Palin replaced as headliner for Republican dinner

[Danascot]

The GOP can't even run a dinner:

Sarah Palin will no longer headline a major Republican dinner in June, a Republican official told CNN Tuesday.

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich will replace Palin as the keynote speaker at a joint fundraising dinner held by the campaign committees of Senate and House Republicans.

The scheduling change follows a communications breakdown between Palin's political staff and her aides in Alaska that left the dinner's organizers unsure the Alaska governor would actually attend the Washington event.

Congressional Republicans announced earlier this month that Palin would deliver the keynote speech at the dinner, but the governor's staff in Alaska said the next day that the governor knew nothing about the speaking slot.

"I communicated with the governor directly and she did not know anything about it," a Palin aide told the Anchorage Daily News after the speech was announced. "I pointed out the press release and she was like, 'No.'"

The NRSC said at the time that aides at Palin's political action committee — SarahPAC — had agreed to attend the dinner, but that the governor's staff in Alaska had not been made aware.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/31/palin-replaced-as-headliner-at-republican-dinner/

[Ian David]

1. I guess she does NOT read anything that's put down in front of her. n/t

[dmr]

31. Guess not. But even I knew she was slated for this dinner, so

if I knew and yet she says she didn't, then I suspect she's a liar.

[polichick]

2. Lol - so they drag out ol' Newt!?

[eppur_se_muova]

3. To most Americans, Newt is the guest who won't go home.

Let the Repugs keep shooting themselves in the foot by putting sleazeballs like Newt and Rush in front of the camera as the face of the GOP.

[polichick]

5. Too funny - but you're right, it's great for us!

[Iggo]

22. Do not take Newt lightly.

You think he converted to catholicism for his health?

[Hekate]

4. Newt needed no dragging; he's popped back onto what he hopes is the national stage. Beware. nt

[polichick]

8. Apparently some on that side do believe in recycling!

[FSogol]

9. Was Fred Thompson unavailable?

:rofl:

[polichick]

17. Yeah, their big star! :)

[cliffordu]

6. My schaudenfrued is aroused.....

:rofl:

[Obamanaut]

15. Was your schadenfreude also aroused? nt

[cliffordu]

18. Doubly...I got different

spelings(sic) on the gargle....

[gratuitous]

7. I wasn't aware that Palin had ever agreed to "headline" this dinner

It seems that Mrs. Palin has quite enough on her plate as it is, and gallivanting off to Washington isn't a real cagey move about now. Or in two months. Oh well, reload and shoot yourselves in the other foot, GOP. Wow, Newt Gingrich! What a "get"!

[old mark]

10. "...and she was like NO."

Does anyone in Alaska speak fuckin' English?
I hope it's just the Republicans that are stupid, like it is here.

mark

[hasidic acid]

11. Well I'm like, apauled

:rofl:

[old mark]

29. Whatever....nt

[cloudbase]

12. They did, however,

ask her to bring a few turkeys to serve to the guests.

[jazzjunkysue]

13. Where's that graphic of me blowing crap out of my nose from laughing uncontrolably?

Anyone see where I put it? :think:

[Urban Prairie]

14. Guess that the Palin clan wasn't invited....

Sarah liked to bring them along on business, even unexpectedly, now that everyone knows about it, she probably couldn't bring Bristol, Tripp, Trig, Piper, and Willow with her.

[billyoc]

16. The Republicans could fuck up a biker picnic.

[Maru Kitteh]

19. I pointed out the press release and she was like, 'No.

and then I was like, WAY, and she was like - NO. But I totally was.


:rofl:

I told DH the other day that Newty-newt was going to run. It's why he's decided to convert to a born-again Catholic.

[merh]

27. and why does sarah have daughter bristol take 2 birth control pills each day?

She wants her to be "for sure, for sure"

:rofl: :rofl:

[UTUSN]

20. Mc5PLANEs' legacy: Palin AND Joe the Plumber n/t

[Iggo]

21. Fourteen minutes, thirty seconds?

:fingers crossed:

[AwakeAtLast]

25. We can only hope

:fingers crossed:

[Orsino]

30. Isn't Palin opening e-mail from Katherine Harris?

How long will it take her to get the message?

[burning rain]

23. Thank God they have the discernment to choose someone with broader appeal...

namely, Newton Gingrich.

[elizfeelinggreat]

28. This guy appeals to the wrong sort !

"I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics." Newt

[burning rain]

33. Oh, I had tongue very deeply buried in cheek on that one.

Newton was plenty unpopular when he was speaker; never mind now. Maybe he'll give them an earful of crap about Alvin and Heidi Toffler and the Third Wave -- or is he up to a Fourth or Fifth Wave by now?

[jasmeel]

24. HAH!

[spanone]

26. the bringing back of the newt

[Iris]

32. yes, wellt he woman poised to be the first American female president is busy, busy, busy

donthca know?

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