Rules don't apply: On the road, Palin's tour a rolling menace...

[one_voice]

SEABROOK, N.H. — Sarah Palin’s bus is plastered with a mockup of the U.S. Constitution. But her entourage — both the three-vehicle motorcade that includes the bus and the smaller, two-SUV version she uses for smaller events — hasn’t been very respectful of the traffic laws.

They speed. They run red lights and stop signs. They make last-second lane changes to get off the highway, sometimes without signaling.

So do the reporters following them.

Journalists in the caravan trailing her One Nation tour bus describe the experience as harrowing, a rolling menace careening up the East Coast in hot pursuit of the former Alaska governor who declined to provide any advance itinerary of her tour over six days on the road.

As they left the clambake she attended Thursday in New Hampshire, Palin’s two-SUV caravan did 52 miles per hour in a 35 zone as it peeled away from the hosts’ neighborhood. Both cars blew through a stop sign about a mile later. They did 70 mph in a 55 mph zone on I-95 — and then, after they got off, without signaling, flew right past a flashing sign informing them they were going 45 mph in a 35 mph zone.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56186.html#ixzz1ODyrAEeT

[Gold Metal Flake]

1. It's funny that this is being unrecced.

[buddysmellgood]

4. I unrecc all Palin stories because I'm sick of her. But this one is

legitimate news.

[Lionessa]

10. +1

[bjobotts]

28. America's hypocrisy...the law does not apply to the wealthy.Soap opera embarrassment to America

[bjobotts]

29. Such a petty person doing anything for a buck.Like watching a circus freak

[elocs]

44. You actually complain about UnRec 2 minutes after the thread is posted?

:shrug:

Plus, this thread was so important to you to complain about an UnRec, but not important enough to use the first response to actually say something about the story. Perhaps that is all you had to say.

[tridim]

2. She really does think she's American royalty

Queen of the Idiots.

[hifiguy]

11. The Evita of Freeperland

is what she is.

[savannah43]

30. I do hope she stops here in upstate NY. We'll have her

for dinner. Roasted Idiot. Yum!

[A Simple Game]

36. Welcome to DU savannah43. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

39. I hope they come through Euless, TX....

the traffic cops are known throughout the whole metroplex.

[icarusxat]

40. careful, you are what you eat

her diet raises some serious questions...is there a mad cow problem in Alaska?

[BobTheSubgenius]

42. Yes, welcome to the charming madness. *G*

I have friends in Chautauqua County. What that means, I really can't say.....but I do. Good, sensible liberals, all.

[Mz Pip]

3. Simple solution

at least for the "journalists" - STOP FOLLOWING HER!

And maybe some highway patrolman can pull the lot of them over and give them tickets. Might be a good way to increase revenues for the cities she speeds through. Around here, stop sign/red light violations are pricy tickets.

[FSogol]

7. +1. Only the journalists seem to care about covering her. The only story on the Palins

I want to see is, "Whatever happened to the Palins, wasn't she going to run for President?"

[PatSeg]

21. That was my initial reaction as well

If the media ignores her, she'll go home.

[tblue37]

22. Most don't want to follow her, but their bosses require them to, and

those bosses' bosses require them to assign reporters to the "story."

It is all so disgusting and ridiculous. I am so ashamed of what my country has become.

[bemildred]

5. "Rolling Blunder" nt

[Morning Dew]

16. That's delicious.

:)

[Arugula Latte]

17. and Trolling for Plunder

[EFerrari]

24. Perfect.

[TexasProgresive]

6. RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW! oh wait

that's only for the Dems.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Anyone who sees her on this board, use your cellphone and make a citizens arrest.

Then call the media.

[sasha031]

9. if the Palin caravan hits, injures or kills someone

they will do what every good tea bagger repub does, blame the victim.

this is so wrong! On Tuesday, the bus nearly hit a biker turning off of Pine Street in Philadelphia.

