Sarah Palin has raised the art of grifting to a new high, and we lefties couldn’t be happier:
These days, many of Palin’s Facebook posts are about her family’s latest exploits; her scorching political missives seem fewer and farther between. Her political action committee, Sarah PAC, collected about $5 million during the 2012 election cycle, most of which went to operating expenses. Palin’s PAC sent just $306,000 to Republican candidates during the cycle, including the maximum of $5,000 to Romney for President – on Oct. 17, 2012, just 20 days before the election.
(via NBC Politics) via Firedoglake.
Keep in mind, “operating expenses” in this context means supporting Sarah in the style to which she’s become accustomed. So, that’s about $4,694,000.00 that she drained from the pool of money available to help Republicans. I know it seems like they have an infinite supply, but that’s still a lot of money, and it mostly came from people who probably couldn’t afford to donate elsewhere. After all, the smart money has moved beyond Sarah.
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