Trouble at the Tea Party? Will “Populist” Palin Pull Out?
Munch, munch, munch….
Oh, I’m sorry! (swallowing) I didn’t see you there. I was just enjoying a little Jiffy-Pop while reading Mother Jones:
Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips likely assumed that scoring a dinner speech by the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate would guarantee a huge turnout for his National Tea Party Convention, scheduled to start Feb. 4 at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Hotel. But according to Tea Party insiders, the tickets for the Palin banquet aren’t selling—and some conservative activists who have already paid to attend are now demanding refunds. With the controversial event shaping up to be a potential flop, some Tea Partiers are urging Palin to cancel her speech to avoid a humiliating public relations disaster.
Palin is reportedly receiving $115,000 to speak at the affair. That’s only $10,000 less than her annual salary as governor of Alaska. Not bad for a couple hours work. She’ll undoubtedly deliver a big helping of word salad to go along with the lobster and steak that will be served at the humble populist grass-roots event. Or will she? The National Tea Party event has fallen under withering criticism from those who see the event as the GOP big money fundraiser that it is. Somehow I don’t think that the original Tea Party patriots who dumped tea in Boston harbor under the cover of night would have been paying more than $500 a piece to celebrate their activism with some almost-one-term ex-governor and a plate of surf & turf.
One of the organizers of the event also confesses that most of the tickets to Palin’s speech remain unsold. “I really hope that Sarah Palin doesn’t come to this event because it’s going to be really embarrassing for her to walk into a half-empty room,” he said.
Given all the negative publicity, [Anthony] Shreeve is surprised Palin hasn’t pulled out already. “In her contract she is allowed to send a representative if she can’t make it if she’s sick or something. Maybe she’ll come down with the flu,” he says with a laugh. He adds that Tea Partiers have written her letters pleading with her not to come because they believe that reports of a glitzy, high-priced dinner would hurt the real Tea Party movement, which prides itself on its thrifty, grassroots image.
I’m sorry. How rude of me. Would you like some butter and salt with your popcorn? I know it’s not surf ‘n turf, but I do the best I can.
Will Palin cancel? Will she suddenly (now that she knows the venue will be half empty) have an epiphany and realize that the for-profit six-figure speaking engagement with the three-figure tickets isn’t really populist after all? Will she quit for the benefit of the good people of Alaska? Or will she just get the flu. And who will fill in for her? Stay tuned.
poll. poll. i wanna poll on this.
i prevote: she get’s the flu
CNN Political Ticker: Palin Radio to interview Palin
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to be interviewed Monday by Sarah Palin Radio, an independent, hour-long program on wsRadio.com that supports the former Republican vice presidential candidate.
I’m sure they’ll fill the room, even if they have to raid the local morgue to do it.
What baffles me is who would waste good money to hear Palin squeek and gibber like the total moron she is?
Bristol finally gets to wear the naughty monkey pumps and have her chance filling in for Mrs Paylin!
She is getting a lot of bad press about this. Apparently she is the only speaker getting paid, even Bachmann is doing it for nothing. They are talking about giving away the tickets to avoid embarrassment for Mrs Palin. I reckon she’ll go and take the money….she’ll have the tea-baggers bankrupt by the end of February.
lol, bet she wishes she would have accepted the cpac gig now. There really isn’t any gracious way out of this. Her lack of intellect and greed will ultimately be her downfall. Even her klan of worshippers are beginning to smell the coffee. The pro-palin sites are filled with many disillusioned sheeples voicing their disappointment in her choices and judgement. Some of her better known followers are coming out and condemning her for her greed and blurry convictions.
Tough choice for her. If she quits, she might get a reputation as someone who doesn’t fulfill her obligations.
Money… I said money!!
Money changes everything. …
mommom@4: I say she sends Piper.
She’ll take the money. That is what she is in it for.
Munch, munch, munch.
LOL!
