The Wasilla Quitter clan descend on Hollywood free swag suites, picking them clean

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/palin-at-oscar-gift-suite_n_485101.html

Palin At Oscar Gift Suite: Sarah Palin And Entourage 'Like Locusts'

.... While the group was loading up on freebies, the Los Angeles Times reported that, "Palin's middle child, Willow, got her hair styled, receiving a blowout from Erick Orellana of the Chris McMillan Salon (Jennifer Aniston's longtime hairstylist)."

The Times also indicated that Palin was supposed to donate $1,700 along with all of her gift items to the Red Cross, which is currently helping with relief efforts in Haiti and Chile.

But E! Online insists, "we can assure you she did not give up any of her swag." They quote an unnamed vendor who claims that upwards of 20 people from the Palin camp swarmed the event. "They were like locusts," he told the entertainment news outlet.

According to AOL's Pop Eater, publicist Ben Russo of EMC/Bowery said, "she kind of cleaned the place out." They list out a number of her swag-grabs, including United Hair Care products, jewels from Pascal Mouawad, Skagen watches and a whopping 40 pairs or AIAIAI earphones.

It didn't stop there. HollywoodLife.com reports that she also picked up a blue Kenya robe from designer Jenna Leigh, facewash and a pair of foam Bandal sandals.

Or, in common-sense language, Palin and her handlers, "practically cleaned out the suite."

Another unnamed source, from HollywoodLife.com, says that the former Vice Presidential candidate was intent on spreading all that wealth around her own circle. "She insisted every person in her huge entourage get something, and there were assistants, nannies, security - insanity!" The same source also said that security swept the venue and would not allow photos, which are often expected by companies to use as promotion in exchange for the free products.

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[Captain Hilts]

1. New tax laws killed the value of SWAG [Stuff We All Get] bags at events. But she's shameless. nt

[TwilightGardener]

2. Beverly Wasillabillies.

[FSogol]

7. +1

:rofl:

[nykym]

11. I was thinking the exact same thing - kudos.

So maybe this is just a trial run for the main event.

As posted by kpete earlier:

"The former Alaska governor is teaming with uber-producer Mark Burnett ("Survivor") to shop a reality series about her home state, network sources confirm. Palin and Burnett made the rounds at least three of the major broadcasters (NBC, ABC and Fox) while in Los Angeles for her taping of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" this week.

Palin and her family would be on-camera in the show, which one executive described as "'Planet Earth' meets Alaska meets her family," referring to Discovery's high-definition nature hit."

[Raschel]

16. $arah meets Planet Earth? Bwahahaha!! Earth to Sarah!

[Blue_In_AK]

32. This is the part that is extremely disturbing to me

as an Alaskan. She has already done enough damage to the reputation of this great state. Bad enough that she, chameleon-like, convinced Alaskans in 2006 that she was going to be a different kind of governor from Frank Murkowski, that she was going to be open and transparent and remove the "corrupt bastards" from our midst, and instead she turns out to be the most corrupt of all. But now she wants to represent herself to America as somehow an Alaskan prototype, as if any of us here are anything like her. We're not -- we're sick of her and her lies and grifting ways.

She's a disgusting attention whore with some severe mental problems, and she's GETTING RICH. It's wrong on so many levels. I want her destroyed.

[lumpy]

34. Funny you should mention the fact that she has not been good

for the reputation of Alaska. Until I was 14 years I was a "sourdough" Alaskan, raised on a homestead. I used to be proud of that fact, now I am reluctant to let be known my background thanks to the aura that Palin has emitted to the world.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. I think you can still be proud.

Just educate people that she is not representative of our state. She really isn't.

[tanyev]

3. Keepin' track of all that swag to claim on your taxes, Sarah?

Hmmmm?

[misanthrope]

4. Snowbillies will be snowbillies**nm

**

[NJmaverick]

5. The Alaskan Hillbillies

[bullwinkle428]

6. Wait...she has "nannies", as in several? I thought she was Supermom!

[livetohike]

29. SuperMom is just part of her charade - like hunting and fishing

with her nails done, every hair in place and perfect make-up. She's such a phony and her adoring fans don't see that. They really think they are looking at someone "just like them".

[MineralMan]

8. And the next words out of her mouth will be:

"The trouble with America is the liberal, immoral attitudes shoved down our throats by Hollywood."

Count on it.

[MiniMe]

14. Followed closely by poor people having their hands out to the federal government

Kind of like Caribou Barbi had her and her entourage's hands out at this event, except Barbi and her entourage aren't dependent on the swag to feed their families. :banghead:

[Raschel]

19. They're socialists. Always wanting something for free.

[HipChick]

9. so much for Hollywood elite..

she's a transparent fake and fraud...

