Good for you FM!
well done…

Who looks more like a fool now, Ted Shpak, Andrea Mitchell or Sarah Palin? The former two most certainly, while Sarah wins.

Well it is pretty obvious now, the MSNBCDNC hit job has backfired.

By the way, thumbs up to Frances Martel and thumbs down to Colby Hall(Pro-Veteran Spokesman Is Unhappy Sarah Palin Is Stealing His (Rolling) Thunder)

Thank you. I”m sure Ted Shpak was just misinformed. Andrea Mitchell, of course, couldn’t bother to make a phone call – not when there’s a story that can possibly make Sarah Palin look bad. I’ll wait now for MSLSD to correct their story. (crickets)

Well that answers that question. I can see where Shpak was coming from but it would have been nice for Mitchell to contact Rolling Thunder to double check the story was true. But it was a mistake, happens all the time.

Sarah Palin a true American patriot, Rolling Thunder should be proud to have her. We should be proud to have her as our next president in 2013 too.

TangledThorns said:
Sarah Palin a true American patriot, Rolling Thunder should be proud to have her. We should be proud to have her as our next president in 2013 too.

Let’s not jump the gun there.

I’m still thinking why Andrea Mitchell(a purported “journalist”) would get an uninformed member of the organization and up him on air to denounce Sarah Palin’s presence at the event. And on the other hand, one should wonder why an unformed member such as Ted Shpak should agree to go on air and denounce Palin’s appearance without first getting his facts right.

This underscores the point that the Andrea Mitchell piece was obviously a hit job orchestrated by MSNBCDNC.

which veterans group was this…have to make sure that none of my Vietnam or Iraq veterans join this group,,we are not sarah the pain follower nor do we want her any whre near us

Rose Hall said:
which veterans group was this…have to make sure that none of my Vietnam or Iraq veterans join this group,,we are not sarah the pain follower nor do we want her any whre near us

First, if you read the article you would find out.

Second, she was invited to the event. It’s not about her so stop with the stupid petty Palin bashing and get some common sense.

I guess Andrea Mitchell and MSNBC have some explaining to do. I’m sure Andrea will address this lie she put out. She wouldn’t want to let this fester. *holding breath*

Is there any lower form of life than Andrea Mitchell? Does she have any moral fiber? Any redeaming quality? What is her value to the world? What a tool…

Seems confusing. Shpak, as far as I can tell has a title of “legislative Director” for Rolling Thunder. Google suggests that he has been a member of Rolling Thunder and with that title for some years now (meaning he’s not a new member). I’m not certain “legislative Director” is a authoritative spokesperson or not but seems in an organization that long with that “role” he would have known about Palin and not fall under the “Palin had been invited, but had RSVP’d too soon for the group to announce her arrival to all its members.” as Martel includes in the post

In Shpak’s appearance on MSNBC with Mitchell, he claims Rolling Thunder is not a political organization and not involved with politics. But he has a Rolling Thunder title of “legislative Director” and at least google suggests Shpak has work with Congress on some issues over the years. Goes to Shpak’s definition of not political I assume.

Rose Hall said:
which veterans group was this…have to make sure that none of my Vietnam or Iraq veterans join this group,,we are not sarah the pain follower nor do we want her any whre near us

awwww…fell the love and tolerance. But remember, Palin is the hater. Not any of these people who want her nowhere near them and are sure to tell there “veterans” to stay away from her as well. She might give them cooties.

Palin is a grifter and people that buy into her exploitative patriotism are the fools.

RazorsEdge said:

In Shpak’s appearance on MSNBC with Mitchell, he claims Rolling Thunder is not a political organization and not involved with politics.

then why did he go on NBC and make it a political issue?

badnewzbearz said:
Thank you. I”m sure Ted Shpak was just misinformed. Andrea Mitchell, of course, couldn’t bother to make a phone call – not when there’s a story that can possibly make Sarah Palin look bad. I’ll wait now for MSLSD to correct their story. (crickets)

Who was she supposed to call? Everything that I’ve seen reported is that Shpak is a designated spokesperson for the organization, as is Colborne and there was some missed communication within the group. Say, if the local paper in Murray, Kentucky needed a comment from Sen Paul’s office and they contacted his spokesperson in Bowling Green, should they follow it up with another call to DC to see if the Kentucky person had their facts straight?

Shpak spoke to the subject as far as he was aware and after his appearance several media outlets followed-up with the alternate story. Pretty much everyone is aware of what happened and though it’s not really Ms. Palin’s fault, Shpak’s fear that her participation may overshadow the event seems to be coming true. After all, the Rolling Thunder folks repeatedly say that Shpak was authorized and that everyone isn’t aware of every invitation by every little chapter or retired board member, but it’s the pro-Palin folks who keep asking for his head.

Ramrants said:
then why did he go on NBC and make it a political issue?

That’s part of what’s confusing. You would at least think Shpak would have contacted Christine Colborne (listed in piece above) the “other” Rolling Thunder spokesperson to confirm Palin’s invitation status before going on MSNBC. If not “political or a “political event” then why even agree to go on MSNBC to talk about A Palin invitation status?

Ramrants said:
awwww…fell the love and tolerance. But remember, Palin is the hater. Not any of these people who want her nowhere near them and are sure to tell there “veterans” to stay away from her as well. She might give them cooties.

You’re sick and immature. And why don’t you learn how to write before posting something.

LOGICandREASON said:
I’m still thinking why Andrea Mitchell(a purported “journalist”) would get an uninformed member of the organization and up him on air to denounce Sarah Palin’s presence at the event

Because Mitchell is an old leftwing b*tch.

For Palin, it’s always all about self-promotion in an effort to paint herself as God’s gift to patriotism.
Leave it to Palin to try to steal someone else’s “rolling thunder”.

Oh, BS!! ROFLMAO@palin. Her campaign clowns called in help for damage control on this one. Because Palin is one dipshitwing bitch

labman57 said:
For Palin, it’s always all about self-promotion in an effort to paint herself as God’s gift to patriotism.Leave it to Palin to try to steal someone else’s “rolling thunder”.

Palin is carrying on a long held tradition by the right of using veterans as props.

Thank you Frances for updating this story with the truth.

I wonder if Andrea has issued an apology to her viewers for making a false presentation, and to Sarah Palin for continuing to slander her at any/all costs.

Shame on NBC and Andrea; the only reason they had the pro-vet individual on in the first place was because he was going to slam Palin…Andrea and her NBc cohorts are not interested one iota in the memory of our fallen soldiers.

Hacked or hung?

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY 9″) finds himself in a late night online pickle.

This evening a photo surfaced on Congressman Weiner’s yfrog account and in his verified Twitter timeline of a man in his underwear with an erection. The photo was reportedly sent to a woman on Twitter. We’ve protected her name and her account, which was at one time verified to be active but has since been deleted after the photo in question was deleted. Coincidentally, the rest of the photos in the congressman’s alleged yfrog account were also deleted around 11 p.m. eastern.

http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/05/28/weinergate-congressman-claims-facebook-hacked-as-lewd-photo-hits-twitter/

Nacho said:
Palin is a grifter and people that buy into her exploitative patriotism are the fools.

I won’t argue that. But your justifying Mitchel and MSNBC lying and dipping their toe into propeganda. Will you denounce the lie by Mitchel?

Bill Adkins said:
Palin is carrying on a long held tradition by the right of using veterans as props.

Better than spitting on them which is what hippies and liberals did to my dad when he came home from Vietnam.

Bill Adkins said:
Oh, BS!! ROFLMAO@palin. Her campaign clowns called in help for damage control on this one. Because Palin is one dipshitwing bitch

Prove it…

Bill Adkins said:
Because Palin is one dipshitwing bitch

As a longtime member of The Pink Angels Motorcycle and Sewing Club – Appalachian Chapter , Bill Adkins knows bikers .

tatboy said:
Better than spitting on them which is what hippies and liberals did to my dad when he came home from Vietnam.

Ahh, yes – the ‘old spitting on veterans’ myth. Either you are a liar or your dad is — which is it?

