Sarah Palin to Visit South Korea

AFP via Channel News Asia ^ | Thursday, September 1, 2011

[kristinn]

SEOUL: US conservative politician Sarah Palin will visit South Korea for the first time to speak at a Seoul forum in October, the organisers said Thursday.

Maeil Business Newspaper said the former vice presidential candidate would make a keynote opening speech at the forum organised by the paper from October 11 to 13.

[RitaOK]

This sounds like a commercial venture through her booking agent given the venue?

[numberonepal]

Former Alaska governor Palin, a darling of the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement, made headlines in November last year with a verbal gaffe on Korea.

Just couldn't resist could ya AFP?

[Bigtigermike]

how does Rita from OK spells catty?

[presently no screen name]

I thought the same and wondered why no comments about Larry Summers, ex-director of US President Barack Obama's National Economic Council.

[presently no screen name]

with a capital ‘J’.

[ocean]

obviously SHE’S RUNNING!!....../popcorn/>

[Cheetahcat]

"a verbal gaffe on Korea."

Leftist Chitbags!

[Bigtigermike]

LOL! Good one!

[Huck]

Let’s just hope they didn’t book Christine O’Donnell!

[palinsupporter1]

“She also plans to meet with South Korea’s next presidential contenders and major politicians during the forum,” it said without elaborating.

Read the whole article first.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

And just what ferrin’ countries has Rick Perry ever visited? Hunh? Oklahoma?

[Astronaut]

Are they filming a Dancing with the Stars episode there? Maybe she’s going with the cast of the Jersey Shore?

[Longbow1969]

If the media could find out and report on when Governor Palin was planning to heat up a frozen pot pie next Monday, there would be people who would believe it is a sign she is running.

Following Palin’s every move like everything she does must have some major significance has reached a level of complete absurdity.

[RitaOK]

Maybe commercial. Maybe not. That is right smack in the middle of two debates I think. One on the 11th, New Hampshire, and one somewhere on the 18th? I’d be pooped, but then what the hey, it’s the way it is.

[freedomwarrior998]

Following Palin’s every move like everything she does must have some major significance has reached a level of complete absurditycultishness.

[RitaOK]

I did read the whole article. Couldn’t figure out the bono fidis so no real reason to think it was “political”. Thinking in terms of Paul Ryan types would lend some seriousness to the “forum”.

[Bigtigermike]

High profile candidates or potentials gets invites to speak at foreign conferences all the time, not the low ring ones though. It is standard procedure. Plus the fact that she is meeting Korea’s Presidential candidates makes it more political than just a “Hi, I’m here a minute” speech

[Moorings]

Explaining all that to the concern troll is no use. She knows exactly what she is doing. She came in to disrupt this thread.

[onyx]