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Sarah PAC steps into the big leagues
Politico ^ | July 11, 2010 | Kenneth P. Vogel

Posted on 07/11/2010 7:14:49 PM PDT by Al B.

A new financial report filed Sunday evening showed Sarah Palin’s political action committee has taken its fundraising to a higher level – and suggests that she has begun building a more sophisticated political operation in place of a bare-bones organization powered mostly by her rock star status and scrappy on-line presence.

The report, filed with the Federal Election Commission, shows that Palin’s political action committee raised more money in the second quarter of this year – $866,000 – than it had in any previous three-month stretch since Palin formed the group in January 2009.

The committee, Sarah PAC, also spent nearly twice as much – $742,000 – as it had in any previous quarter, the lion’s share of which went to the type of list-building and fundraising (including its first major direct-mail campaign) that typically undergird top-tier political committees. It also reported its biggest-ever round of donations to candidates – $87,500 – and its highest outlays for travel costs, including $17,000 on private jet fare to crisscross the country for high-profile political speaking gigs, and speechwriting. It also showed continued payments for that speechwriting as well as foreign and domestic policy consulting, and its first ever payments to a scheduler.

In short, for the first time since the 2008 campaign when she was the vice-presidential running mate to GOP presidential candidate John McCain, Palin is supported by a political operation befitting someone considering a presidential run.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: graham; hatch; mclamesgirl; murkowski; palin; palin4amnesty; paulbots; paulbotshere; pimppaul; pimppaulshere; pimpromneyhere; pimpromneyplease; romneybots; romneybotshere; sarahpac; sarahpalin; scientology
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1 posted on 07/11/2010 7:14:52 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: Al B.
Supporting RINOs like McCain, Graham, Murkowski, and Hatch is NOT the "big leagues."
2 posted on 07/11/2010 7:16:19 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: rabscuttle385

continue hating, Mr. Newt fan- he is a REAL winner! You are sucha dolt


3 posted on 07/11/2010 7:21:25 PM PDT by Leader_Of_The _Conservatives (High time to bring back the sons (and daughters) of liberty!!!! SP4P2012)
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To: rabscuttle385

Come on... She is not supporting Murkowski and Ive not heard her supporting Hatch and/or Graham. McCain, that sucks but lets be truthful.


4 posted on 07/11/2010 7:22:26 PM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: rabscuttle385

Do you folks just come out at night?


5 posted on 07/11/2010 7:23:12 PM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: rabscuttle385
One-track mind:
She endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She Endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She Endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She Endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She Endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She Endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She Endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She endorsed McCain ... She Endorsed McCain ...
6 posted on 07/11/2010 7:27:10 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: GoCards

We could always replace him with a parrot.


7 posted on 07/11/2010 7:31:23 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: rabscuttle385
Supporting RINOs like McCain, Graham, Murkowski, and Hatch is NOT the "big leagues.

DeMint supports RINOs like Graham, Mitt and Jeb Bush.

Rabs supports DeMint.


8 posted on 07/11/2010 7:33:13 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: rabscuttle385
Palin endorsed Joe Miller (Lisa Murkowski’s opponent in the GOP primary) who is also backed by the Tea Party. Can you read? Do you have any idea what is happening outside of your block? Or do you just keep hearing this little voice that says, “Sarah Palin endorsed McCain?”
9 posted on 07/11/2010 7:37:59 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: GoCards
Do you folks just come out at night?

Naw, there's been one on every Palin thread all day. usually one of the first 3 posters.

10 posted on 07/11/2010 7:40:07 PM PDT by digger48 (THE STATE)
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To: FreeReign

Sounds like Rabs is a RINO to me. After if he is backing a RINO like DeMint/S


11 posted on 07/11/2010 7:40:40 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: rabscuttle385
NOT the "big leagues."

Hee hee......

I think you left some brain matter on the wall.

Here, Rabs. This one's just for you.


45th President of The United States

12 posted on 07/11/2010 7:49:35 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: GoCards; rabscuttle385

SarahPac has donated money to Sen. Lindsey Graham, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, AZ Sen. McCain.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/01/palins-pac-steps-up-contributions-to-gop-candidates/?fbid=wWVC2S2wHKU


13 posted on 07/11/2010 7:49:36 PM PDT by donna (The fruits of Feminism: Angry fathers, bitter mothers, fat kids and political correctness.)
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To: bwc2221; rabscuttle385
Sounds like Rabs is a RINO to me. After if he is backing a RINO like DeMint/S

Yes, to be clear, I like DeMint.

It's the hypocritical arrogance of PDS that I dislike, and the above Rabs example that I gave is exhibit "A".

14 posted on 07/11/2010 7:51:26 PM PDT by FreeReign
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One-track mind: She endorsed McCain ...

At first it was irritating. Then it got tiresome. Now it's just pitiful.

I can picture a bunch of these folks sitting in a circle just before sunrise, holding hands and trying to will the sun not to rise.

What on earth are they afraid of?

15 posted on 07/11/2010 7:53:51 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: donna
Good Evening Donna -

I presume it's Ankle Biter shift change and you are taking over.

Graham, Hatch and McCain all loaned Palin money to help get SarahPAC started, so the “contributions” were used to pay them back for the loans. I'm sorry, Ankle Biters don't like being confused by the facts.

I swear, I think you people hate Sarah Palin more than you hate Barack Obama.

16 posted on 07/11/2010 8:05:32 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: FreeReign

I like DeMint too. That’s the reason for the big S.


17 posted on 07/11/2010 8:07:37 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: Al B.

18 posted on 07/11/2010 8:10:11 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: bwc2221

Keep your personal insults to yourself and stick to the facts.

The article specifically says “donated” - not repaid a loan.


19 posted on 07/11/2010 8:16:24 PM PDT by donna (The fruits of Feminism: Angry fathers, bitter mothers, fat kids and political correctness.)
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To: Al B.
“Essentially when we started last January, we started from scratch,” Crawford said. “We didn’t have a big base of people coming out of the presidential campaign. Everybody knew that there was this massive amount of support, but she didn’t have it, because all that stuff was property of the McCain campaign.

Just as I thought. He kept the donor lists and "I" didn't donate until after she was named VP.

That's why I still get mail from him. UGH.

20 posted on 07/11/2010 8:18:12 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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