Sarah will come out of this with money in hand— no matter what. Rupert will buy up the unsold tickets and hand them out for free–so she won’t be speaking to empty chairs (which would be appropriate because she has an empty head). FAUX will be there faking crowd numbers. They’ll have special security to get rid of the rabid teabaggers who are protesting the convention. They’ll say they are Obama supporters and don’t love America.
I must say–maybe popcorn is in order.
If she is smart, she announces publicly, immediately, that she is refusing both a fee and expense reimbursement for this event. Then she can draw a full house, save the event, and be a selfless heroine to the Tea Party.
Well, one faction of the Tea Party.
Uh, maybe just to that guy that wants to pitch his invention to her backstage…
fawnskin – you wanna poll, huh? SP is so unpredictable, who knows? So I’ll just have to guess. I somehow think she’s too proud to admit to the flu. She’ll come up with some excuse that will be bent to her talking points. Ex: when her son got in trouble at home and was ushered into the military, she all of a sudden started “supporting our troops” – when her daughter became an unwed mother, she was put on a pedestal for not having an abortion – when she gave birth to Trig, she became an avocate for special needs children. On and on and on.
Let’s see, how about she’ll just quit, like she did when she was the guv, and say she did it not for AK, but for the Rebublican Party, that she didn’t want to add to the divisiveness. Come on, mudpups, what say you?
Wow – when you compare the price she’ll be paid for her word salad vs. the annual Gov. salary……..
She has already decided, she went rushing back to the open arms of McCain.
Now she can cancel and have half a dozen “good” reasons to choose from.
Her supporters object and she must be true to them. The nature of the convention wasn’t roguie enough. She was mislead and thought this was meeting for all those Joe Sixpacks, but it really wasn’t, they lied to her so she quits in a self righteous huff. Etc.
Her *real* fans already got the chance to be eyeball to eyeball with her for four seconds and and hear her murmer their name or something nice for about $35, with a signed book copy included, if they cared enough to travel to a book tour spot. How could sitting in a banquet room a hundred feet away while she talks semi-comprehensible message for $350 and they don’t even get a signed menu, compare?
Ok, so the organizers are skimming. But someone had to OK these prices in the first place- they just thought they would be the ones to profit.
Not just that– I think the extreme prices were set to raise the bar so no real “grass roots” people would attend and overrun the convention if it tried to make policy or elect management. The last thing builders of a nascent political movement want to do is give away power to an impoverished rabble. A rich rabble is different.
But people, Palin thinks she will be the Tea Party Leader for 2012 so she thinks she deserves the fee regardless of the backlash. At her Fox debut a couple weeks ago when she was talking to Hannity or O’Reilly they mentioned her being the keynote speaker at this event as she just basked in their admiration.
I wonder if Fox will step up and back her to keep egg off their faces, although if they were so sold on her she’d have her own show by now.
They’ll probably start giving tickets away if you order a subscription of newsmax. Worked out alright when they were trying to unload the “book of lies.” #11 Rob, well we already know she’s not smart. Besides her saying “I’ll do it for free” would probably be like Fonzie saying “I was wrong.”
She’ll bag them. Actually, I think they’ll cancel so as not to make her look bad for canceling on them. They love them some Mrs. Todd Palin!
Perhaps she will have Meg cancel for her explaining that she found another gig that will pay far more and that way she’d be progessing Alaska much further.
What??? The Tea Party convention is falling apart because of internal conflict? I’m SHOCKED, I tells ‘ya.
You know, if you really think about it – a political convention of anarchists (Tea Party) makes about as much sense as the regularly scheduled meeting of procrastinators.
These folks are just pissed off. They don’t quite know why or at whom but they are not happy campers. Being involved with them politically is like trying to defuse a sh*t bomb. You don’t know when it’s going to blow and when it does, everyone is going to stink.
Does she get paid anyway.
Who she going to send in her place, “I will not have sex” Bristol?
My vote, in case it doesn’t go through, is that she cancels then they cancel without telling anyone that she canceled first, so as to save her the humiliation of quitting again. Not that she cares, mind you, but it would hurt their already failing reputation.
jwa -”You know, if you really think about it – a political convention of anarchists (Tea Party) makes about as much sense as the regularly scheduled meeting of procrastinators.”
