Sarah Palin: Reports Of Bus Tour 'Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated'

JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin is disputing online reports that she has canceled her bus tour of historic American sites, saying in a Facebook posting, titled "*Sigh* Reports of Tour Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated," that her schedule will be tight the next few weeks because she's been called for jury duty.

"As I said myself at the end of the east coast leg of the tour, the summer is long, and I’m looking forward to hitting the open road again," she wrote on Wednesday. "The coming weeks are tight because civic duty calls (like most everyone else, even former governors get called up for jury duty) and I look forward to doing my part just like every other Alaskan."

Palin said 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."

Real Clear Politics reported earlier in the day:

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.

It should be noted, however, that Real Clear Politics never indicated that Palin was officially cutting her trip short.

The Huffington Post reported earlier in the day that Palin's bus tour appeared to take a truncated route after it was reported that the former governor's tentative itinerary included stops in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Iowa.

The 2008 vice presidential candidate traveled from Washington, D.C. to New England by bus in May in a trip that generated intense interest and fueled speculation about her national ambitions.

Palin is among the top tier of potential 2012 presidential candidates in polls of Republican voters. She has said she plans to visit Iowa, where the state's caucuses begin the nominating season next year.

Comments

[elizabeth gerteiny]

03:55 PM on 07/06/2011

Former governor and ambassador Jon Huntsman announced to a small turnout on June 21, 2011, his presidential candidacy and like conservative icon Ronald Reagan, in front of the Statue of Liberty at Liberty State Park, New Jersey.

Sarah hates to be outdone,
Not by Newt and not by Mitt,
Nor by Trump, but then he quit.

I thought I saw her back in June
In a little boat, I guess,
Waving wildly to the crowd,

She was sure she'd get some press,
Right behind new hopeful Jon
Announcing his upcoming run.

When all the brouhaha is done,
Curiously, she may have won,
Even if she didn't run

Or she may have gained much less
Than that Minnesota belle,
Erstwhile protegee Michelle.

Elizabeth Gerteiny
Author of The President of War
www.bushandcompany.org

[Johnd139]

10:03 PM on 06/28/2011

Her 15 minutes is stretching out a bit long or so it would seem

[conservativelady]

01:15 PM on 06/27/2011

Palin is a liar about having to leave for jury duty. It takes a long time to actually get called to go through jury selection. First you get the notice, then you respond, then you get called. It's a long process, I highly doubt that she is going through jury selection right now. Because that is what she is implying. The first notice you get just requires a response by phone or letter. What a pathologic­al piece of work that woman is! Until you actually get called for jury selection, you don't have to show up nowhere. She's such a liar.

[loudyk0621]

11:12 PM on 06/25/2011

What could possibly be more greatly exaggerated than Palin herself?

[warriorwoman73]

12:14 AM on 06/29/2011

An excellent question.

[cutesky]

08:29 PM on 06/25/2011

Who cares is she takes a bus, a plane, a train, a car or if she walks?...She's annoying and gives me a headache!

[warriorwoman73]

12:16 AM on 06/29/2011

I wish she'd take a long walk off a short pier, frankly. She's devisive, willfully ignorant and, as you said, annoying and headache-inducing. It's time for her to go.

[limstillme]

08:26 PM on 06/25/2011

(continued from previous post )Some mentioned they insult her because she resigned as governor and is no longer on her bus tour. Over the years I've quit several jobs and I feel sure some who are calling her a quitter has also. How about the guy that resigned from Obama's staff to run for mayor? I don't recall lefties insults hurled at him. And getting off the bus to serve on a jury should be considered good reason, not "quiting". Another poster mentioned that a pastor prayed for Palin's protection from witches. I do not know how powerful or effective their witch craft is, but witch covens do exist and can be found advertised in 'craigslist' and 'back page' on the internet. And you can be sure, Satanist oppose Christians. A prayer to protect her from them is not unfounded. Admit it or not, most of the responses seem to point to "I hate her, now I'll think of reasons why!" If she is the hopeless loser painted by liberals, why would they let themselves be consumed by so much hate? Wouldn't her political career just disintegrate without all the energy liberals are spending on their attacks? I kind of think they know she opposes just about everything they want and they actually think she has a pretty good chance of political success somewhere down the road, and that scares them senseless.

