Iowa Republicans wince at Sarah Palin's $100K speaking fee

[a kennedy]

A conservative Iowa group’s effort to lure Sarah Palin to its banquet next month has had an unintended effect: Rather than exciting conservatives about the prospect of a visit from the former Alaska governor, the group’s plan to raise a six-figure sum to bring her to the state has GOP activists recoiling at the thought of paying to land a politician's speaking appearance.

The Iowa Family Policy Center’s effort to cobble together $100,000 for Palin would represent a striking departure from customary practice in the first-in-the-nation state, these Republicans say, noting that a generation of White House hopefuls has paid their own way to boost their party and presidential ambitions.

Were Palin to appear in Iowa on November 21st, it would mark her first trip back to the state since she spoke to a handful of rallies there last fall as the GOP’s vice-presidential nominee. She would offer powerful counter-programming to another major political event that night: The Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner with Vice-President Joe Biden as the headliner.

But representatives from other Iowa-based political advocacy groups said they would never consider shelling out money for what many politicians see as a privilege: the opportunity to speak to a room full of sure-fire caucus-goers who often serve as precinct captains and can be instrumental to a presidential candidate’s success.

full article: <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28873.html> I know it's Politico :eyes:

[rurallib]

1. Could not happen to a more deserving group of assholes

I hope she takes their money and then doesn't show.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Haaa haaa. That's not how Iowa Presidential politics works, Sarah. You are trying to sell yourself

to them.

Hilarious.

[malaise]

3. Good - they created the greedy monster

and the Grifter in chief wants a lot of quick cash since she knows her days are numbered.
I'm lovin' it. :rofl:

[saltpoint]

4. May they be torn to bits by rancor and spite and their bones scattered

dismissively upon the wind.

[derby378]

5. The Revenge of Sarahpalinium!

I knew it!

Physicists at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, operating on a grant from the Republican National Committee, have discovered the heaviest element yet known to science.

The new element, dubbed sarahpalinium (Sp), exhibits a nucleus with properties that have yet to be discovered in any other atomic nucleus, including the presence of two new hadrons: youbetchatrons, which are made up primarily of charm quarks; and nordstrons, which appear to be made up of strange quarks which constantly interact with campaign funds. These hadrons, which have not yet been counted, are buffered in the nucleus by one neutron, one lieutenant neutron, 20 deputy lieutenant neutrons, 40 assistant deputy lieutenant neutrons, and 15,000 employee neutrons, giving sarahpalinium an atomic mass of no less than 15,062. These hadrons are held together by elementary forces called morons which occasionally emit radiation in the form of alpha, beta, and inwhatrespectcharlie particles.

Sarahpalinium is orbited by an indeterminate number (see below) of lepton-like particles called peons, with only one peon occupying the innermost shell (the "Todd shell") and exercising an unusual influence over the sarahpalinium nucleus. Beyond the Todd shell is a shell with five peons (the "Track/Bristol/Willow/Piper/Trig shell"), and a third shell with 9,780 peons (the "Wasilla shell").

Sarahpalinium impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of sarahpalinium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second to take as long as four years to complete.

Sarahpalinium is inherently unstable, possessing a half-life that will expire on July 26, 2009. At this point, sarahpalinium will either wink out of existence or develop a controversial fourth peon shell that some physicists claim may contain all remaining matter in four-dimensional spacetime, which means that the very universe may indeed revolve around sarahpalinium.

[Buzz Clik]

6. Does the fee include a lap dance for all the VIPs?

[derby378]

7. No, but she'll sign a copy of this...

[Buzz Clik]

8. I never got it. She is simply not attractive to me.

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. I guess people are blinded by all that Fancy Pageant Walkin'.

[Buzz Clik]

19. It was awesome that she had to stand there and listen to Tina Fey say that.

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. I must admit, she took it well -- publicly, anyway.

After the show, who knows? Maybe a little slapping around of Todd to make it all better. Or maybe shooting a moose. Or maybe slapping around Levi. Or maybe just going shopping on the RNC's credit card.:shrug:

[derby378]

21. Did you see the footage from that campaign stop where John McCain was checking out Sarah's butt?

Yeah, I can't say that I get it, either, but it apparently works on too many conservative Republican guys.

[LynneSin]

9. $100k for a woman trained to read a speech written by someone else

Anyone who would spend that kind of money are fools!

[WI_DEM]

10. "She would offer powerful counter programming" to VP Biden? come on, get real.

[saltpoint]

13. In their debate, Joe was the cool-browed pro, relying on facts to bolster

his points of view on the issues, while Palin was afflicted with a strong case of the cutes with her flippant remarks. Someone had coached her to say, 'Say it ain't so, Joe' so that the media could slurp that off the linoleum and characterize how the bright young Alaskan Governor Gal made the Old Guard Democrat feel antiquated.

It didn't work.

Iowa Republicans are being asked to fork over one hundred thousand bucks to hear someone who wouldn't know a complete sentence if it bit her in the ass.

[emulatorloo]

14. Pure Politico Spin In Action. It is laughable how transparent Politico is n/t

[FSogol]

11. Haw-haw, She's tasted Neiman Marcus and she wants more!!!!

Hope the IRS is paying attention.

[Walk away]

12. She soaked her Red State for as much as she could get her greedy hands on...

(sorry Blue Alaskans) and now she is free to milk the Morans in every state in the nation. May she divide her party for many years to come!

[emulatorloo]

15. Palin Quote: "Those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention"

Aimed at Levi, but I think she is projecting a bit. If the show fits wear it,

"Consider the source of the most recent attention-getting lies—those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention."


http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b151310_sarah_palin_takes_levi_johnston_task.html#at

[bullwinkle428]

20. WOW...the irony is OFF THE CHARTS with that quote!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

99% of her appeal with all of the Larry the Cable Guy wannabees doesn't involve anything more than the sweaty little fantasies they engage in, when they're home alone with the blinds drawn!

[asjr]

16. There are many out there who will buy her goods. She

has learned how to make money and isn't going to stop until forced to. Maybe by that time she will have amassed a good amount and can enjoy it. She knows how to take advantage of Republicans. And it doesn't take much bait to reel them in.

[dembotoz]

17. have a heart folks--she is out of work and has a family to feed.....

would she be elegible for unemployment?
perhaps not--leaving was her idea.....
times are tough
gas is expensive for her snowmobiles.
either 100K or food stamps...

[agentS]

22. Palin wants 100K for a non-election campaign speech? C'MON ON SON!!!

I wouldn't give her 5 bucks to run down to the Middle Eastern Restaurant to buy me a gyro!

She needs to learn how to present decent content first!

C'mon son! Get out of here with that shit!

[HopeHoops]

24. I'd pay her $100K to SHUT THE FUCK UP!

She is a political venereal disease.

[Blue-Jay]

25. A Palin speech? They should just stare at THIS for an hour.

[newtothegame]

26. Misleading subject line; this doesn't appear to have anything to do with the Iowa Republican Party.

[47of74]

27. Trying to whore herself out to the highest bidder.

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