# PALIN BUS TOUR: a proven fraud **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599 "2009-12-01T17:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/21 "2009-12-01T23:30:54Z")
Interesting. She was signing books today at the Costco (really) in Tempe. It was no secret that she was flying in and flying out. One of the reasons that Costco was reportedly picked was its proximity to the airport. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/22 "2009-12-01T23:42:14Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Maybe Fred Thompson can follow in his extra-folksy pick-up truck. Or Al Gore in his “biodiesel yacht”. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/23 "2009-12-01T23:51:10Z")
> [@Strainger](#): > > Interesting. She was signing books today at the Costco (really) in Tempe. It was no secret that she was flying in and flying out. One of the reasons that Costco was reportedly picked was its proximity to the airport. Oh nice. So now she’s not only flying instead of busing, but she’s also holding the signings in members-only clubs. :rolleyes: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/24 "2009-12-01T23:59:56Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Or Al Gore in his “biodiesel yacht”. Does he pilot it out to the big Mercedes yacht right around the corner? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![haymarketmartyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@haymarketmartyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haymarketmartyr)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/25 "2009-12-02T00:27:41Z")
Back in the Sixties, conservatives used to make fun of rich liberals whom they termed “limousine liberals” since they sometimes were driven to protest rallies where they joined others in chants of “eat the rich” and “power to the people” before being driven back home to the penthouse. I guess that decades later, the conservatives need a new label to describe one of their own who flies to the common folk pretending to take the bus. Sarah Palin may want us to believe her life is a Frank Capra movie, but we know she really wants to star in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/26 "2009-12-02T00:36:03Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Does he pilot it out to the big Mercedes yacht right around the corner? > > -Joe I dunno but having a bio-diesel yaht doesn’t really mean anything unless you can buy bio-diesel at a port of call. Maybe he has it flown in. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/27 "2009-12-02T00:43:07Z")
Whale oil. Buys it from the Japanese. Snacks on whooping crane liver pate. Birkenstocks lined with baby harp seal fur. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/28 "2009-12-02T02:28:24Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I dunno but having a bio-diesel yaht doesn’t really mean anything unless you can buy bio-diesel at a port of call. Maybe he has it flown in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/29 "2009-12-02T02:42:50Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > That’s kind of the thing. One of the reasons McCain got plastered so badly was because nobody really wanted him - he was the default candidate. > > I expect that the Democrats are going to take a beating in 2010 (wow, quite a ballsy prediction I know), and in 2012 the GOP candidate is going to end up a default - probably a token like Palin or Jindal. > > -Joe McCains’s campaign was broke and dead in the water. Somehow it got miraculously resurrected and he got the nomination. Some entity, somewhere decided that he was the only one that has a smidgen of a chance against Obama. Not a bad assessment but obviously not enough. You are probably right that the Dems will take a beating in 2010 but it will be for all of the wrong reasons. (They couldn’t turn around the battleship in the canal. The attention span of the average American is about 10 seconds.) Then remember what Clinton did. The 'Pubs thought they had him on the ropes for his reelection. With the lack of candidates in the Republican Party that even look palatable, in 2012 they will probably take the Goldwater route which is to give the arch-conservatives their chance at the run. Then they will watch while they get beat in a landslide. It will be at that point that the moderates flex some muscle and attempt to regain the party. BTW, I have a lot of admiration for Goldwater. He was just behind the times. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/30 "2009-12-02T03:29:32Z")
Not sure what this is, but it is not a debate. Off to. . . IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/31 "2009-12-02T03:45:06Z")
> [@haymarketmartyr](#): > > Sarah Palin may want us to believe her life is a Frank Capra movie, but we know she really wants to star in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S. Please don’t compare her to Audrey Hepburn. (Besides, if you’ve ever seen the movie, Holly Golightly is certainly not rich) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/32 "2009-12-02T14:23:48Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Whale oil. Buys it from the Japanese. Snacks on whooping crane liver pate. Birkenstocks lined with baby harp seal fur. And to paraphrase Jon Stewart, skullfucking polar bears. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/33 "2009-12-02T14:54:45Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > And to paraphrase Jon Stewart, skullfucking polar bears. I knew those bears were dangerous, but damn! ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/34 "2009-12-02T14:54:51Z")
The Palin bus IS Bio Diesel… That’s what the Japanese Whale oil is for. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/35 "2009-12-02T15:07:56Z")
Personally I don’t get the outrage. So this celebrity, who, like so many others of her depth, seems, at this point in time, to be famous for just being famous, is flying here and there and calling it a bus tour. It’s just show business. When Van Halen went out on their “Hide your Sheep” tour, I didn’t think Mary’s little lamb was in jeopardy. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/36 "2009-12-02T15:13:38Z")
Just having an Emily Latella moment: Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/37 "2009-12-02T15:15:18Z")
If anyone ever remakes _Cannonball_, Sarah Palin should be cast as part of the couple that drives to the airport and flies to New York. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599/38 "2009-12-02T15:52:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Personally I don’t get the outrage. So this celebrity, who, like so many others of her depth, seems, at this point in time, to be famous for just being famous, is flying here and there and calling it a bus tour. It’s just show business. > > When Van Halen went out on their “Hide your Sheep” tour, I didn’t think Mary’s little lamb was in jeopardy. Of course Mary’s lamb was safe. Now if Gary Glitter or Pete Townsend had the same tour… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-bus-tour-a-proven-fraud/519599.md?page=1)