Washington (CNN) – Las Vegas and alcohol probably aren't the first two things that come to mind at the mention of Sarah Palin, but the former vice presidential candidate is about to change that.
At least that's according to Craig Wolf, the president and CEO of the Wine and Liquor Wholesalers of America, who announced Tuesday that Palin will keynote the group's annual convention and and expo in Las Vegas in early April.
"Governor Palin is a great supporter of America's free enterprise system and understands that industries like the beverage alcohol industry play a key role in driving our national economy. We're proud and honored to welcome her as a speaker," Wolf said in a statement. "We expect she will share with the convention attendees her analysis of the current political environment and her vision for America's future."
The convention includes a "Wine and Spirits Tasting Competition," which, according to the press release, "secured a spot on the agenda after drawing overwhelming response and favorable feedback during its debut" last year.
An aide to Palin was not immediately available to confirm the WLWA appearance.
The Las Vegas stop comes a few days before Palin is scheduled to address the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, a major gathering of GOP leaders that that in recent years has become an early proving ground for potential presidential candidates.
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I'm sure she's done a lot for the liquor industry. Every time I hear Her voice. I have to have a drink.
Palin 2012
I'd have to be seriously drunk to listen to Palin. Maybe if she could bring down an octave of two? No, not even then could I listen to that nonsense.
I guess if you get drunk enough you could even listen to her non sense!
I live in Las Vegas and for me there is not enough booze to get me that drunk to listen to her non sense.
Could there be any conflict of interest between the Evangelicals and the devil spirits? Will she also preach the Good Book while sipping the spirits?
Does alcohol fit into Palin's "christian" agenda???? Guess so, if the $$ are right....
That will infuriate her southern family values non-drinking hypocrits to no end.
Oh well – they say the brightest lights burn out the fastest (not that she's bright ---)
Sarah Palin + Alcohol+Public Speaking= a disaster... oh wait she's already a disaster!
Someone major is really promoting this lady and it does not bode well for this Republic! More publicity goes to this person than to those who actually do valuable work in and for this Nation – like teachers, nurses, and others who truly help those being hurt by the
Corporate/Government marriage in this Robbery of the Commons! This Free Market ideological hell that capitalism has created is the driving force behind all this negative, self-destructive policy being enacted upon our World. Social Workers and other helping professions ought to be very well-paid as they pick up the budget pieces after the states cut off funds to the most vulnerable. It is totally disgusting that this person garners so much attention in the Madison Avenue Press cheerleading for Wall Street! Whatever happened to all the promises and rhetoric of Main Street? Cheers, Sarah, FOX! We'll see if this nation will tolerate you all much longer, won't we?
This is an appropriate appearance by the trailer trash Queen. Afterall alcohol-induced delusion probably accounted for at least 60% of the votes she and Mr. McGoo got back in 2008.....the other 40% just really are THAT STUPID!
"An aide to Palin was not immediately available to confirm the WLWA appearance."
She's probably still fielding other offers ... don't hold your breath, WLWA!
Beats the heck out of running a state, I guess ...
Funny how someone who is Pro-Life and is for abstinence would condone the consumption of alcohol just because the industry makes a ton of money! Soon she will realize that Marijuana is also a cash crop but won't acknowledge it.. just let the cartels in Mexico and gangs in the US just keep killing each other and innocent people for this! Strange how money can change your moral standing!! Alcohol and tobacco kill more people per year that all of our wars combined.
interesting, maybe she'll come be a speaker at 420 fest here in L.A.
I'm sure she'd be all for the leagalization of pot for recreational use. Since it'll be great for the economy and all.
I wonder what the rest of the GOP and their morals think of this.
Palin the Pinhead probably launches into "talk mode" when a refrigerator door opens.... she's as brainless as yesterday's mashed potatoes.
This is crazy. If they wanted a politician why wouldn't they get a Kennedy or perhaps Bill Clinton - you know, someone who is a long-time and regular user of their products.
Perhaps they chose Palin because she is such a babe and could pass for a cocktail waitress.
Who really cares? Is this news? It looks more like CNN’s obsession with Palin and anything that could diminish her.
Bill Clinton could address the hooker’s union convention and it wouldn’t get even a mention.
Palin will go to any event where she makes money.
If Dems offer her few million dollars, she would speak against republicans too
Two different redundant redundant words here.
Will the press be banned from this event as well?
The alcohol industry has been especially helpful in the years between 1994 and 2006, when the republicans were in control of congress, especially the years 2000 to 2006, when the republicans had control over all branches.
As long as there are republicans in congress, the alcohol industry will always be strong!
Prost!
best thing for Palin is maybe she can get a job at the local house of girls or not because she would need a telepromter to know what to do or say what a joke . this woman doesn't have a clue what drives the econmy . LOL
...and Don Rickles will be the warm up act.
"Governor Palin is a great supporter of America's free enterprise system and understands that industries like the beverage alcohol industry play a key role in driving our national economy. We're proud and honored to welcome her as a speaker," Wolf said in a statement. "We expect she will share with the convention attendees her analysis of the current political environment and her vision for America's future."
Translation:
"We wrote a really big number on a contract and she signed it. Of course, she didn't read the fine print and she has to do the conference in a thong bikini."
Why is CNN so obsessed with palin, Nobody cares. Shes on Fox now so give us a break
Maybe this idiot will say something about Obama and O'Biden. LMAO What a terrible waste of skin she is. Drink up Palin, you need to put on a good drunk. Maybe it would help that tiny little brain you have.
You would think that somebody who says that her nomination was God's plan wouldn't set foot in sin city, but then again, it IS the quitter after all. Guess wolf has had one too many drinks – "she supports the free enterprice system and (LOL) understands industries like . . . . . "
Then again, Vegas, liquor and little miss christianity. This might turn out to be a better show than we think. A little bit of booze and she will be doing what she is best at . . . . pole dancing the night away,
BTW – she is an ex-governor who quit midway through her term. Check out the Anchorage newspapers,. They hate her up there.
I wonder if God called her to speak at this event. I also wonder how her bible-thumping followers will react. Looks like Sarah is all about the money.
Maybe she makes more sense if you're three sheets to the wind.