Big Eddie said:
As a longtime member of The Pink Angels Motorcycle and Sewing Club – Appalachian Chapter , Bill Adkins knows bikers .

Naah, never joined any of the clubs you belong to – I am a charter member of the “Armed Democrats” club, however. Our motto: “We scare the piss out of Republicans”

RazorsEdge said:
In Shpak’s appearance on MSNBC with Mitchell, he claims Rolling Thunder is not a political organization and not involved with politics. But he has a Rolling Thunder title of “legislative Director” and at least google suggests Shpak has work with Congress on some issues over the years. Goes to Shpak’s definition of not political I assume.

They have lobbied on behalf of and have been involved in the development of legislation focused on the POW/MIA issue, plus it appears they’ve assisted with or have raised for those KIA and the VA. I’m sure that by “not political”, he means more non-partisan because if the group was to become identified with either political party or ideological wing, it would harm their reputation in the eyes of others.

For instance, right now there appears to be a real danger that they are becoming associated with Sarah Palin in the public’s perception, while Pres. Bush and Obama have both met with and have greeted the group in previous years. By “non-political”, I’m sure he means they’d be best served, if they continue to be seen as non-partisan and not part of any political campaign.

tatboy said:
Prove it…

If youi don’t already know she’s a dipshitwing bitch you’re not paying attention.

Bill, on your face book page, who is the little gal rubbing
your nose??? Don’t really care! Just curious………………

Bill Adkins said:
Ahh, yes – the ‘old spitting on veterans’ myth. Either you are a liar or your dad is — which is it?

Adkins . You just insulted a veteran , you sick sonofabitch .

Bill Adkins said:
dipshitwing bitc

This is one big talker . Insults veterans , women . Threatens .
Stupid enought to use a facebook page and a website with his name on it .

One moronic , nasty hillbilly .

TangledThorns said:
Sarah Palin a true American patriot, Rolling Thunder should be proud to have her. We should be proud to have her as our next president in 2013 too.

Sarah Palin is about as much a patriot as an Iranian Imam. She is a whore for money. She knows that she will never be elected to another public office and is out to fill her pockets and use against political foes.

The woman, who couldn’t even get through a full term as a governor want us to believe that she is up to leading something more than the dog pound in Wasilla.

Bill Adkins said:
Ahh, yes – the ‘old spitting on veterans’ myth. Either you are a liar or your dad is — which is it?

You are the lowest form of life. My dad WAS spit upon when arriving home. And thanks to people like Kerry, The Winter Underground (and YOU) making all vets out to be baby killers… he and his fellow vets had a hard time finding jobs after the war. The vets were treated so bad they are given protected status like many minorities in this country. The vets being spit on is a well documented fact. How badly they were treated by the country they fought for is a well documnted fact. You will have to live with what you did to them and are still doing to them for the rest of you life.

Big Eddie said:
Adkins . You just insulted a veteran , you sick sonofabitch .

Yep….. Maybe he just wants to kill them like Dupnik?

The crowd at NARAL thought there were going to get a flood of pro-abortion photos they could use to push their anti-life agenda when they launched their latest picture project.

But it would appear that the awesomely awesome Kathleen Gilbert at LifeSiteNews.com noticed it and let pro-lifers know about the Flickr site that would automatically upload messages and pics. Well, by 4:30 p.m. Kathleen wrote that the site was totally filled with pro-life messages and the poor fools at NARAL were working hard to delete them but they were coming in too fast to prevent them being seen.

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/05/27/take-that-pro-lifers-flood-narals-pro-abortion-picture-campaign/

Bill Adkins said:
If youi don’t already know she’s a dipshitwing bitch you’re not paying attention.

You mean you can’t prove it… liar!

RazorsEdge said:
If not “political or a “political event” then why even agree to go on MSNBC to talk about A Palin invitation status?

especially when you don’t even need an invite to go, in the first place.

it is a political group, and all politicians are welcomed, Ted just made is a petty partisan issue. Andrea took full advantage of it, and brought him on to discuss Palin the entire time. She doesn’t give a rats ash about the function, she just wanted to bash Palin.

Just my Opinion said:
Bill, on your face book page, who is the little gal rubbing
your nose??? Don’t really care! Just curious………………

oops!
My aplogies Bill.
You are at the other end of the Horse……………

Magister said:
They have lobbied on behalf of and have been involved in the development of legislation focused on the POW/MIA issue, plus it appears they’ve assisted with or have raised for those KIA and the VA. I’m sure that by “not political”, he means more non-partisan because if the group was to become identified with either political party or ideological wing, it would harm their reputation in the eyes of others.

For instance, right now there appears to be a real danger that they are becoming associated with Sarah Palin in the public’s perception, while Pres. Bush and Obama have both met with and have greeted the group in previous years. By “non-political”, I’m sure he means they’d be best served, if they continue to be seen as non-partisan and not part of any political campaign.

Then why did Rolling Thunder invite Palin if your theory is correct? Or at minimum not revoke the invitation since the RSVP came “too soon” (enough time to do so)? And yes, I would expect (at least not be far fetched of a thought) for Shpak to communicate with Christine Colborne prior to MSNBC appearance. I would have to assume Shpak being a lobbyist could predict that his comments would get coverage. I’m sure Shpak doesn’t want to look bad or make Rolling Thunder look disorganized (especially as a lobbyist). So yes, I would expect he would for the amount of time he’s been in that role.

Love that Harley..

Azarkhan said:
Hacked or hung?

hacked.

tatboy said:
You are the lowest form of life. My dad WAS spit upon when arriving home. And thanks to people like Kerry, The Winter Underground (and YOU) making all vets out to be baby killers… he and his fellow vets had a hard time finding jobs after the war. The vets were treated so bad they are given protected status like many minorities in this country. The vets being spit on is a well documented fact. How badly they were treated by the country they fought for is a well documnted fact. You will have to live with what you did to them and are still doing to them for the rest of you life.

Lot of fake veterans out there. Maybe you should investigate — start here http://www.bing.com/search?q=Stolen+Valor+Cases&FORM=QSRE5

Let me get this straight, a retired board member took it upon himself to invite Palin but didn’t bother to tell anyone else in his group until after the flap blew up. Sounds like he was trying to create some sort of media controversy to make poor little Palin look like a hero.

The usual small minds are crawling out from under their rocks to show their unity with the Queen of Backwards, Non Thinking America

Gee, if a lowly little blog (HotAir) could easily confirm the facts of this story, why on earth can’t Andrea Mitchell?

NBC certainly has the resources at their disposal to investigate.

I guess rushing on air to Palin bash is more important than fact-finding over there at NBC.

sarainitaly said:
especially when you don’t even need an invite to go, in the first place.

it is a political group, and all politicians are welcomed, Ted just made is a petty partisan issue. Andrea took full advantage of it, and brought him on to discuss Palin the entire time. She doesn’t give a rats ash about the function, she just wanted to bash Palin.

Big Eddie said:
Adkins . You just insulted a veteran , you sick sonofabitch .

So I guess if you are a veteran, you are immune from any criticism? More mindless rw jingoism.

BeesBuzz said:
Gee, if a lowly little blog (HotAir) could easily confirm the facts of this story, why on earth can’t Andrea Mitchell?

NBC certainly has the resources at their disposal to investigate.

I guess rushing on air to Palin bash is more important than fact-finding over there at NBC.

they weren’t interested in the truth.

Michael DiPaolo is a traitor to all veterans and America. He should be tossed from the organization. And, as a former board member, just what right did he have to act on behalf of Rolling Thunder. They should remove him from their organization and throw Palin under the boat.

Bill Adkins said:
Lot of fake veterans out there. Maybe you should investigate — start here http://www.bing.com/search?q=Stolen+Valor+Cases&FORM=QSRE5

So are you saying my father is a fake vet or Dupniks murder victim? Because I can prove my dads service all day long. Not only is a retired vet with a bronze and silver star, he recieved his purple heart for taking a AK-47 round through the kidney. He’s a retired vet in AZ and sees his doc at the military hospital every 3 months. Looked ggod in his dress blues in his wedding pics too.

