Here is the first TV-report about Sarah Palin's bus tour hoax, from ABC.
More should follow, as apparently MSNBC has reported the story on the air, too. I will put up more clips as soon I can get hold of them.
I'm currently writing a thorough examination regarding the number of flights Sarah Palin actually took, as Harper Collins have said that Sarah used the plane for three flights only.
However, as I have written in the previous post, even C4P disagree. Therefore I will set the record straight regarding the number of flights in my next post. Either Sarah Palin was on the plane during the trips, or the plane was "ghosting her along the trail" which I seriously doubt.
+++ In addition, please look at the extensive reports which "palingates" have posted with regard to Sarah Palin's faked pregnancy with Trig. They CAN BE FOUND HERE.
I have to correct myself, because I just discovered that Twitter shows different times of the messages, depending on whether I am logged in into twitter or not.
When I am not logged in, I view the message of Sarah Palin where she said "on bus to Jacksonville" as being sent at 5:52 AM on Sarah Palin's twitter. Screenshots:
However, when I am logged in into twitter, the times suddenly change, and all the messages are being displayed as being sent three hours later. That means that the "on bus to Jacksonville" message is displayed as being sent at 8:52 AM. Screenshots:
That means that it's very likely that Sarah Palin's message was indeed sent at 8:52 AM, when she was on her way in the bus from her hotel to the bookshop in Jacksonville.
Therefore I apologise to Sarah Palin that I said that she has lied on this occasion on her twitter.
This doesn't change my opinion that Sarah deliberately gave the impression on her twitter that she was actually using the bus to travel to Jacksonville, when she actually had arrived by plane in Jacksonville the previous evening.
I have no problems to correct myself when I have made a mistake, as I always try to describe facts as accurately as possible.
But now we have a novelty: For the first time ever, Sarah Palin has been caught lying on twitter!
It was just a coincidence that today I took a look into Sarah Palin's current twitter account. I wanted to see whether Sarah had been twittering over Thanksgiving. Answer: No, she had not.
But then this twitter caught my eye - Sarah twittered on November 24 at 5:52 am (click to enlarge):
What I recalled was the simple fact that Sarah Palin flew to Jacksonville with her private plane on the evening of November 23!
Here is the screenshot of the flight log again, which is accessible back to November 21, 2009 (click to enlarge):
In the afternoon on November 23, Sarah Palin had a book signing in Birmingham, AL, which started at 4.30 pm. Thankfully, our "friends" from C4P have dutifully published a detailed chronic and schedule of Sarah's "bus tour" HERE.
Earlier on November 23, at 11.00 am, Sarah had the appearance at Fort Bragg.
From the flight log we can see that on November 23, Sarah flew from Fayetteville, which is just next to Fort Bragg, to Birmingham AL, taking off at 3:40 pm EST, arriving at 3:47 CST (the flight took one hour one and seven minutes).
In the evening of November 23, at 8:12 pm CST, Sarah took off from Birmingham, AL and arrived at 10:09 pm EST in Jacksonville, FL.
Therefore, it is proven from the records that Sarah Palin spent the night from November 23 to November 24 in or closely around Jacksonville. When she twittered at 5:52 am in the morning of November 24 that she was "on bus to Jacksonville", she probably just got her lazy ass out of her comfy bed, because the book signing in Jacksonville started only 3 hours later, at 9:00 pm!
Sarah, why are we not surprised?
I now also understand why the plane on the evening of November 23 continued to fly from Jacksonville to Orlando. I am certain that the reason was that, after having dropped Sarah off in Jacksonville, the plane was then supposed to "collect" her in the afternoon of November 25 in Orlando (she took off from Orlando to Tri-Cities on November 25 at 2:40 pm EST). Our friends from C4P give a good overview about what her schedule was on November 24:
"November 24th was Governor Palin's final day on the tour prior to taking a break for Thanksgiving. She was in Florida and packed three stops into the day. Her first stop was at the Books-A-Million in Jacksonville at 9:00 AM. (...) After her stop in Jacksonville, Governor Palin next headed to The Villages for a 2:30 PM book signing at Barnes & Noble before finally winding up the first half of her tour at 7:30 PM at the Orlando Barnes & Noble."