[limstillme]

10:11 PM on 06/26/2011

There was a first part of my post that I can't find so I will repost it. One poster said he/she hated SP because the Republican Party spent too much on her clothes. That poster did not seem to consider that it was the Republican's champaign money and they were spending on the champaign. The poster also over looked the extravagant clothes Michele Obama wears on her high dollar trips all over the world, both at the expense of tax payers. Another complaint against SP was that she did not know about America but it was not mentioned that Barack Obama did not know how many states there are in the United State. At another time, when signing a guest book in Europe, he didn't know what year it was. Not one leftie ridiculed him for either of those. Another poster offered a couple of sources as basis for his hate for SP, the only one of those that I had ever heard of was the National Enquirer. I didn't have to read the other sources very long before it was as obvious they were as biased against SP as the (I have to change this part because the censures do not really believe in freedom of speech, just take my word, it was a valid example of bias). At any rate, lefties berate Snow Snookie ( I like that nick name, sounds like a term of endearment) for things they overlook when liberals do them.

[warriorwoman73]

05:55 PM on 06/28/2011

So....what's your point? I kind of got lost in your page-long rant, so a short summary would be nice.

[feed the enemy]

06:49 PM on 06/25/2011

I quit but I'm not I quitter.

[Rheinbear]

05:51 PM on 06/25/2011

If there is anyone left who has not seen the Colbert re-inactment of "Paul Revere's historic ride ringin the bell and firin his musket to warn the British they weren't gonna to be takin our guns away", please please do yourself the favor of watching it. It is Sarah writ large and very funny.

[mapleaforever]

03:55 PM on 06/25/2011

I'm surprised she didn't quit in the middle of her rebuttal.

[indy girl]

01:36 PM on 06/26/2011

"As I said myself at the end of the east coast leg of the tour, the summer is long, and I’m looking forward to -- OOOOH! Look!! Crunchwraps!"

[notatowniegirl]

01:55 PM on 06/25/2011

Of course you're not a quitter Sarah. You haven't quit quitting, have you?

[JohnBryansFontaine]

01:09 PM on 06/25/2011

RUN, SARAH, RUN!!! ( I support the President's re-election )

Barack Obama vs Sarah Palin Polls

http://www.nationalpolls.com/2012/obama-vs-palin.html

[Auldskul]

01:05 PM on 06/25/2011

Does she know that she can't quit in the middle of a trial? This may be a new experience for her.

[conservativelady]

01:21 PM on 06/27/2011

You are assuming that she is going through JURY SELECTION right now, which is what she implied, because you ONLY show up when you are going through JURY SELECTION. This is proof positive that Palin is a liar, it's time for her supporters to man up and admit it. Until you get called for JURY SELECTION, you don't show up nowhere!

[wyb]

12:35 PM on 06/25/2011

Next, "I'am no crook".

[limstillme]

12:00 PM on 06/25/2011

All the posts by liberals concerning Sara Palin that I've seen consist only of insults, slander, and name calling. No one has posted anything that would even attempt to justify the vile hatred they have for this lady. Do any of you have any reasoning at all behind all of your hate?

[swimbiker]

12:46 PM on 06/25/2011

Franik Baiiley  "Blind Allegiance"
Geoffrey Dunn  "Lies of Sarah Palin"

read those and get back to us with your informed posting. Right now, you're speaking from ignorance.

[swimbiker]

01:16 PM on 06/25/2011

sorry for the typo. His name, of course, is FRANK BAILEY.

[Womanvoter4Obama]

04:33 PM on 06/25/2011

Fanned and faved.

[Asmodean1]

01:05 PM on 06/25/2011

Darling... Sometimes out there you see someone that just begs to be ridiculed. Every-time this woman opens her mouth.... she all on her own asks for what she gets. Some people are meant for great things.... Some are not. She seems to not get that her voice i.e. wording, choice of words etc etc etc I do not see vile hatred. I see ridicule that is very fairly granted in response to what she says and does. Bottom line here.... If she wants to be left alone then she needs to stop talking.

[cutesky]

08:32 PM on 06/25/2011

BRAVO!!!!!!! FANNED!!!!!

[warriorwoman73]

05:36 PM on 06/28/2011

Well put - fanned and faved!

[Jo Le Tiel]

11:32 AM on 06/25/2011

P.S. At her imaginary coronation, uh, inaguration, "I promise to be President of the United States for as long as I feel like it, or if something better comes up, like a movie role or book deal."