PS… you are the lowest of scum. :) A vile POS and a vet hater. What did your parents do to you to F you up this bad.

When your in a hole… stop digging moron.

jakester said:
Let me get this straight, a retired board member took it upon himself to invite Palin but didn’t bother to tell anyone else in his group until after the flap blew up. Sounds like he was trying to create some sort of media controversy to make poor little Palin look like a hero.

Exactly – amazzing how a current board member knows nothing of it but out of the woodwork comes a retired board member who ‘invited’ Palin – but on what authority?

jakester said:
So I guess if you are a veteran, you are immune from any criticism? More mindless rw jingoism.

No he is pointing out Bill is hating on vets…

Have people really been complaining about this? Goodness. What is with this hateful obsession with this woman? Its to the point that people will actually whine over her participating in charity. That is just sad and disgraceful.

BeesBuzz said:
Gee, if a lowly little blog (HotAir) could easily confirm the facts of this story, why on earth can’t Andrea Mitchell? NBC certainly has the resources at their disposal to investigate. I guess rushing on air to Palin bash is more important than fact-finding over there at NBC.

BINGO!!! Never let a good story go to waist. No matter how untrue…

Bill Adkins said:
Exactly – amazzing how a current board member knows nothing of it but out of the woodwork comes a retired board member who ‘invited’ Palin – but on what authority?

Wow.. is the tin-foil hat that tight?

jakester said:
So I guess if you are a veteran, you are immune from any criticism? More mindless rw jingoism.

apparently you are confused…i am criticizing a veteran (for making a petty partisan issue about palin attending the event.)

tatboy said:
So are you saying my father is a fake vet or Dupniks murder victim? Because I can prove my dads service all day long. Not only is a retired vet with a bronze and silver star, he recieved his purple heart for taking a AK-47 round through the kidney. He’s a retired vet in AZ and sees his doc at the military hospital every 3 months. Looked ggod in his dress blues in his wedding pics too. PS… you are the lowest of scum. :) A vile POS and a vet hater. What did your parents do to you to F you up this bad. When your in a hole… stop digging moron.

They taught me to call bullshit when I smell it – my dad and his brothers were REAL veterans of WW II, my 5 uncles of ‘Vietnam age were REAL veterans. Take your own advice and that bullsh*t about spitting on veterans back to your slimy hole. Oh, how about this one – before you try to say I made it up. http://penangtalk.com/pow/ see the three pics? The first one on the left?

The Emperor Obama may drop by this event
(on his girl’s bicycle ) to propose a toast .

Or he may just have a plate of hors’ d’ ouevres
and head for the links .

He’s thinking “Might as well skip Joplin , and wait for a fresher
photo op .”

tatboy said:
Wow.. is the tin-foil hat that tight?

The only tinfoil hats being marketed these days are tri-corner tinfoil hats.

I’m sure that after Ms. Palin is elected President in 2012, Mr. Shpak will be honored to have her visit Rolling Thunder.

Bill Adkins said:
They taught me to call bullshit when I smell it – my dad and his brothers were REAL veterans of WW II, my 5 uncles of ‘Vietnam age were REAL veterans. Take your own advice and that bullsh*t about spitting on veterans back to your slimy hole. Oh, how about this one – before you try to say I made it up. http://penangtalk.com/pow/ see the three pics? The first one on the left?

You are the worst/lowest POS I’ve ever encountered. I hope to met you someday. You are the lowet scum on the earth and should leave it to make it a better place. Nice to know you think Vietnam vets were treated so well when they got home.

Please make this world better and leave it.

Bill Adkins said:
The only tinfoil hats being marketed these days are tri-corner tinfoil hats.

Weak…

murphy0071 said:
Michael DiPaolo is a traitor to all veterans and America. He should be tossed from the organization. And, as a former board member, just what right did he have to act on behalf of Rolling Thunder. They should remove him from their organization and throw Palin under the boat.

you are a fool. ANYONE CAN ATTEND. You don’t have to be invited. And members can extend invitations to whomever they want.

“I think that’s wonderful,” said Gerri Tramel, president of one of Rolling Thunder’s Tennessee chapters. “Anybody that’s involved — Republican, Democrat, independent, whatever — if you’re involved with our veterans, I think that’s wonderful. Not just Sarah Palin — anyone that’s a politician.”

“I’m not the person that invited her,” she said. “We send letters to people all the time and invite them. We invited her to ride, she has accepted and she and her husband have both agreed to ride for us.”

Regardless of Palin’s political agenda — the “Will she or won’t she?” fervor over her potential presidential run reached new heights this week — the members of Rolling Thunder agreed her participation is a boon.

“If she wants to support the troops, we’re all for it,” said Greg Benson, president of Rhode Island’s Rolling Thunder chapter.

“I certainly welcome any positive publicity surrounding our cause, anything to bring attention to POWs and MIAs,” said Jeffrey Stewart, who leads a Rolling Thunder chapter in New Hampshire, a state that will be crucial to Palin if she runs in 2012. “Whether it’s a celebrity or a politician-celebrity — I’m not exactly sure what she is right now — having Sarah Palin there means more people will be paying attention to our cause.”

“I’d love to see [President] Obama walk out and say, ‘Thank you,’” he said. “I’d love to see [Vice President Joe] Biden come out and say, ‘Thank you.’ Anyone who wants to be president, I’d love for them to come and acknowledge us.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/05/rolling-thunder-riders-praise-sarah-palins-participation-in-rally.html

(like a dog with a bone….it never stops. rabid dogs, that just went let go)

This GOP horse race gets funnier, sillier, more bizarre. Name-calling, inuendoes, character assasinations. Sarah is on a bus, Michelle is skyping her speech, Perry tries to look cute and competent, Gingrich, (oh well), and on and on and on. Do the true GOP members really look at this crew and say, “yes” one of them should be our President?

RazorsEdge said:
Then why did Rolling Thunder invite Palin if your theory is correct? Or at minimum not revoke the invitation since the RSVP came “too soon” (enough time to do so)? And yes, I would expect (at least not be far fetched of a thought) for Shpak to communicate with Christine Colborne prior to MSNBC appearance. I would have to assume Shpak being a lobbyist could predict that his comments would get coverage. I’m sure Shpak doesn’t want to look bad or make Rolling Thunder look disorganized (especially as a lobbyist). So yes, I would expect he would for the amount of time he’s been in that role.

There appears to be some kind of perception among some Palin supporters that there’s a central invitation committee for these types of organizations and someone is charged with maintaining a list. While as I pointed out in comments to yesterdays post, an “invitation” can be as informal as someone saying something in a handshake line and it appears that in this instance, a person from Alaska invited Ms. Palin as recently as the 13th, likely earlier based upon the email released by Palin’s camp (in response to this story) and after a couple of weeks, she issued a press release.

From the HotAir peice, which it appears Frances forgot to link;

Requests for high-profile personalities to attend the event are not new. Colborne mentioned that actor Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) attended at least one of the Rolling Thunder events, as have other celebrities, usually just to ride with a lower profile. Most times, though, those requests don’t even get responses, let alone acceptances.

Whoops! Now, I too have forgotten to add the HotAir link.

PS) This is really much to do about nothing, but if Ms. Palin’s supporters want to keep crying about slight, it’ll just further bury and perhaps alienate the group. After all, it’s not her event.

Bill Adkins said:
The only tinfoil hats being marketed these days are tri-corner tinfoil hats.

Bill, Bill, Bill!!! My goodness Bill.
Cool down, SON This is Memorial Day Weekend!
Go out in the yard with some friends ( ? ) and Grill some Brats and Chug a
couple of Fortys.
Enjoy.
Palin will still be around next week and the week after for you
to obsess and rant about.
Charcoal is hot, fortys are cold, Friends are arriving!
See ya all next week.

I’ll bet Bill twitches and blinks a lot. lol

badnewzbearz said:
You’re sick and immature. And why don’t you learn how to write before posting something.

