Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Palin treats reporters like paparazzi

Yeah, that's the headline on this CBS article. They're whining because they can't follow her around.
Sarah Palin and her advisers are refusing to tell members of the media where she is going on her current bus tour - and the former Alaska governor seems to be enjoying the cat and mouse game that's resulted.
Awww, poor reporters.

It seems that Mrs. Palin is taking a bus tour up the east coast. She's not currently an elected official, she's not announced a candidacy for any particular office. She's a private citizen at this point in her life and she's taking a bus tour across several states. Kind of like these guys. At any given time on the summertime highways you can find hundreds, if not thousands of private citizens touring in large RVs, some of them converted buses. Yet, I don't see a caravan of reporters following those guys.

Palin's playing them like a fiddle, and she really doesn't owe them the courtesy of an itinerary. She's a private citizen. If they want to know where she's going next, they're just going to have to get in their own ride and follow her. However, there are stalking statutes in every state, and if I were on vacation and saw the same bunch of folks following me with cameras I'd call the police.

2 comments:

Old NFO said...

LOL- Love it! :-)

Rivrdog said...

Considering the fact that every judge in all those jurisdictions on the Least Coast is likely liberal, and most police chiefs as well, good luck on her trying to get the stalking ordinances enforced on her behalf.

Nope, she's doing it right.