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Posted on 05/01/2011 10:30:45 AM PDT by Nachum
Former Alaska Governor and recently reinvigorated potential Presidential candidate Sarah Palin appeared Saturday evening not at the “nerd prom” known as the White House Correspondence dinner, but instead “chose life” and keynoted a fundraiser in Bethesda, Maryland for Heroic Media, a anti-abortion advertising group.
According to reports from Politico, whose personnel attended the closed event, Palin, a long time enemy of the main stream media, boasted that although she had the opportunity to attend the dinner, she was not tempted by the “influence out there”, referring to the often liberal circles that attend the event. Palin may have also chosen to stay away as many members of the satirical comedy show Saturday Night Live were in attendance at the dinner, comedian Seth Meyers hosting the event, and to this day her portrayal by lead writer Tina Fey during the 2008 Presidential campaign continues to make the news. Her daughter Bristol, a staunch abstinence advocate and now of Dancing With the Stars fame, did attend the WHCD, to which the elder Palin warned her to “grit her teeth” in response to the Palin jokes that could pop up during the evening.
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She attended the WHCD CURE fundraiser brunch, gave her speech at the Pro-Life fundraiser, and attended the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair and MSNBC after parties. Today she dedicates a new college arena/fundraiser in CA. Not bad for a weekend in the lower 48.
Now - after his photo op in (one) TN town to show off his sympathy for the tornado victims, Obama immediately went to FL for another fundraiser-photo-op and then went to DC for his coronation by the national press corpse at “his” dinner - getting loads of compliments for what actually was a very lousy comedy job that consisted of spearing Republican politicians and conservatives.
Who’s “real” -— and who’s the fake?
“recently reinvigorated “
Say Whaaaat??
She didn’t miss much, did she.
Trump is the new Palin (AKA media punching bag).
The “nerd prom” is right - it’s a gathering chock full of people, all of whom think they are the legendary “smartest man in the room”.
A self-important ego-fest.
GO SARAH,,, thats my girl.
I had a call from a conservative group yesterday, when they beeped for my comments I told them to nominate Palin or forget 2012, you already lost it. You could tell they weren’t expecting my comment.
I thought she went last night, but she didn’t. I love it. Sarah chose to speak at a pro-life fundraiser instead of having dinner with pro-abortion, pro-death politicians as they crack vicious jokes against the innocent and the righteous.
Thank you Gov. Sarah Palin.
Amazing the amount of important people that still go to it.
Check out the list somewhere. Impressive.
This is the guest list from the The Atlantic Wire:
* USA Today: David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Rick Fox, Eliza Dushku
* The Hill: Washington Wizards point guard John Wall (White House correspondent Sam Youngman, described by Fishbowl DC as a “die-hard” University of Kentucky fan, landed the former Wildcat star after more than a month of lobbying.)
* The Washington Post: Speaker John Boehner, Kathleen Parker, Donald Trump (but only if Steve Wynn’s daughter’s wedding doesn’t run late)
* NPR: Michael Stipe, David Byrne, Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, singer-songwriter Annie Clark, School of Rock screenwriter Mike White, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice
* Fox News: Glee’s Amber Riley, Chace Crawford, Tim Daly, Bridget Moynahan, Mekhi Phifer, Patricia Arquette, Cheryl Hines, Alyssa Milano, Newt Gingrich, Felicity Huffman, Omar Epps, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Jason Biggs, Kate Hudson (She’s coming with On The Record host Greta van Susteren, assuming she gets back from covering the royal wedding in time.)
* Mother Jones: Sean Penn (Washington bureau chief David Corn extended the invitation)
* People: Bristol Palin, The Office’s Mindy Kaling, Steven Tyler, Glee’s Chris Colfer
* Bloomberg: Snowboarder Shaun White, Dancing With The Stars co-host Brooke Burke, former White House social secretary Julianna Smoot, Office of Management and Budget director Jack Lew, The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi
* Time: Steve Buscemi, Sen. Scott Brown, Boardwalk Empire showrunner Terrence Winter, King’s Speech director Tom Hooper, designer Tara Subkoff, Game Change director Jay Roach, Game Change producer Danny Strong
* ABC: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Erin Andrews, Jane Lynch, Disney CEO Bob Iger, Sen. Marco Rubio, Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, Gary Locke, White House Chief of Staff William Daley, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Admiral Mike Mullen, White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard, Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sen. Mark Kirk, Sen. Amy Klobuchar
* Fortune: Mira Sorvino, Twitter cofounder Evan Williams
* Newsweek: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Colin Powell, Tina Brown, Bary Diller, Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, Saturday Night Live’s Jason Sudeikis, Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg, Andrew Sullivan, Howard Kurtz, Jane Harman, Peter Beinart, Meghan McCain, Russell Simmons, Rep. Aaron Schock. (At the 2009 dinner, people thought sparks were flying between Favreau and actress Rashida Jones. Just something to keep in mind.)
* The New Yorker: Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, the Coen brothers
* The Atlantic and National Journal: Taylor Kitsch, Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Mike Farah, Chris Dodd, David Axelrod, Rep. John Dingell, Rep. Mike Pence, Rep. John Mica
* CNN Mila Kunis, Lady Antebellum, Paul Abdul
* The New York Times For the fourth straight year, nobody
* Politico: John Legend, Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Anthony Weiner, Joan Rivers, Cal Ripken, Jr., designer Tony Burch, UAE ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Rep. Steny Hoyer, Melissa Leo, Jeremy Piven, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, former RNC chairman Michael Steele, Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker
* Glamour: Rashida Jones, Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera, designer Rachel Roy
* Chicago Tribune: Rahm Emanuel
* Reuters: Samantha Ronson
* American Urban Radio Network: The Wire’s Wendell Pierce
* CBS: Robert Gates, Lara Logan, Michael Chertoff, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Morgan Fairchild, CSI: NY’s Hill Harper, Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Gen. James Brown
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