Palin gives reasons for forming PAC

[spindrifter]

By SEAN COCKERHAM
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Published: January 29th, 2009 05:11 AM
Last Modified: January 29th, 2009 08:57 AM

JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin took a few questions from Alaska reporters outside the governor's mansion Wednesday morning. Palin talked about her new national Political Action Committee -- SarahPAC -- saying it didn't mean she was running for president. Palin also described her upcoming trip to Washington, D.C., this weekend and the pressure of national expectations versus being governor.

Palin talked about the possibility of a book deal, but laughed off reports it could be worth $11 million.

Here are excerpts from the interview:

Q. Does the PAC mean she's running for president? (Some other governors with national aspirations have such a PAC but she's the first among Alaska governors to get one.)


A. "No, not at all, not at all, no. It's helpful to have a PAC so that when I'm invited to things even like to speak at the Lincoln Day dinner in Fairbanks, to have a PAC pay for that instead of have the state pay for that because that could be considered quasi-political.

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[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Why doesn't this sick freak crawl back under her rock and stay there? nt

[Bicoastal]

2. Yeah, I can't WAIT to see what Palin's autobiography looks like...

Page 75: Grrrrrrrrrr! I'm a fighter!

Page 76: Waaaaaah! I'm a victim!

Page 77: Grrrrrrrrrr! I'm a fighter!

Page 78: Waaaaaah! I'm a victim!

etc.

[minnesota_liberal]

11. The Palin Principle

Proof that the Peter Principle still works at 20-below

[IDemo]

3. Palin-drone:

"No, not at all, not at all, no."

meaning -- "Ya Betcha, yaah."

[dflprincess]

4. Pac or no pac I'm thinking the state should never be paying for her to speak at a partisan dinner

Either she or the Republicans should be footing the bill.

[Hardrada]

5. I wish she would just get her own TV series.

[IDemo]

6. "Russian Exposure"

[Hardrada]

9. Good! Yes, good title.

Alaska where Putin rears his head!
Alaska where Sarah stands guard for our freedoms!
Alaska a home for all the reasons she will bring us later on!

[IDemo]

14. "I kin see 2012 from my house!"

[Hardrada]

18. I'm sure she can!

[Natalya Slosky]

7. Sarah -- please go back to monitoring Russia for us.

Ya don't want Putin invading Alaskan air space, do ya? ;)

[minnesota_liberal]

8. Dingbat formed a PAC to give her cash to roam...

Sarah, shut up and go on home!

[Political Heretic]

10. SarahPAC??? That's the name?

[spindrifter]

12. Because she's Sarahcentric

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

13. riiiiiiiiiiiiight..nt

[AndyTiedye]

15. ..

[Blue_In_AK]

16. She formed the PAC because she had to.

People here are getting tired of her running around on the state's dime, and two of her aides have recently been charged with ethics violations for doing party work on state time during the campaign. She knows if she's going to be running around the countryside puffing herself up, she can't be spending the state's money doing it. I personally think her pay should be docked whenever she's not on strictly state business.

And I don't like the people she pals around with either.

[BlooInBloo]

17. Who?