Next month, she's keynoting the ACMPID ( Association of Christal Meth Producers and Independent Distributors.)
And quit calling her Governor. She should be known as QUITTER Palin
This makes perfect sense. She drives me to drink.
u don't need to be drunk to enjoy her speech.
each and every word coming out of her mouth is a sheer joy. it gives me hope that USA is stupid enough that every person as dumb as Palin can be successful.
..... and we thought Bush was dumb.
Sounds reasonable. Sarah Palin would start to make sense after one participated abundantly in a liquor, beer and wine convention.
She should consider addressing the Christal Meth and Crank society back in Wasilla.
Perfect....she sounds better every beer.....
I have nothing against this woman, and she brings a good message. I wish she was more knowledgeable, but she will learn. Obama did it... why not Palin?
anything for a buck these days, apparently.
Here she comes you little left nut kool aid sippers, go crazy folks, go crazy.
You Dems sure do love to hate this woman and most of you will never ever come close to her work ethics. Admit it, she has done very well for herself, come on, say it. Yes she has.
And I dont think that she will run for president, but she will do her part for America to make sure that the right person is elected, (get it, RIGHT person):)
2010/2012 Change is coming
Makes sense. Even the very thought of Sarah Palin leading anything makes me want to get stinking drunk.
doesn't she look like a rapper or something in that picture?!?
Everyone loves a side show I guess. I hope it's worth the price they paid.
Sarah Palin believed Saddam Hussein to be behind the attacks on 9/11, didn't understand why North and South Korea were separate (the Korean War) and that she could not properly pronounce Joe Biden's name. Palin is a mentally unstable person prone to wild mood swings, hopelessly lost in a catatonic stupor...
I'm sure she is a big hit at Happy Hour too...
Cue the libtard haters who sit around and wait for Sarah Palin to make a move so they can criticize her
and then.....she will pole dance
Wonder if they will be drinking during the talk....because I think that McCain was drinking when he picked her as his running mate. McCain/Romney (or Romney/McCain) would have made a much better candidate and done a much better job than President Obama.
Vegas and alcohol are a perfect marketing match for this woman. How about a death-cage match with her and Bette Midler at Caesar's? It's great to be an American in this day and age.
Isn't this going to drive a potential wedge between Princess and her Religious-Right followers? Alcohol? Ruh-roh.
Sarah rocks....suffer you left wing losers
I wonder if she was only invited because the association believes she is drunk most of the time with all the nonsense that comes out of her mouth.
Drinking during pregnancy is bad.
actually alcohol is the first thing that comes to my mind when someone mentions Palin, I feel I need to be totally sloshed to understand what the heck she's saying.
Thanks again Mr. McCain. If you'd let this dummy stay in Alaska we'd have been spared her crazy lust for fame and attention. And who knows you might have won had you picked a more serious VP candidate? But your cheap trick backfired big time. Oh that has to sting like hell when you think of what a disaster this loser is and how you have to pretend like she is a person of substance. She just craves attention and money. And the trash of this country loves her. I guess that's why Faux News is an appropriate place for her.
And speaking of which, Palin going to Faux News pretty much dooms any hope of this idiot running and winning the presidency. The reason is that anytime this idiot opens her mouth in an unscripted way she makes a complete fool of herself. I'd love to hear the Palinisms. Even funnier would be her trying to defend something stupid she said in a debate. Tina Fey I love you and can't wait until 2012.
Almost forgot, thanks again Mr. McInsane. Oh I meant Mr. McCain.
It's fitting she speaks to the alcohol lobby. If she's elected president in 2012, I'm gonna stay drunk for the next four years ... or until she quits.
Unleash the seething hatred from those people loving liberals. The comments coming on this will highlight the hypocrisy of the left. They want a kumbaya world until someone has a differing view. Then the hatred and character assasination fly wildly. It is a twisted world view to say the least. A double standard of epic proportion.
One politician who doesn't need the alcohol to look hot!
go away Sara. Take care of your special needs child. Your daughter needs you too to teach her moral values. You have not set a good example
Please provide deciphering code books so the attendees can figure out what the Alaskan Air Head is saying.
The Paris Hilton of Politics is simpy cashing in on every foolish organization with a leader partisan enough to pay her to appear.
Honestly, what does she know about the "spirits" industry?
Seems to me to be a stupid choice for a group that might be comprised of as many Dems as Republicans. Democrats are entreprenuers and own businesses too.
To try to align her as a "free-market" expert is weak at best. Yeah, I know she and the 1st Dude of Alaska failed at running some type of wilderness store business but I doubt that qualifies her to talk about "free enterprise" any more than some kid that had a paper route or a lawn cutting business.
She's going to get rich off of other people's stupidity ... which is OK in America. However, that new found money will never translate into intellectual credibility. We won't listen to her just because she cashed in. You can't buy gravitas.
Sarah Palin analysis of the current political environment and her vision for America's future? Ok it's just a vision!!!
Alcohol has always been able to help republicans dance.
from every venue......what a successful businesswoman......she obviously understands the capitalist system unlike some other politicians.....Sarah can bring jobs to the U.S..........
Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney 2012
Obama is ONE and DONE.
The booze industry is safe no matter who speaks to or for them.
(Lucky for them)
what a total & absolute hypocrite. pay palin enough money and she will strip neekid and (yuk) expose her manly body to all those closet republican homosexuals that foot tap their buddies in bathroom stalls.
"Las Vegas and alcohol probably aren't the first two things that come to mind"
Nope. "Retarded" and "Religious fundamentalist nutball" are the first two things that come to mind...
I can see that she will do anything to make some money. When she quit as governor of Alaska, she stated that her goal was to help the people of Alaska in her role as a citizen. Wow!!!! This is helping Alaskans? I don't blame her for making as much money as she can to support her family, but she is hypocritcal at best.
Glad to see a woman who used to lead a state with an abysmally high rate of alcoholism is a proud supporter of the booze industry.
Yep booze and Palin that's a good mix!
Maybe they can find a way to use alcohol for Sarah's 'Death Panel's.'
After listening to her speech, they will be convinced the town drunk makes more sense, and has a better understanding of the political environment.