Good one!!
So they’re writing her letters asking her not to come because the glitzy, high priced event won’t fit the Tea Party grassroots image? Therein lies the quandary. The glitz and glamor is what she wants and why she’s there in the first place, no? Maybe she’ll just take the money and run if she can get away with it, let her lawyer worry about the details.
As for those other “Tea Party” protesters that will be outside the event, oh I do hope there are enough tomatoes to go around!
Leota2 Says:
January 27th, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Munch, munch, munch.
LOL!
Sarah will come out of this with money in hand— no matter what.
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She isn’t keeping that money silly, she’s donating it to worthy conservative candidates. It’s all about advancing America, she wants nothing for herself.
Not
AKM – If Sarah is getting $115,000.00 to be there, she’ll be there.
If it’s true that she’ll still get paid to send a replacement, she may do that. It depends on the bottom line/money.
Remember: It’s all about the Benjamins with $carah Paylin!
Together again….
Beck & our favorite former 1/2 Term Gov are suppose to
tear into the Presidents State of the Union address.
I wonder if Beck-ers is going to kiss her feet this time.
Ugh he was soooooo sickening when she was on his show.
She won’t quit. She wants that money, Honey.
I vote she’ll not attend. She’ll announce -maybe even breathlessly, in a ‘hastily called’ presser- that:
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McCain needs [her] in AZ and for the good of this beautiful country with the red moon overhead the vastness of it; the patrioticness of all our courageous troops in the service of our G_d-given Constitution here and across, over there; the darling children whose selfless and corageous mothers chose life for them even though they don’t have rivers and streams and wildflowers and wolves and polar bears like the people in Alaska do; [she] will go where [she] has been called. {{inserted on her script hardcopy/teleprompter, multiple smiley-faces, here}}
It will pain [her] to not be at the convention with grass roots people who know the government they want and we need, but where [she has] been *for the moment* called is: Arizona…to help John McCain get reelected to the Senate where he can continue the wonderful work he has begun and is known for and will continue because he is dedicated and has common sense solutions to the problems facing the good ol’ U S of A {{wink at camera/audience, here}} with liberals at the helm pushing their irresponsible agenda on citizens and taking our country in the wrong direction that’s away from the Founding Father’s vision. And as every good pointguard knows, if the fish are swimming, the water is there for them to progress the team effort and score the basket for a good season’s catch.
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Her fans will continue to adore her; those fans who were a bit disillusioned with her, will resume their [temporarily suspended] adoration; she’ll pick up more fans; the convention will rake in the bucks; and all will be happy. She’ll be doing ‘what’s best for the nation’, they’ll rationalize, by skipping the convention to ensure votes for McCain as she’s been ‘called,’ after much prayer and polling her children, to do…’called’ without consideration for herself but fow what is best for the nation. Oh, fantastic, selfless Sarah; once again, you show you are truly the leader our nation needs! [/snark]
She’ll send a surrogate. I’m betting it’ll be Bristol. And I’m betting Piper will be thrown in as a bonus to the ‘event’ of Bristol’s after-dinner speech on SPs behalf. beth.
Her faux appearance will be live right? No hiding her idiocy. Amazing that she can actually make Beck look smart. No wonder he loves her. Maybe he’ll tell her “bullcrap” again!
I somehow think she’s too proud to admit to the flu.
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Can prophits even get the flu? I know angels can’t… LOL
Well, I am guessing that if she is being advised to cancel, that she will in fact go through with the appearance. No one tells the Mavericky Rogue what to do. Of all the things we know about her the most consistent thing is her refusal to be advised.
Jennifer
Sarah really doesn’t think things out ahead of time. She lost the election for the GOP, and she won’t speak at GOP events because she would be expected to appear as a loyal member of the party, a former candidate at no pay.
She has to appear with John McCain to save his face. He chose her. He has never explained why, and he insists that Sarah was the best choice. She has to stick wtih him; he probably knows some Sarah Secrets too, also.
