Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month

[The Straight Story]

Palin Hauls in Nearly $500k In Just Over a Month

Sarah Palin raised $469,000 between Oct. 13 and Nov. 22 bringing her total for the cycle to just under $4.5 million, Tim Crawford, SarahPAC's treasurer, told TIME exclusively. Crawford attributed the surge of funds to energy surrounding the midterm elections, Palin's endorsements and her TLC reality show <>Sarah Palin's Alaska. Her second book, America By Heart, came out Nov. 23.

The PAC spent $64,000 buying advance copies of her books, "just as we did last year" with her first book, Going Rogue, Crawford said. "They're a great fundraising tool for us." Palin is in the midst of a two-week cross-country book tour. (See photos of Sarah Palin's new reality show.)

Overall the PAC spent $581,000 between Oct. 13 and Nov. 22. A larger percentage than normal was spent on contributions to political candidates, $244,000, as Palin tried to help her 81 endorsed candidates over the Nov. 2 finish line. Fifty-five of them won. (Read about Sarah Palin living large since leaving office.)

All of the $469,000 was raised online or through direct mail. The former Alaska governor has had only two fundraisers for her PAC this year - the last one this past summer - compared to Mitt Romney's nine. Crawford expects to file his report to the Federal Election Commission this afternoon.

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[Hawkeye-X]

1. and going down from here.

Her next haul: 250,000. Next haul: 125,000. Next haul: 50,000 next haul: 0.

She's already using up her 15 minutes of fame and she's getting boring and vapid.

Hawkeye-X

[mediaman007]

2. Buying those advance copies should shoot the book up the New York Times book charts.

[Ezlivin]

3. She didn't make it this far by just shaking hands

Hey, hey
She had her eyes on the prize as the girl next door
You grow up quick when you grow up poor
It's the only way to LA that she knows
The Hollywood pose: teeth, tits, and drawers

Didn't take her long to leave the boulevard
So many five star friends with black credit cards
She'd try anythin' once 'cause anything goes
It never comes easy when you're diggin' for gold

Hey, hey
Well, she ain't no Cinderella when she's gettin' undressed
'Cause she rocks it like the naughty wicked witch of the west
Far too pretty to be givin' it cheap
That's why she's makin' six figures workin' three days a week

Yeah, she'd even break a promise in the promised land
She didn't make it this far by just shakin' hands
She'd shake her money maker twice as hard as anyone can
She didn't make it this far by just shakin' hands

Hey, hey
I doubt she'd even let the devil buy her little black book
City hall would probably fall off if anyone got a look
Every A-list player is a favorite friend
'Cause they all taste the same in the back of a van

A congressman would call her every once in a while
Got the school girl skirt on the top of the pile
She's done everyone once and everyone knows
You gotta get a little dirty when you're diggin' for gold

Hey, hey
Well, she ain't no Cinderella when she's gettin' undressed
'Cause she rocks it like the naughty wicked witch of the west
Far too pretty to be givin' it cheap
That's why she's makin' six figures workin' three days a week

Yeah, she'd even break a promise in the promised land
She didn't make it this far by just shakin' hands
She'd shake her money maker twice as hard as anyone can
She didn't make it this far by just shakin' hands

Well, someone spilled the beans and now her name's in the press
Tough to keep it all a secret when you're one of the best
The judge is goin' easy 'cause he paid for her chest
Yeah, he loves his little naughty wicked witch of the west

Far too pretty to be givin' it cheap
That's why she's makin' six figures workin' three days a week
Yeah, she'd even break a promise in the promised land
She didn't make it this far by just shakin' hands

She'd shake her money maker twice as hard as anyone can
She didn't make it this far by just shakin' hands
She'd shake her money maker twice as hard as anyone can
She didn't make it this far by just shakin' hands

Nickelback - "Shakin' Hands"

[MrSlayer]

4. I might just have to get in on this right wing bloviating thing.

There seems to be quite a bit of money in it. And the only way to get anything in this country is to have money. All this working hard for a living is bullshit. All you have to do is bilk the ever increasing number of fools in America. It really doesn't seem very hard to do.