Posted on 08/31/2011 8:11:56 AM PDT by markomalley
Sarah Palin canceled her Saturday appearance at a tea party rally in Indianola, Iowa, a person close the former Alaska governor told The Wall Street Journal.
The person cited continual lying from event organizers at Tea Party of America, including a recent mixup over whether former U.S. Senate candidate Christine ODonnell of Delaware would also speak.
Ms. Palin is known for last-minute schedule changes that whipsaw supporters and media across the country. But the latest decision is puzzling. Ms. Palins speech at the rally was viewed as her most high-profile appearance of the summer, fueling speculation she was indeed plotting to run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Attendees were reportedly traveling from across the U.S. to attend the rally in Iowa, which holds the nations first nominating contest next year.
The former governor will now appear at a Friday event in Des Moines sponsored by the group Conservatives4Palin. It is currently scheduled for 8 p.m. at The Machine Shed Restaurant, though the location will probably have to be changed, the person close to Ms. Palin said. Ms. Palin is still scheduled to appear at a Tea Party Express tour stop Monday in New Hampshire.
Ms. Palin may still hold an event Saturday, the person said, though she has no firm plans. Its also possible she could still attend the Indianola tea party rally, the person said.
The former governors team decided to back out Tuesday night after rally organizers re-invited Ms. ODonnell to speak on stage. Organizers had booked Ms. ODonnell, who lost her 2010 bid for a U.S. Senate seat from Delaware, to speak but quickly withdrew the invitation in an effort to avoid controversy.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
Doesnt she earn her living as a commentator/pundit? And isnt one of her interests to advance conservative politics in general?”
I would say no to both of those. The main game in town now is to oust obama. The survival of the Republic depends on it.
There comes a point when you have to get with that program in one way or another, ie, by backing a candidate, or by becoming a candidate. This is FAR TOO important to mess around with.
If she has chosen the commentator pundit route, that’s fine, good with her. But she has a moral obligation at this stage to be clear about that and she should not draw any attention to herself as a potential candidate. For her to know that she is not running, but to behave this way (Iowa followed by NH) would be morally inexcusable.
Like I said, I have no earthly idea what she is going to do. But if she doesn’t run, shame on her.
Everyone was or just people?
My problem with your post was the use of everyone...I was a COD supporter in her election (believe me I wish I had a mulligan on the little I donated to her!), but her actions towards the end and after the election don’t warrant any further support or her as a legitimate political figure.
Implying that COD lost her support because Palin told us so doesn’t seem too constructive.
Good grief.
please attach the information in the headline that this is a fake story
She's not so stupid to say yes to VP again. She's not going to be held back like she was by McCain's staff.
She learned her lesson.
cuban leaf
Since Aug 26, 2011
CLASSIC TROLL!
agree with you completely. This stringing things along and trying to outplay the media is getting very old. She has such good ideas and is such a kingmaker, but behavior lately has taken her out of the running. Denco
—CLASSIC TROLL!—
What is a troll, exactly, and why am I a “classic” one?
Problem for Palin is that if she does NOT run, her celebrity status goes to zero. there will be absolutely no reason to cover her. What would be the point?
Myself, I hope she runs because we need someone else to suck the oxygen out of Perry.
As of today I am still supporting Bachmann. Palin will need to do something dramatic to make me change my mind. This election is too important to waste time with drama and the endless tease.
Oh she’s running.
For Arizona Senator.
I agree with you that she wouldn’t be interested. But that’s making trouble where there isn’t any, because she won’t even be considered, let alone asked.
“She’ll let us know sometime in September.”
I knew this story was Bull.....(there were some amateurism with the organizers which put things on hold) but Sarah will be there to meet the people at the very least
But we know now who the REAL PDSers are on this thread!
I can’t wait to see this thread when the truth comes out and all the knee jerk’s are choking themselves on feet and crow.
Pathetic. All these people ready to pass sentence over an unconfirmed report with no sense of context surrounding it. ‘Supporters’ like that no one needs.
Troll..la la la, la la la la ;)
She won’t be asked so it’s irrelevant. But I agree, she’ll give it as little consideration as the eventual nominee, which is to say, no consideration at all.
lol...
If true, this’ll hurt her pretty badly. How sad.
Behavior characteristic of a diva.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.