ThereforeitisapparentthatSarah stayed in Orlando over night from November 24 to November 25 and then flew to Tri-Cities on November 25.
Sarah, you are a failure, even when it comes to lying! You cannot even lie properly without being caught.
"SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2009 Going Rogue Officially #1
By Tommy Report
In addition to becoming the first Republican elected official to claim the #1 spot on the USA Today Best-Seller list, Governor Palin has unsurprisingly won the #1 spot on the NY Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Best-Seller List.
Congratulations to Governor Palin!"
Well, first of all: The constant use of "Governor" in relation to Sarah Palin seems inappropriate.
Not only has Sarah Palin quit her first term as Governor half-way without giving a good reason, but she also said herself said in her Quitter-speech:
"I don't need a title to be the one to usher in what it is that needs to be done in our state or our country."
So there you have it, dear C4P-cultists: Sarah doesn't need a title. The Queen said it herself.
However, that was only one part of why this post on C4P apparently was written in a parallel world.
So, Sarah is "the first Republican elected official to claim the #1 spot on the USA Today Best-Seller list?"
Really?
She is not an elected official any more, but an unemployed facebook-blogger. The truth hurts, I know.
Of course, ultra-clever "Tommy Report" referred to the fact that she ONCE was elected. Before she quit. Still, his point is moot, because at the time of the publication of her book, she was not an elected official any more, and what is the distinction of being a formerly elected official who quit for no good reason?
Finally I just want to scream at them: What part of "quitting" do you crazies from C4P not understand?
"In Summary: Ten Things I Learned From Reading Going Rogue
This was a bad and unhelpful book. It was not bad because it was simple. Goldwater (or his ghost) used fewer pages in Conscience of a Conservative and said more. It was not bad because it was autobiographical. Though I don’t like his politics, President Obama confessed more and said it better in Dreams from My Father. If you don’t believe that this book is bad, then read (really do!) Ronald Reagan’s autobiography Where’s the Rest of Me? Ronald Reagan showed more substance in his delightful book written mostly about his time as an actor than Palin shows in her four hundred pages. (…)
The best you can say about this book is that it is forgettable and will be forgotten. It is a book-of-the-moment non-book meant to be purchased and given as a Christmas gift to conservatives. It is an utter waste of an opportunity for something better, but it is no worse than most political “memoirs” of its type.
It is better than Pelosi, but damning a person with that comparison is almost too cruel after what Palin has endured.
What are the ten things the book taught me?
First, Palin is a unique political talent, but her abilities do not extend to the written word. That is too bad, because our best politicians may use a ghost at times, but they also know words and do not fear them. Reagan is a great example of this. He could write. Of course, that does not mean she should not be President, but it does limit her.
Her publisher did not fact check this book well (if at all). She was badly served by her publisher and editor. People who criticize me for nit-picking her use of quotations miss the point. I am a fan . . . though now a weary one . . . and I found the errors. The publisher had to know that her critics would check every fact.
How can I in a single day with no help find error after error when I am no writer, no editor (as this blog post indicates), and no specialist?
Second, Sarah Palin has not grown in the year since the election. Those of us who hoped that Palin had been “hidden” by the campaign know the truth now. She still is what she was.
She is smart, but not book-smart. She has common sense, but not practical wisdom. These are not fatal flaws, but she shows no signs of changing or recognizing them. You only shame yourself by appending Googled spuriou slogans assigned to philosophers to your previous views.
Third, Palin uses four hundred pages to give her side of things, but I am still at a loss to describe her political or governing philosophy in any detail.(...)
+++ UPDATE - December 1, 2009: Please see this new post for detailed facts about the flights and Sarah Palin's facebook response! +++ UPDATE - November 30, 2009:
They reported the story about Sarah Palin's "fake bus tour" - the story which started here on Palingates a few days ago with this post!
On this occasion I would like to thank again our reader "snowbilly" who has the distinction of having identified Sarah's plane!
Sarah Palin is a fake, from beginning to end - and the end is near.
In addition, the extensive reporting of "palingates" with regard to Sarah Palin's faked pregnancy with Trig CAN BE READ HERE.
