Paying Big For Palin

Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was paid $100,000 for an appearance before the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Attendees paid $300 to hear her speak. John Bentley reports.

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[Chelsea4President]

Listening to Palin giving a speech is like listening to someone who flunked "Cells and Systems" lecture 3rd year med students.

[pasthefence49]

@haggardfool you can't start an argument with "yall" it just makes you look dumb.

[zimmyfan115]

How can intelligent people believe her? And they say that Tea Partiers are largely educated people. Just goes to prove what Bob Dylan said when he was asked what he thought about college. He said simply, "Lots of people go there."

[haggardfool]

yall are all fucking losers.. wake up and see what obama has done to our country in only 16 months. fucking brainless losers.

[dsmith6289]

@carnivalfun1 Or more likely they will influence the GOP to reduce the debt by using smaller government more efficiently and spending less. Both sides agree that debt has to be eliminated. We can get a fairer tax by simplifying the tax code and eliminating tax havens. This truth cannot be denied except by Progressive Alinsky organizer clones revising history again.

[carnivalfun1]

This just shows the imminent disconnect from the republicanized leadership of the tea party movement with the base support that gives it its real strength.

To draw a parallel, think of election support for Obama. The base of his support was an almost idealistic movement that wanted america to move in a new direction. When these idealistic goals faded, so did its support.

When the grass roots element is dropped from the tea party, we might see the same scenario.

[dsmith6289]

Palin gets it, the left does not. Common sense - 60% of my income is enough taxes already. If we raise the tax burden of productive Americans anymore the Laffer curve and history explains this. The government needs to spend less and do more with less thru efficiency just like the real world does. Smaller government will force this as they cannot seem to do it anyway. The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help Viva Ronald Reagan Che=punk

[DillonX]

tejas - you think these people were suckers?

Glenn Beck is trying to pull the same crap right now -- pocket a ton of money from sheep who can hear his same BS on the radio every day.

Didn't someone say a sucker is born every minute?

[tejaspics]

$100,000.00 for THIS? SUCKERS!!!

[Maracachucho]

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