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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:39 PM
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Palin Donates Only $9500.00 From PAC to GOP Candidates
Most of the money goes to high paid consultants for Sarah....

WASHINGTON -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continues to lag behind some other potential 2012 presidential contenders in fundraising for her political action committee, reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show.

However, Palin also plans an aggressive fundraising campaign timed to help candidates she supports in the 2010 midterm elections, according to her political action committee's treasurer. In fact, her PAC on Wednesday launched a new campaign to raise money, timed to the April 15 federal income tax deadline.

"Did you know that Americans will pay more in taxes in 2010 than we do for food, clothing, and shelter combined?" Palin asked Wednesday in an e-mail to supporters. In her solicitation, she promised that a donation to her political action committee would "help the campaigns of good, strong, commonsense Americans who will clean up the mess that Washington has created."

Over the past three months, though, SarahPAC gave just $9,500 in donations to seven candidates or causes Palin supports, including several veterans whose congressional campaigns she endorsed recently.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/14/1579861/palin-fundraising-trails-other.html#ixzz0lBvVdc9s
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:46 PM
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1. Sarah PAC followers are too stupid to see she's screwing them.
The half governor abandoned the people of Alaska for the almighty dollar. It had NOTHING to do with what was best for Alaska, as Palin told them at the time. IT WAS ALL ABOUT SARAH. $12 MILLION later, she could care less about Alaska. She used them, they were just a stepping stone for her. And now that they have nothing else to offer, SEE YA! :hi:

The ONLY reason Sarah cares is because she wants to sell tickets to one of her "speaking engagements" or copies of her book. She doesn't care about Joe six pack, and she isn't one of them. She's above them. She will not be stooping to their level, she just wants their money and she will smile at them and tell them what they want to hear, as long as they keep paying.

The facts are out there, all one has to do is check them. But that isn't happening. It's all about Sarah, so just keep donating tea baggers, Sarah will tell you what you want to hear as long as the money keeps coming in. Idiots. :eyes:
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political_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:23 PM
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9. Greediness must be a Christian value in her book. eom
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:47 PM
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2. Hey! Those thousands of copies of her own book that her PAC bought aren't cheap!
Wait... Yes they are.

Man! That must have been a Lot of books!

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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:21 PM
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8. Palin PAC Spent More On Books Than Candidates
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Andy823 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:47 PM
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3. I wonder
How many of her family are "consultants" these days?

I think this woman is as crooked as they come, and she will find ways to funnel a lot of that money back into her, or her families, bank accounts somehow. She doesn't care about anything but herself, and making a fortune off of the gullible people who send her money, buy her books, or pay her to stand up and make no sense whatsoever!
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:49 PM
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4. If she's squandering the money of the people dumb enough to donate to her
who cares? It's not federal money, and in the end, it may mean that her donors have less money to donate to repuke candidates themselves. The more money poured into the conservative machine that is wasted, the better.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:00 PM
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5. Shameless Bump
O8) B-) O8)
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:06 PM
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6. $20,000 spent on spokesperson Meg Stapleton? For that amount she could have
done a better job. But then again, she had Palin to work with!
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 01:17 PM
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7. Well you know, she had to spend $150,000 at Neiman and Saks
Priorities people, priorities...
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:24 PM
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10. The only fund raising Palin is doing is for her own personal bank account. nt
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:35 PM
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11. Never Again....
As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again. Nor will I shop at another second hand store.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn26pEDEhyY
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:47 PM
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12. SarahPAC Ensures That Sarah Palin Travels in Style
When She Speaks for Fees, Her Hosts Pick Up Tab; When Talking at Political Rallies, Donors Pay
By MATTHEW MOSK
Apr. 15, 2010

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spent more than $400,000 from her political action committee during the first three months of 2010, using the money donated by supporters to pay her team of advisers and cover the costs of stays in luxury hotels, flights, and even to de-ice a private jet that was shuttling her to a campaign rally ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/sarahpac-ensures-sarah-palin-travels-style/story?id=10383216
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 02:48 PM
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13. Palin took in $398,481 and spent $400,260. People who give to SaraPAC are indeed fools!
Palin's committee raised $398,481 in the first quarter of the year but spent $400,260, largely on consultant fees for the close-knit team Palin has surrounded herself with.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/14/1579861/palin-fundraising-trails-other.html
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 03:50 PM
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14. I knew it! SarahPAC is "the cause" that receives her donated speaking fees.
Millions come in and thousands go out to other candidates. Nice scam you got goin' there, Sarah.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:13 PM
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15. SarahPAC is nothing more than her own private slush fund
for personal expenses.

She's bilking stupid people out of millions of dollars.
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:26 PM
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16. but she's purty
She's made of Teflon. This should be a scandal but it won't be. By now she must feel as though she literally can do no wrong in the eyes of her acolytes.
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:06 PM
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17. Wow, $95 whole hundred dolllars. That bitch is generous.
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 07:06 PM by Phx_Dem
Not.

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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 07:53 PM
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18. hahha, good for her
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