Posted on 01/12/2010 7:25:34 PM PST by Josh Painter
Once again, a number of pundits on both the left and the right were wrong about Sarah Palin. The former governor has been subject of considerable criticism from many, including some widely respected bloggers in conservative circles for demanding, they alleged, a six-figure dollar amount for the speech she will deliver to the Tea Party Convention. Gov. Palin debunked that notion in her discussion with Bill O'Reilly tonight.
Here's the transcript of that discussion (from about 5:30 in the second segment):
BOR: Finally, you're going to do a Tea Party event in Nashville, Tennessee in February. Now, I predicted that you may run on the Tea Party ticket in [2012].There are some apologies owed to Sarah Palin. This is what happens when otherwise very smart conservative bloggers take for granted the crap in articles from left wing sources such as Politico. You can understand how the nutroots left would run with any old BS they get from the lamestream media that they think they can use against Sarah Palin, but conservative bloggers should know better.SHP: Well, there is no Tea Party ticket.
BOR: There could be.
SHP: 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...
BOR: keynote, here right?
SHP: 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.
BOR: They'll love you at the Tea Party, boy. They will love you!
SHP: 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 the Tea Party offered me a speaking fee. I will not financially be gaining anything from this.
BOR: You should, though. You have a family to support. Take the money.
SHP: 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.
- JP
SP should know enough to stay away from the s(p)in-center that is BOR.
So she isn’t keeping whatever the fee is (she is worth 100K no prob) but going to put it into the movement.
thats great
Thank you so much for posting this and I am glad that Sarah pointed out this supposed controversy. This is one of the main reasons why I love her being on Fox News. Whenever some bogus BS rumor comes out about her, she can go on Fox and set the record straight. She won’t be profiting AT ALL from this event.
People are unfortunately too willing to believe crap posted at Politico, which is a liberal rag. Instead of some jumping to conclusions, they should wait for the FACTS instead of believing “sources” you wanna know where Politico got their sources from..from their asses
Shows the power of her having Fox News as her platform and podium, even on Day #1.
She’s done taking crap - now she’s taking names, and then taking to the international airwaves to set the record straight.
As often as it takes!
This is great for both. Fox News viewership will skyrocket even further then before, and now Sarah has a platform to go after the BS rumors being made by her on a daily basis. Instead of just posting it on facebook, she can go on TV and tell everyone the truth
And, dare I hope, kicking a little liberal @$$ in the process? This will be fun. Fox's already stratospheric ratings are about to shoot through the roof.
Nobody draws like Sarah. Nobody.
;-/
Yep I agree, whats unfortunate is that some in her OWN Party are the ones spreading the BS
BTW, Sarah will be on Glenn Beck for the whole hour tommorow. Should be great.
Yep I can’t wait for that one. Glenn is gonna be in awe of her. He said he was actually nervous about meeting her, don’t worry Glenn, she won’t bite :-)
The real story is that the haters tried to make the National Tea Party into this elitist gathering that alienated the regular joes who attend the street Tea Parties (Yeah, and we know how much the media is looking out for the Tea Partiers, right). They highlighted the $500 or so cost of attending and tried to make it seem like Palin was pocketing all the money. Never-mind that this convention had to pay for the hotel, the rooms, and to book the speakers. No different than your ordinary local fundraiser for a $250-a-plate dinner. I mean hosting this stuff isn’t free, but Politico and others don’t care about that. They tried to look for hypocrisy where none existed.
Yeah now the Politico idiots are saying that Sarah is admitting that she thought that Iraq was involved in 9/11..those dumb asses are politico really are brain dead aren’t they.
Why not mention Red State? That Erik guy ripped her and I took his site off my list.
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