Palin's Tea Party Now Open To (Some) Press
Ex-AK Gov. Sarah Palin's keynote speech at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville will now be open to the press at her urging, according to the event organizer.
Tea Party Nation, the group hosting the sold-out convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center Feb. 4-6, had initially announced it would close most of the event to media outlets. But in a departure from Palin's pattern of avoiding the press, TPN founder Judson Phillips said she was the impetus behind reconsidering the restrictions.
"Our primary problem with media access is not ideological. It is physical," Phillips said. "We have a limited amount of space and this is a working convention."
The only media outlets currently credentialed, according to a statement released today by TPN, are Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and three conservative Web sites: Breitbart.com, Townhall.com and WorldNetDaily.com.
The press restrictions had raised eyebrows among some commentators and stoked suspicion over its $549 registration price. Reports that Palin would be accepting up to $100,000 for speaking at the National Tea Party Convention fanned the flames (though since she said that she may not keep the fee).
The decision to lift some press restrictions follows the loss of one of the convention's key sponsors. American Liberty Alliance backed out Wednesday after a blog post by a former TPN member claimed that the group running the Nashville gathering is exploiting the cause.
In his blog post, activist Kevin Smith wrote on Tuesday that Phillips went against the wishes of other activists when forming Tea Party Nation into a for-profit enterprise. Smith said Phillips used his wife's PayPal account to collect contributions.
On Wednesday, ALA said it would no longer sponsor the event. "To be clear, the for-profit model has its place in the movement," executive director Eric Odum wrote. "But these groups should always have boards and oversight, and should never, ever process donations through personal paypal accounts."
In a conversation with NationalJournal.com, Phillips, a Nashville attorney, called Smith a "liar" and defended the legitimacy of the organization. He said that ticket sales for the convention are going to a PayPal account owned by Tea Party Nation corporation. Further, he said that the he favors the for-profit model because it protects donors. "Look at what happened in California with Prop 8," he said. "Those who opposed Prop 8 got ahold of the donor lists and harassed those people."
As it stands now, Tea Party Nation is "barely breaking even," Phillips said. Any profits made from the convention are "going to get plowed back into some form of activism, whether we do it in a 527 or choose some other form, we'll have to wait and see," Phillips said.
The convention hall is "TOO SMALL" to invite the press?! Was he laughing when he said that? Did you press him on that statement? The Republican GOPBaggers are so detached from reality that it is literally surreal.
The convention hall is "TOO SMALL" to invite the press?! Was he laughing when he said that? Did you press him on that statement? The Republican GOPBaggers are so detached from reality that it is literally surreal.
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Looks like someone wants to censor the media and infringe on the rights of the press.
Noticed Fox on the list. I'm sure her new job at Fox has nothing at all to do with this.
How DOES Palin keep getting away this. When she "spoke" in China, she did that and so on....
...and PLEASE, she MAY NOT KEEP THE MONEY??? uh, huh, YES!
Sarah Palin/Fabio 2012!
Sarah Palin is not worthy of the attention she is getting. She plays fast and loose with the truth and is a whiner and complainer. To her many fans she can do no wrong, to many more she is divisive and dangerous. I think that she is a coward and a hypocrite for only having soft-ball interviews with uber conservatives who do not challenge her or ask tough questions. I would have loved OReilly asking her to please tell us about North and South Korea instead of the non-questions he asked. In these really difficult times we do not need a know-nothing populist agitator.
As as aside, why does anyone listen to the truly dispicable Rush Limbaugh? To all his followers, you are the company you keep. He's a disgusting man.
Since when does a failed politician turned blogger net a hundred grand so she can fill people's heads with the same nonsense you can get on FOX for free?
This would be a great opportunity for the FBI to shut down these Domestic terrorists since they will all be gathering in one place
Palin: Always a controversy; never a solution.
Maybe they could have members of the press sit in the unsold $549 (plus $9.95 processing fee) seats.
Given the depressing turnout, and the adoring fans who can't fork out even $350 (which gets you in to see Palin, but not the rest of the even), I'm thinking she may face a wakeup call. But that's wishful thinking. For Palin, it's always "let them eat cake".
Fox News is the only one that is not in love with obama and printing all his lies.
please...think about it ...just for one minute...I realize it's hard for liberals, but just try it. Why would the tea party want the national media there? They put the party down no matter what. I guess Palin wants them there because she is still hoping they'll be honest. and why wouldnt she accept money? its a normal occurrance.
cp2010: domestic terrorists?! really?! how stupid are you? In this country we have freedom of speech.