LOL. A match made in heaven, you have to be drunk to listen to Paling and laugh at her jokes, ehem, comments
one wonders if she will then oppose medicinal or recreational marijuanna.... to pad her pocket with more cash. no worries, her base is the methadone crowd.
Actually when I think of Palin alcohol is one fo the first thing that comes to my mind. The awful thought that she could have actually been one stroke away from the Whithouse make me want to drink as much as possible.
Sarah Palin will just hop in bed with whoever pays her enough money looks to me. Tea in February and wine in April. Wonder who she will be paling with in June?
Did she take her job back as Governor of Alaska? No. Did she finish the term as Governor like the people of Alaska vote her for? No.Then you can't call her Governor or anything other than Ms.
Family values!? What the heck, anything for a buck.
"Las Vegas and alcohol probably aren't the first two things that come to mind"
nope...there's a whole slew of other pairings that come to mind tho:
"not" and "again"
"go" and "away"
"shut" and "up"
"p-ss" and "off"
"oh" and "brother"
"lol" and "rofl"
etc
She sure shows up a lot of places for someone who hates the media.
"Las Vegas and alcohol probably aren't the first two things that come to mind at the mention of Sarah Palin"
Actually, alcohol abuse WOULD explain why missy cannot speak coherently!
And considering that Alaska has a wicked high alcoholism rate, she is one of the BEST people to tap for the speech.
I'm glad she quit as Gov of Alaska so that she could do good for people. She didn't say WHICH people she wanted to benefit, but clearly it's the Palins.
Clown?
what is the radical right's continued fascination with this woman who is close to being an idiot???????
Family value$!
My gosh ... Sarah supports liquor! Who knew. I'm sure the "born agains" didn't. Being a Methodist, I have no problem with the sell of liquor; however, having Sarah Palin as a spokesperson at a wine & liquor convention should be interesting.
As with the Fox News position... this is a joke – but one I cannot tell on whom the joke is put!
Uh. Yikes. I'm not going to say that I'm never going to drink again, but...
Horray for Las Vegas!
Obama did a number on tourism for the city. This will be a well deserved draw!
You dont have enough alcohol in your business Mr. Wolf to convince me or most every other American that Palin has a vision for America. She has a vision for. herself of course.
You, have apparently had your snoot too deep into the bottle pal.
I'd love to see her in a flamingo outfit with feathers, but I'd hate to see her name on another ballot.
You have to be drunk to think she makes any sense, so this is the perfect venue for her!
She's acting an awful lot like the "celebrity" type that she was slamming on the campaign trail in 2008.
What gives? She gave up being a "real american' and become a "star" ?
I am sick to my stomach. I have no idea why anyone would want to listen to this lady or care what she thinks!! She can't think! Wake up people.
Of all the intelligent, articulate, female Republicans to pick from we keep hearing about Palin. She is a horrible role model to young girls, as a woman I am embarrassed and at a loss.
What am I missing?
I am not sure I understand why anyone at a booze convention wants to hear from a self proclaimed born again christian! Way to stiffle some fun guys.
Apparently "her vision of America's future" is gonna be wearing beer goggles, dontcha know.
I guess Sarah is saying......Pay Me or I will not show up!
Wow....just to think our former VP runner up is out truly taking advantage of American "free enterprise profit centric system" and liberal "social drinking values"......hmmmm.......where is the conservative christian practices...
She is also concluding with her event with....A toast to the host and, a few benjamins to her- not the cause....
"Governor Palin is a great supporter of America's free enterprise system and understands that industries like the beverage alcohol industry play a key role in driving our national economy.
Yeah; quit your job and drink and gamble more that will increase the american economy, And that is what do she have to offer as a vision, wink, wink.
There's a name for a person who will sell themselves to the highest bidder . . . . and it's not a nice name.
FOX needed to fill the void after Paula Abdul left so they signed Palin. I got that. I am a bit bewildered about the Vegas gig. Who left there?
Money, money, money...must be funny...in a rich man's world.
If they laid her on a table for everyone to have a go at it I might show up but only if I was first. Wake up people. She is a quitter,an oppourtunist,a decent looking women but when Todd blows gently in her ear he is only giving her a re-fill
Why is he calling her Governor? She is not the Governor anymore. As far as the current political climate....why would anyone listen to her? She is a quitter. And not mention...."her vision for America's future", that is a joke.
Looking to her own family's culture, this does not surprise me.
Quick ... somebody... Ask Sarah Palin who she considers Real Americans.?....and also about Reids comment.... Now Sarah give us a Southern Strategy republican answer....huh?
She is cashing in and laughing all the way to the bank at the haters. She did exactly what I thought and that was ditch being a politician and use her name for speaking engagements, books, and Fox.
So, her grandbaby's daddy was right......she quit the governship for the money$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
the train wreck continues... what happened to her american values? good grief.
Palin has always acted like she's been hitting the Yukon Jack a little too hard, so I heartily approve of this selection.
Do you get the feeling this woman will do anything for $$$$? Is that handsome Dude of hers working these days? Or is she supporting the whole tribe?? Let's hope these guys don't get all liquored b4 she starts speaking!
Wow this women just goes from one corner to the next. Sarah having been the Governor of Alaska, which has one of the "highest" alcoholism rates, one of the highest rates of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, (FAS), highest sexual assault rate, with alcohol as a factor, professes to be a "Christian". I guess it is all about "show me the money".
WOW! Thanks for the "news?"
Milking it for all it's got. She making away like a bandit. A booty bandit. I can't believe this country pays to hear this retard speak. This little piggy needs a bit more lipstick. She is singlehandedly dismantling the repugs. You go girl!!!
Wow! Thanks for the "News?"
Her analysis? Are you joking?
Look, if you want her to go to Vegas to be a showgirl or a dancer in one of the casinos, that's fine. But she is incapable of analyzing anything. That requires brain cells, and she lacks those.
Or maybe she's going to rendezvous with Sen. Ensign. Hmmm
No one else in American gets coverage for *every* speech. Is it news that Sarah Palin can actually get a sentence out? Hey, does she use a TelePrompTer?
