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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:02 PM
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Dinner with Palin? Woman who owns defense contracting company pays $63,500 on eBay
Dinner with Palin? Fan pays $63,500 on eBay
Ala. woman who owns defense contracting company wins charity auction

updated 12:06 a.m. PT, Sat., Sept . 19, 2009



ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A true fan of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is paying $63,500 to have dinner with her.

Cathy Maples of Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday won the dinner in an Internet auction, which was a benefit for a charity that aids wounded veterans.

Maples says she fully supports the military and the men and women fighting for this nation.

Maples, who owns a defense contracting company, also says she's a "big advocate" for Palin, and would love to see her as president.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32923525/ns/politics-more_politics/
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:04 PM
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1. Of course she wants Palin to be President. She is a defense contractor.
Just think how much more work there would be for her if Palin were President!
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:06 PM
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2. Why doesn't it surprise me that she's from Alabama! n/t
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stuball111 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 02:17 PM
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12. Maybe she's a Yankee who....
moved down there? Cheaper labor?
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 06:26 PM
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21. Huntsville is not considered a real part of alabama.
And there are lots of us Dems down here.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:06 PM
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3. Didn't Maples mean to actually say, "the military fully supports her"...
since she is a parasitical defense contractor?
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:08 PM
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4. Republicans really have a talent for boiling things down to their essence, don't they? n/t
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:17 PM
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6. They absolutely do. It's amazing. nt
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:16 PM
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5. That woman needs to have much bigger problems to spend her money on.
She has way too much disposable income.
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CurtEastPoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:26 PM
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8. Heeeere's Cathy! The freak on the right. Pale, white..you know..that one.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 03:20 PM
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18. Why is former Vice President Dick Cheney wearing that Eraserhead wig?
Oh...that's NOT former Vice President Dick Cheney. It's Cathy. Wow, if you look quick you would SWEAR it was Cheney. With the wig, of course.

:rofl:
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:28 PM
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9. And EVERY bit of that disposable income came out of OUR pockets
since she is a defense contractor, she makes her living by feeding at the public trough
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:25 PM
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7. You could have seen this one coming a mile away.
Maples says she fully supports the military and the men and women fighting for this nation.

Maples, who owns a defense contracting company, also says she's a "big advocate" for Palin, and would love to see her as president.

No doubt the woman is looking for (more) lucrative military contracts. Hey, war with Iran and North Korea ought to keep her in $63,500 dinners for a long time, right?

Republicans stink. The politicians, their supporters, and the whores who suck the blood out of the taxpayer's veins for no one's benefit other than their own. :puke:
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:29 PM
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10. which means, inadvertently, your tax dollars are paying for dinner with frigging Palin
assholes.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 01:34 PM
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11. For me, that's the most galling aspect of this story...
it's supposed to be
a fool and their money...
not
a fool and my money...
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 02:19 PM
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14. well, it's also tax deductible, because the proceeds go to charity allegedly
but if it didn't, it would probably be a write off as a business expense.
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postulater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 02:17 PM
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13. I wonder how much I could get for a dinner WITHOUT her. n/t
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 02:32 PM
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16. Put it up on EBay!
That wd be hilarious!
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 03:32 PM
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20. I second that request!!!
PLease do it!
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 02:31 PM
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15. Here's her company
http://www.rdelect.com/about_us.html
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 03:05 PM
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17. who gets the money??
where does the $63,000.00 go after Ebay fees? To palin? Doesn't that make her a prostitute? Or at least a high dollar escort?

Or does it go to the ..................(I hate typing her name) laundromat of cash income?
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mullard12ax7 Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 03:29 PM
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19. They'll laughingly discuss torture while meat spews from their lips
and talk of killing inferior humans for profit. That's known as "family values" to republicans.
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