[nxylas]

45. "The victim was probably a liberal who got in her way deliberately to make her look bad"

Poor, persecuted Sarah.

[tularetom]

12. I've thought from the beginning that this was going to end poorly for someone

Unfortunately, that probably won't be Palin or any of her army of press sycophants.

[Mz Pip]

13. I was reading the comments

and someone compared Palin to Princess Diana who was hounded to death by the Paparazzi. Give me a break. why is Palin even getting a police escort through NYC? NYC has enough budget problems and shouldn't be escorting anyone who is just on "vacation."

[City Lights]

14. Rules, laws, common decency, etc...never apply to republicans. nt

[cbdo2007]

15. Where is the video??? Everyone has a camera nowadays and evidence of this would

be huge news.

I'm not buying it. There are too many video cameras out there that could be easily catching this and it woudl be a huge news story, so I'm guessing it's made up.

I still recc'd it and hope we can get some video, but this sounds like a UFO story.

[progressoid]

18. She's a constitutionalist. And it don't say nothin' in the Constitution about no speed limits.

[aggiesal]

20. I had a gov't teacher (when they still taught gov't) once ask ...

What is the difference between Liberal thinking and Conservative thinking?
He then gave an example about making a U-Turn while driving where there is
NO sign, and here is the explanation:

You're a Conservative thinker if you want to make a U-Turn and there is no sign,
then you don't make a U-Turn because there is no sign that says it's legal
to make a U-Turn.

You're a Liberal thinker if you want to make a U-Turn and there is no sign,
then you make the U-Turn because there is no sign that says it's illegal
to make a U-Turn.

I'll never forget that lesson.

So by this definition, since there is no mention of Speed Limits in the Constitution
then Princess Sarah should not be speeding because there has to be something in the
Constitution to says it's legal to speed.

[femrap]

19. Only a matter of time

before she kills someone.

[Electric Monk]

23. Well sure, doncha know, traffic laws are for the "little people", not the "freedom lovers"

with Gawd on their side.

:sarcasm:

[Stumbler]

25. Once again, It's okay, if you're a Republican.

In their mind rules and laws only apply to 'them,' not 'us.'

[nolabear]

26. Where ARE those "Moon the Bus" flash mobs?

And where are the police?

Oh I know; she's out warning the British, like Paul Revere.

[Turbineguy]

27. Every nickel those idiots give to that grifter

is money not available to a serious repub candidate, should one emerge.

So this is a good thing.

[Hubert Flottz]

31. Laws are for the Untermensch...

Queen Sarah is above the law like Bush and Cheney.

[taterguy]

32. Shouldn't this be posted in the Entertainment forum?

[spanone]

33. there are no journalists following her covered wagon...lots of tabloid hacks, though

go home reporters

[pinniped]

34. The pathetic idiot thinks her stupid caravan is a secret service motorcade or something.

Her stupid drivers should be cited.

[The Unawriter]

35. Sarah doesn't have to be on the road

to be a menace to America.

[A Simple Game]

37. Best post of the thread. n/t

[existentialist]

38. Reminds me of our former governor/congressman

William Janklow was noted for speeding and otherwise disregarding traffic laws.

Once he gave a speech, in which he said. "Bill Janklow speeds. He shouldn't, but he does. Maybe if the penalty were more severe . . ."


Then he ran a stop sign and killed a biker.

He resigned from Congress, and was convicted of manslaughter. He served a ridiculously short sentence and although he was suspended from the bar he was reinstated to active practice while he was still on probation.

And, he won a court case wherein it was ruled that the Federal Tort Claims act applied. Therefore it was the taxpayers who paid the civil wrongful death judgment.


But of course Bill and Sarah alike run (ran) on a 'personal responsibility plank . . .

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. Who? Never heard of her. n/t

[pitchforksandtorches]

43. May she rest in pieces.

[sulphurdunn]

46. Circus Maxibus

:rofl:

[liberal N proud]

47. It's her motorcade