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:: Monday, May 31, 2004 ::

Speaking of Bikegate

"Clad in leather, astride gleaming Harleys, they trailed American flags and the black flags that honor U.S. prisoners of war and military members missing in action. With horns blaring and fists raised, they rode into Washington more than 400,000 strong, according to organizers of the 17th annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom," to pay homage to buddies who never made it home."

(Insert photo of Kerry on 10-speed bicycle here.)

From the Washington Post:

Focus Swings to Vietnam, With a Roar (excerpt):


"Bush also met at the White House with the leaders of Rolling Thunder, a nonprofit group dominated by Vietnam-era veterans but dedicated to veterans of all wars. With a special White House escort, the group's president, Artie Muller, and seven other riders were able to steer their bikes straight up to the South Portico, where a smiling Bush greeted them with a big thumbs-up and led them to the Oval Office.

Rolling Thunder, which claims 82 chapters in the United States and abroad, has endorsed Bush over the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.), and the Bush campaign turned out to capitalize on that endorsement. Two members of Bush's Cabinet joined the Rolling Thunder parade: Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson, who showed up for his sixth Rolling Thunder ride decked out in black jeans, a black vest and black sunglasses."

Video footage of the Rolling Thunder spokesmen rumbling up the South Portico to the White House is video footage MSM and the alphabet channels will never-ever let you see: C'mon, the 'arch-conservative' Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson in their leathers?...I think not...way, way too 'controversial' for the evening news.

In order to understand this phenomenon you've got to visualize Bubba in exactly the same 'sound-bite' context. MSM sychophants would have sucked Rolling Thunder's f*****g tailpipes for a measley two seconds of video footage of a Bubba brown-nosing event; MSM is so predictably uninteresting it's sad. Really, it's no secret why Rather, Brokaw and Jennings are tanking in this demographic, but will someone please splain it to their sponsers?

Instapundit has the low-down on Rolling Thunder and their..umm..colorful Memorial Day visit with POTUS.

Update: Check out this Powerline post showing great pic of Potus with Muller and Nancy Sinatra on the South Portico.

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