This is one of those hit pieces where standard practice is made to look dodgy.
Yellow journalism of the finest stripe.
I’m kind of neutral on Palin, but this PAC attack is just over-the-top ignorance or calumny.
Here’s from an attempted hit piece a year ago:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/07/31/13088/sarah-palin-pac-takes-fundraising-nosedive
...SarahPAC spent about $500,000 during the first half of 2013 and had more than $1.1 million cash on hand through June 30, FEC filings indicate.
Palins PAC spent the vast majority of that money on consultants, travel, speechwriting and other logistical fees...