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Sarah Palin arrived last night in Tri-Cities, WA, to celebrate Thanksgiving together with her family. According to the local "Bellingham Herald" and TV-station KEPR, she arrived in "her private plane":
So, is it all a happy family, children around the table, relatives, mommy and daddy, celebrating all together?
PASCO — Sarah Palin is excited to be in the Tri-Cities.
Moments after arriving by private jet Wednesday evening from Orlando, Fla., she told reporters, "It's kind of surreal. But it's really good to be back in the Tri-Cities to reconnect with the roots."
The former Alaska governor's last visit with family here was about a year ago, she said during an impromptu news conference as she held her son Trig and her daughter Piper stood next to her.
"I like the summer here," she said.
Her husband Todd, she added, stayed at home "fixing the roof."
"I need to call him," said Palin, who plans to be in the Tri-Cities through Sunday.
Of course, the roof is leaking! Or it just needs a general overhaul, who knows. Why not fix it yourself on Thanksgiving when the rest of the family takes a trip with the private plane to visit relatives! After all, as Sarah had claimed in the past, Todd apparently had built several things before: A house, a boat...so why not fix the roof?
One reason why Todd doesn't have to spend his valuable time to fix a roof on Thanksgiving could be because the Palins are stinking rich now. The New York Times wrote on November 12, 2009 that Sarah Palin received $ 5 million as an advance payment for the book. So, why not simply call the roofer and let him do it?
But then we know already that when Sarah Palin opens her mouth, very rarely will she be uttering something which is close to the truth. I don't know what Todd is fixing at home, but I am pretty sure it ain't the roof.
There have been rumors that Todd is now living in Palmer together with Willow, however, so far we have not been able to confirm these rumors. What we know for certain is that Willow now attends Colony High School in Palmer.
By the way, the "private plane" with which Sarah flew to Tri-Cities is not the same plane which she used when traveling to meet Franklin Graham, and which belongs to the Samaritan Purse:
However, the planes share similar markings on the outside, but I don't know yet whether this is a coincidence or not (click to enlarge):
Meeting Franklin Graham:
Arriving in Tri-Cities:
Let's see what "surprising" news and unconvincing explanations come next. ;-)
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
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UPDATE:
Thanks to our reader "snowbilly", we have identified Sarah Palin's private plane which she used for her "bus tour" - so far we can reconstruct all the flight movements back to November 21, 2009.
Sarah Palin is touring around in a Gulfstream II (twin-jet). The flight details of this particular plane can be found HERE.
Our reader "snowbilly" tracked down this plane, because he saw in the video from her arrival in Tri-Cities, WA that Sarah used a Gulfstream plane, and he then checked this information with the planes that arrived yesterday in Tri-Cities.
The plane took off from Orlando, FL.
It's definitely Sarah's plane. Here are the other details:
On the evening of the November 21, Sarah signed books in Rochester at 6.00pm.
From the logs we can see that the plane then took off a few hours later from Rochester at 9:43pm and after a short stop in Roanoke, Sarah arrived in Fayetteville, which is just next to Fort Bragg, around midnight on the November 21.
On November 22, Sarah Palin flew to meet Franklin Graham and didn't use this plane. She flew to Asheville, NC in another plane (which belongs to Samaritan Purse), see the video clip above.
On November 23, Palin signed books in Fort Bragg and later in Birmingham, AL.
The flight log shows that she left Fayetteville on the November 23 at 03:40 pm and arrived one hour later in Birmingham, just in time for her book signing.
In the evening, at 08:12, she flew from Birmingham to Orlando, Florida (short stop in Jacksonville), where she appeared the following day.
Yesterday, she flew from Orlando to Tri-Cities, WA.
Here are screenshots (click on pictures to enlarge):
So now we know for certain that it wasn't really a bus tour.
But there is more:
From the website shown above, it can be seen that the Gulfstream II plane belongs to "Universal Jet Aviation, Inc" in Florida.
On their website, they have several planes to offer - including a Gulfstream II which also has the registration 750 which seems to match with "UJT 750" in the flight log, therefore I assume that this is the specific aircraft that Sarah Palin has at her disposal.
Therefore, it is proven that her big "bus roadshow" is just a fake. Sarah Palin is in fact being carried around with her family on a luxury plane. Sarah, why are we not surprised?
