Members complained that Palin, who made the rally a stop on her cryptic cross-country political bus tour, would be a big distraction, as indeed she was.
When Palin rolled up to the rally, riding bitch on a Harley driven by her daughter Willow and looking every inch the Redneck princess, about 200 of the thousands of people attending the rally were drawn away from the main event.
Event organizers decried the unannounced visit by Palin and her media, security and public relations entourage, yelling at and sometimes shoving reporters. Apparently, a splinter faction within the group had made the arrangements with the Palin camp.
Ted Schpak, Rolling Thunder's national legislative director, told the Washington Post the Palin entourage jumped in at the front of the parade instead of respectfully bringing up the rear.
Other group members commented that there was no reason for Palin's involvement, other than to make the rally a backdrop for campaign photos. Rolling Thunder, they said, is not a political organization.
The article from the Atlantic Wire.
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