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June 22, 2011 10:23 PM UTC

Palin Abruptly Quits Bus Tour, Returns to Alaska

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  • by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: AP with Palin’s response, okie dokie ma’am:

Sarah Palin is disputing online reports that she has canceled her bus tour of historic American sites, saying in a Facebook posting that her schedule will be tight the next few weeks because she’s been called for jury duty.

Palin said Wednesday that her “One Nation” bus tour would resume “when the time comes.” She added that she’s looking forward “to hitting the open road again.”

Well folks, if and when Palin’s tour bus rolls again, we and every media outlet in the country will be sure to bring it to you live–assuming, of course, that it’s still considered a news event by then. Until the “time comes,” we return you to your regularly scheduled sideshow(s).

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As Real Clear Politics reports, Republican Sarah Palin and her family have apparently ended their much-ballyhooed nationwide bus tour and returned to Alaska…with no explanation for anything:

Though Palin and her staff never announced a timeline for the remaining legs of her trip, aides had drafted preliminary itineraries that would have taken her through the Midwest and Southeast at some point this month. But those travel blueprints are now in limbo, RCP has learned, as Palin and her family have reverted to the friendly confines of summertime Alaska, where the skies are currently alight for over 19 hours a day and the Bristol Bay salmon fishing season is nearing its peak….

…More than a few of Palin’s core supporters have grown impatient and confused about her strategy, venting their frustration on Internet fan sites…

…Palin’s extended hiatus could mean that in spite of her readily apparent “fire in the belly,” her family has persuaded her not to further pursue the presidency. Alternatively, it could indicate just the opposite — that she is plotting her next move and wants to ensure that it is well thought-out — and that she retains the element of surprise. Indeed, the problem with assessing how Palin’s movements figure into her 2012 calculus is that she remains one of the most unpredictable political figures in America — even to her most trusted aides. [Pols emphasis]

Palin’s astounding political rise from unknown Alaska governor to GOP Vice Presidential nominee has been well-chronicled. In the years and months since the 2008 election, she has made millions of dollars from books and speaking appearances as political observers anticipated a potential run at the Republican nomination for President. But as the paragraph above suggests, the interest in Palin has increasingly become more about her unpredictability than about who she is or what she may (or may not) stand for as a political figure. She’s interesting because it’s impossible to tell what she might do next; the downside, however, is that her actual “decisions” aren’t nearly as interesting as the randomness in their choosing. The ramifications of her choices matter much less than watching her choose.

Considering that Palin is less popular than Charlie Sheen, perhaps this unpredictability is the only card she has left. Palin has always been a spectacular sideshow while politicos wondered if she would ever enter the center ring. It seems more obvious than ever that there is only sideshow, and nothing more.

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38 thoughts on “Palin Abruptly Quits Bus Tour, Returns to Alaska

    1. Simply entertained.  She is, after all, a  joke candidate. Why shouldn’t we enjoy?  Perhaps her joke presidential maybe/maybe not campaign has become a threat to her real career as a celebrity, GOPT event circuit huckster and TV fixture. As with Trump. As with Huckabee. Bet Newt is going to be wanting to spend more time with his family and his pac and his think tank pretty soon, too.  Or, oooh, dare I hope, maybe some tabloid ready Palin family scandal is about to break. Should we be stepping out for more popcorn? Sometimes Dems just want to have fun.

    2. Your ‘news’ outlet seems to think you all are waiting with baited breath to learn what your VP candidate, the woman your party wanted a heart-beat away,’ might do next.

      As Republicans breathlessly await a decision by Sarah Palin on whether she will throw her hat into the 2012 presidential race, the former Alaska governor appears to be taking some downtime, including a break from her “One Nation” bus tour of American monuments.

      Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politic

      Funny, this obsession Republicans have with this circus act.  

        1. This mass of which you speak.  Most Republicans?  Most of your friends?

          If the former, then why does Sarah continue to lead the pack, or place at the front?

          Case in point:  A new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday afternoon finds Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney statistically tied in the race for the GOP nomination-with 22 percent of likely GOP votes supporting the former Alaska governor and 20 percent choosing the ex-governor of Massachusetts.

          http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_

          It still reigns true when looking at the RealClearPolitics.com aggregated polling averages in which we find Palin in second place at 16% points against leader Mitt Romney’s 24%.  Brother From Another Pizza Planet, Herman Cain (the only non-elected official in the pack who hypes up his experience as a former, 20th century CEO of Godfather’s Pizza), snags about 7% in the YouGov poll; but, check it – he’s actually faring better than Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty and Ron Paul,

          http://atlantapost.com/2011/06

          And so while I appreciate your position–and understand why you would not want her to run–I am left wondering how you get from what you, ellbee, think to ‘Most of Us,’ depending–of course–who you mean by ‘us’.

          I mean, I suppose one could just as easily say ‘Most of us hate all the candidates,’ since no one poll much above 20-25%.  

          1. She can tank yet another Republican candidate’s hopes and dreams of becoming President by being on the ticket.

            She is just the gift that keeps on giving. God, I love this gal.  

  1. When you signed up for that one course, blew it off and stopped doing the homework, and then dropped it right before the deadline?

    That pretty much sums up Palin’s entire professional life.

  2. Why is a space devoted to Colorado politics infected with Palin PR. Please, it’s like the T-Rex. If you ignore it, don’t move, it goes away.

  3. Alaska has been going through a longish series of low-level earthquakes the past week or so. No one quake has been very strong but there is starting to be damage and minor injuries from the extended period of quaking.

    Or maybe she just realized she is a national joke.

    Could be either.

    1. but only if she lets Bristol’s baby daddy move in with them. Hijinks ensue as everybody stabs everybody in the back repeatedly. Then, midseason, she quits.

  4. Heard on the street is that Mosquito Barbie is going to announce her presidential bid on Monday.  Caribou Barbie knows she couldn’t win in a contest of spelling one letter words against Mosquito B.

  5. is when will this train wreck becomes so obvious that beej, who has spent considerable time boosting and defending Palin, dumps her like he did Dan Maes.

    1. a strictly-platonic-I-swear man-love relationship with an Amaesing gubernatorial candidate, and the full on hot-to-the-honeymoon-suite-white-house-she’s-definitely-the-one lust for oh, ooh, ooooooohhhhhhhh . . .

      (Besides, there’s only so many Dan Maes posters your mom will let you put up in your bedroom before even she thinks you’ve become dangerously creepy.)

    1. Of course, your conclusion is false. Who got suckered? Certainly, you’re not claiming that Palin’s sceptics (us) got suckered? Quite the contrary.

      You and elbee are quite the couple here.

      1. screaming they are the victims for all to see.

        In the meantime all they do is deceive.

        Wonder when God will tell them he is not pleased.

        1. In my book, if you call someone a racist, you should show cause.

          At this point, and at any point, you can’t.

          Here’s what we’ve learned from this episode:

          It has been proven that at least a small portion of the most shrill liberals will call someone a racist simply because they don’t like their point of view, not out of any evidence that they’re actual racist.

          Gilpin Guy, on this site, can never, with credibility call anyone a racist because he’s shown that he will use that label out of spite, not evidence.

          Thank you for being such a bright, gleaming example of what’s wrong with the lunatic fringe of the left.

          That is all.

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