CNN: 'Palin's Historic Bus Tour'

[RandySF]

I was in a coffee shop on Capitol Hill this morning when I glanced up and saw this chyron on CNN:

One of our staffers went back and watched the segment, and I guess it was about Palin's bus tour making stops at historical sites -- not that the bus tour itself is a historic milestone of any sort. For that we can be thankful, I suppose.

But look at how the New York Times stumbles over itself trying to point out what a farce Palin's bus tour is, without able to quite bring itself to say that:

Ms. Palin announced her bus tour with great fanfare last week and is using it on her Web site to raise money for her political action committee. Despite that, Ms. Palin is acting as though her family is just like any other taking a sight-seeing vacation to see the country.

Never mind the charter bus plastered with images of the Constitution. Or the fact that her family vacation has a name: the "One Nation Tour." Or that she is documenting her family's movements on a Web site that invites Americans along. Or that she might just run for president.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/05/palins_historic_bus_tour.php#more?ref=fpblg