Not to anyone’s surprise, Sarah Palin is raising eyebrows again! The failed vice presidential candidate used $$$$ from her political action committee to buy thousands of copies of her own book, Going Rogue, and mail them to her donors.
clASSy!!!
“Due to supporters’ demand for the national best-seller Going Rogue, Sarah’s PAC purchased books and sent free, signed copies to those who donated $100 or more between November 16 and November 25 at noon,” said Palin’s spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton. “The fundraising tool was wildly successful.”
$63,000 of her political fund was spent on her own books and another $8,000 was used to purchase colorful bookmarks that probably feature her self righteous face. Her committee also paid her publisher, Harper Collins, $20,000 to send a personal photographer and another aide along for the book tour.
Palin is not the first d-bag to use donated money to purchase their own product. The Federal Election Commission put up a fight when Joseph Lieberman, the standup gentleman who single-handedly halted the healthcare debate, gave away copies of his memoir, In Praise of Public Life, without taking the royalties off the books his campaign purchased.
So, these two “politicians” have used $$$$$$ that honest people have donated and put it back in their own pockets!
Are U surprised?!
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