SarahPAC raised $1.2 million by spending $1 million on fundraising expenses and consultants. Since she can’t raise serious cash, and since she must fly everywhere in a private jet, her endorsees end up paying big bills:
[Georgia candidate for Governor] Handel paid nearly $100,000 to bring Palin to an August rally ahead of a crucial runoff in the race. According to newly filed campaign reports with the state Elections Commission, Handel’s campaign paid $92,000 to an Ohio-based air charter to fly Palin to the Aug. 9 rally. The campaign also paid $13,000 to rent space at a local hotel to house the event. Handel narrowly lost the GOP nomination to Nathan Deal on Aug. 10.
The only logical conclusion is that we need this kind of fiscal prowess in DC to help us cut the deficit.
valdivia
but but Starbursts! Also, too.
Art
That there is some mighty expensive winks and “you bet cha’s.”
Chyron HR
But… but… Sarah’s a kingmaker! KIIIIIINGMAKERRRRRR!
The Grand Panjandrum
You know it’s hard out here for a pimp, when she tryin to get this money for the rent, for the Cadillacs and gas money spent.
EconWatcher
Sarah, you are the poet in my heart. Also, too.
4tehlulz
Has she ever considered working for the United Way?
Phyllis
Yet if my school district reimburses me 60 bux for mileage for using my personal vehicle to attend a required meeting at a site that’s a 120-mile round trip from my office, that’s an abuse of privilege and wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars.
Ash Can
A fool and his money…
Senyordave
I’m sure Deal is just as much of a shitbag as Handel. Its shit like this that makes me think about going Galt, but then I remember that not everyone is as much of a rube as her followers are, and they don’t deserve to be governed by the likes of the quittah from Wasilla.
MikeBoyScout
Great news for John McCain!
The Republic of Stupidity
Well I for one certainly hope the Republicans and Teabaggers continue to subscribe to the notion that Sarah is good for their side…
Bubblegum Tate
@4tehlulz:
She may as well trade one scam for another.
Cain
Man, Sarah, she’s just fleecing the rubes. It’ sad to see all the old folks getting fleeced, and they increasingly turn more and more bitter.
If there is a hell,I hope she gets a glimpse of it before she dies.
cain
mslarry
With apologies to “The Grifters,” one of the most underrated movies of all time, allow me to paraphrase… “bitch is so crooked she could eat soup with a corkscrew.”
Xecky Gilchrist
@Cain: It’ sad to see all the old folks getting fleeced, and they increasingly turn more and more bitter.
It is, for a fact.
I remember saying this same thing over 20 years ago, but in those days it was the televangelists that were the big action.
DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.
Imagine that, a PAC that never gives money to candidates.
dm
The Republicans raise lots of money, and then they spend it on Sarah. This is a much better arrangement for the good of the country than if they were spending the money on getting elected.
Palin is the gift that keeps on giving — well, taking, actually, but in this case that amounts to the same thing.
Bubblegum Tate
@Cain:
I know I should feel bad about these old folks getting fleeced. I really should. But I just don’t.
mrmcd
I dunno, at 20% return every quarter, that results in just over a 100% return on investment every year.
Time to start a hedge fund.
mclaren
Pure capitalism, baby! Priming the pump! It takes money to make money!
$200,000 in three months for flying around the country in a private jet to spew word salad at local rotary clubs? Hey, gimme that kind of “not making very much money” any day of the week.