Sarah’s real appeal is with the tea-baggers. And, it is delightful to see their event failing, some poor guy unable to pay back the $50,000. loan for part of Sarah’s speaking fee. She looks greedy compared to the other speakers. As if we didn’t know by now, she is in it for the money.
I agree that some right wing money bag will buy up the unsold tickets, hand them out to fill the house and save her ego. With tickets floating around like that, it will be easier for media to get in and cover her. She both wants the attention, and hates to get caught saying something stupid and being called on it.
Sarah had the perfect excuse to bow out of the VP spot when she realized (according to Game Change) that she couldn’t do it. Everyone would have understood if she said that the demands of raising a DS child outweighed any chance at national office. She really did need to spend more time with her family. If she didn’t do it then, she won’t do it now. On the other hand, swine flu could still be around. There could always be a famiy crisis. I vote for a poll, and we all need to get our popcorn ready.
jwa Says:
You know, if you really think about it – a political convention of anarchists (Tea Party) makes about as much sense as the regularly scheduled meeting of procrastinators.
Hey, but don’tcha know that procrastinators are tomorrow’s leaders. The tea partiers are going to protest the Tea Party — can this get any more ludicrous??
Does that fee include a “hair allowance” ?? I would love to see the Palin posse “rider”. Not only are tickets available , this story has a reporter easily scoring 10. S^*t , better fire up those buses Prevo………
An activist who quit the organizing committee in protest over the price of attendence told reporter Stephanie Mencimer that most of the tickets to hear Palin speak have not been sold. Mencimer tested that claim by trying to buy tickets for the convention; she had no trouble obtaining 10.
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/01/27/sarah-palins-latest-disaster-tea-partiers-demand-refunds-for-palin-speech/
This quandry is just delicious. She has a long and distinguished history of being a no show at events that she’s accepted, after tickets are sold, programs printed, ads taken out. Now people are begging her not to come and she may still show up. She is so darn mavericky ya just never know what to expect. I agree with others that somehow the group could fill the room with people given free tickets (though they’re lose a lot of money). And that speaking fee is pretty enticing.
Story on HP says in his new book Henry Paulson said he was ticked off at Sarah for calling him Hank during a phone conversation and sensed that she didn’t really understand what he was telling her about the impending financial meltdown.
Pretty quick on the up take there Henry.
17 jc in co Says:
#11 Rob, well we already know she’s not smart. Besides her saying “I’ll do it for free” would probably be like Fonzie saying “I was wrong.”
It was a bad connection what she really said was, “Even if you cancel the event, I’ll expect my fee.”
I know, I know why that is…it’s b/c of her new hair-do…they don’t like it…they’re shallow that way…it’s not substance they’re after…it’s style…now that they have hunky my-daughter’s-are-available brown to swoon over, they don’t need palin…they can’t walk and chew gum at the same time…focus on only one thing at a time…heck, even if she changes her hair back now, it’s too late…their attention span was interrupted. btw, brown (also shallow) will have his 15 minutes, then NEXT! jeez, fretting all this time…who knew it was as “simple” as that!?!
So I googled the tea party convention in Nashville just to see if I could go on their website and ascertain how things are going on their end, and the first thing that came up on google was instead a report that Michelle Bachmann may now be backing out of attending due to “ethics concerns” which I put in italics well, because somehow MB and ethics don’t seem to belong in the same sentence. Check it out: http://minnesotaindependent.com/54676/bachmann-tea-party-ethics
23 inkberries Says:
“As for those other “Tea Party” protesters that will be outside the event, oh I do hope there are enough tomatoes to go around!”
But if you’re a Tea Bagger going to the Tea Bagger convention how do you justify crossing a Tea Bagger “picket line?”
What do the yell at each other? What kinds of signs will they carry?
And how does one tribe of TB’ers tell itself from another tribe of TB’ers. Real tribes of people wear different dress. Different species of animals have different markings.
Dogs identify who belongs to their own pack by sniffing each other’s ……
This could get really entertaining.