I'm amazed that people honestly believe Sarah Palin should ever hold any public office again - let alone President. When she had a public office role - SHE QUIT. What would America look like in the International circles if our President up and QUIT to "pursue other interests". Does that mean she wasn't interested in Alaska? Terrorists would have a feeding frenzy - She can see Alaska from her kitchen window - but she can't see her teenage daughter sleeping with and getting pregnant from the guy down the street. Any time this woman speaks - we should reiterate to the public en masse - SHE QUIT. She talks about our founding fathers all the time - Thank God they didn't QUIT. What kind of loyalty was that to the voters of Alaska who elected her? People spent money - gave her donations - put in their own sweat equity to elect her - and SHE QUIT. She could be the first woman elected President of the US...then she could trun right around and become the first president to QUIT. I reiterate, she didn't choose not to run again....she chose not finish the obligation for which she took an Oath of Office. How do you spin that? - standby and watch Fox News and we'll find out I guess. Until then - anytime someone mentions her to me - I'm going to remind them - SHE QUIT.
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Isn't she technically a whore?
Worse, she's a whore who quits while on the job!!!
Hahaha
Are they going to be presenting the Tea Bagging sessions live? It would be funny to see Sarah teabagging all the reporters. Or would they have to teabag her? I'm not sure of the protocol that these freaks use in their Teabagging parties.
I'm no fan of Sarah Palin, but calling her a 'whore' is going much too far.
Sarah Palin will keep the FEE of 130,000 .She is as A.R. saids. She is w-ing after attention and money.She plays a victim game and how long is the news media going to allow her to get by with it?
Face it, she doesn't want to hear the country beat her to a pulp over her lack of knowledge on, well, any subject.
Sarah Palin seems to me the most dangerous kind of liar--the ones who convince themselves that the fabrication is true. I'm sure she thinks she is being picked on when she's pursuing high ideals, when in fact, she always leaves what she thought she wanted in pursuit of the next, bigger thing, without finishing what she started or cleaning up the mess she has made.
First she bans bloggers from her book signing and then she only allows conservative press? Wow...does she even know what country she lives in? She would be a great dictator in N. Korea
Where is the outrage when the Annointed One, Balack Yobama, cherry picks the reporters allowed to come to his new conferences? And then chooses which reporters/news organizations are actually allowed to ask questions?
Jimmy37, way to be a racist. That's a surefire way to be taken seriously. Btw, do you realize that this is 2010 not 1910? Blacks can vote! And even *gosh* run for President! Flagrant a__hole.
DUH was right - I knew it the moment she QUIT!! It's all about the Benjamins. She got a taste of honey down in the lower 48, especially hanging out in Sedonna preping for the debates. Don't you love the bus tour via a private jet.
DUH was right - I knew it the moment she QUIT!! It's all about the Benjamins. She got a taste of honey down in the lower 48, especially hanging out in Sedonna preping for the debates. Don't you love the bus tour via a private jet.
Palin's TEA PARTY should be renamed as CULT PARTY or TEA CULT to suit their purposes of POISONING AMERICANS and ANTI-GOVERNMENT. Unfortunately it is the BI-PRODUCT of American styled FREE SPEECH. They must be considered Free Speech War Combatants. Their spreading must be limited.
RE Ethan's response to Jimmy37: Ethan, what a DICK you are. This isn't about race, although it's very convenient for someone as shallow as you to make it that way. Jimmy37 was making a comparison about one PERSON's use of the press vs. another PERSON's use of the press. Sounds like you're the racist. You're dispicable.
Crissa O'reilly? You sound like your Daddy Bill-o
Talking about someone who dared totell the truth about him.
RE: Crissa's response to Ethan: No, sorry, you're an idiot, Crissa, that much is clear. jimmy37's remarks were clearly racist and offensive, and were an obvious attempt to be clever by being racist, which is about as stupid as you can get. Except for leaping in to defend such behavior, as you did, which is even more ignorant, misguided and ugly. Sorry, hun, but you suck epically.
