Saturday, January 23, 2010

UPDATE: SARAH PALIN WILL NOT BE PROFITING FROM HER APPEARANCE NEXT MONTH AT TEA PARTY CONVENTION...

Palin Says No Speaking Fee For Tea Party Convention

Sarah Palin
A few days ago I did the blistering article Going Vogue on how Sarah Palin was taking a reported $100k speaking fee from the grassroots Tea Party movement. I received many a comment both on the website and via e-mail. Well last week on the O'Reilly Factor at the end of her interview with Bill she said that there was controversy surrounding the speaking gig and her pay for it. She said that she will not be receiving any payment for her speech.

Here is a basic transcript:

Palin: I am so thankful for the Tea Party movement, for people having a place for their voice to be heard. I can't wait to do this event, and there are a lot of Tea Party events...

O'Reilly: keynote, here right?

Palin: I believe I am the keynote. There will be other speakers, too, though, but I can't wait to get to hear from those who are so concerned about our economy and about our national security issues and share with them what I believe the solutions are.

O'Reilly: They'll love you at the Tea Party, boy. They will love you!

Palin: Well, I can't wait to be there, and there's always that controversy it seems surrounding whatever it is that I announce I'm going to do. There's controversy involved in this one because theTea Party offered me a speaking fee. I will not financially be gaining anything from this.

O'Reilly: You should, though. You have a family to support. Take the money.

Palin: You know what's more important? More important than money in my pocket from an event like that is being able to turn it right back around and contribute to campaigns, candidates and issues that will help our country.

I am not sure when she came to conclusion that she wouldn't accept a fee, when the keynote speech was first offered to her or after the conservative and independent backlash came, but it has taken her days to come out and rebut the reports. As laudable as this is, the convention is still charging attendees $349 for the speech alone and $549 for the whole convention.

Even with Palin not taking a fee for her speech, this in no way changes the fact that Sarah Palin told Univision she support a "pathway to citizenship" for illegal aliens - amnesty. That is a deal breaker in my book, as illegal immigration adversely directly impacts every other single issue that she takes stances on that I may agree with.

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