There is a "" set to be held in Nashville, Tennessee from February 4th-6th 2010. The list of sponsors of this event, organized by Tea Party Nation , is a bunch of groups that I would think might be a little more logical and reasoning than they are, since most are of a conservative nature.

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Palin tells Bill O'Reilly she will not be receiving a fee

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Logic and reason have been thrown out the window in this country though and it's not just coming from the left and their adulation of the "charismatic and dynamic" Barack Obama that blinded everyone's eyes to his actual stances on issues. Now on the right logic and reason have been discarded and they are blinded by a few super-personalities that dress the right way, say clever things and speak in certain tones. Underneath it all though is nothing more than trying to emotionally drive people to give them money and it's not about the movements they say they are supporting.

Enter one Sarah Palin.

Palin, an attractive woman who oozes charisma that makes people want to like her and support her, has taken to the Tea Party movement like a duck to water. Jumping on the backs of a grassroots anger coming from the hard working producers of this country she has manipulated them in ways I didn't think possible. Since her choosing as vice-presidential candidate to John McCain she has been lauded as the second coming of Reagan by those on the right.

In the end though Palin has basically gained support the same way that Barack Obama did, through celebrity, image and glossiness. Yet when you dig down into Sarah Palin you find a dark side. It's the vogue more than the rogue.

It has now been reported by Palin supporter and conservative Dan Riehl that Palin will be charging the Tea Party Convention $100k for her Saturday Night Keynote address. This just appalls me and should raise red flags to anyone who thinks she is supporting the tea party movement simply because of their values and principles. After selling millions of books and making millions of dollars, Sarah Palin is now on the warpath to make every single dollar she can before she self destructs and people turn on her.



Don't get me wrong, I like Sarah Palin personally and I really did want to support her, but when she coddled up to John McCain a red flag of logic and reason went up in me that overcame the emotion driven thoughtlessness.

I instantly started digging into her stances on immigration. After all, if this is going to be the "second in command" of our nation - and possible president if McCain should die in office - she better have a good firm stance on what she would do about the 20 million illegal aliens in this country and a good solid idea what to do with the open borders to our country. Finding nothing I was shocked at the support she was receiving (and continues to receive). Having no stance on this issue is basically endorsing it as something not important. It is complicit in allowing it to continue. Finally all of my suspicions were confirmed when Palin gave an interview to Univision where she states that she was for a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens in October 2008, just days before the election.

It should be noted that one of the sponsors of the Tea Party Convention is the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). They should pull out in protest as should any other groups and individuals opposed to amnesty. It's important to get your message out there, but not if it sacrifices your principles and beliefs.

Another absolute warning sign of Palin's intentions is when she resigned from being governor of Alaska. She claimed that she could do more without being burdened by being governor and the weight of public office. This to me smacked more of avoiding potential mistakes she might make that would end her career. It seemed less about being for a movement as she claimed. She has very little experience and the chance she had to receive any she tossed away. She has chosen to remain inexperienced rather than prove her worth.

Since that time she has made a roadshow selling her book Going Rogue and taking hip-shots from her website making a few endorsements here and there to candidates. Her golden touch of celebrity politician giving a boost to those so lucky and her blind followers not questioning things as they trot along behind.

The final breaking point for me on Palin is this $100k speaking fee. How outrageous and asinine do people have to be to believe that she is simply for the movement and the cause? Who can believe, other than the simply blind and emotion-driven sheep, that she would die for her principles? That to her it is more important to save this country from creeping socialism than it is to give a speech to those fighting the good fight on their saved up lunch money?

No, for Sarah Palin it is not simply about the cause, it is not simply about the values and principles, it is about exposure and making more than a typical Tea Partier makes in a year giving a speech to them about how great they are for supporting her. She'll tell them how she's behind them all the way as she siphons off a little of their cash that they could be putting to better use by organizing to continue the fight. It is more about her getting hers before the movement fades away and her star dims with it.

Can people in this country please wake up? You are committing all of your acts and movements based simply on emotion. You are committing the same cardinal sin that you accused Obama followers of. It is the death of this nation to continue on this path. I am quite simply disgusted by it. WAKE UP and use your brain!

Palin should be chastised for using this grassroots movement for a paycheck. It is more of the same self-promoting and "self before country " action that congress has taken and that every Tea Partier I have met has been vehemently against. Yet for little Sarah Palin they accept this "spit in their eye" with a smile on their face and a shout from their mouths.