Yeah, I realize I spelled “there” wrong when I just now reread this and there is no edit button. My bad. Here, let me correct it…Not any of these people who want her nowhere near them and are sure to tell THEIR “veterans” to stay away from her as well. She might give them cooties.

Better?

And how am I sick and immature? By pointing out the crowd that loves to tell us how open minded and tolerant they are tend to be NOT open minded and tolerant? Why would someone tell “their” veterans to stay away from someone else? I would think you would find that immature.

So I guess a ” SUCK IT LIBS ” is more than called for.

Debbie – Myrna Sally-Jo Wassermann Schultz officially endorses this event , since she is confident the riders will only be using good American bikes like BMW ,Husqvarna and Yamaha .

Magister said:
but if Ms. Palin’s supporters want to keep crying about slight,

We’re not crying about anything. We know Sarah Palin is a kind, gracious person who wouldn’t think of going to Rolling Thunder unless she had been invited.

Bill Adkins said:
They taught me to call bullshit when I smell it – my dad and his brothers were REAL veterans of WW II, my 5 uncles of ‘Vietnam age were REAL veterans. Take your own advice and that bullsh*t about spitting on veterans back to your slimy hole. Oh, how about this one – before you try to say I made it up. http://penangtalk.com/pow/ see the three pics? The first one on the left?

it no doubt would make them all so proud, if they could see you here you today. especially your actions with that picture, how you used them to attack another veterans story of a painful return home.
a vivid detail of the pains they went through, used in such a manner… pitifully sad.

Who else of they invite from the GOP field?
I would assume there were others.
And if not, why not?

Magister said:
There appears to be some kind of perception among some Palin supporters that there’s a central invitation committee for these types of organizations and someone is charged with maintaining a list. While as I pointed out in comments to yesterdays post, an “invitation” can be as informal as someone saying something in a handshake line and it appears that in this instance, a person from Alaska invited Ms. Palin as recently as the 13th, likely earlier based upon the email released by Palin’s camp (in response to this story) and after a couple of weeks, she issued a press release.
From the HotAir peice, which it appears Frances forgot to link;

I’m not sure you’re insinuating I’m a Palin supporter, but just in case, don’t. If not then we’re good.

And your comments go against your earlier theory. I agree anyone can invite and they did and it appears many Rolling Thunder members/chapters welcome Palin and other Politicians of any political party appearances.

Point being, Shpak should know this, especially given his role his tenure with Rolling Thunder. Your theory and your current comments flies in the face of Shpak going on MSNBC to do the segment he did. Fine, Shpak thinks it could be a distraction (although many Rolling Thunder members don’t feel that was of which Shpak represents), BUT Shpak went out on the limb stating Palin was not invited knowing there is no central invitation committee etc. etc. etc.

murphy0071 said:
Michael DiPaolo is a traitor to all veterans and America. He should be tossed from the organization. And, as a former board member, just what right did he have to act on behalf of Rolling Thunder. They should remove him from their organization and throw Palin under the boat.

It’s an open event. anyone can attend. You don’t have to be “invited”. Do you really think all veterans hate Palin like you do?

When I came back from Vietnam in 71 we were treated like Bin Laden. On very college campus, airport terminal and major city we were treated Ladin style thanks to the main stream media we still have today. OF course now that a democrat is in the WH wars are just fine. New wars are rad.
Bad treatment of the Nam vet vet lasted well into the late eighties. Like racism some bad treatment still exist today. We forgive the baby boomers that filled our universities to avoid the draft then move on blindly to protest against their classmates. After the welcome home many of us hid out from your ignorance of not understanding the Vietnam war. You couldn’t understand, you weren’t in the villages after Viet Cong slaughtered the elders, raped the women, babies before killing them or kidnapped the boys to fight against the GI the night before. 99,9% of us weren’t the baby killers we were portrayed to be on on the nightly local news. We grunts moved as fast as we could to protect the untouched village before it was too late. I walked the My Lai villages shortly after the supposed massacre. Many villagers knew the incident much differently than what the war haters reported. You should be so lucky to have had that opportunity to protect your fellow being. We Nam Vets understand many of you feel like cowards today for your actions against us on campus as well as hiding from service. It was your loss of humanity more than mine.
Rolling Thunders, Palin or whatever group or individual raises an American Flag I’m thankful today’s soldiers have their support.

Other than getting everyone upset over nothing, why was this story ever mentioned ? It must be a slow day at Mediaite.

MadCharles said:
We Nam Vets understand many of you feel like cowards today for your actions against us on campus as well as hiding from service. It was your loss of humanity more than mine.
Rolling Thunders, Palin or whatever group or individual raises an American Flag I’m thankful today’s soldiers have their support

{{HUG}}

Azarkhan said:
We’re not crying about anything. We know Sarah Palin is a kind, gracious person who wouldn’t think of going to Rolling Thunder unless she had been invited.

Now, see, I try not to point fingers or name names in comments to this site, but anyone can invite anyone anywhere, but generally a gracious guest doesn’t paint-up a bus and issue a press release saying that somebody else’s party will be the first stop on their media blitz.

Magister said:
but generally a gracious guest doesn’t paint-up a bus

Well, she’s gotta get there somehow.

MadCharles said:
You should be so lucky to have had that opportunity to protect your fellow being.

You’re a good man , Charles .

It’s thrilling now in airports to see soldiers in their uniforms being applauded and thanked as they pass through . It’s wonderful . They are heroes .

sarainitaly said:
it no doubt would make them all so proud, if they could see you here you today. especially your actions with that picture, how you used them to attack another veterans story of a painful return home.a vivid detail of the pains they went through, used in such a manner… pitifully sad.

My dad is STILL being victimized by scum like this. It never stops.

Magister said:
Now, see, I try not to point fingers or name names in comments to this site, but anyone can invite anyone anywhere, but generally a gracious guest doesn’t paint-up a bus and issue a press release saying that somebody else’s party will be the first stop on their media blitz.

do you have a link to that press release? i have been asking for two days for information about the big thunder-stealing announcement that Palin supposedly made, and what big hoopla she made of it, but i’ve yet to get an answer. I saw a one sentence comment on Greta’s blog, that Palin was starting her bus trip from that event, and that’s it. I didn’t even find anything on her web site about her attending the rolling thunder event.

that aside, i hardly see the harm in telling anyone you will be attending the event. the very function of the organization is to BRING AWARENESS to the cause. What better way to bring awareness to an event than to talk about it, and to have a high profile person attend.

Palin has lots and lots of supporters. Her supporters are flag flying troop supporting patriots. What harm could possibly come from having them attend the event, raise some dough, and bring MORE awareness?

This hysteria is nothing more than plain ol’ palin bashing. Nothing more, nothing less.

Can you pleas give me some links to her thunder stealing announcements and such? Seriously, I have looked, and can’t find them.

tatboy said:
My dad is STILL being victimized by scum like this. It never stops.

well tell your dad i love and appreciate him.

Imagine the coverage Palin has brought to this organization. Even with this ugly brouhaha. That jerk who appeared on MSNBC should be damn well ashamed of himself. His behaviour was not one that other veterans would be proud of.

And she truly belongs with those Hicks. Yup.

TO: MadCharles: Totally agree, I was in Nam as well and can relate to you comment. It’s right on. I experienced this crap in 1970. While students of the rich got their deferments, the cowards who were drafted booked to Canada. Then Jimmy instead of prosecuting them for desertion, gave them amnesty. Funny thing about my situaton is that after I had graduated with a 2 year college degree, I wanted to join the Navy, but because I still had brothers and sisters in Poland, which was ruled by the soviet installed communist regime, the recruiter told me that he would have to get clearance from the State Department in order for me to be accepted to serve in the Navy. I waited and waited and the clearance never came. In the mean time I got my draft notice. I told the recruiter to go **** himself and I would just do my time in Nam. It was funny. On one hand the Navy needed a clearance from the State Department, but Uncle Sam didn’t care. He said “I WANT YOU”.

Anyone read the “awesome” comments from Larry Flynn regarding Trig Palin. Like I said – this is one of the reasons that the left hates Palin. Go to theblaze and read it – it’s enough to make you vomit.

sorry Flynt not Flynn.

