Everybody wants a piece of the Republican VP-in-waiting, it seems. Giving the phrase, “working both sides of the aisle” new meaning, it looks like Ms. Palin is a real money maker. Bloomberg News reports:
Barack Obama reported raising at least $10 million from more than 130,000 donors today after Palin, the Alaska governor, addressed the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, and criticized the Democratic presidential nominee.
“Sarah Palin’s attacks have rallied our supporters in ways we never expected,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said.
The very next paragraph shows Mr. Burton to be a bald-faced liar, however.
The money followed an e-mail solicitation campaign manager David Plouffe sent out right after Palin’s speech.
So, unless David Plouffe is sending out secret correspondence, Obama’s supporters expected the hell out of making money off of Sarah. But the elephant boys don’t mind at all.
McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, raised $10 million after Palin was selected as his running mate Aug. 29, part of his record $47 million haul last month.
“She’s energized the base,” said former New York Senator Alfonse D’Amato, who has raised at least $250,000 for McCain, 72. “Money will not be a problem.”
The Mac Daddy Attack had Sarah send out her own e-mail:
The McCain campaign sent out an e-mail from Palin, 44, today seeking additional donations. “We must have the finances to respond to the latest attacks the Democrats have launched at us,” she wrote.
Go, Sarah, you work that thing, girl.
I guess everybody’s using the word pander in it’s non-political sense, too.
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