[JaguarXKE]

I was looking at it more as a matter of paying to hear a leading conservative (who at the moment isn’t running for anything) with a #1 Best Selling book. I’ll crawl back in my cave now.

[hinckley buzzard]

A couple weeks ago I paid to see a mediocre movie. If Sarah Palin had showed up instead I would have considered the money better spent. Paying to attend fundraisers is standard practise, so why not pay to hear someone you actally respect?

[Bryanw92]

>>I was looking at it more as a matter of paying to hear a leading conservative (who at the moment isn’t running for anything) with a #1 Best Selling book.

I understood your point. But, if she isn’t running for office to change America back, then I don’t care to pay to hear her. If she is running for office, then I shouldn’t have to pay to hear her.

The #1 book is just an autobiography. When she writes a manifesto that lays out a detailed plan to fix America, then I might pay to hear her speak. After the Newt Gingrich flip-flops of the last few years, I’ve become even more cynical towards ex-politicians and “conservative leaders” until they show me a serious battle plan and stick to it even when the enemy says they “would like you better if you were just less conservative”.