[malaise]

10. You know

"They were like locusts," is the perfect description for these Grifters. :rofl:

[EFerrari]

25. Definitely!

LOL

[KharmaTrain]

12. How Can You Keep 'Em Down On The Farm...

I could just see three Yukons pull up and unload the horde..."gee maw, we sure don't have one of these in Wasilla" :rofl:

Beverly Hills hasn't seen such chaos since the Clampetts moved to town :rofl:

The good thing about Mooselini is she does provide lots of sideshows.

[BeyondGeography]

13. Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed...

[Champion Jack]

15. Why is she at ANYTHING having to do with the Academy Awards?

Isn't Hollywood all evil librul elitists?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. Where is Christopher Moltisanti when you need him?

:sarcasm:

[Raschel]

18. Willow was getting the fancy hairdew. Maybe she's next on People.

But leave the children alone.

[Raschel]

Isn't it nice to have a President with a wonderful family?

The girls have decent bedtimes, have their own chores. What a great example to young families.

The press should be singing the First Family's virtues.

[brendan120678]

20. I'm surprised that she even cares enough...

about her "underlings" to demand SWAG for them as well.

[WolverineDG]

38. probably makes them turn it all over to her later nt

[LiberalFighter]

21. They need to get their gossip network fully operational so they can

kill Palin's free cash cow.

[malaise]

26. Before the cow is slaughtered and roasted

by her fellow ReTHUGS

[LiberalFighter]

27. Ben Stein, Stephen Baldwin, Chuck Norris, Pat Sajak, Jon Voight,

Elizabeth Hasselbatch<<, Danny Aiello, Kathy Ireland, Gloria Estefan, Heather Locklear, and others should all attend a private event with free expensive baubles, gadgets, and electronics. Just enough for Palin and a few of those attending with her. And make sure she is the first person to arrive. And see what those other assjerks have to say about her when they find the freebies already gone and she took them.

[malaise]

36. I'd pay to see that live

:rofl:

[MuseRider]

22. Rooters and Goobers. n/t

[guitar man]

23. lol

Sounds like Jeff Foxworthy's bit where he took his family to Maui. :rofl:

[Urban Prairie]

24. Reminds me of stories that I read posted on membership forums by private booksellers on Amazon

About people would go to used bookselling events (libraries, ect..) with some kind of pricing gadget, wait for the doors to open, and stampede en-masse into the room(s) staking claims by blocking others with their carts on sections of the display floor, and then proceed to just destroy the shelves, boxes and tables where the books were stacked, flinging aside tomes and paperbacks that they didn't want, while checking their prices online.

[upi402]

31. Damn, and I toss mine in the recycle cuz I can't give them away

Not even on craigslist.com!

[Blue Owl]

28. slobbering philistines

grub a little dignity, would ya...

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Showing her true colors.

But the thing I personally am most concerned about is that she is apparently shopping around for a reality show based on life in Alaska, as if she's at all representative of the true Alaskan spirit.

Trust me, she's about the furthest thing from a true Alaskan.

She makes me sick.

[Raschel]

41. I think a lot of non-Alaskans are aware of that. I'm one of them.

I've read a few opinions from Alaskans about Paylin and I know she doesn't represent Alaska. She's a phony.

Hope that makes you feel a little better. :)

[Blue_In_AK]

43. I really appreciate that.

I think sometimes people Outside blame us for unleashing her on the world, but she really had us fooled for a bit up here. She is a chameleon. Sooner or later, her true fans will find out she's not who THEY think she is either.

[Canuckistanian]

33. Those headphones alone cost $74

So she got about $3000 worth of earphones alone. Not bad for a $1700 "donation".

[Duer 157099]

35. I have a real problem with the concept of swag

It never ceases to infuriate me when I see the portion of our society who are most capable of buying their own "swag" and yet CONSTANTLY get free stuff. While the truly needy are continually pissed on.

I despise when people-of-means accept such gifts, or worse, beg for them (yes, I see them do that). I don't care about the rationale, I hate it. It is emblematic of what is wrong in this world.

[MrCoffee]

37. Shoot, if I'm ever invited to one of those things, I'd rent a U-Haul to carry all my loot

[warm regards]

40. I wouldn't worry too much about Palin--she's harmless.

Now that she has completed her 15 minutes on the political stage, she is moving on to the next stage.

[RagAss]

42. The Aristocrats !

[Raine]

44. Palin is nothing but trash

greedy grubby trash. x(