Motorcycle Rally Hosts Uneasy About Palin's Presence

[kpete]

Source: The Atlantic

Motorcycle Rally Hosts Uneasy About Palin's Presence
MAY 27 2011, 1:50 PM ET5
Sarah Palin will launch her East-Coast bus tour this weekend by participating in the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday -- but the group that hosts the event says her presence will be a distraction.

"It is a big distraction, because my phone's been ringing off the hook since she announced it," Ted Shpak, legislative director for Rolling Thunder, the group that hosts the annual rally in support of American POWs and veterans, told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell in an interview Friday. Shpak implied that Palin's presence would detract from the event's focus.

"We're not political, this is not a political event," Shpak said. "The way it came out, it sounded like we endorsed her."

Though Palin will reportedly make Sunday's rally the first stop in her bus tour, Shpak was clear that her bus will not ride in the group of motorcycles that will travel from a near the Pentagon, along the National Mall, and back.

Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/motorcycle-rally-hosts-uneasy-about-palins-presence/239591/

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Since she is using the rally, I hope she is making a huge donation to

American POW's and veterans.

[alsame]

2. Here's the interview:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#43195935

[Faygo Kid]

3. C'mon, bikers. Be used as political props by Palin. All her supporters are.

And always have been.

[fantomas]

4. Hopefully she'll wear that hideous motorcycle jacket

150k for clothing and she picked that?

[onehandle]

5. Run her grifting ass out of town. nt

[udbcrzy2]

6. How about a drag the bitch on the tire race?