What an opportunist. Pay her, and she'll do anything.
to say what? This moron can not even speak coherently. Let her stay in Alaska and keep an eye on Putin
When I saw the headline, I thought maybe she got a job as a 'showgirl'. If she had, I would be buying tickets for the front row!
just wondering but why did he refer to her as "governor palin" she resigned months ago........when arnold retires in cali is his title in a movie going to be governor arnold???
I would pay good money to see Sarah Palin
speak and be able to drink at the same time.
Call me old fashion but I like a pretty woman
who excites a crowd and I don't mind a little nip
of whiskey also.
I would also vote for her. Golly gee, I sure hope
that doesn't make me an extremist.
Speaking at the Chicken Ranch would be more appropriate for her.
Wow, now that's Family Values.
They are just hoping that they will drive more people to drink!!!!
This is of course a perfect match - people who produce alcohol and somebody who obviously must consume large quantities of it - or something.
MADD Mothers take note.
I think I would take ANYONE at the alcohol convention's vision of the future over Sarah Palins!
I don't think any politician should be a keynote to a convention which positively represents products associated with ugly diseases (alcoholism and its physical, mental, and social consequences, etc.) and sets a poor example to the young people of the country. I think Palin has made a mistake. The financial payment and the perks of this event obviously outweighed common sense, personal dignity, and moral values.
You Americans are one very sick bunch of people to continue to advance this idiot and her totally stupid ideas.
The American dream and the country is only days away from sinking into oblivion and this woman is helping to speed the process up.
For a country as rich as you are to continue to not have universal health care is beyond belief. Your six richest capitalists could fund everyone and not make a dint in their pockets.
I know you won't print this but I get the satisfaction of knowing one United Station will have read this.
I say United Station since Americans are everyone who live in North and South America not just you yanks.
That's an event I'd have to be fall down drunk to get through.
What's next on her schedule: The Porn Convention? She'll do anything for the all mighty dollar.
On the poles I guess.
I BET SHE IS REALY FUNNY WHEN YOU ARE DRUNK . SHE MAKES ME LAUGH WHE I MA SOBER.
Hopefully she'll make a pitch for relaxing the marijuana laws by pointing out the obscene hypocrisy of persecuting the producers and users of one stimulant while celebrating the economic benefits of legally marketing another ....
Now that's more her speed. Booze and moral depravity are Republican mainstays.
you have to be kidding me! I may never buy a drink again!
you would think with her brains and morils she would be on street corner
Sarah Palin is not a Governor and should not be referred to as Governor Palin in any way, shape or form. She is an uneducated quitter who is only keeping her name in the spotlight to see how much money she can rake in and CNN is her biggest supporter to do that.
Oh great a new cabernet wine called Going Rouge !
God loves Vagas !
Alcohol and freak shows are singularly American. You betcha. Rock on.
There just are no words to adequately and appropriately comment on this... that's all I can say.
So, does this mean SP will speak at the next NORML convention?
Sarah should have never gotten out of the entertainment field. Low as it may be there is a threshold that has to be met to fully engage in politics.. You go girl
I don't think she can make as much in Vegas as a show girl than she can at Fox, but she should give it a try.
This girl has really got things going. Smart buisness woman!!!
Boy, are these fools taking a chance, who knows what will be coming out of that liar mouth of hers.
"Governor Palin is a great supporter of America's free enterprise system and understands that industries like the beverage alcohol industry play a key role in driving our national economy.
So I guess now she will be supporting drinking and driving, because alcohol "drives our national economy".
This would also explain why the FOX network is increasing their fees with cable companies – to pay for Ms. Failin.
Easier and cheaper to watch the recaps from the other news shows instead of tuning into fox.
I wonder if Palin will bar all press coverage of her speeches as she has at other public events? Pretty good trick if she does, having just accepted a position as a news commentator for Faux News.
She makes a FABULOUS Vegas 'act'.
She is selling herself to anyone that will have her, what a real disgrace she is, a sad sad figure on the scene. She looks hard as nails. Not attractive at all
Las Vegas is where she belongs! Perfect!
Go Sarah!
Tell Sarah Palin to go home and take care of her dysfunctional family. This women is uneducated and lies. Please stop talking about her!
This is Sarah's way of helping out Alaskans by not being governor.
LOL. The next Billy Mays will shill for anything, even "sin" products. Show me the money, baby!
Bravo Sarah Palin!
Here we go again............Sarah Palin and her wonderful family values. Where is her special needs child? Doesn't this woman realize her popularity has ONLY to do with her looks? Beauty eventually fades..........dumb goes on forever.
That's our Sarah, anything for a buck.
Whatever happened to her born again roots????? Booze and born again don't mix!!!
You don't think that she sold herself for the money do you????
She's appearing in her usual role I assume..........a comic
I can't wait to see the post's about this story. All you angry, hatefull, intollerant Liberals should have a field day wiith this one.
First of all, Failin Palin should NOT be referred to as "Governor Palin" since she resigned/quit/left office to puruse fleeting fame and her own fortune. Second, since this is a "Wine and Liquor" convention, what does her "analysis of the current political environment" have to to with the purpose of this convention? Will this give new meaning to "I came to serve" in her own "mind" (and I use THAT term loosely)? You betcha **wink wink**
"We expect she will share with the convention attendees her analysis of the current political environment and her vision for America's future."
If this was not so pathetic it would be funny. Palin does have an analytic bone in her body... how in the world can she provide a analysis of anything. It's been proven that she lies, she dumb as a doornob, she has horrible gammar, and voice sounds that fingernails grinding a chalk board. Come on white folks.... give it a rest. You should be tired of Pailn yourself. I thought I was going to read that she was going to a strip club in Vegas and work the pole. Now that I can believe!
Who cares? Why is this news? She has no understanding of the current political environment and what vision does she have for America's future. The only thing she can see is Russia from her front door!
I will need a drink if I sit and listen to her jibberish and I'll be able to see Russia from my porch also.
When does Palin have time to be a mom to her special-needs toddler? I guess she is making her priorities clear.
Swill, baby, swill!
I thought she was finally going to do the work she was meant for and be a stripper in downtown vegas...
I need a drink. This woman is about as annoying as the Octomom.
Yikes! This calls for a stiff drink.
