Good to see you liberal-democraters are still idiots. She is trying to
sell herself worthy, not bribe and not to debt-spend to the top.


On 01/02/2010 4:04 PM, Harry wrote:

Sarah Palin Uses PAC to Buy Her Own Book
Political Action Committee Paid More than $60,000 for Copies of 'Going
Rogue' in Late 2009
By MATTHEW MOSK

Feb. 1, 2010 —

Sarah Palin has been using her political action committee to buy up
thousands of copies of her book, "Going Rogue," in order to mail copies
of the memoir to her donors, newly filed campaign records show.

The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential
candidate had her political organization spend more than $63,000 on what
her reports describe as "books for fundraising donor fulfillment." The
payments went to Harper Collins, her publisher, and in some instances to
HSP Direct, a Virginia-based direct mail fundraising firm that serves a
number of well-known conservative politicians and pundits.

Sarah PAC spent another $8,000 on colorful bookmarks designed by a
Nashville-based event branding firm. And her committee paid her
publisher $20,000 for what appears to have been the cost of sending her
personal photographer and another aide along on her book tour. Those
expenses are listed by the PAC as travel repayment to Harper Collins.

All of the purchases took place in November and December of 2009, the
records show.

Published in November, "Going Rogue: An American Life," is described by
Harper Collins as "an intimate portrait" in which Palin "opens up for
the first time about the 2008 presidential race, providing a rare,
mom's-eye view of high-stakes national politics." On the web site of her
PAC, Palin posted a special letter to supporters upon the release of her
book. "My book, 'Going Rogue,' is dedicated to you -- to Patriots -- who
fight for freedom!" she wrote in the note, which concludes with the
opportunity to donate.

Palin would not be the first politician to use a PAC to underwrite the
purchase of a memoir. The Federal Election Commission has heard a number
of cases on the question of whether it is an appropriate expense. The
rules are somewhat complex, but because Palin is neither a candidate for
office, nor a sitting member of congress, her PAC is free to purchase
the book under current law, according to Jan Baran, a campaign legal
expert.

When former Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman
sought in 2004 to give away copies of his memoir, "In Praise of Public
Life," he declined to take royalties off the books purchased by his
campaign committee. It is not known whether Palin entered into a similar
arrangement. Messages left with a spokeswoman for Palin have not been
returned.