(Monty Python – where the old boys bent at the waist, stuck one foot straight back, and shook each other’s elevated foot.)
As mentioned above anarcists just have so much trouble getting organized.
Gee maybe I should start biting my nails waiting to see what cockamamie excuse she will come up with. I notice they are a bit long, and I like to keep them about 1/4 inch.
Like a monkey with its fist in a tight mouthed jar, she won’t want to let go of the loot, but she will figure out some way to keep the cash, and stiff them at the same time.
Of course it will be for their own good.
That money is in the belly of the plane or whatever Bible Spice is using for a purse. I think a rep. will appear unless Faux News buys up the extra tix.
“Or will she just get the flu.”
I can’t imagine that tough Mrs. Palin could catch the flu…or ever allow such a weakness to be known. She may need to hide behind a family member’s illness or such.
Trouble in paradise..Really….looks like some of her loons are jumping ship…queen esther will show at the tea baggers ball..she’ll get paid one wayor the other…as someone already said, rupert will make sure she’ paid for her time…I can jst see old rupurt adding to the pot of paybacks…he owns her..
David Corn and Joan Walsh are on “Hardball” and laughing their asses off over this. Corn said sarah is being encouraged to “boycott” this event. Huh ??
Will Bristol as substitute speaker appear in a bra made of scallop shells?
Just wondering.
People… people… people….
Sarah has this ALL under control. She is going to use
‘ common sense solutions ‘…. what she knows. She is an EXPERT on this.
You can’t have a ” Tea Party “…. without…. ” COOKIES “!!!!!!
She brings a plate of cookies…. and everybody will be happy.
The only decision to be made now is… What kind of cookies to bring.
Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal… maybe a Sugar Cookie…
#30 Paula – I somehow think she’s too proud to admit to the flu.
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Can prophits even get the flu? I know angels can’t… LOL
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I hadn’t seen your comment before making mine at #42. You said it so much better!
@7 LisaB
Hilarious. Thanks for the laugh
Poll Poll Poll
I am in
now I wonder what she will do in Arizona with McCain…so many are calling him a RINO….
mo -
And would Bristol be “available” ??
How about Nutty Ice Box Cookies or Millionaire Cookies or the elusive Cornflake Cookies. Granny knows if you feed them cookies every thing will be OK.
Will the potential fee outweigh the advice to just cancel? How does one get a contract to appear and speak that has a clause in it that says: ” If you can’t come in person, you may send someone/anyone you choose to speak in your stead and you will get your full fee anyway?”
Todd looks like the most likely candidate/fill-in. Though hes been quiet up to now, he was active in that Alaska Independence Party and no doubt spoke there, so he probably has experience. Sarah could reason that if they loved her, they’re REALLY going to love Todd…after all, he is cute too. Maybe Todd speaks in sentences and isn’t an air-head, maybe he is the brains behind it all. Alaskans still don’t know if Todd ran AK when Sarah was the figurehead.
It wouldn’t surprise me if she went, spoke, made excuses for whatever –low turnout/”made-up”conflict — and took the money. It can be all about “taking responsibility”…a contract is a contract sort of thing.
She only quits elected office, not megabucks events from which she can profiteer at the expense of hardworking, patriotic Americans.
Sick and pathetic.
@winkwink #53,
NOOOooooo….if you feed them cookies they will breed!
Bristol could wear one of those “I’m sexy enough to keep you waiting” t-shirts, you think that would work? maybe not, she’ll have to bring cookies too. Piper better get that oven fired up, she may miss a few days of school but thats’s OK as long as it’s for progressing Grannys bank account.
The Republican Party in Arkansas is running constant ads on CNN for her fundraiser in Little Rock, next month (I think). I assume they are hitting Fox pretty hard as well. They may not break even on her appearance either. They’ve leased a huge arena but Little Rock is not like the rest of the state, so it isn’t the best venue for poor Sarah.