MadCharles said:
Many villagers knew the incident much differently than what the war haters reported.

So, tell us — how was the ‘incident much differently?’ (BTW, I had 5 uncles of age in the ‘nam era, three of them served in country, one of the did three tours over the years as a career army chopper pilot and he was at one time the senior CWO instructor i the entire Army (he’s now retired)). But, I have to ask – how differently was the My Lai incident perceived by those villagers?

We knew this yesterday, Mediaite, and requested several times that you update!

looks like the msnbc HIT piece FAILED!!!!!!!!

Ramrants said:
Yeah, I realize I spelled “there” wrong when I just now reread this and there is no edit button. My bad. Here, let me correct it…Not any of these people who want her nowhere near them and are sure to tell THEIR “veterans” to stay away from her as well. She might give them cooties.

Better?

And how am I sick and immature? By pointing out the crowd that loves to tell us how open minded and tolerant they are tend to be NOT open minded and tolerant? Why would someone tell “their” veterans to stay away from someone else? I would think you would find that immature.

I apologize. I didn’t realize your earlier post was sarcasm.

seek said:
Anyone read the “awesome” comments from Larry Flynn regarding Trig Palin. Like I said – this is one of the reasons that the left hates Palin. Go to theblaze and read it – it’s enough to make you vomit.

dude.

Korea, Iraq & Afghanistan were wars of choice, not necessity. The U.S. was never threatened by any of these countries. Al Qaedia has been eliminated from Afghanistan and Osama is dead. We didn’t go there to fight the Taliban. We are rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan while our country is falling apart and our economy is failing. Does this make any sense ? I respect and support out troops but they don’t belong on foreign soil while terrorists and illegal’s enter our country unchecked across our borders. Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan have had plenty of time to build up their own armed forces for protection. We rebuilt Korea and now they are taking our jobs and money while we protect their country, will Iran and Afghanistan do the same ? What the hell, it’s only our troops & tax money our government is wasting. When will they ever learn ?

Just curious….Will Andrea Mitchell do another segment and apologize for not doing her job properly by fact checking the story first?

Spike1 said:
Korea, Iraq & Afghanistan were wars of choice, not necessity. The U.S. was never threatened by any of these countries. Al Qaedia has been eliminated from Afghanistan and Osama is dead. We didn’t go there to fight the Taliban. We are rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan while our country is falling apart and our economy is failing. Does this make any sense ? I respect and support out troops but they don’t belong on foreign soil while terrorists and illegal’s enter our country unchecked across our borders. Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan have had plenty of time to build up their own armed forces for protection. We rebuilt Korea and now they are taking our jobs and money while we protect their country, will Iran and Afghanistan do the same ? What the hell, it’s only our troops & tax money our government is wasting. When will they ever learn ?

Korea was a “Police Action” wasn’t it?

eyemjustsayin said:
This GOP horse race gets funnier, sillier, more bizarre. Name-calling, inuendoes, character assasinations. Sarah is on a bus, Michelle is skyping her speech, Perry tries to look cute and competent, Gingrich, (oh well), and on and on and on. Do the true GOP members really look at this crew and say, “yes” one of them should be our President?

Any one of them would be BETTER than Obama and any one of them can easily DEFEAT Obama!

Bill, Not all baby boomers were cowards. Thank your family for their service.
My Lai villagers told of many bodies being dumped in these areas by Viet Cong, Regular Army and residents of near by villages. Cong dug the ditch in My Lai 5. Relatives of some of the dead told of family members being residents by day and saboteurs at night. They would raid other villagers at night who were helpful to the GI then return in the morning. Fresh bodies appeared often in the mornings. In all seven My Lai’s and surrounding villages we were met with pure happiness nightly. Of course not every night. If as we approach a village before dusk and were greeted by any female we knew we got there in time. If a child or no one greeted us before we entered the village we knew we were too late. The loan child was usually wired up to explode. Happened all the time.
tegeagent0007 . glad you made it back. b looking for ya drivertwo2003@yahoo.com

Big Eddie said:
Debbie – Myrna Sally-Jo Wassermann Schultz officially endorses this event , since she is confident the riders will only be using good American bikes like BMW ,Husqvarna and Yamaha .

She is the New Alan Grayson and face of the Democrat Party along with A-MESS-NBC!

Sarah Palin, the Blue Star Mother of an Iraq combat veteran, decides to accept an invitation to Rolling Thunder, and the left’s hateful venom spews forth ad nauseam.

You people really need to seek meds for that PDS, it truly is dangerous for your health.

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu202/Windflier/VRWC/pds_540.jpg

MadCharles said:
Bill, Not all baby boomers were cowards. Thank your family for their service.My Lai villagers told of many bodies being dumped in these areas by Viet Cong, Regular Army and residents of near by villages. Cong dug the ditch in My Lai 5. Relatives of some of the dead told of family members being residents by day and saboteurs at night. They would raid other villagers at night who were helpful to the GI then return in the morning. Fresh bodies appeared often in the mornings. In all seven My Lai’s and surrounding villages we were met with pure happiness nightly. Of course not every night. If as we approach a village before dusk and were greeted by any female we knew we got there in time. If a child or no one greeted us before we entered the village we knew we were too late. The loan child was usually wired up to explode. Happened all the time.tegeagent0007 . glad you made it back. b looking for ya drivertwo2003@yahoo.com

Calley said he was ordered to kill them all – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley

Boy , this group sure has a lot of spokesmen. I like the latest one……

“Fox News:Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may be stealing the Rolling Thunder from the motorcycling group’s annual Memorial Day ride with her plans to tag along on Sunday, but the group says it will keep the focus on their mission to support U.S. troops and veterans.

Palin will ride with the Rolling Thunder and its hundreds of thousands of bikers to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial but she will not make any remarks nor be mentioned in any speeches by members of the group, Rolling Thunder spokeswoman Nancy Regg told Fox News.
Palin will be riding as an equal who will not get any extra attention, Regg said.”

I’m glad they are not letting her speak. You might ask…”How do you know she even wanted to speak?”

The answer is simple….she is Sarah Palin.

Be prepared for Obama’s seiu people to follow Palin and NBC and all the other Soros owned jounalist will be there to bash her and make her look like she is really hated. The left are obsessed with this women. It’s obvious that the left will follow her bus and be at every rally to show how much they hate her. Buses will be paid from our tax payers money to follow and harass this lady. Obama is using the tarp money to pay for all this stuff. Basically gave it to the unions to hang on to it and now he will use it to win the White House. What a shame that the United States has become a nation of stupidfied people.

Spike1 said:
We didn’t go there to fight the Taliban.

Why not? Why not help Afghan women who will be enslaved if the Taliban return to power?

lol…this is exactly what Palin expected when she announced Rolling Thunder would be the first stop on her One Nation tour (and exactly what Rolling Thunder feared)….

“Palin supporter La Donna Curzon plans to exercise her First Amendment rights from waters off the Memorial Bridge.
“I told the Palin people if they’re going over the bridge to look for a boat in the water of the Potomac,” she said. “I’ll have my boat out and a banner on the side that says ’Run, Sarah, Run.’”

Not “Support our veterans” but “Run, Sarah, Run”. One of many, I’m sure. Seeing that will really delight the bikers!!
Way to politicize this event with your traveling circus, Sarah.

Magister said:
Who was she supposed to call? Everything that I’ve seen reported is that Shpak is a designated spokesperson for the organization, as is Colborne and there was some missed communication within the group. Say, if the local paper in Murray, Kentucky needed a comment from Sen Paul’s office and they contacted his spokesperson in Bowling Green, should they follow it up with another call to DC to see if the Kentucky person had their facts straight?

Shpak spoke to the subject as far as he was aware and after his appearance several media outlets followed-up with the alternate story. Pretty much everyone is aware of what happened and though it’s not really Ms. Palin’s fault, Shpak’s fear that her participation may overshadow the event seems to be coming true. After all, the Rolling Thunder folks repeatedly say that Shpak was authorized and that everyone isn’t aware of every invitation by every little chapter or retired board member, but it’s the pro-Palin folks who keep asking for his head.