Maybe they will get her loaded and she will actually be able to speak English. So what do you think of her now all you fundamentalist straight laced psuedoChristians??
To all of you who continue to rave about this woman I have three words . . . . . . . Alaska Independent Party. This is the organization the dude belonged to for seven years. He and his buddies, and by her own attendance the quitter, want to secede from the Union.
Is this really what you call a real American? Is this woman the person whom you want to emulate?
Remember that this was before one of your worst nightmares (not mine) made it to the WH in 2008.
Their hatred of the US and everything this country stands for has been documented.
Does this woman really deserve all the accolades? I think NOT!!!!!!!
Sarah has always been a proponent of whine.
She's EVERYWHERE! Must be nice to be so popular.
When will America care about alcoholism?
She will go cold turkey halfway through the speech.
How about that, she's now a shill for the alcohol industry, is that part of her evangelical moral superiority?
what a bunch of idiots – her most of all
Anything for money with this woman!
"Proud and honored," sounds like somebody has his nose deep in his own product. Is there rehab for stupid?
Oh that religious holy woman...is this God's plan for her. Like all republicans they have to stick God in everything they do as if God really approved of THEM.
So – if you love to start wars.
If you don't mind killing people
If you don't mind torturing people
If you cut off funds for childrens food
If you let whole ethic groups drown because you are racist
If you let oil companies soak your citizens
If you move jobs overseas so the corporation cruds can make money
You are right on to the be the god the republicans are constantly touting.
But if you are compassion, love children, try to help the needy, abhor killing and starting wars, work for the good of the people you are the true recipants of the one real true God...and he doesn't have anything to do with republicans. He is just and holy.
Well, the cat's out of the bag!! Sara must like to have a "fast and easy drink" now and then! Thus the invite to this big convention! I sure hope she behaves herself while she is in Vegas! But then again, as they say - "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! Maybe we all will GET a big surprise and she will show up on Youtube and/or FaceBook, with her fancy bkinki! and a big Margueritia in one hand, and a hundred dollar bill in the other!! And this is a woman who is a CHRISTIAN, and is very FAMILY ORIENTED??????????????? This must be the new definition of Christianity for the GOP - If it feels good, do it!!! Nevermind what God might think or say - It's the 21st Century!! Just impress everyone with your so called Christian, family values, and you'll be just fine!! And when you get brave enough - "Let it ALL hang out'!!! Good Luck, Sara!!! And Shhhhhhh!!! We know - only the brave hearted travel to Vegas!!!!!
Just goes to show you that Sarah has been overcome with fame and now fortune. This is a woman loved by the Christian Right, and now she is going to Vegas for the Wine and Alcohol Wholesales. She will do anything for money, apparently.
This is just weird.
You go Sarah! So many people love you and support you and I hope and pray that you don't go away anytime soon. Can't wait to see you on Fox tonight and for years to come!
I have loved ones in the ground because of alcohol. To hell with them!
When the alcohol industry drives the national economy, we have no hope.
I thought that born again Christians were against the consumption of alcohol? Well, you learn something new everyday...
Next we will see her advocating for the Bunny Ranch. HEY! As long as it brings in money, its okay!
Drill, Baby, Drill! Don't matter who it hurts!
At least the audience will have the opportunity to blind stinking drunk before they listen to her dribble.
I guess she is going to tell the nation it is OK to drink as we live in the land of free enterprise and capitalism reigns supreme as long as industry is making money. What in the world does that dumb mother know about what is good for the nation's future when she is having difficulty with her own family and when she couldn't govern Alaska she just up and quit, how inspiring. Take care of your own family before you try to run a great nation. One thing she dos like to do is raise a lot of money for herself, by being folksy, what a phony, only a 'tea party' person could love.
Palin / Beck 2012!
Showgirl or prostitute?
And I will vote by abstaining from all alcoholic beverages.
Just a few more pennies in her pocketbook. Hopefully everyone will have a a few drinks before her speech, and won't even notice that she is incoherent and doesn't make much sense.
Probably will emphasize her version of family values to one of the groups most responsible for the damage done by alcohol to the American family. This would smack of blatant hypocrisy if it wasn't Sarah Palin gettin' rich. You betcha!
Love Sarah!
The Democrats always accuse the Republicans of spewing hatred towards their beloved office holders, well watch them unleash on Sarah. If you want to see hate, slander, and unmitigated venom, just stay tuned
folks. Let the mud slinging begin!
If these goons didn't make alcohol, I'd boycott them. Too bad they do.
This is too funny for words. Wondering if the comedians that regularly perform in Vegas will think that Sarah's invading their turf, since she'll surely deliver a comedy routine for a bunch of drunk sales reps.
I think Sarah Palin needs to seek a counselor for help. Of course, she needs money, money, money, money, and M-O-N-E-Y!!
Psst – someone tell her it's beer, not deer.
I am so sick of her!
Sarah Palin professes to know everything about everything, but knows nothing about anything! She is being used to draw crowds. The groups don't care what she says, just get them in, give her a script,then we'll work the crowd! She is a curiosity, like a side show in a circus!
Stop filling the aorwaves witrh this person of no consequence.
We have more impotant people and issues to deal with.
CNN – get your head out of the gutter and start living up to your responsibility to provide the people with important information about serious issues.
This is bubblegum. Is that what your producers call news?
And you think FOX is opinion-journalism?
Why doesn't she just stay home and take care of her "special needs" child. I am so sick of hearing her name. I just watched my last CNN program also.
This woman has no ethics, just a hunger for fame and money- now she is pushing alcohol and Las Vegas rather than God and celibacy.
Perfect match for the liars and propagandists at Fox News-
Heh, their biggest customer as their key note speaker... Awesome...
Pay her enough and she'd talk to a Hooker's Convention, or a Cannibal Convention for that matter, sheesh what a shill!
What a bunch of horse manure. Palin couldn't even explain free enterprise, so how could she support it? Probably because someone told her it was a good thing. As far as her vision for the future: I wonder if she can see it from her house.
There must be a lot of money in it. That is what appeals to Sarah Palin.
