Sarah Palin has cancelled her speech at a tea party rally September 3 in Indianola, Iowa, reports the Wall Street Journal. Palin, whose campaign-style Iowa web video released earlier this month had ended with the line “Thank you Iowa! See you again September 3rd,” does plan to have an event September 2 in Des Moines, Iowa.
UPDATE: News outlets are now reporting that Palin may or may not give the speech. A source close to Palin told RealClearPolitics that the event was “on hold” and that “there are some planning issues regarding the hosts and some concern that the invitation that was proffered is not the event that is now being put together.” CNN is reporting that sources close to Palin say that she “is no longer likely to attend” but “could still appear at the event.” It’s unclear what the issue is, although the Palin sources also told CNN event organizers had been “dishonest” and the Wall Street Journal that organizers had been “continually lying.” The role of Christine O’Donnell (timeline there: she was invited to speak, then her invitation was withdrawn, now it appears she was invited again) may also be a factor in the Palin camp’s decision whether to attend or not.
The Journal has posted a correction on the original piece: “Sarah Palin put her appearance at a Tea Party of America rally in Indianola, Iowa, on hold but did not cancel it, as incorrectly reported in an earlier version of this post.”
The Grisly Mama continues to baffle the "lamestream" media and her fans with her unconventional, rogue ways. What are the odds now of her throwing her pelt into the ring?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseChaos, disorganization, commotion, drama , diva behavior and feuds always swirl around Palin .
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis pattern will continue throughout the primary and no doubt general election season as she attempts
to insert herself into the process.
Palin's drama du jour will distract from the hard working candidates during the primary season
and our nominee during the general.
The hotels near Palin's Sept 3 speech had plenty of rooms,
so turn out was apparently going
to be less than stellar.
The sponsor of her Sept 2 speech, Conservatives4Palin , are perpetually enraged ,
exist in a paranoid fantasy world and
absolutely despise all Republicans.
With Bachmann and Perry the latest victims of their vileness.
Romney preceded them.
A bizarre bunch to say the least.
I am trying
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decide which commenter
is most hilarious.
"Old Fan", with his constant
"fashionable offerings"
or
"Ronan" with his
Palin obsessed
haiku rants.
I think the proper grammar is "is MORE hilarious."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe erratic nature of her or her people like this is proof she can't be running for President.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFor me, this is confirmation she's not running. With Perry getting into the race, there's really not much room for her anymore.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseTalk about protecting your brand.
She's absolutely terrified of being exposed as irrelevent.
I can see Sarah Palin's sell-by date from here.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI hate when I get jury duty twice in a summer.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis woman is insane, she is paranoid and dangerous. I hate to say this but thank God she is not our Vice President now..
She has hurt the conservative movement continually for the last 4 years, and now she is hurting Perry and Bachman by this "will she or wont she" drama.
PURE WHITE TRASH...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThank you for your clear-thinking, objective assessment. But it's lacking in facts.
Care to share some links to back up your insults? Or is this just your style - demonize anyone who you don't like?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNo kidding. Sounds a bit paranoid himself.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFunny thing, if the Alaska (or is Arizona now?) Hamlet ever did get into the race, she would probably take over third place from Bachmann, who's fading badly.
But I agree with everybody else about Palin's non-seriousness. I've heard of joke candidacies before. But Palin may have the first joke non-candidacy.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEither Palin is being sabotaged or she is a joke.
If she gets into the race, she helps Romney and hurts Perry.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseExactly the kind of decisive leadership America needs - "Maybe I'll speak, maybe I won't". Brilliant.
I guess if she quits before she starts, it will save her the grief of quitting halfway through, so there is that.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIsn't this story just a copy/paste of the WSJ. Wasn't the WSJ part of the cabal that paid millons of dollars to petition 24,000 pages of "shocking emails". When will the brainwashed public realize the state run media are liars, saboteurs and are afraid of Sarah Palin?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMuch ado about nothing. This was a untrue rumor; Palin had never changed mind about attending this event on Sept 3rd.
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Funny how all the Palin haters jump on any false rumor to smear Palin without due diligence. Why the seething hatdred and thinly veiled fear? If she enters the race, she starts out at around 10% according to most primary polls, roughly at the same support as Bachmann and Ron Paul. She would be a longshot, but anything could happen.
Let all those who wish to run, do so. Whoever emerges from the primaries will have earned it and get my support.
I like Palin, Perry & Bachmann, but I would vote for Palin in my primary if she decided to run.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBefore anyone jumps in, hear me: I am not now, nor have I EVER been a "Palin hater." I have expended more keystrokes defending Sarah in online duels than anyone else save maybe Bush. But I've had enough.
Sarah, you're a nice lady. You are not "dumb," "crazy," "illiterate," fill in the blank with any other unfair insult or crazed attack from the past 3 years. But you are NOT Presidential material. This kind of chaos with a NON-campaign gives us at least some indication of how a Palin administration would run. If you are still this disorganized and unprepared after 3 years of being fully aware the kind of scrutiny you get from everyone, not just the Left and the media, then I'm out of explanations for you.
Be a party rock star, speak at rallies, endorse candidates all day, fine. But please, don't waste any more of our political oxygen with the idea you'll be President. You won't.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI feel the same way about Romney. Why waste "political oxygen" when your candidacy is nothing but a massive waste of your children's inheritance?
That being said, I would never discourage him or anyone else from running. And in the end, I will support the GOP nominee whomever he or she may be.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAgree.
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