I’m wondering about that clause in her speaking contract – about if she can’t come, she can send someone she chooses in her stead. That sounds so strange. Is this common for most paid speakers? Do you think it was added because Sarah cancels out so often? Is this an indicator she suffers from some (mental)illness that occasionally keeps her from functioning?
I am voting Piper in the Library with a Candlestick.
bwahahaa jimzmum!
I’m with you!
Michelle Bachman is pulling out because of ethics?
Now that’s the way to go.
They are all pulling out.
Time for a hail mary pass by someone.
But who?
I hope it all collapses, and there is no one left to pay Palins fee.
Is it standard to have a clause in a speaking contract – if you aren’t able to attend you can send someone else? That’s so weird. If it’s just in Palin’s contract, could this be an indication that her handlers know she is sometimes incapacitated and not able to function?
I think Levi might be available to pinch hit. There we go. Maybe she should just write a pinch hitter into her speaking contracts.
Told ya she’d bankrupt them.
This is really making her look bad now. Batsh*t crazy bachmann is probably going to pull out because making a profit isn’t in the true spirit of the movement. And yet as we’ve all read and heard simple sarah is apparently the only one looking at making a profit other than the shady organizer. You got to be pretty bad to make bachman “don’t cooperate with the census” look thoughtful. Damn sarah that money grubbing greediness is going to get you. I’m voting for Bristol in the conservatory with a knife.
jimzmum – Good one!
Why would she give up an easy $115,000? Where’s the incentive to just say no?
Will questions or cameras be allowed?
I say she should show and experience that half-empty room. And set a precedent for the “Palin draw appeal” at other events.
No cameras. No questions. Cash or money order. No checks.
“…….Palin Pull Out”……….Do any Palins know how to do that ??
I agree with everyone who says she’ll be there for the money. After all, she has “common sense” where else would she get that kind of money for parroting the same old phrases?
Austin – you naughty boy! (Pretty funny, though!)
#71 watching from nj, you’re right she’ll be there. I read somewhere that they already gave her $50,000 deposit there’s no way she would return it, so show up or get a lawyer.
Nope.
Miss Scarlet in the power room with a lipstick.
Or Levi in the kitchen with a meat fork.
tawd in the ballroom with the wrench…
Somewhat OT but important, if you are not already aware :
The Dem party is organizing a fact checking of Fox’s spin on the State of the Union. For whoever has the guts to listen to that BSNews, you can sign up to help.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/dccc-recruiting-fact-chec_n_438639.html
Hey, thanks all for the good laughs. This is gonna be fun to watch implode–couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch. What I particularly liked was the guy giving the $50,000 loan without realizing it was going to pay the first half of $P/Granny Grifter’s speaking fee.
“In her contract she is allowed to send a representative if she can’t make it if she’s sick or something. Maybe she’ll come down with the flu,” he says with a laugh.
By the way, she’s already been thought to be sick; it’s just that the diagnosis hasn’t been made public. The McCain Campaign people alluded to acting schizophrenically. She never released her med records, just that suspicious letter from her doctor that didn’t mention the “other” pregnancies/wited-out procedures. Her co-workers looked up NPD. There is something being hidden by her enabling posse.
Crap, I’m going to have me some king crab and shrimp tonight! Forget popcorn; I’m going to live like a teabagger! (only with PetDad’s permission, that is
Van flea in the bathroom with a suppository. Probably take a lot to be lethal tho…
Just done a diary on Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/27/19416/1799
Great diary. ((UK Lady)).
You should be in bed.
She is catching major flack from her supporters for helping out McCain too. He is Not the teabagger’s candidate, that other guy Hayworth, the birther, is their candidate and they don’t like it one bit that Palin would campaign for McCain against him.
His announcement that he would run in the primary against McCain was After she announced that she was going to help McCain out. So what is she going to do about that one too? On her FB page, her fans are NOT happy.
Yep Palin has a few problems right now with her choices vs the teabagger supporters.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving person either.
@79 Frank—hilarious.
See what you started jimzmum (@59). Very funny. Thanks for the laugh.
I think that bit has legs to go on and on…….
