Politico: Palin chooses Life over "nerd prom"

[RandySF]

BETHESDA, Md. — Sarah Palin boasted to a group of anti-abortion advocates Saturday that she had a chance to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner — but chose to spend her time with them instead.
"The pro-life cause or White House Correspondents' Dinner? I choose life," Palin told a crowd of about 200 at a fundraiser for the anti-abortion advertising group Heroic Media.

Palin said journalism's nerd prom didn't have the same appeal for her as presidential hopefuls who attended, like Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman. "You really see evidence of that influence out there of — you know — the celebrity, how the news is, and the political arena, and how it all kind of meshes together. That's what the White House Correspondents' Dinner is," she said.

So instead Palin spoke for more than 45 minutes at a "Jews for Sarah" gathering at a hotel here, a rare public appearance outside the confines of her contributor slot on Fox News. She never mentioned Israel during her remarks, but she stumped hard against Planned Parenthood and abortion rights advocates, encouraging her listeners to continue fighting for "positive pro-life messages" in the media.


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/54018.html

[HipChick]

1. Yet ...she had to attend a White House Correspondent's function during the day..

Just to catch up with the rest of the Elites...

[Ken Burch]

2. Uh..."nerd porn" or "nerd prom"?

There is a SLIGHT difference there...

:eyes:

[RandySF]

4. ROFL oops

[Ken Burch]

14. Still...it was a great phrase.

n/t.

[ecstatic]

6. LOL!! nt

[spanone]

3. jews for sarah? bwahahahahahahaaaaa

[aquart]

16. I feel so ashamed.

[sakabatou]

5. But "nerd porn" is so much better

Who are these "Jews for Sarah?"

[ecstatic]

7. So she admits she's not smart enough to attend. Cool

Personally, I prefer a nerd president over dumbass Palin.

[lpbk2713]

8. She saw a chance to make a buck and she took it.

She knows her 15 minutes is running out.

[Contrary1]

9. OK Sarah...show us your invitation.

Did they not offer you a private jet and $100,000. to attend, or are you just making up shit again?

[pacalo]

10. Oh, she's been burned by the media outside her Fixed News bubble & she's

afraid to sit among them. For someone who's now dismissing the dinner as a meshing of celebrity & politics, she was very eager to have her goofy daughter on "Dancing with the Stars" & having her own reality show.

[HipChick]

11. She's full of it..she attended the Vanity Fair party

I bet she didn't get an invitation..

http://twitpic.com/4rqkun

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Reportedly found nerd porn "unsatisfying"

Let me guess, "Jews for Sarah" is a ginned-up astroturf concern group covering for her 'blood libel' screwup?

I wonder how much that gig pays?

[Ken Burch]

15. Invite both of them over for coffee and ask them.

n/t.

[tammywammy]

13. Palin - Still intimated by smart people n/t

[TTUBatfan2008]

17. In other words, she WASN'T invited...

hahahahahaha

[jmowreader]

18. I have no doubt she was invited

I also have no doubt she realized the evening wasn't going to be all about Sarah Palin, and not-so-politely declined the invite.

[AmericaIsGreat]

19. Bethesda

That's uncomfortably close to me. Fuck off, Palin. This here a blue state.

[LeftishBrit]

20. Ugh

I hate so-called 'pro-lifers' who aren't in the least pro-life when it comes to threats to life such as poverty and war.

'Palin spoke for more than 45 minutes at a "Jews for Sarah" gathering'

And then presumably went on to give her next speech at a 'Turkeys for Christmas' gathering.

[provis99]

21. Jews for Palin???? That's fucked up.

Haven't they figured out that if Palin's beliefs were satisfied, there won't be any Jews after the Apocalypse?
http://www.thejudeosphere.com/?p=1190

[Ken Burch]

22. It's like "Chickens for Colonel Sanders"

n/t.

[Cascadian]

23. Why does anybody even bother to give this woman any attention? (n/t)