WE ARE IN THE GRIPS OF A FACIST RESURGANCE. IT CAN HAPPEN HERE.
who cares about this lapdancing idiot? She should go jump off a cliff, Mitt Romney will win the nomination. She is a brainless twit who went to 5 different colleges and Mitt is a great businessman which is what we need, not a useless distraction.
I'm going to this conference. It's not a convention but a working conference for local representatives of Tea Parties.
Therefore, limiting of the press is required to some extent.
I think the five media organizations they chose were good choices for a limited exposure. Those five have a better reputation for being objective and not using it as an opportunity to disrupt the work of the people attending.
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--"Look at what happened in California with Prop 8," he said. "Those who opposed Prop 8 got ahold of the donor lists and harassed those people."--
Yep, them Teabaggers is runnin' scared from the homosexuals of America.
Reload, boys, and keep 'em high-steppin' ON!
Sarah is all about Sarah and how much money she can make!! And what a joke - only inviting press that will say favorable things about you. That is blatent censorship and it's like what political leaders in Communist countries do. All of the press should be invited. This woman honestly is one of the most manipulative fascist politicians.
This is not the tea party group I thought it was.
For those that keep dredging out that sarah quit as Governor get the h*** over it. She quit because it was costing her and that state of Alaska a lot of money to respond to the ethics complaints which have been dismissed. I would like to know what you would do if you had over $500000 in legal bills and a salary of $125000, She quit so that Alaska didn't have to keep forking out TAXPAYERS money to defend asnine complaints. As far as N.Korea and S.Korea and WWI and WWII how the h*** do any of you know what she knows have you talked to her --NO you only believe what some idiots wrote in a book thats how pathetic some people can be. And just because someone says they don't have a favorite Founding father or that they all are does not make you stupid. You know it is possible she really doesn't have a favorite one. I think its freaking funny how people who don't know someone personally can bash them so badly. Obama is a stupid lying UNQUALIFIED person. He doesn't know anymore than Sarah about anything thats why he has all these advisors and they are the ones answering all the questions.
Hey Al that is so stupid its almost funny. So its okay for Obama to do that with the press(double standard). And why would someone want to invite people(press)that all they do is criticize and condemnn and make people look stupid to a conference. She is only doing what Obam did and that is control the press(comments made from Anita Dunn).
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Having read these blogs carefully I can only respond that the pathetic lack of acumen and political knowledge displayed in most of them is on a par with the inability to spell.
Get an education before you write a blog about something you know nothing about.
11/4/2008 The day GW Bush gave 785 billion to AIG, Citi and the rest of the failures on WallStreet.
Where were the Tea baggers then? hypocrits.
StephenK... Keep in mind we Are the majority. We have spread, more and more and more and etc. Go back to your cave or basement and shut the h#!* UP!
Can we call her a celebrity yet?
In early America, when local politicians committed criminal acts against the people who elected them, or allowed special interests to plunder the people, vigilante committees formed and things were corrected. It is a tradition illustrated in the modern day Tea Party movement. Americans accept their role as self-governed and independent. In the Old World, such things would be armed rebellions facing the king’s army and blood flows. Not in America, with the exception of a few murderers hung or card cheaters run out of town on a rail with tar and feathers, no one gets hurt, except their feelings and the office they hold. The Tea Party movement fits with American justice. The current American government does not fit with American justice. It promotes injustices on the people they are elected to represent. Claysamerica.com
The day GW Bush/ cheeeeney gave 785 billion to AIG, Citi and the rest of the failures on WallStreet.
Where were the Tea baggers then? hypocrits.....total double standards ...will not fly !
Palin sucks on almost all levels. She's now batting 3 out of 3--now another kid (#3 of 3 oldest kids)is in trouble--see the National Enquirer for the latest. Feel sorry for the kids. Don't feel sorry for her.
i'm all for sarah taking the money - all the whacko liberal extremist left wingnuts have been making money off her name ever since she ran for vp. she has every right to make money off her own name too! you liberals are so discombobulated over her. what about obama putting the huff-n-puff post in the whitehouse press corps and pre-selecting their questions??
you liberals cannot write anything without VULGARITY and ADJECTIVES. you think ranting and raving with adjectives is argumentative. it just shows you can't discuss issues because palin beats you all hands down on the issues - she is a self-made woman who worked her way up to every position she had - and when her political opponents thought they had her boxed in where they wanted - POOF! - out the door she went to come from behind and smack them down her own way. she moved up every time, proved her critics and opponents wrong - and WON.
