Palin Bombs as Wine and Spirits Wholesalers' Convention Keynoter in Vegas

[BurtWorm]

Of course the Wholesalers bombed to the tune of something between $75,000 to $100,000, now lining Palin's pockets:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/08/sarah-palin-spoke-at-a-wi_n_530934.html

Hey, kids! Did anyone wake up today thinking to themselves, "Sometime-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's appearance at that Michele Bachmann rally was sure swell, but for the sake of being complete, I'd sure like to know how her April 6th keynote speech at the Wine And Spirits Wholesalers of America's 67th Annual Convention and Exposition went?" Well you're in luck. It apparently did not go well, and did not make much sense.

And look! Some guy apparently liveblogged the whole thing, or something?

Here comes Palin!


Big hair, white jacket. And now a salute to the "beautiful people working so hard in Nevada."

Heck yeah, I want to speak at this convention! Three bad wine puns in a row: "Going rosé", "stand on a wine box (instead of a soap box)", "in good spirits".

Apparently Todd is in a snow race this weekend. Wow, this woman could have been president. Shudder.

<Editor: What is the crowd's reaction?>

TOTAL SILENCE

...

[Bluebear]

1. There's not enough alcohol in the world to make her sound cogent.

[quiet.american]

2. "TOTAL SILENCE"... lol. Loved this account. nt

[Lucy Goosey]

3. I know it's petty of me, but this makes me happy.

She just thinks she's so smart and charming and adorable, and it's nice (and rare) to see her in front of an audience that is so indifferent.

And: "Going rosé?" Really, Sarah? That's dumb even for you.

[polichick]

4. Good thing she's cashing in now - won't be long before the whole country...

...has figured out what an idiot she is.

[BolivarianHero]

5. uh

Regardless of her political views, her use as a speaker in such a convention is as contextually inappropriate as having Ann Coulter speak at a real University (not a neo-Nazi Talibama Bible College).

[BurtWorm]

6. One would think so. But apparently the people who book speakers for this convention

once booked Ken Starr! Now there's a fun guy to have speak at your wine and spirits convention! :wtf:

The rank and file membership of the association aren't so smitten with right-wing fuckwads, apparently, judging from comments on one of their blogs:

http://fermentation.typepad.com/fermentation/2010/04/sarah-palin-and-americas-wine-wholesalers-a-bust.html


Evan Dawson said...

Tom,

Governor Palin has been drilled carefully to use certain buzzwords, and one of them is "deregulation." She has never demonstrated an ability to explain how it relates to certain industries, what effects it might have, how much regulation is appropriate, etc. It's as simplistic as you can imagine.

The disappointing thing here is that she clearly didn't feel compelled to do any homework about issues of importance to her audience. This is not an attack on the GOP or ideologies; in fact, I don't think she has much ideology. She doesn't have many ideas. She is a kind of blank canvas for the most basic tropes, and curiously she doesn't seem to have a desire to go deeper than that. That's her choice, ultimately, but it makes one wonder what possible value she had today.
Reply April 06, 2010 at 11:28 AM


John Kelly said...

Funny, Tom - has MAZ ever commented here before? Looks like another tea-bagging Rethuglican out trolling the interwebs for any mention of Palin, just so they can post the same vile anti-democratic anti-American invective they are spewing everywhere else.

Good point about WSWA doing and saying whatever is necessary to maintain their stranglehold on free trade. It is WSWA's take on which way the political winds are blowing that interests me. Did they engage Palin to speak because they are so sure the GOP is going to sweep the 2010 election cycle?
Reply April 06, 2010 at 11:35 AM


Thomas Pellechia said...

"...one of the most intellectually incompetent national political figures to arrive on the American stage in years."

Does this statement suppose that she has an intellect at all? Evan says she's a blank canvas. I think she's a vacuum, except where money is concerned.

John, don't you find it all so funny how tea baggers and their ilk are so easily persuaded to give money over to obvious con artists, and against their self interests. Remember that famous HL Mencken quote in an earlier century: "no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
Reply April 06, 2010 at 01:09 PM

karen marie said...

Hey, Thomas -- Palin is a vacuum especially where money is concerned!

LOL