Palin Rebuffs CPAC
Sarah Palin will not be speaking at CPAC this year, citing the pay-for-play scandal involving organizer David Keene.
Palin is declining an invitation to address the Conservative Political Action Conference next month because, a source said, she does not want to be affiliated with the longtime organizer of the traditional movement confab.
At issue is the role of David Keene, head of the American Conservative Union which organizes CPAC. In September, POLITICO reported that Keene asked FedEx for between $2 million and $3 million to get the group’s support in a bitter legislative battle with rival UPS.
A source close to the Palin camp says that request led to a decision to stay away from the upcoming CPAC conference, calling it a forum that will place “special interests over core beliefs” and “pocketbook over policy.” “That’s not what CPAC should be about and people are tiring,” the source said. “Palin is taking a stance against this just as she did in Alaska.”
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Also, Palin’s not being paid to speak by CPAC, unlike the Tea Party Convention, which may influence her decision.
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Smells like third-party spirit to me. Yay!!
Fill in the dirty word for yourselves. I got dibbs on ‘liberal’, ‘leftist’, and ‘Obama’.
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yep, I suspect she has her own ideas about what “pay for play” means.
and just in case, I’ll add that that is her right.
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