President 2012,  Sarah Palin

President 2012: Sarah Palin Says Jury Duty Caused Postponement of One Nation Bus Tour

June 23, 2011 /


I suppose the “Jury Duty” excuse also caused the cancellation of her Sudan trip with Franklin Graham as well.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Wednesday she was pausing her “One Nation” bus tour to answer the call of jury duty and denied media reports her much-hyped multi-state jaunt had been cut short.

“The next leg of the tour continues when the time comes,” she said in a message posted on Facebook. “In the meantime, no one should jump to conclusions — certainly not the media with their long track record of getting things wrong or just making things up.”

The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee has hinted she may run for president in 2012, and many have viewed her bus tour as a possible campaign warm-up should Palin ever declare herself a White House candidate.

Palin kicked off her tour over the Memorial Day holiday weekend and visited a number of historic sites along the East Coast.

Responding to a flurry of reports on Wednesday that several stops had been removed from her itinerary, Palin went online to clarify her plans.

“It hasn’t been canceled,” she wrote. “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.

As I said yesterday, Sarah Palin marches to her own timetable and she may or not be back on the bus. It WOULD seem strange to outfit that bus and paint it up and all and then only use it for a few weeks. Here is Sarah Paln’s exact message from Facebook:

Imagine our surprise when reading media reports today that the “One Nation Tour” has been cancelled. Why didn’t anyone tell me? Oh, wait, that’s because it hasn’t been cancelled. (Good ol’ media… you never cease to amaze!)

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. 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.

I wouldn’t think it to be such a slow news day that, what with numerous wars and serious economic woes concerning Americans, a bus is driving news stories today. The next leg of the tour continues when the time comes. In the meantime, no one should jump to conclusions – certainly not the media with their long track record of getting things wrong or just making things up.

– Sarah Palin

I don’t think she is going to run for President since she has not really campaigned as such. But, my bet is that she climbs back on the bus sometime this summer and starts dinging President Obama and the Democrats.