no pub and little money coming in and Ms.
Palin bailed on the tour. And also two (I was channeling my inner Palin) her Paul
Revere misstep kinda killed her "American History" theme of her tour too.

[butterfly77]

10. This is what republicons..

call the working class,she is a real hard worker:sarcasm:

[SOS]

60. According to Levi Johnston

Palin spends her days on the couch, in her robe, watching soap operas.
She sends her kids to fetch meals from Taco Bell.
Todd spends his days drinking beer in the garage.

Paid by the advance on a ghostwritten book.

She's a hard worker all right.

[robertpaulsen]

37. Great list!

I think the Bridge to Nowhere followed by the Road to Nowhere are other examples of her consistent half-assed quitter status.

[jmowreader]

55. Now, now...get the city manager story straight

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/17/palin_mayor

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-alperinsheriff/mayor-palin-left-wasilla_b_128011.html

IIRC the reason Palin hired the city manager was to keep from being recalled.

But it doesn't matter anyway: after she fired the police chief and the librarian, got the not-anti-gay book the local preacher wrote out of the Wasilla library, filled the city government with her cronies and built her kid a hockey rink on land the city wasn't entitled to (and so far from where anyone in Wasilla lives no one uses it--which may have been by design; if people were using the center, her kid's hockey team couldn't practice then) she'd done everything she set out to do.

[liberal N proud]

6. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

7. Someone expected something different from a quitter?

[SpiralHawk]

8. Quittery is soooo Republicon

Right up there with chickenhawkery...

[Erose999]

11. Seems like the whole thing was kinda slapdash anyway. Thinking she can dodge the "lamestream media"

by jaunting around the country without an itinerary. My guess is that she is desperately trying to remain relevant while the Rove/GOP establishment machine works push her out. Mainstream campaigning would reveal this split and how hesitant the big establishment backers are to support her. So she does what any good carnival barker would do, she takes her freakshow on the road.

But shes paying the price for deviating from the script. The backlash against her memorial day appearance with Rolling Thunder, her Paul Revere gaffe, etc. She has to have more control over the circumstances within which she interacts with her supporters. My guess is she will do some kind of "book tour" or some other form of road show where her interaction with the public will be more limited and scripted.

[Raschel]

49. Everything she does is slapdash. She has no self-discipline, she doesn't plan.

Of course the media calls it some kind of brilliant non-conformist strategy when it's really just chaos.

[tanyev]

13. Blind Allegiance, p. 356

Getting Sarah to meetings and events was like nailing Jell-O to a tree. On the campaign trail and as governor, Sarah went through at least ten schedulers, with few lasting more than months. Nobody wanted the job because Sarah might fail to honor, at the last minute, the smallest commitments, and making excuses for her became a painful burden. In at least one instance, a scheduler quit after breaking down in tears; another left after being accidentally copied on an email from Sarah trashing her.

And where was Sarah when she cancelled on the Reagan Library event? Hanging out in San Diego with her ghostwriter Lynn Vincent. Must keep one's priorities straight, you know.

[PotatoChip]

32. Ha! I thought of that quote too when reading this.

Perhaps being on the road was a bit too much for the spoiled Prima donna.

[DainBramaged]

14. Once a quitter.......

[nichomachus]

15. It's even beyond funny at this point. It's just like

every time McCain opens his mouth, you expect him to say something demented. You'd be disappointed if he didn't.

[lpbk2713]

16. The Grifter remains consistent

Quitting is a conditioned lifestyle that she will never shake.

[Raschel]

48. Consistently unstable and unreliable. Her children know all about it.

[TwilightGardener]

17. That's a shame. I was looking forward to more of her creative historical teachings.

[Historic NY]

18. Who QUITS vacation.......??

[aj_cd]

22. thank you

:rofl:

[Kadie]

43. ROFL!

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

52. + + + +!

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. but still shearing the suckers, it seems:

"SarahPAC Treasurer Tim Crawford recently mailed out a solicitation to Palin supporters that offered an early-release DVD of the film in return for a donation of $100 or more to SarahPAC."
from the Real Clear story.

[eleny]

20. Lol!

[Blue Owl]

21. Best news of the day so far

n/t

[mikeytherat]

23. I came, I saw, I quit.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

mikey_the_rat

[a kennedy]

24. Wasn't she moving to Arizona too??? Is that true or not???

:shrug:

[nichomachus]

40. Well, yes and no

She formed a company that bought a house in AZ, but because of the deregulation of the mortgage industry, the foreclosure process on the house was riddled with fraud and the title may be invalid.

[a kennedy]

46. thank you for this information.

:hi:

[blm]

25. Breaking News: Sky Blue! Water Wet! Quitter Quits Again!

Not that corporate media will discuss THIS major flaw in her character. They focus on her when the GOP wants them to focus on her, and back off when her major character flaws ARE the story.

[Scuba]

26. I wonder how she ever had children....

...quitting after the foreplay won't get it done. Maybe Tawd got her drunk a few times.

[QED]

28. I'm more "afraid" of Bachmann than Palin

Read Matt Taibbi's article in the latest Rolling Stone. It's a chiller.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/matt-taibbi-on-batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-20110622

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[area51]

30. LMAO

For the kool-aid swillers, if they got their wish with her in the white house, she'd just quit that too. :eyes:

[glinda]

31. Therapy for narcissism might be a good idea.

[AsahinaKimi]

33. Predictable....

probably was paying out more money than she was bringing in..she is totally clueless.

[IDemo]

34. "puts a damper on widespread speculations"??

Who is the author trying to kid?

[dsharp88]

35. But... but... I thought it was THEIR VACATION!

Now there won't be any media around to 'ruin' it.

[demmiblue]

36. Ha!

:rofl:

[Maru Kitteh]

38. I can't help but feel pangs of dissapointment here. I REALLY wanted her to run.

We were going to have a Palin theme debate party with bumpits


and funny glasses and drinks (served half empty of course.)

I was going to make fun banners with "you betcha" and "GOTCHA question!" and "Reeel A-mearicins."

It looks like my plans are dashed. :-(

[Raschel]

50. Here's a good "gotcha" question: what was Paul Revere's first name?

[Octafish]

39. ''Amid diminishing media interest.''

Get her on "Dancing with the Turds," immediately!

[nichomachus]

41. Personally, I find this very very disappointing

I thought the sight of unemployed rednecks, living in a bus, driving around the country begging for money was a perfect example of the depression that the GOP has foisted on the US.

[StarburstClock]

42. So it's onto the next propaganda tour that'll be heavily watched by gullibles

The industry of GOPathological liar watchers is just as disgusting as the liars themselves.

[Raschel]

51. Here's how a freeper would spin it: "good for you Sarah! Don't hang around to let that lamestream

media twist your words!"

:rofl:

[Ganja Ninja]

44. Once the donations drop below the cost of the trip the whole thing became

a money loser. So much for the trip.

[JBoy]

54. It's not cheap flying first class to meet up with your bus every day.

[Rex]

45. I hate rich people...just kidding, I hate rich people like Sarah Palin.

I despise her and people like her.

[Raine]

58. Palin seems more grifter than rich person

I think whatever money she has she will blow thru really fast, too stupid to make good investments or choices. :silly:

[craigmatic]

56. She's not running and if she does she'll quit before the primaries.

[cui bono]

57. Halfwit goes halfway...

surprise, surprise.