Was Palin at the Alfalfa Dinner? Was there a 'big meeting' with Obama?

[rurallib]

or was she just tooting her own horn again to get press. I thought I waould see some coverage here. I am guessing nothing happened.

[KharmaTrain]

1. She Was A Guest...A Grifter As Usual

I think she was there for the free food and the tax write-off on the dress.

She also did a drinkie-drinkie party at a former Nixon fundraiser.

What is interesting is I haven't read which beltway insider invited the Barracuda.

[spanone]

2. secret service probably kept her far away from President Obama...after all, he is a socialist

:sarcasm:

[MidwestTransplant]

9. With an attitude like "he is not like you and I" they rightly feared for his safety when around the

Cuda

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Why Would The President Meet With A Grifter? n/t

[gratuitous]

4. They shared a stage!

You know, sort of like all those nameless, nearly-faceless extras shared the screen with Charlton Heston during the chariot race in Ben-Hur.

[liberal N proud]

8. She was probably in the back of the room while Obama was on stage

The media was spinning it as sharing the stage. TYPICAL!

[davsand]

5. I thought the new President met with every Governor as a matter of course?

Seriously. I'm not sure where I got that from, but I had it in the back of my mind that every President met with the Governors once inaugurated. (Think of it as being like the new CEO meeting once with each Department head...)

I had kind of wondered about it during the campaign given how very nasty she was being out there in public. I'm not sure just how fun THAT particular meeting would be to attend--ya know? Makes sense to me that if he DID deal with her at all it would be in a semi-public sort of setting.

:shrug:


Laura

[wndycty]

6. I heard on the TODAY SHOW she got no face time. . .

:kick:

[malaise]

7. Was she ever

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