[Nosterrex]

This is NOT the way to run a grassroots party. I can fully understand why the little man feels left out of his own political movement. I attended several tea parties in the summer, and I never paid a cent to attend. This convention should be open to everyone and not only the ones that can afford it. What is the deal with having to pay Palin $100,000 to speak? She should be paying the tea party.

[mountainlion]

It is nice to have a friendly voice that does not need a teleprompter.

[Crim]

She not keeping it...

[freebilly]

4 protesters there, big deal....

[xzins]

The pubbies need the Tea Partiers not to be independent, but to be under the pubbie tent.

[TigersEye]

LOL

[luckystarmom]

It takes money to organize a more formal event. It’s a convention, and not a march on Washington.

[Balding_Eagle]

This convention should be open to everyone and not only the ones that can afford it.

I agree COMPLETELY.

What's with having way over on the east coast where it costs us a small fortune in travel and lodging.

That's total unfair, it should have been held in Kansas, closer for everyone.

PLUS it should be held in a 100,000 person arena, so that everyone who wanted to attend could, and not just those who are fortunate enough to get at the front of the line.

[Talisker]

Tea partiers attack convention

Four people can't afford to go, and that's the way YOU summed it up.

You're a pathetic troll, go away.

[TigersEye]

FWIW Fox News is playing Sarah Palin speaking at the convention right now.

[Gene Eric]

>> This is NOT the way to run a grassroots party.

Chill.

[Engineer_Soldier]

She should be leading the party, but instead she is giving a $5,000 speech for $100,000. It’s sad; no wonder the GOP has the monopoly on conservatism while not being anything close to conservative.

[Irish Eyes]

What a pathetic thread.

[La Lydia]

I don’t know about paying the speaker, but it must have cost something to rent a convention center.

[Engineer_Soldier]

Who is this interviewer?! I’ve seen better interviews from Huckabee. Maybe it’s because you’re more critical on your own, but this is being broadcast live around the world on Fox News and CNN. This should be a Q&A from the audience, not from this horrible interviewer.

[TribalPrincess2U]

She’s donating it to charity or part of it, I heard.

I hope she keeps some for herself. She deserves all she can get.

[Maelstorm]

Why not. Good ole Mitt, Huck, and others get paid why not Sarah? And she isn’t keeping it anyway and right now she doesn’t even need it. The Tea Party convention wasn’t charging any more than our own Freeper convention was. So what’s the big deal? I do believe we should not just focus on events that are pricey. The best way is to rent a stadium or something and charge a low admission fee and have people set up booths and stuff. Make it a fun time for all where people can get out and meet one another. It doesn’t always have to be about corporate style ways of doing things. I’m not offended by it though and we shouldn’t be fighting each other because we didn’t get a free ticket to the show.

[Mamzelle]

So go run your own &^%$ event your own way. Nothing is stopping you. It was ***A*** tea party, not ***the*** tea party

I happen to love that she can command these kinds of speaking fees.

Have you even been to a tea party? I've been to several. There are some bills that have to be paid. The one at 912, which I attended, had many logistics to manage.

Frankly, I'm very committed to the movement, and I have a high degree of suspicion for those who seek to undermine it by pretending to be some kind of insider.

From where I was sitting, watching at PJTV, it was a wonderful event.

[Carley]

Yup, all four of the protesters were out there.

[jimbo123]

Yawn...

[Gargantua]

" What is the deal with having to pay Palin $100,000 to speak? She should be paying the tea party."

She is paying the Tea Party... every cent of her fee is donated to the Tea Party movement. She just announced it on C-Span.

You dork. :-)

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