Dude – Just stop. You think that you come off omniscient on media-related topics but then you just end up bringing in hyperbolic rhetoric.

Off with their heads? What are we? Vikings?

Rose Hall said:
which veterans group was this…have to make sure that none of my Vietnam or Iraq veterans join this group,,we are not sarah the pain follower nor do we want her any whre near us

How many war veterans do you own? Is Track Palin one of them? Good luck with that.

Obama goes to Rolling Thunder pn his own motorcycle.

http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad158/FrankRob/ROLLINOBAMA.jpg

jakester said:
Let me get this straight, a retired board member took it upon himself to invite Palin but didn’t bother to tell anyone else in his group until after the flap blew up. Sounds like he was trying to create some sort of media controversy to make poor little Palin look like a hero.

Perhaps if you involved yourself in more charity-related functions, you’d understand how charity functions work.

P.S. Palin isn’t poor. She is resourceful though (re-using her bus).

BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
lol…this is exactly what Palin expected when she announced Rolling Thunder would be the first stop on her One Nation tour (and exactly what Rolling Thunder feared)….

“Palin supporter La Donna Curzon plans to exercise her First Amendment rights from waters off the Memorial Bridge.
“I told the Palin people if they’re going over the bridge to look for a boat in the water of the Potomac,” she said. “I’ll have my boat out and a banner on the side that says ’Run, Sarah, Run.’”

Not “Support our veterans” but “Run, Sarah, Run”. One of many, I’m sure. Seeing that will really delight the bikers!!
Way to politicize this event with your traveling circus, Sarah.

Dude – She’s already been a part of events that have a military influence. Get over it. Just because Obama is a neocon, don’t get all huffy on the Libertarian bent of Palin.

WCinWI said:
Dude – Just stop.

WCinWI said:
Get over it.

my my, aren’t you the bossy type

i am aroused

BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
lol…this is exactly what Palin expected when she announced Rolling Thunder would be the first stop on her One Nation tour (and exactly what Rolling Thunder feared)….

When did she announce that? Link, please.

Who know if Queen Moron was invited or not because nothing matters to her except keep those cameras rolling and that is a good thing because she proves more and more everyday what an egotistical, arrogant, ignorant person she is.

BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
my my, aren’t you the bossy type i am aroused

Ewwwwww….

BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
Boy , this group sure has a lot of spokesmen. I like the latest one…… “Fox News:Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may be stealing the Rolling Thunder from the motorcycling group’s annual Memorial Day ride with her plans to tag along on Sunday, but the group says it will keep the focus on their mission to support U.S. troops and veterans. Palin will ride with the Rolling Thunder and its hundreds of thousands of bikers to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial but she will not make any remarks nor be mentioned in any speeches by members of the group, Rolling Thunder spokeswoman Nancy Regg told Fox News.Palin will be riding as an equal who will not get any extra attention, Regg said.” I’m glad they are not letting her speak. You might ask…”How do you know she even wanted to speak?” The answer is simple….she is Sarah Palin.

All pols like to speak. Even your Gawd-King Obama.

ty

Bill Adkins said:
Calley said he was ordered to kill them all – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley

Wikipedia ? come on. That’s not much better than the msm

azgrandma said:
Who know if Queen Moron was invited or not because nothing matters to her except keep those cameras rolling and that is a good thing because she proves more and more everyday what an egotistical, arrogant, ignorant person she is.

And more people admire her than Obama!

HehHehHeh

Holding my breath waiting for Andrea Mitchell to apologize……turning blue now.

Pablo said:
When did she announce that? Link, please.

Go to Sarahpac. She clearly announces her tour starts in DC on May 29th, and then asks for donations.

She probably couldn’t use the actual name Rolling Thunder since she was soliciting donations FOR HERSELF.
Even she isn’t that low.

I love it when you teabloggers try to weasel. That’s all you got.

Now I may be wrong, maybe Shpak made a good faith effort to contact someone…. anyone …. to see if the Palin’s had been invited, and got no answer, or even a faulty answer. What I don’t get though is why Shpak went directly to the most far left “news” organization on the planet to spout off. What purpose did it serve? Having a high profile leader attending your event is not a “big distraction.” The reason people like Sarah Palin are invited to these events is to help spotlight them. BTW, these events are open to any and all, and no invitation is needed.

Now we have an entire issue surrounding an event that is all about honoring our nation’s heroes.

The members who ride with Rolling Thunder are incredible. They do great work. That’s why this entire event makes me sad.

I could go on and on about speculating if Shpak has a political agenda.I could speculate why Shpak went to MSNBC, a company whose CEO is in bed with the Obama regime, and runs hit pieces on Sarah Palin daily. I could also go on and on about the amount of positive attention having a world leader like Sarah Palin in attendance brings. What I really want to know though is who does Sarah Palin need to see to get her reputation back?

http://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/yes-america-sarah-palin-was-invited-to-rolling-thunder/

struckgld said:
Holding my breath waiting for Andrea Mitchell to apologize……turning blue now.

Good, you’re doing well.

As far as I know, she is trying to rent a motorcycle, so she can ride with her husband,” said Nancy Regg, a spokeswoman for Rolling Thunder.

Gregg says the tentative plan is for Palin to join up with the ride at the Pentagon at 7 a.m. The ride kicks off at noon, and hundreds of bikers will snake through D.C. to the event’s main stage, which will be between the Reflecting Pool and the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Mall. The program is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m.

Gregg said Palin is currently not scheduled to speak at the event and watchers should not expect any type of “political statement” from Palin during Rolling Thunder.

Sarah Palin’s aides have not responded yet to a request for comment on her plans.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/sarah-palin-rolls-into-dc–on-a-motorcycle/2011/05/27/AGHDGfCH_blog.html

I don’t see any evidence that Palin is trying to make this all about her. She respects and cares about veterans (her son is an Iraq vet) and is merely going to ride in their parade, at their invitation. There’s only one politician out there for which is definitely all about HIM, ALL of the time. His last name starts with “O.”

badnewzbearz said:
I apologize. I didn’t realize your earlier post was sarcasm.

Apology accepted.

So glad they figured out she was invited otherwise we would have more videos and more appearances on seanie show and greties show of her whining and crying about being treated so unfairly. sometimes we do get lucky.

badnewzbearz said:
I don’t see any evidence that Palin is trying to make this all about her.

Because she’s good clickbait, the media is doing their part; This is the fourth Mediaite post tagged Rolling Thunder, three about Sarah Palin plus Tommy’s Year in Review, where he posted an amusing video from their White House visit in 2010.

And of course, her supporters are helping; Several are apparently still up in arms over a three minute segment on a cable show that may have been seen by 70,000 people, when it aired.

Ugh… I see YouTube has blocked Tommy’s video because he didn’t license the song.
Well trust me, I remember the clip and it was an amusing little aside.

The toad Andrea Mitchell of NBC News again demonstrates why the lying liberal media is not to be trusted on any subject. Mitchell created a narrative that reflected poorly on Palin, but the facts of her story are false, and Mitchell is simply another serial lying liberal flaking for the democrat party. Reporter? No, simply a stenographer from DNC talking points.

Is Rolling Thunder passing through all 57 states?

BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
Go to Sarahpac. She clearly announces her tour starts in DC on May 29th, and then asks for donations.

And says nothing about Rolling Thunder. So, it isn’t what I asked you for, which was her big Rolling Thunder announcement. Yer wastin’ mah time, boy.

Magister said:
Because she’s good clickbait, the media is doing their part; This is the fourth Mediaite post tagged Rolling Thunder, three about Sarah Palin plus Tommy’s Year in Review, where he posted an amusing video from their White House visit in 2010.

And of course, her supporters are helping; Several are apparently still up in arms over a three minute segment on a cable show that may have been seen by 70,000 people, when it aired.

What’s weird is that she’s a completely irrelevant big fat joke. Or, so I’ve heard. And yet, the media Just. Can’t. Quit. Sarah. Palin.