ROTFLMAO! *gasp* Somebody help me, here. CNN is having WAY too much fun with this one. Between the impossibly ironic headline and the phallic reference in the photo, I simply cannot breathe. Stop it...stop it...
Should be hard to tell whether she has had too many samples. She should replace Jay Leno, she is a natural comdian. Every time I see her I just start laughing before she even opens her mouth. George Bush wasn't the worst thing the Republicans have done.
Way to go, Sarah. Good luck in everything you pursue. You make the pitiful naysayers sick with your success but you represent the good in the down to earth, hardworking, honest American people, so go for it. We're rooting for you all the way.
I thought she was a born again christrian.......I didn't think they believed in drinking.......so why would she go and speak for this Industry.......this Industry is responsible for the deaths of many people that are killed by drunk drivers........she believe abortion is wrong (the killing of babies) but I guess its ok if your babies are killed by drunk drivers.....
One thing we cannot say about Ms. Palin she did not come on the line early in the morning matured by noon whithers mid after noon fall of by seven P.M. She a hot commodity thank to Senator John you know who. Where fine wine good Liquor and good friend chat.
Good God! Makes me want to go out, get drunk, kill a herbivore that has a fraction of my cranial capacity using my superior technology, then come back in to town and kick around some minorities before I go to Bible study. Just makes ones blood run swiftly.
Too bad none of it gets to her brain.
And now that the Facist News Network has joined hands with the Animal Planet Channel. . . . no wait . . . .getting nasty notes from the animals. They are insulted now. Sorry. I thought it was funny.
Do we have a Bovine Channel?
WOW great......A job she might be able to handle serving cocktails...Of course you run the risk that she might QUIT before she delivers your order
Alcohol comes to mind every time I hear her name. Perhaps she can do the opening act for Wayne Newton.
I need a drink...
If she is a part of America's future, we don't have anywhere to go but up!
She really IS a showgirl!
Hic! Prediction.....she will be better than the guy who came before her Foster Brooks.
Levi was right. It's all about the money.
OMG-How CHRISTIAN of you! Oh, those family values hard at work... I'm sure it was probably alcohol that led to your teenage daughter getting knocked up. Sarah Palin gets the "Most Pathetic Excuse For A Human" award.
shes a quiter period
What is the delicate phrase for this? Personage of ill repute. Dispenser of personal favors for money. Street walker.
The last one about gets it.
It is funny, when one of our reports from the Yukon mentioned that Sarah Palin was trailer trash she almost got beheaded. Where are the clothes that were going to be auctioned for charity? Why did she quit? How can anyone be so stupid and never answer a question yet be given the status you americans have given her. I am sure the Bushes hope she gets elected, at least then there might be a conversation who was the dumbest president ever. And by the way when the republicans speak to Canadian health care it showes how sullied they are, there is no such thing as Canadian Health care it is a provincial thing not federal.
Sounds about right, since she talks as if she is wasted most of the time.
There goes Ms. Holy Mary, what happened to all the christian values, I suppose she is planning to bring her pastor along to the alcohol convention. These right-wing hypocrites will do anything for money, it's amazing how they try to hijack Christianity (old testament variant, since they know nothing about the reforms Christ brought in the new testament). American Christians need to wake up and smell the coffee. TEA BAGGERS, you are just being used while the fools behind the curtains make millions of dollars off your anger. As for Sarah Palin (our deputy chief anti-terrorism expert, deputizing cheney), she should be the poster child for education reform, she is a good example of our lack of quality education.........A MORON.
Listening to this idot speak will drive a lot of people to drinking, so your bottom line should look pretty good.
"Governor Palin is a great supporter of America's free enterprise system ........... We're proud and honored to welcome her as a speaker,"
We're proud means, we paid a lot of money to her. I'm sure she knows as much about wine ans spirits as she knows about Russia.
You know we have a saying here, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but please Mrs. Palin, DON'T STAY!!! Leave as soon as possible, we don't need your karma in Vegas, things are slow enough here. I'm sure you and your right wing nuts don't approve of our sinful gambling. Or better yet, why don't you just cancel or be a no show again. Quitting and not showing up seems to be what you do best. Las Vegas hopes you do your best again, please.
You'd have to be drunk to listen to her...let alone support her!
Hope CNN keeps pushing Palin stories, it will help Fox grow even more.
Ok Liberals, sharpen your teeth and claws for this one. Can't wait to read the hatred towards Palin on this story. Lets see how far some of you can sink into the mud.
Leave it to a bunch of wino's to listen to a wacko.
What Wonderful Idea! and a Brilliant Speaker to choose for the "Booze Convention" Now thats a match made in Heaven, its amazing how much they care that they offered her no fee and admission is free, what a caring society we become
Keep up the Palin Work
I think I will boycott any alcoholic beverages in Las Vegas (my second home) in the future. How they think Sarah Palin's thoughts on politics are relevant to the alcohol industry baffle me. I would rather do without my margarita than support Sarah Palin's self serving antics.
Go out and grab as much cash as possible, SP. That is the American way.
Nothing says "morals and values" like booze! Unreal.
MY GOD!!! Someone get me a drink.
Drunks. Palin. $21,000 Scores tabs. You can't make this stuff up.
All of your negative opinions makes me want to vote for, if she runs for prez in 12. You all are helping her.
Geez, this idiot is EVERYWHERE!! She quits as Gov. of Alaska, "for the good of Alaska" and has been raking in the dough ever since. She's laughing all the way to the bank. She's making hay while the sun shines. You are fooling nobody Sarah, and you are a MAJOR hypocrite.
Enough already...everytime Palin signs up for this or that we have to read or hear about it. As someone who was uniquely unqualified to be a heartbeat away she is getting her fifteen minutes of fame thanks to all of you in the media. I ask that you stop the notion of making her into something she will never be, a viable national candidate. Remember she quit her job as the highest elected official from her home state, that alone should tell us something about her convictions.
I will not listen to her on the other network or read her book; there are too many pressing issues at hand that the past Administration left the current one to waste time, energy and effort on the former Governor.
The best comment ever about Sarah Palin came yesterday. A commenter here on the Ticker, in a post about Palin being hired by Fox News, commented "Who cares. No one watches FoxNews anyways".