for all of you who mock the tea party movement - keep it up. you did the same to the moral majority in 1980 - and they ended up running the white house for 12 years.
go ahead - use the vulgarity, slander, and mockery. you thought the movement was just a blip on the radar screen? no - it's american constitutionalists going to enforce the constitution.
the obama administration is flagrantly violating the constitution and there should be hundreds of lawsuits challening the legality of the czars, the health care bill, the porkulus bill, and bringing terrorists to america (but we all know how much obama loves terrorists - he and bill ayers were such buddies; the real domestic terrorist is sitting in the oval office).
obama is terrorizing capitlism.
obama is terrorizing freedom.
obama is terorrizing the constitution.
the obama CULT is alive and well on this website - just look at all the facists who are marching in lock-step with everthing this president does. remember how they were the people under bush who were wining about how patriotic it is to question authority???
funny how liberals change once they win an election... they show their true colors. that's the difference between a conservative and a liberal. with a conservative, you know exactly what you're getting. with a liberal, it's always a risk because they hide - and when we catch them, they say "i misspoke", or "you misunderstood me", or "you took that out of context".
interesting how all these so-called intellectuals of the left are blindly following a guy whose only achievement so far has been how to read a teleprompter to inform the american public how he is going to raise taxes and spend trillions and bankrupt the country.
remember - "pass this stimulus and unemployment will not go above 8%"
unemployment hits 10%. "oh - well, we were off on our numbers a little bit".
really? how off are you on $1 trillion for health care?
"don't ask us that. next question. yes - huffington post. you certainly have a question that i can answer."
liberals - obama isn't failing this country alone. you are doing it together. and when you have finally bankrupted us, what money will there be to fight iran once it goes nuclear and attacks israel?
will you support israel in a fight against iran? or will you liberals - who are so pro-Israeli every election - jump ship because israel deserves it, like america deserved 9/11??
where will you be when north korea finally goes after the south?
where will you be when china wants taiwan back under its unification policy?
i know where you will be - hiding, and blaming bush, because that's all you got.
you have no substance, you don't want to be judged on results. you want to be judged on INTENTIONS.
Way to go Teabaggers... build a grassroots movement by EXCLUDING everyone but yourselves! A convention, what a laugh. They'll all be sitting in little rooms reinforcing one another's conspiracy theories and being proud of having been soaked for 100's of dollars to see a serial quitter struggle to complete a coherent sentence.
I suppose thinking Americans should be grateful to her... she's keeping the wingnuts and loonies entertained and out of the way of the grownups.
Oh, wait, I forgot... "I'm so AFRAID of Sarah Palin!" That's just to make the teabaggers happy.
Why does the press even give these people coverage? Could it be ratings rather than newsworthiness?
Its okay that she excludes all other press. She will make the same or similar comments on Fox and then the world will see/hear her and her lack of depth, knowledge, or even understanding of anything important.
Look everyone is entitled to say what they want and do as they want. The Tea Party is just using Obama tactics now. I never thought they would stoop to his level but they clearly are now. It's funny how people want the government to carry them from birth to death. I for one am Anti- BIG Government. I wish the Tea Party would get behind a candidate that has a pair of you know whats(figuratively), like Ron Paul. The man has experience, and doesn't wavier on his ideals. He wants the people to take up their own responsibility and take care of themselves. and for the ones who cannot, it should be up to the people who can help to help. We should be encouraging independence not dependence. Obama is a warmonger just like Bush. Getting out of Iraq my toosh. ending wars my toosh. The man is a corporate puppet with all that hope and change BS. If he wanted to make this country safer he would start by completely changing our foreign policy. bring our troops home and secure our boarders. But no that would make WAYYY too much sense. Sarah Palin with most of the GOP and all of the DNC are idiots and people vote for them because they actually believe in all the empty promises. Until this country wakes up and learns that the media is there to control the masses this country will continue its downward spiral
I look forward to a country not dominated by old angry white men.
Why does anyone care what these people have to say. The Rs are now fully into an alternate reality.
So Fox gets to cover--in its usual fair and balanced way--one of their own commentators, but CNN, NBC, etc., do not?! How dumb do you have to be not to see through this? Controlling the media is the first step any fascist dictator takes. (Oops! I forgot that Obama is the fascist antiChrist, and the tea baggers are the protectors of freedom. My bad.)
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