Sarah Palin's bus tour, minus the bus, kicks off in D.C.

When describing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's tour through Washington D.C. on the back of a motorcycle -- in theory a grand kickoff to her national bus tour of significant historical sites, in actuality a media circus surrounding a creeping crawl through our nation's capital -- perhaps the New York Times said it best: "A short ride with lots of rumbling."

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Palin only took a slow, meandering tour through D.C. on Sunday, but she got more public attention than any speaking engagement could possibly bring. And it all comes back to Palin's greatest strength: her ability to whip the media -- the same "lamestream media" she claims to despise so much .......