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Title: Rolling Thunder Riders Praise Sarah Palin's Participation in Rally
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Rolling Thunder In The News (official RT website)
URL Source: http://www.rollingthundermotorcycle ... ption=com_newsfeeds&Itemid=165
Published: May 27, 2011
Author: ABC News
Post Date: 2011-05-27 16:52:08 by Badeye
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Views: 8667
Comments: 24
Rolling Thunder Riders Praise Sarah Palin's Participation in Rally May 27, 2011 1:29 PM PrintRSSShare:EmailMoreFarkTechnoratiGoogleLiveMy SpaceNewsvineRedditDeliciousMixxYahooABC News' Sheila Marikar [@sheilaym] reports: For the riders of Rolling Thunder, the news that Sarah Palin will participate in their national rally on Sunday came as a surprise. A welcome surprise. “I think that’s wonderful,” said Gerri Tramel, president of one of Rolling Thunder’s Tennessee chapters. “Anybody that’s involved -- Republican, Democrat, independent, whatever -- if you’re involved with our veterans, I think that’s wonderful. Not just Sarah Palin -- anyone that’s a politician.” For more than 20 years, as many as half a million motorcycle riders from across the country have descended on Washington, D.C., during Memorial Day weekend to raise awareness about prisoners of war and those missing in action. Rolling Thunder announced Thursday that Palin accepted an invitation to participate in its May 29 rally. She’ll kick off her One Nation Tour the same day, a bus trip along the northeast coast that aims “to educate and energize Americans about our nation's founding principles.” Asked how Palin came to be involved with the rally, Rolling Thunder spokeswoman Nancy Regg said, “I honestly don’t know.” “I’m not the person that invited her,” she said. “We send letters to people all the time and invite them. We invited her to ride, she has accepted and she and her husband have both agreed to ride for us.” Regardless of Palin’s political agenda -- the “Will she or won’t she?” fervor over her potential presidential run reached new heights this week -- the members of Rolling Thunder agreed her participation is a boon. “If she wants to support the troops, we’re all for it,” said Greg Benson, president of Rhode Island’s Rolling Thunder chapter. “I certainly welcome any positive publicity surrounding our cause, anything to bring attention to POWs and MIAs,” said Jeffrey Stewart, who leads a Rolling Thunder chapter in New Hampshire, a state that will be crucial to Palin if she runs in 2012. “Whether it’s a celebrity or a politician-celebrity -- I’m not exactly sure what she is right now -- having Sarah Palin there means more people will be paying attention to our cause.” Stewart considers himself a Republican. While he’s not gunning for Palin to run in 2012, he would like more politicians to recognize the country’s veterans, as she’ll do this weekend. Like many of Rolling Thunder’s members, he’s a veteran himself, having served in the Army during the 1980s. “I’d love to see [President] Obama walk out and say, ‘Thank you,’” he said. “I’d love to see [Vice President Joe] Biden come out and say, ‘Thank you.’ Anyone who wants to be president, I'd love for them to come and acknowledge us.” There are riders who worry that Palin’s presence might take away from the aim of the event. “I don’t know if she’s using the veterans or the amount of people there for a political gain,” said Susan Bailey, whose husband, Winston Bailey, is the president of an Ohio chapter of Rolling Thunder. She has ridden with the national rally for 16 years in a row. “As far as her running again, I don’t know, she seems kind of wishy-washy, quitting the government,” Bailey said, referring to Palin’s curtailed gubernatorial stint in Alaska. “Whether she’s really committed to it is my question.” For now, pretty much all that’s certain about Palin is that she’ll ride with Rolling Thunder through the streets of Washington Sunday and ride in a bus up the northeast coast after that. (Specifics remain unclear; a Palin aide did not know what kind of motorcycle the former governor planned to cruise.) That’s good enough for some of Rolling Thunder’s members. “In the long run, it’s probably a good thing,” Stewart said. “What’s that thing that celebrities say, ‘Any press is good press?’ I think that’s the case here.”
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#1. To: All (#0)
When in doubt, go to the source....hotlink on Rolling Thunder's Website.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Rolling Thunder = Fat old men on overpriced bikes going through midlife crisis.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Without a doubt she will be 'riding bitch'...one way or another. {{{chuckle}}}
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
Democratic Socialist = Young fags on Vespa's trying to steal your wallet.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
“As far as her running again, I don’t know, she seems kind of wishy-washy, quitting the government,” Bailey said, referring to Palin’s curtailed gubernatorial stint in Alaska. “Whether she’s really committed to it is my question.” "Thats because your basically and idiot." Democratic Socialist = Young fags on Vespa's trying to steal your wallet. So is this what Godwinson rides??? "I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
(laughing) Kinda like you, huh? Except of course she'll look hot on the back of a bike lol
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Godwincing, It comes as no surprise you would diss the veterans that organize and participate in this annual event. What is a bit irritating is that you do this on this particular weekend. Asshole.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
I'm not going to take any crap from you about an event who's purpose is to honor veterans. If you don't like motorcycles, don't ride one. If you think they are overpriced, you don't understand the cost of making them and putting them on the road and should keep your ignorance to yourself.
I only honor men of peace.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
There goes another asshole listening to Limbaugh on the EIB channel.
All well and good. But as much as I admire people like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, had he been in charge of stopping the German Nazis and Japanese they would own the world now. sometimes fighting for what you believe in is unavoidable. And to be ungrateful for those who have scarified their lives that you might have rights and freedoms is nothing to get all sanctimonious and self righteous about.
