Ticket sales surprisingly low for Palin event Sunday in Wichita

[proud2BlibKansan]

WICHITA, Kansas - Ticket sales have been surprisingly slow, so now Bethel Life School is slashing prices to see Sarah Palin this Sunday.

Bethel Life says no matter how many tickets they sell they maintain the fundraiser for their Christian School is already a success. But with her visit just two days away, thousands of tickets remain unsold.

"We're not going to know how much money we make -- whether we make money, whether we break even -- until Sunday," said Ted Barney with the Bethel Life School Association. "That's going to come out Sunday night."

Intrust Bank Arena has made 6,500 tickets available for the Palin event. Bethel Life won't comment on how many tickets they've sold. An operator at Select-A-Seat told KSN "they haven't sold many."

more . . . http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36836304/

[babylonsister]

1. Poor sarah. The thrill is gone? nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. In Wichita! She should have tens of thousands of fans there

This is pretty amazing.

[babylonsister]

4. Good news all around! Happy to read it! nt

[mwb970]

3. I have wondered how long even $arah's worshippers would put up with her.

She never says anything new. The things she does say, like "Drill baby drill", are idiotic and (as we see in the Gulf) ill advised. Her voice and delivery are annoying. She appears only on Fox "News", on right-wing hate radio, and at Klan rallies. She holds no office.

$arah deserves to be marginalized. Right back to Wasilla.

[malaise]

36. Is it the thrill or the fact that

drill baby drill turned into spill baby spill and is about to become swill baby swill up and down the coastline!!

[greymattermom]

5. not cheap seats

The lowest price is/was $37. Her fans can't afford it.
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase

[LonePirate]

12. The ticket prices are far too high for such a blue collar, middle class city.

Economic reality has finally conquered overblown conservative hoopla in this instance.

[greymattermom]

6. circus for 1/3 the cost

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase

[opihimoimoi]

7. "27 tickets sold is no way to go through life"

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. Will they be available on Newsmax?

:)

[liberal N proud]

9. Is her 15 minutes almost over?

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Sure looks like it

[liberal N proud]

15. I am sure she has to lay low with spill baby spill

That could be enough to finish her stage life.

[MadHound]

11. Hey there, completely different topic, but could you answer me a question?

Namely what is going on in the Wichita education system. When I went to MOJOE they were one of the few school systems hiring, and they were hiring everybody. Are they having a massive layoff or what?

Back on Palin, perhaps her celebrity credibility is finely wearing out. I think that if we simply wouldn't pay attention to her on the left, she would go away:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Interesting

I have no idea. I spent last weekend in DC with AFT and Wichita union leaders were there. They sure didn't say anything about openings.

[MadHound]

16. Well, if I had wanted to move, I could have gotten a job right then I think

I mean they were literally hiring for every position. But I've got home here in Missouri, and after all, it is Wichita:evilgrin:

Just thought you might know something, it seemed really odd since few districts even knew if they were going to have positions open, and Wichita was hiring wholesale:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Were they hiring or just interviewing?

[MadHound]

26. They were hiring

Large sign in front of their table with all the positions they supposedly had open. It isn't like they were making the hiring decision right on the spot, but they were taking in resumes and interviewing folks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. Our superintendent pink slipped all the principals and is interiviewing new ones

But he could hire all the current ones back. No one knows yet what will happen.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. Son of the Mask and Gigli must be playing at the same time

At the local drive in and Justin Loves Kelly is playing across town, it's tough to make all three events.

[KharmaTrain]

17. A Year From Now She'll Be Lucky To Draw Flies...

The backstory the corporate media that loves Mooselini isn't telling is how the grifter is burning a lot of bridges as she galavants across the country. Her high price tag is the opposite of what Raygun did...he'd show up at hundreds of chicken dinners for free or basic expenses, helped the organization raise a lot of money and those favors got repaid when he ran for election. They may say it's no big thing if they "break even" now, but that's sure not going to be the case in the future...especially in these days when "charitable" giving is down.

The truth is that Bible Spice has a limited popularity and shelf life. The more she exposes herself, the more people on the other side get alienated by her...so much so, she hasn't won a straw poll at some very "conservative" events and she still hasn't fixed that credibility problem that makes her the butt of so many jokes.

In short, Palin is a celebrity politician...with no real political base and purely a creation of the corporate media. She doesn't know it yet...and the more she craps on and fails to deliver for those who pay her big bills, the closer the day comes that she'll be part of a "where are they now" show.

[Vinca]

18. Does she soak the religious organizations as badly as everyone else?

If they lose money on the fundraiser, they deserve it for being so stupid.

[asjr]

19. The religious school in the next state will

hold a bake sale for Sarah.

[City Lights]

20. They couldn't pay me to listen to her.

Reading this makes me :-).

[BuelahWitch]

24. I would if they included a dunk tank...

:evilgrin:

[hobbit709]

25. Don't you wish.

:rofl:

[RagAss]

22. Christian School??? Where the fuck is the IRS??????

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. Sarah isn't running for office

Nothing illegal about this fundraiser.

[RagAss]

33. So political speeches at a fundraiser for a tax protected organization is ok?

Not saying it isn't. Guess I just don't really understand that law....if there is one anymore.

[proud2BlibKansan]

38. From my understanding, yes

Churches cannot endorse candidates but it's perfectly legal for them to promote issues (like abortion).

[annabanana]

23. "surprisingly" low. . . .

I'm not surprised :shrug:

[saltpoint]

29. Probably not that good a sign for Palin's aspirations for the White House

if she can't sling 65-hundred tix in Wichita.

Palin's a bargain-bin has-been before the primary season's really started.

[saltpoint]

30. I bet sales would liven up if she announced that for the opening act,

a stem cell scientist will be crucified on stage.

[Control-Z]

31. Under the circumstances

I wonder if she'll even show. Though, she may not be smart enough to understand what an embarrassment she is.

[ima_sinnic]

32. maybe that audience they've been busing around finally got bored & fed up

either that, or the PTB have decided it's time to cut the moose killer loose--she's on her own now.
:nopity:

[cbdo2007]

34. 2,000 out of 3,500 have been sold for her performance in Independence, MO

on Saturday. The surrounding areas here in MO are very heavily Repube so she's definitely losing some steam.

There is no way she's still getting $100,000 for most of these appearances. Probably $50,000

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. Very interesting.

That event in Independence is 7 hours long. Can you imagine 7 hours of that crap? Yuck.

[smoogatz]

35. Palin overload.

It was inevitable.

[mercuryblues]

37. Sarah Hasbin

Pretty soon, she will be cutting ribbons for the grand opening of a new port-a potty.


The Dallas event also slashed their prices to sell seats, now Kansas.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/DN-leppert_28met.ART.State.Edition1.4c5dd16.html

Individual tickets are now $250, down from $1,000. A limited number of VIP tickets are available at $2,000 a couple.

[Contrary1]

40. It's even being hosted by Pat Boone...a bargain at any price!

What more could the Baggers ask for?