Whoo hooo! Already 99 votes on your poll UK Lady and I hit the Recommend button.
Very nice diary. Congratulations!
jc in co@ 75
tawd on the roof with a hammer.
I say, Palin (in her “Nellie” wig) in the bank vault with naughty monkey pumps.
Someone, please please please do a graphic of Palin as “Nellie”. I really want to see Palin wearing dowdy Prairie clothes while plowing a field. Maybe McCain can be the mule pulling the plow and Palin is using a whip on the ol’ grey as*.
so, for palin, it has to be a full house of adoring fans or nothing? who was the fool who agreed to this contract?…the one that states she can send a rep if she can’t make it…do they not remember her several quitting gigs? since it’s HER contract, does SHE still get paid if she sends a rep? whoever agreed to this, deserves to get burned! what a scam and a gimmick!
Of course she’ll take the money. I just don’t think she’ll show up. Bristol will be the substitute with Piper along to take care of the baby. Does it never occur to the Palin females that if they have babies they should be the primary caretaker?
Here’s the best laugh of the day. Someone posted the link this morning, but I don’t remember who. So if you were the one who found this gem, step up and take credit. It’s being funded by the Tennessee Democratic Party, no less. (Earlier the link to post it on Twitter or Facebook wasn’t working, but the guy promptly fixed it after I sent him an email.)
Turn your speakers on first:
http://www.teapartycircus.com/Home.html
LOL!!!
If there’s money in it for her, she’ll show.
LOL Irishgirl, I know, I’ve got a job now too. Dog walker would you believe.
Thanks for the rec Paco Girl
Tawd in the turret with a roofing hammer
re jimzmum @ 59:
I love the sentiment, but Library? Palin?
I am sure your fans will caterwaul when I make a critical comment — so I am using a fake name — but I just can’t resist pointing out that you are overusing the popcorn gimmick. You are a great writer. You don’t need to lean on such tricks as often as you do.
prisonernumbersix Says:
January 27th, 2010 at 6:36 PM
re jimzmum @ 59:
I love the sentiment, but Library? Palin?
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Of course! It’s the room that is never used.
Bubbles in the basement with the butler and a bottle of wine.
she will also speak at the booze wholesalers meeting . it did not start that way ,but when they found out her speach was 2+ hours everbody started drinking heavy .
wasn’t palin also billed to speak at some bowling conference????
She’ll send Bristol to speak on abstinence!! with Piper as the comedy routine as an added bonus
Trig in the Belfry with The Noose
SOMEONE has to do this! ——-
Create:
“CLUE PALIN – The Board Game”
Can you imagine how fun it would be????
All of these comments have been way too hilarious!
I’ve got a wee bit different theory on this TP speech thing.
For fun, let’s just suppose that she never really was very committed to it. After all, she wants to be known as the Mav’rik, right? (Remember AIP…) Maybe she thinks this teabag thing is too aligned to the GOP. If she can somehow come out of this looking like the one who disdained the elitism (high cost) and she foregoes the fee (of course Rupert will cover it), then she’ll end up smelling like a rose. AND she’ll probably gain new followers for her third party base.
Just wild supposition, of course. Anyone else had similar thoughts?
She could either:
a) show up (giving up her fee in exchange for the adoration of her fans) and give a speech warning the TBers not to give their allegiance to any major party;
OR
b) not show up — in protest of the blatant elitism, of course, and her belief that a new party needs to emerge. In that case, count on Rupert to make everything good, including the substitute speaker. (Hey, how ’bout Joe The Plumber?)
Now that I think about it, “CLUELESS PALIN – The Board Game” would be far more appropriate ……..
Clown meetings breaking out all over the place.. They got copies of the board game… where can we get one??
NEWSFLASH: Blackburn & batsh*t crazy bachmann just pulled out of speaking at the teabag convention. What’s simple sarah going to do??
tawd in the turret with a trowel…or a testicle.
Gee… would she have to give up the $100,000? This is a tough call. $arah is all about money. Should be interesting.