I guess that pretty much sums up 95% of the comments here on the Ticker. Last time I checked, FoxNews had more veiwers than CNN and MSNBC COMBINED!!!
This is one comment (like 95% of my comments) that will NEVER be posted!!!!
FLUID values...no pun intended. Her values change like the wind but consistently follow the money.
uuurp.. I need another drink!
Las Vegas and Fox News are *perfect* venues for a woman of her intellect.
My sincere hope is that she does run for President in 2012, and splits off the Tea Bagger vote from any moderate Republican candidate (if there is still such a creature). That scenario would hand Obama a second landslide election with a bow wrapped around it.
Wasilla yahoos raiding the country from coast to coast. Between Sarah, Levi and the other band of boneheads, the country is in a stupor from an Alaskan hangover.
anything for a buck ...LOL
Is this a paid event?
I have a gut feeling that she does nothing unless she is paid.
Palin Ribbed by Montana Guv for Being No Show – The Note
Feb 20, 2009 ... ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: Montana Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer ribbed Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin Friday for announcing at ...
blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/02/montana-governo.html – Cached – Similar
Virginia Politics Blog – Palin a No-Show in Virginia
Oct 9, 2009 ... After the election last year, Republican Bob McDonnell expected former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to campaign with him.
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Palin A No-Show At GOP Women's Convention
Sep 2, 2009 ... As some of the most prominent Republican women across the country gather next week in Orlando, arguably the most well-known of them will not ...
Palin a No-Show Yet Again | NBC New York
Former Alaska governor won't grace California gala.
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What does Palin no show at “Values Voter” summit say about her ...
Sep 16, 2009 ... Why is former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin passing on the summit of self-styled conservative ...
blogs.reuters.com/.../what-does-palin-no-show-at-values-voter-summit-say-about-her-2012-intentions/ – Cached
Yet she shows up whenever she is paid...
FOXNews.com – Palin to Speak at Hong Kong Investors Conference
Sep 2, 2009 ... Sarah Palin will be delivering a keynote speech in Hong Kong, China, and next month at the first tea party movement’s convention in Nashville, Tenn.
bahahahahahah. First Fox now Vegas. GREAT! Two circuses. What's next? Mad Magazine?
Isn't Vegas where washed-up entertainers go to finish their careers? Sarah should fit right in...
perfect venue. I mean she is very entertaining and s-e-x-y
Does she really not know the difference between North and South Korea? What did she think the Korean War was about–chopsticks?
Bet her approval rating in Nevada is a bit higher than Reid or Obama.
I think Palin would be a total disaster as president or vice president, but, you know, I'll bet she's pretty good at these kinds of things – she seems to be fun and charming if not overly well informed or thoughtful. I hope she follows this path and gets out of politics...
What a prostitute!
"Show me the money" should be her campaign slogan.
Is this is the best we can hope for as presidential material from certain groups in the GOP?
Why doesen't someone trash that trailer trash's trailer ?What's next? A ride in the Space Shuttle? Maybe she will find a job on the strip selling Post Cards.
I would pay good money to see Sarah Palin
speak and be able to drink at the same time.
Call me old fashioned but I like a pretty woman
who excites a crowd and I don't mind a little nip
of whiskey also.
I would also vote for her. Golly Gee, I sure hope
that doesn't make me an extremist
All I can say is I wish I was that mic!
Interesting. Some of the strictest alcohol laws are in some of the most religiously conservative states.
Everytime Palin shows up in the media, the left starts drinking. She's good for business.
If Palin gets drunk -–maybe, just maybe she will speak with some intelligence.
Agreeing to speak at conventions such as this suggest that Sarah Palin has no intention to run for President in 2012. Plus when you add the Fox News commentator position, it smells like something a former politician would do..grab as much dough as you can based on your reputation and hope someone will pay you for your two cents.
Next she'll be juggling beachballs at Seaworld. I've said it before...what is most disturbing about this person is that "she doesn't know that there are things she doesn't know"...and all projected with an air of self-righteousness. A dangerous and ignorant position.
ohhh...this is going to piss off her right wing religois backers...but as long as she gets paid, ehy? She has a history of walking out on her supporters for money. Isn't thet right, people of Alaska?
Craig Wolf – please refer to sara as EX-governor – she is not the governor any more – She Quit on those who elected her!
As far as her "sharing her analysis of the current political environment"...perhaps she can discuss Korea (she just found out there is a North and South) which is line with her other abilities related to international knowledge.
Nothing against to prudent use of alcohol, but Craig Wolf and Palin must both be drunk!
Ah but then Palin then leaves Las vegas is to address the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. Ah New Orleans where the Republican Leadership (Ex-president Bush) left so many dead. Ah these are the ways some Republicans celebrate. Sara Palin is in it for the Money – NOT the American people! She should have married to Ballon Dad! They could lie to one another until they finally fall asleep. GOD help us!
I can't even believe some people are supporting this story and dogging "liberals out to get Sarah". This is appalling. This isn't a liberal vs. conservative issue. This is totally about money, hypocrisy, and touting something that ultimately causes many deaths and loss of revenue for businesses every year. Alcoholism is a real issue people, wake up!
Perfect fit, wholesalers have balkanized the US market for their own benefit for their distribution fiefdoms, the opposite of real free enterprise. Try buying a wine online from a winery and you will find how restrictive your state is.
Hey Sarah, do crack dealers have industry conventions? Maybe you could talk to them.
You can see South America from Las Vegas.
The Whole Sum of Sarah Palin is that "MONEY SPEAKS" this woman would speak at a "PORN CONVENTION" if the money was right.......I now believe she would even SELL HER SOUL TO THE DEVIL if the money was right......but then again I think she already has........
The Wine and Liquor Wholesalers of America are not just a major contributor to the American economy, they should also be proud of being a major contributor to 2 million Americans becoming alcoholics every year, every drunk driving accident and death, every husband who is going to beat his wife tonight, every American fired from a job because of a drinking problem, every American child who does not have food to eat tonight because mommy and daddy drank the food money – I can go on forever – however as Americans we like to live in our dream world – until you are personally affected by alcohol.
I'm sorry, this is just stupid.
