Sarah Palin Has Earned an Estimated $12 Million Since July
With A Steady Stream of Six-Figure Speaking Gigs, The Former Alaska Governor's Haul May Be Even Bigger
(By MATTHEW MOSK; ABC News) - Pundits can debate the political costs and benefits of Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor, but the monetary advantages of leaving her $125,000-a-year public service post are beyond dispute.
Since leaving office at the end of July 2009, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee has brought in at least 100 times her old salary – a haul now estimated at more than $12 million -- through television and book deals and a heavy schedule of speaking appearances worth five and six figures.
(By MATTHEW MOSK; ABC News) - Pundits can debate the political costs and benefits of Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor, but the monetary advantages of leaving her $125,000-a-year public service post are beyond dispute.
Since leaving office at the end of July 2009, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee has brought in at least 100 times her old salary – a haul now estimated at more than $12 million -- through television and book deals and a heavy schedule of speaking appearances worth five and six figures.
posted by BP News Bureau | 12:12 PM
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(Hot Air) - The political consequences only come into play if Palin plans to run for office in 2012. At the moment, Palin seems much more intent on cementing her position as a conservative activist, and as a media commentator. And these results speak for themselves in terms of her effectiveness and reach in that role.
Speaking fees have become flash points for controversy for Palin, as ABC notes, but mostly just tempests in teapots. Palin didn’t charge any fee at all to support Michele Bachmann’s event here in Minnesota, and she scales back fees when necessary to promote causes in which she believes. However, the fact that she can demand and get six-figure appearance fees demonstrates her power to draw supporters and media attention.
Besides, what’s usually 'not' mentioned in these “controversies” is the fact that her hosts use her to 'make money'.
Sarah Palin left her job as governor because she realized how much she could make giving speeches. She is not thinking of the American People, but her pay check. Her speeches are repeticious and boring and have no substance; but who needs substance when they pay her to babble and scream "Lets take back America!"
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