And meanwhile, conservatives continue to dine on their own...........LOL!
Posted on 10/25/2014 11:56:31 AM PDT by Bratch
Sarah Palin‘s PAC is extremely stingy when it comes to donating money to her fellow Republicans: a report from Open Secrets reveals that since the 2014 two-year election cycle began, her PAC has raised a total of $2.7 million dollars, but only donated $150,000 of that money to actual candidates, a donation rate of 5.5%.
This year was even worse: according to SarahPAC’s third quarter filings this year, they had $1.4 million cash in hand, but only donated $45,000 to nine Congressional candidates — about 3% — between July 1st and September 30th. What did they spend the rest on?
Many of the same consultants she has used all along — for speechwriting, fundraising, logistics and research. There’s even someone paid to consult on “coalitions.” Travel, presumably for Palin, is part of the equation; a PAC like this is useful for keeping a high profile nationally without having to pay those pesky airline and hotel tabs out of personal funds. And the PAC sent $10,885 to HarperCollins — publisher of all three of Palin’s books — for “books for donor fulfillment.” That wasn’t the only book purchase by the committee: A lump sum of $13,000 was listed as being spent for “lodging, SUV rental, books for donors.”
According to OpenSecrets, Palin’s PAC is notoriously “parsimonious,” noting that “of the 417 leadership PACs that made at least one contribution in that cycle, SarahPAC was one of only 19 to give less than 10 percent of its total expenditures to candidates, other PACs or party committees.”
They also note that many of the candidates she’s donated to in this quarter are either extremely long shots or no longer in the running. For instance, she donated $5,000 to Joe Miller, a Tea Party candidate who attempted to run for the US Senate seat held by Democrat Mark Begich. “Miller lost to Dan Sullivan in the GOP primary, but Palin has not seen fit to donate to the Republican nominee, who is locked in nearly a dead heat with Begich,” Open Secrets observed, and added that Palin herself has only donated $628 to a federal candidate in her entire life.
SarahPAC has yet to publicly comment on the story.
[h/t The Daily Caller]
As a so called 'sycophant", I would suggest she go on the speech tour and demand $275,000 per appearance like the other female does........
Why the harsh bro?
And meanwhile, conservatives continue to dine on their own...........LOL!
.......I thought we were going to leave politicians kids alone.
Just sayin.....
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander ... .”
“Makes you wonder if she’s planning on running against Slick Willie’s wife in ‘16. Hmmmm.”
Sarah is either corrupt and stupid (not likely) or she has plans. I think she is already sufficiently rich, thank you very much, that pilfering that PAC account doesn’t seem high on the probability list.
I would have no problem with that. Then she could afford to pay for her own travel expenses. I just wonder how many of the folks who donate to SarahPAC know how much of their donations goes to that compared to campaign contributions.
As for Sarah, I've always liked her and still do. I think she did a big disservice to us with her 2012 "maybe I'm running" tease. I take her at her word that she was undecided, but she should have made a decision earlier instead of waiting well beyond the time frame she herself acknowledged she need to decide by. IMHO it prevented a lot of her supporters from coalescing behind one conservative candidate and helped Romney win the nomination. That doesn't mean I don't like her, it just means she made a poor choice. But to the true believers just saying that means I'm "against" and "trashing" her.
Who does Soros give money to?
That’s what they want you to believe. It’s your vote that’s of value.
If the politician represents the people in a district in Arizona, why should Soros be allowed to buy a piece of him?
Maybe what we need to do in elections is to outlaw all donations, PAC Money, Etc. and all candidates limited to spending no more than say a maximum $50,000 of their own money and see what happens.
Palin endorsed the “independent” and democRAT candidates for governor and Lt. Governor. She failed conservatives and me. I say this as a former Palinaholic.
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I cannot and will not separate social issues from business ones. A governor sets policy in a state and if I can vote against a spineless independent and a rat, I will 10 times out of 10.
The only reason I can think why she really did it was because she was mad at Parnell, a good conservative, is because he changed the tax policy that Palin set up. Pure retribution. Pure Crap. Palin will never get my approval again unless she apologizes.
What leads you to believe they are all truly CONSERVATIVE FReepers?
Can you say mole, can you say fifth columnist?
Can you say working on 23rd Free Republic identity?
I have learned in my life to trust no one and nothing; until I have proven it, or them, to my own satisfaction.
There!!! I fixed it. :-)
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