96% name recognition. Who did that? It wasn’t Sarah Palin. She’s nowhere near bright enough to pull that off, is she?

Magister said:
Because she’s good clickbait, the media is doing their part; This is the fourth Mediaite post tagged Rolling Thunder, three about Sarah Palin plus Tommy’s Year in Review, where he posted an amusing video from their White House visit in 2010.

And of course, her supporters are helping; Several are apparently still up in arms over a three minute segment on a cable show that may have been seen by 70,000 people, when it aired.

No, like everything Palin, she’s damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. If it came out that she was invited and declined, she’d be trashed for it. Now, she’s been invited and she accepted, as quietly as is possible in Palinland, and she’s being trashed for it.

Bill Adkins said:
Exactly – amazzing how a current board member knows nothing of it but out of the woodwork comes a retired board member who ‘invited’ Palin – but on what authority?

The guy who invited Sarah is the EMCEE of the entire event. Sheesh.

BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
Go to Sarahpac. She clearly announces her tour starts in DC on May 29th, and then asks for donations. She probably couldn’t use the actual name Rolling Thunder since she was soliciting donations FOR HERSELF.Even she isn’t that low. I love it when you teabloggers try to weasel. That’s all you got.

the tea-gaggers will come up with anything.

Pablo said:
No, like everything Palin, she’s damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. If it came out that she was invited and declined, she’d be trashed for it. Now, she’s been invited and she accepted, as quietly as is possible in Palinland, and she’s being trashed for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_UKcfbEzS0&feature=player_embedded

Pablo said:
No, like everything Palin, she’s damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. If it came out that she was invited and declined, she’d be trashed for it. Now, she’s been invited and she accepted, as quietly as is possible in Palinland, and she’s being trashed for it.

I did the damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t thing on pages 4 and 5 of yesterday’s post.

The short version is that it wasn’t a public invitation. Yesterday I said that probably more people decline than accept, the majority of which likely by giving no response and that was confirmed in the HotAir post.

Also, I’m sure Palin’s office get dozens of invitations every day, the majority of which are given no response and in those cases, the only way anybody would know is if the person who invited them complained.

Of course, the group apparently did make it known that President Obama wasn’t planning to greet them in 2009 and questions from the media likely caused the administration’s change of heart, but President Bush had made it a tradition and Obama’s relationship with veteran’s groups is media red meat. Though, the way it became known could have been as simple as leaving it off the schedule, which was noticed by the media and there’s no reason for anyone to expect Ms. Palin to attend.

Pablo said:
And says nothing about Rolling Thunder. So, it isn’t what I asked you for, which was her big Rolling Thunder announcement. Yer wastin’ mah time, boy.

lol…yeah, it only gives the date and location.

weasel weasel weasel

I’m not sure how or why, but George Soros is behind this, for sure.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on. ~Winston Churchill

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ~Mark Twain

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain’t so. ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

From the Washington Post on Friday. Palin wrote: “I’ve said many times that America doesn’t need a ‘fundamental transformation,’ instead we need a restoration of all that is good and strong and free in America! So, together let’s prepare ourselves for the days ahead by reminding ourselves who we are and what Americans stand for.”
There is only leader in America who has the power to restore this great land of ours to its greatness. Only one leader can remind Americans who we are and what we stand for. And that leader is Sarah Palin. If you think America is not just ready for change, but to be restored to its true greatness than visit SarahPac. We need Sarah Palin because the soul of America needs Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin 2012!!!!!!!!!!

Bone Daddy said:
The toad Andrea Mitchell of NBC News again demonstrates why the lying liberal media is not to be trusted on any subject. Mitchell created a narrative that reflected poorly on Palin, but the facts of her story are false, and Mitchell is simply another serial lying liberal flaking for the democrat party. Reporter? No, simply a stenographer from DNC talking points.

only you dumb ass baggers think Mrs Alan Greenspan is a democrat….heheheheh….of course anybody thats not completly batshit crazy is a liberal as far as you wingnuts are concerned…….cant wait till 2012 when we can put you stupid shits in the trashcans of our memories

Pablo said:
BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
lol…this is exactly what Palin expected when she announced Rolling Thunder would be the first stop on her One Nation tour (and exactly what Rolling Thunder feared)….
When did she announce that? Link, please.

BFD: Widow Tormenter said:
Pablo said:
When did she announce that? Link, please.
Go to Sarahpac. She clearly announces her tour starts in DC on May 29th, and then asks for donations.

She probably couldn’t use the actual name Rolling Thunder since she was soliciting donations FOR HERSELF.
Even she isn’t that low.

So, basically, you were lying? She didn’t announce that Rolling Thunder would be her first stop.

I love how people, including Magister and BFD, have said REPEATEDLY in these threads that she made it all about herself, made big announcements, etc, yet no one can provide any proof that she did.

juan said:
I could go on and on about speculating if Shpak has a political agenda.I could speculate why Shpak went to MSNBC, a company whose CEO is in bed with the Obama regime, and runs hit pieces on Sarah Palin daily. I could also go on and on about the amount of positive attention having a world leader like Sarah Palin in attendance brings. What I really want to know though is who does Sarah Palin need to see to get her reputation back?

http://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/yes-america-sarah-palin-was-invited-to-rolling-thunder/

That was a good post.

you goofball republican men can stop wackin ya weiners in anticipation of a president palin being your overlord….AINT GONNA HAPPEN….She aint runnin…I’d love to see her try to run though….shes not a politician anymore, shes a golddigga….and youre a fool for following her….but i understand, republicans have never been known to be a group of brainiacs….the collective IQ of all the conservatives in America is about 60..and that a scretch

Personally, as a rider myself, I am ashamed that someone like Shpak would rant in front of MSNBC’s cameras and dishonor so many good men and women with his political posturing on the eve of such an important event.

It seems Palin Derangement Syndrome trumps all, even honoring America’s greatest.

http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/rolling-thunder-riders-praise-sarah-palins-participation-in-rally/

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STILL waiting for that apology from Andrea Mitchel..

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ProObamaAgenda said:
you goofball republican men can stop wackin ya weiners in anticipation of a president palin being your overlord….AINT GONNA HAPPEN….She aint runnin…I’d love to see her try to run though….shes not a politician anymore, shes a golddigga….and youre a fool for following her….but i understand, republicans have never been known to be a group of brainiacs….the collective IQ of all the conservatives in America is about 60..and that a scretch

I was wondering if you spoke English. I can tell you are one of those far Left Librals that have hijacked the Democratic party, and we all know you have been taught from birth that only you are smart, Conservatives are stupid. You do your party well and your rants, I believe they are rants, Hard to figure what you are saying, Im a conservative you know, but I do know you only hurt yourself and what you call a party. But then you know best. rave on funny man

ProObamaAgenda said:
you goofball republican men can stop wackin ya weiners in anticipation of a president palin being your overlord….AINT GONNA HAPPEN….She aint runnin…I’d love to see her try to run though….shes not a politician anymore, shes a golddigga….and youre a fool for following her….but i understand, republicans have never been known to be a group of brainiacs….the collective IQ of all the conservatives in America is about 60..and that a scretch

Are you aware that your asinine comments are not conducive to adult dialogue. If you can leave your childish behaviour behind for a moment and discuss the issue in a meaningful way, perhaps the board wouldn’t classify you as the resident doofus.

You don’t understand anything. Talk like an adult and you will be treated like one. The story was Andrea Mitchel digging up some fool just to bash Palin. Mitchel did no investigative reporting to see if in fact what this man was stating on National Television was true or not. She put her glee face on and went with a false story to inflame Palin haters more. Do you think that’s responsible journalism? What do you think her next step should be? Do you think she owes the public and Sarah Palin personally an apology for spreading a false story?
Do you think?

Why does this article still say she RSVP’d too SOON?

It *should* say she RSVP’d too LATE for it to be communicated.

Not communicating it to everyone involved was probably intentional though… having participated in Rolling Thunder events before, if I knew Palin was going to be there exploiting it for her own publicity, I would find some other event to support.