Mohandas Gandhi Even Gandhi believed in national defense.
bucky, there is no reason for you to be envious of Rush.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
I am not envious of Limbaugh. Frankly, I loathe the charlatan because he is the perpetrator of lies masked as truth. The GOP is not "conservative" and the Democrats are not "liberal" within the REALITY of my lexicon. Both parties operate as a two-headed snake without principle; there is no question about my perception as both are willing to flush America down the toilet into a third world nation. Over time, both political parties have performed GREAT harm to America as a result of Limbaugh's myth. Another way to consider my perspective: both political parties are simply playing badminton with "America" operating as the shuttlecock and only want to win without much interest of how they win. There is no "right" or "left" philosophy in other words as they change sides frequently. Both parties will do anything to "win" without concern of principles.
Imperial policies by England and the USA caused imperial responses by the Germans and Japanese.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Why do you think I was being a pacifist? I just said only men of peace need be honored. Soldiers and war need to exist I guess but why honor them as if it is the greatest thing to do - that is train young men to kill? We should be sad we do that not treat that as an awesome thing.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Soldiers are not hit men. The M4 and M16 is designed to would as it removes even more men from the battlefield as people have to deal with the evacuation of the wounded. There are international laws and standards for war, and I have never seen anyone in a war zone want to be there. And while people are serving, their peers are home with their lives not on hold getting a jump on life people in the service are missing. You know, even many Conservatives know how to respect people who sacrifice to serve and defend. You lack common sense and empathy to a revolting degree. And Hitler was not prompted to do what he did by us. He had his own fascist agenda. You sound like you flunked European history. It's hard to believe you are from there originally.
Uh huh...sure Bucky, sure....
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
All he is, is a washed up FAT, drug addict, cigar smoking, ugly man, that shuffels paper on a desk looking for jokes. He is worthless to the publick and his EIB ratings prove it.
1. He has the highest ratings on radio nationally. You might not like him, but 'washed up' is a clear sign of envy. 2. He's not 'fat'. Another sign of envy, and another false statement. 3. Yes, he smokes cigars. Lots of us do. 4. Somehow, I don't think you have any room to talk when the topic is 'ugly' bucky... 5. He makes jokes. He shuffles paper. Sounds like more envy. 6. The public has made him the highest rated talk show host in America for two plus decades...and his EIB ratings do in fact 'prove it'. You should stop now, bucky...you more ridiculous than usual.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Obviously you enjoy the blathering idiot, which makes a lot of sense to me. I loathe the bastard for a lot of reasons and one of largest ones was his stance about Iraq and his applause of the Abu Ghraib prison. You probably don't remember that he laffed and scoffed at the incident as a mere college prank; he has always begged for wars, too. He was another draft dodger; he was a college dropout; he is and was a drug addict. What a fuckin' idiot, Limbaugh is. Everything that blathering punk discusses is far from opinion, humour or even news. He is a sick man.
You know, the first memorial day was a day of mourning, not war or army service glorification. This hero worship of war is a post WW2 - cold war invention.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
What a fuckin' idiot, Limbaugh is. Everything that blathering punk discusses is far from opinion, humour or even news. He is a sick man. Your envy is pretty obvious bucky. And the misrepresentations here are just plain....weird.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
#2. To: Badeye (#0)
#3. To: Badeye (#0)
#4. To: Godwinson (#2)
Rolling Thunder = Fat old men on overpriced bikes going through midlife crisis.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#5. To: (#0)
“I don’t know if she’s using the veterans or the amount of people there for a political gain,” said Susan Bailey, whose husband, Winston Bailey, is the president of an Ohio chapter of Rolling Thunder. She has ridden with the national rally for 16 years in a row.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#6. To: hondo68 (#4)
Rolling Thunder = Fat old men on overpriced bikes going through midlife crisis.
#7. To: Brian S (#3)
#8. To: Godwinson (#2)
Rolling Thunder = Fat old men on overpriced bikes going through midlife crisis.
#9. To: Godwinson (#2)
"Rolling Thunder = Fat old men on overpriced bikes going through midlife crisis."
#10. To: Ferret Mike (#9)
I'm not going to take any crap from you about an event who's purpose is to honor veterans.
#11. To: Badeye (#0)
Stewart considers himself a Republican.
#12. To: Godwinson (#10)
"I only honor men of peace."
#13. To: Godwinson (#10)
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
#14. To: buckeroo (#11)
#15. To: Badeye (#14)
#16. To: Ferret Mike (#12)
had he been in charge of stopping the German Nazis and Japanese they would own the world now.
#17. To: Ferret Mike (#13)
Even Gandhi believed in national defense.
#18. To: Godwinson (#17)
#19. To: buckeroo (#15)
I am not envious of Limbaugh.
#20. To: Badeye (#19)
#21. To: buckeroo (#20)
All he is, is a washed up FAT, drug addict, cigar smoking, ugly man, that shuffels paper on a desk looking for jokes. He is worthless to the publick and his EIB ratings prove it.
#22. To: Badeye (#21)
#23. To: Ferret Mike (#18)
(Edited)
#24. To: buckeroo (#22)
I loathe the bastard for a lot of reasons and one of largest ones was his stance about Iraq and his applause of the Abu Ghraib prison. You probably don't remember that he laffed and scoffed at the incident as a mere college prank; he has always begged for wars, too. He was another draft dodger; he was a college dropout; he is and was a drug addict.
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