I feel shame, as an American, a real American, that Palin is even considered a viable candidate. Am I the only "real American" that actually listens to her and what it is she is saying?
I see nothing of value in Palin.
I see Palin adds nothing of value to any debate.
I see Palin as of no value.
Palin is a christian extremist, no better than an islamist extremist.
I am a real American.
She quit the job she ran for (Gov) because the spotlight was too much for her family and the ethics inquiries too problematic – for this?!
This proves A) she wants the spotlight B) she'll talk wherever there's a mic and a check.
Can't wait to hear her case for deregulating booze.
That's too easy.
God is Great – Beer is Good – and payland is crazy
(ANYTHING FOR A BUCK)
The book "Game Changer" shows just how UNEDUCATED this woman is. Who in their right mind would talk "Foreign Policy" and not know the history of war. LOL She never passed a SAT. NO Way.
She is surely for Capitol Gain for Sarah Palin. Use her until you use her up. Looks don't last forever.
Hmmm.....Follow the money. Sarah has dollar signs in her eyes.
Guess she'll do anything for a buck.
And a message for those who follow Palin with blind obedience......As my father used to say, "There's one born every minute."
Promoting alcohol AND abstinence... Sounds about right for Palin. No surprise here...
ROGUE
–noun
1. a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
2. a playfully mischievous person; scamp: The youngest boys are little rogues.
3. a tramp or vagabond.
4. a rogue elephant or other animal of similar disposition.
5. Biology. a usually inferior organism, esp. a plant, varying markedly from the normal.
Yes, she is "Going Rogue". What a mavericky maverick she is!!
Hey Gale – 1/12 5:09 pm ET
She is NOT an office holder. Remember, she gave up her office! Now I wish she would just quietly fade away!
OMG, all the boobs wind up in Vegas! Everyone looks alot better after a few!
Conservatives like Sarah Palin tend to stop preaching so much about morality when in the vicinity of alcohol bevarage industry lobbyists.
Leave Sarah alone.. Fox doesn't pay her enough so she has to make ends meet. She has a special needs child to take care of.
Typical right wing hyprocrisy.
I wonder if speaking at this convention is god's will?
You have got to be kidding ! Well she could come out as one of the showgirls. Thats about all she has to offer !
Well this should be good! Get Sarah drunk, dress her as a showgirl and put her on stage and then see all her GOP friends come running. They could call it a fact-finding mission. She would be in good company with the other hypocrites in their party!
While John McCain is out still working in politics for the best of the country, this idiot is talking to anyone who will listen. Until she becomes a serious politician maybe CNN should cover more important stories.
What a piece this woman is. How could anyone could ever have thought that she was presidential material I will never know. Please dear Lord keep her away from Vegas. She might decide to stay and then I'd have to give up my yearly trips to the fun city for fear of running into her. I don't travel to Alaska anymore.
greed is good,that idiot is the typical hypocritical christian.
"Sell out Sarah" strikes again. What is best for Sarah is - oh who cares!
Pam in Oregon
What a HUGE relief it is to read so many Truthful comments about the biggest political joke of all time! You have renewed my faith in the sanity of this country!
"Craig Wolf, the president and CEO of the Wine and Liquor Wholesalers of America" is still calling her GOVERNOR PALIN... and not the X-governor, the one who quit! [Idiot] birds of a feather all flock together?
And then there's the "Wine and Spirits Tasting Competition." I expect she will be a good sport and join in...you betcha! Hopefully she will still be hung over for the: "Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, a major gathering of GOP leaders..."
I guess she is either getting a huge fee ( plus expenses) or free booze for her and her family for the rest of her families life.
Either is OK I guess?? ... plus book royalties, and she dont need to be governor of Alaska, with its low salary and ethical restrictions, and front page news every time she shoots and cuts up her own Moose burger, or Tod over fishes his Salmon quota.
And by the way which genius thinks she can be a Presidential candidate in 2012 for the GOP.That is an insult to the intelligence and common sense of most Americans irrespective of political bias!!
Regards,
Hodgson.
Why is it always fun to watch a good train wreck ??
Oh noooo...not in MY town. The only reason she'd be coming here is because all the casino owners support Republicans bigtime with huge cash donations; like Adelson from Venetian/Palazzo and Wynn from the Wynn and Encore. That's what this is all about. MONEY, pure and simple.
Praise the Lord and pass the Jack Daniel's.
Babs, you can come on up to Alaska to visit; she abandoned the state. There's hope! hahahhah.
Yep, monkey grinding the organ, or is that a bulldog?
Ms. Palin will be meeting with Rob Blagojevich in Las Vegas presumably to create their strategy for running in 2012.
Give me the name of any famous living Democrat who doesn't give speeches for pay and prove it. I doubt you can. Typical forum – where serious thought takes a hike...
This is really going to confuse the MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) types.
The woman is turning me into an alcoholic so I guess she is helping the industry.
I get the DTs all the time and I can't sleep for hours after I see her face. Every time I close my eyes I see Sarah Palin with a polar bear coat shooting bunnies from her porch. Big stogie hangin' out of her great, gaping maw, jagged teeth, moose chili dripping from her chin. Oh GAWD.
I have to quit trying to scare my grandchildren with stories of the Wasilla Drilla. She scares the heck out of me. I need a drink.
Proving once again that Sarah Palin will do ANYTHING for the right price. Thank God she was not elected VP (apparently God agrees how disasterous she would have been).
People who will do anything for money make catastrophic politicians. Look at Bush and Cheney – they invented a war to get at more oil money – and we're still paying the price.
OMG! Palin to speak to the Liquor folks convention? With Alaska having one of, if not the highest rate of alcoholism in the US, is that the most important thing she can address as (former) governor of AK? If she had any real Christian values, she would be addressing the death and destruction that liquor does to AK families. She is is the single most obnoxious self-promoting, self-aggrandizing media hag next to Ann Couter and Rush Limpbaugh. And do NOT criticize her for not knowing about North and South Korea. The poor 15 watt bimbo has yet to learn about South and North Dakota or South and North Carolina. Las Vegas is a good place for her to get even more freaky. John McCain, what the hell were you thinkin'? Palin is such an embarrassment to anyone with an IQ over 40.