ProObamaAgenda said:
you goofball republican men can stop wackin ya weiners in anticipation of a president palin being your overlord….AINT GONNA HAPPEN….She aint runnin…I’d love to see her try to run though….shes not a politician anymore, shes a golddigga….and youre a fool for following her….but i understand, republicans have never been known to be a group of brainiacs….the collective IQ of all the conservatives in America is about 60..and that a scretch

I33 actually, in my case,.. but carry on with your projection, I know a lot more mouth breathing democrats than conservatives, we tend to read, watch, learn, the lower leftwing class tends to drink and smoke weed alot, while smirking about how much smarterest they is thanz those e-bol repugs…

Most liberals never went to ivy league schools, just like most conservatives aren’t rich,.. sterotypes of the most willfully ignorant kind. My wife’s a democrat and she’ll vote for Sarah if she runs, because unlike the hypocrits in the feminist leftwing movement, she’s into female empowerment. My underage daughter also likes Sarah, and they arrived there on their own, without comment from me,… so your masturbatory insights tell us more about you,.. than anyone you’d try and degrade.

Just about every strident liberal I’ve ever met is a shriveled up soul so full of rage and hate, they just have to share.. they consider just about everyone but the small group of fellow travelers to be stupid, genetically inferior, and designed by nature to be led by their betters…. like.. you.. Except that pesky old Constitution gets in your way and you don’t get to silence dissent like you’d want to.

But you do the Beavis and Butthead thing, hoping to hurt other people, it doesn’t, it does make you look very low rent trailer park though. Folks like you are why there are so many newly minted independents who once were democrats..

You have the tolerance of a very very mean snake.

You talk like this to the republicans in your family?… bet they love you around Christmas time.

Darr247 said:
Why does this article still say she RSVP’d too SOON?

It *should* say she RSVP’d too LATE for it to be communicated.

Not communicating it to everyone involved was probably intentional though… having participated in Rolling Thunder events before, if I knew Palin was going to be there exploiting it for her own publicity, I would find some other event to support.

I disagree strongly, if I knew there’d be one near me and she was coming, I’d go, and take my wife and daughter along, as they dream of a female president. She’s not exploiting the veterans, she has a son in the military, she’s not allowed to particpate in an event honoring the troops?

Is this an attitude against any politican being there, (I can respect that) or just her? If it’s you just don’t like her, go to the concession stands while she speaks,.. nobody is forced to listen. Your opinion is noted, but as a veteran too, mine is the opposite.. and I just want it clear, she does have supporters among the veterans, quite a few actually.

If she came and gave a speech saying “vote for me” that’s exploitation, if she just talks about the troops and America, I fail to see how that is harming anything,.. if someone is so shallow, they’d reject supporting the troops just because Sarah gave a speech there,.. I wouldn’t want them as any friend of mine, a worthy cause, is a worthy cause, you can’t judge it by who supports it.

enjoyed your 2 posts Mark. Thank you.

It is astounding to think that people are so shallow that if Palin supports something, then it’s not worth supporting any longer. Their support was pretty shallow in the first place.

struckgld said:
STILL waiting for that apology from Andrea Mitchel..

Me too,…… and if she does offer an abject apology for spreading a false rumor, will anyone here at Mediaite cover it? I hope, But I also know saying something positive about Sarah is so not were nearly every liberal journalist will go.

Must keep the narrative going,………. I respect the classic Liberal Tommy Christopher, maybe he’ll do it. He’s gone against leftwing orthydoxy before because of integrity to a principle,… Don’t know the others well enough to say anything one way or another, but it’d be nice to see as much effort go into refuting a false story as in selling it to begin with.

Thank you Seek, that’s kind of you… I do feel strongly about these things,.. especially, a minority veteran view gets widespread attention, even though he could have just called the board to find out before smearing Sarah on national Television without any clue he was dead wrong.

He could have gone on anyway just to say why he dislikes Sarah, God knows CNN loves those kinds of stories, even when it gives a false impression that all veterans are opposed to her, when if polled, I’d expect her having widespread support,… most vets I know, most of the guys I served with, were pretty conservative.

And to the lefties who drool at the thought of running Obama against Sarah………

In 79, and 80, the one single most popular republican to run against by the Carter partisans,… was Ronald Maximous Reagan,.. oh how they dreamed wished and prayed for Ron to win the primary,.. Then with CBS in the lead of Ron bashing, Dan Rather was consistent,.. guess what…. that didn’t work out so well for Carter…

and now those same types of democrats, want Sarah to run because she’s ______, or ______, and ______. Well my young padiwans…… they said EXACTLY the same things about Ron back then, with the leading liberals screaming about how stupid he was, while he wiped up the floor with them.

The left will by default setting call who ever wins the nomination, stupid, evil, and fiendishly gifted, the greatest criminal genius of all time…. that’s just what they do, time after time, after time. That the mutually exclusive terms go against each other never seems to sink in, they contradict themselves constantly.

and as often as not, they are ignored by the public at large, Reagan polled at 72% popular in the last Gallop poll on who’s the greatest expresident people know.

and they still, don’t get why that is, even while trying to claim to be like him…

NBC news, what is wrong with you? A blog called the organization’s media rep to find out the answer. Is that too much to ask from NBC news? Not to be too mean, but it makes you wonder if Andrea just is jealous of Palin at this point. What else explains this insanity?

The hypocrisy runs so thick and so deep it is just amazing. If any democrat would pull this crap the right would go nuts saying how disrespectful this was since this is one time of the year that should be strictly devoted to the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. Many a vet are upset about this because it is pretty obvious it is nothing more then a photo op just like Haiti was. Maybe her next photo op will be with one of our allies North Korea! Ya can’t make it up – this broad is just plain stupid and selfish.

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First, whoever it was who invited Sara Palin to the event made a mistake because that was politicizing the event, UNLESS he also invited other political figures, and not just conservative or TEA party people. It would have been just as bad a mistake if he had invited ONLY a very liberal politician. Thus, it was his fault, not hers, that this happened.
OR, she could have been there as HIS guest, but not as the guest of the entire organization.

The Rolling Thunder is made up of individuals who no doubt hold INDIVIDUAL political positions. Supporting the military and veterans is NOT a political thing. Sarah Palin is not a veteran herself, though her son is. Nor is she especially known as a motorcycle enthusiast. It should be clear that she does not have a motorcycle endorsement on her drivers license, since she didn’t drive one and the same goes for her husband.

Second, Sarah Palin did announce that this was only the beginning of her tour, which almost gives the impression that she is sponsoring them. That is/was not the case, but it made for a bad example.

Call it a mutual screw-up, and I support the person who complained that her presence there would in any way reflect his political position. I am sure that those of you who support Palin would be howling if VP Biden had been the invited guest.

On a separate issue, conservatives do NOT OWN patriotism or the military. Those who join the military do no do so because they are conservative (or liberal for that matter). Many join for love of country, but a few join because there are no other jobs available to them. Ask any veteran whether he or she joined because of political affiliation and you will get a very solid NO!

If anyone did join to support a party or a person (president Bush or Obama), then that person is no better than a follower of–any dictator you care to name.

It’s just a clusterF of stupid in this comments section.

One person saying another person doesn’t speak English, while at the same time butchering it themselves. Another person denouncing “stereotypes of the most willfully ignorant kind,” right before they launch a rant against the stereotypical “liberal.” The other guy who thinks that ordinary citizens who are registered democrats only support the “military” when it “behooves them politically.” Because political posturing is what most street-level citizens engage in, apparently. Yet another who thinks it’s Andrea Mitchell’s fault for running a story with a guy who is authorized to speak on Rolling Thunder’s behalf, and STILL thinks she needs to apologize even though the guy himself, Shpak, has yet to say anything at all about it.

Let me just say that, if I got a statement from an organizer of an event saying that a certain someone wasn’t invited and then it turns out that the organizer was incorrect, I certainly wouldn’t be apologizing. What are you supposed to do when it’s an ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT giving you the info?

Anyway, you’re all making fools of yourselves. Thank you and good night.