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November 6, 2009 11:03 AM

Palin Speech: No Phones, Laptops, Photos…

Posted by Brian Montopoli
(CBS/PublicAffairs)
Updated Nov. 9, 2009, 7:08 p.m. ET

Former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be speaking at an event hosted by the group Wisconsin Right to Life this evening.

It is a closed event – which generally means no press. Amid apparent worries that the ex-governor's words will be aired publicly despite that restriction, however, Wisconsin Right to Life and/or Palin's handlers are taking the notion of "closed" to a whole new level.

Check out this list of prohibited items at the event, which was spotted by CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris. All bags, by the way, "will be searched":

•No cell phones
•No recording devices
•No video or still cameras
•No laptops
•No photos or recording allowed
•No literature distribution
•No posters or banners
•No strollers or car seats
•No carry-in food or beverages

Tickets for the event at the Wisconsin Exposition Center outside of Milwaukee, which go for $30, appear to still be available.

The restrictions are "bizarre," according to Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate.

"You know, for someone who claims to be a rogue and isn’t afraid of what other people think it really is sort of hypocritical to not let the media, the press cover your event," he told Wisconsin Radio Network.

Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" is set to be released in less than two weeks, and she is planning a publicity tour.

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by Get_it_Right November 13, 2009 2:18 PM EST
Why would any member of the press find these precautions unusual when they misquote, misread, and fail to perform rudimentary research on their stories.... ?
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by phrage November 12, 2009 10:16 PM EST
she makes my flesh crawl everything from the fake folksy dolly parton glad handling to her giant shiny chin but she has inadvertently provided some laughs --i thought women would be better established in politics by intelligent front runners first before we got an x chromosone dan quayle. the palin-drone can be read in any direction-result still the same-the emperor has no clothes--somebody please get a recording -it would not be that hard to do and could provide additional merriment for the festive season
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by Justiceserved November 12, 2009 3:16 PM EST
Palin has never held a news conference with real reporters & questions! This has got to be a record of some sort. Hand picked one on one's do not count. There has never been a more manipulated image in US political history with absolutely nothing behind it. She is vacuous!!!
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by gnarlyerik November 12, 2009 1:44 PM EST
'Conservative' paranoia has no limits . . . .
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by Samiluke November 8, 2009 2:14 AM EST
Hellllooooo...the no media restriction was put in place by Wisconsin Right to Life, not by Sarah Palin. Get the facts straight people!
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by zmqznczspu November 10, 2009 4:44 PM EST
You sure about that? A source would help us to all have our facts straight. Has WRtL given a comment about it?
by salmoc44 November 7, 2009 8:00 AM EST
Hopefully, Sarah Palin pleaded with event organizers to allow any people with concealed carry licenses to freely carry concealed pistols into the event. Otherwise, she's essentially saying that gun control is okay with her when it comes to the places she visits.
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by gnarlyerik November 7, 2009 7:48 AM EST
Fear and paranoia are the infallible identifying features of the 'new conservatives'.

Fear of progress and paranoia about nearly everything.
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by rightbehind November 7, 2009 7:32 AM EST
Can you imagine what restrictions would have been in place if she had been VP?
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by skydog2009 November 7, 2009 7:07 AM EST
sleepyric:''This wacko has a Messiah complex.''

Unlike Obama eh? LMAO!
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by sleepyric November 7, 2009 7:03 AM EST
of course....everyone's afraid she'll go and say something stupid (again). This wacko has a Messiah complex.
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by swagner863 November 7, 2009 6:25 PM EST
She has a Messiah complex? Can you spell Obama? Too funny! She is delivering a message to those attending the event, period. Why do you even care to comment. The answer is Liberals/Progressives/Marxists will always tell you who they are afraid of. It's the one they try hard to demonize.
by formrusmcsgt November 7, 2009 5:56 AM EST
Palin Speech: No Phones, Laptops, Photos?
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I hope this is a permanent policy re:Sarah.

Then we won't have to listen to any more of her ignorant sound bites.
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by taxchurches November 7, 2009 4:18 AM EST
bassinapple:

Next time you accuse somebody of "making stuff up," try making sure the page you link to actually exists.
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by TrakerJon November 7, 2009 2:31 AM EST
Bite what? The 10 billion dollars a month they've been spending in Iraq for years now? That was Bush's nonsense any way you look at it erichsh. What you and those like you don't realize is that the bank bailout that Obama endorsed will result in huge profits from government owned stock sales (just look at the "then" and "now" stock values only to improve even more in the days to come). Obama will eventually come out of this making the Republicans look like the fiscally irresponsable lot that they are...and I hope the Dems go to great lenths to put it in Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity's face for years to come.
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by bassinapple November 7, 2009 1:51 AM EST
File this story under CBS in "Making things up". If Sarah had allowed cameras CBS would have said "Sarah only seeks the spotlight". The local newspaper has the story CBS wanted to cover up:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/69442907.html
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by zmqznczspu November 10, 2009 4:47 PM EST
I guess they succeeded because that link is dead.
by barbaram99 November 7, 2009 12:00 AM EST
did i read the list right..fear of what...
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by jsilver2th November 6, 2009 11:35 PM EST
Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
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by stevex47 November 6, 2009 11:16 PM EST
Ya know, I almost feel sorry for palin supporters.

They'd love to watch or listen to her at this event, and she cuts them completely off.

Sure she's cute, but you palin supporters deserve better. It's obvious you long for a great gal in your corner, she's just not it.
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by erichsh November 6, 2009 11:10 PM EST
It gets so old... the very same liberals flapping their gums about Palin's restrictions on the media would - if the speech were opened up to the world the way they purport to advocate - find creative ways to distort, twist, and mangle every syllable she uttered into yet another streamm of vicious personal attacks. And then blather away about why is anyone still paying attention to her, why is the media still covering her etc.
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by tafhdyd November 7, 2009 12:56 AM EST
Talk about old......the very same liberals flapping there gums.....yeh, yeh, yeh. Haven't looked in the mirror lately, have you. The liberals learned by listening to the best blow hards of the past decade, right wing nut cases like Rush and Hannity. Only the libs know the difference between truth and fantasy.
by bobnjersey November 7, 2009 5:26 AM EST
[ if the speech were opened up to the world the way they purport to advocate - find creative ways to distort, twist, and mangle every syllable she uttered into yet another streamm of vicious personal attacks. ]

this is exactly what fox does with everything obama or any of his spokepeople say or do ... every day. strangely ... it always seems to equate to a description utilizing the same 'auth follower' keywords ... which include ... rationing ... govt beauracrat ... socialism ... msm ... lack of choice ... real americans ... and hard working.

then they'll blather away about everyone that's covering him ... that he's a mesiah ... and nobody's critical of him ... etc.
by bobnjersey November 6, 2009 11:04 PM EST
[?No carry-in food or beverages ]

what's this one about ... are they selling refreshments, candy, and popcorn like a movie theatre?
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by skydog2009 November 7, 2009 7:13 AM EST
And Sarah Palin isn't 'loony' enough to be bless by the 'Rev' Jeremiah Wright, Sharpton, Jackson blah blah..............
by tafhdyd November 6, 2009 10:40 PM EST
Keep up the good work Sarah. Don't listen to the naysayers. Things are looking better all the time.
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by pjk12354 November 6, 2009 11:14 PM EST
?No cell phones
?No recording devices
?No video or still cameras
?No laptops
?No photos or recording allowed
?No literature distribution
?No posters or banners
?No strollers or car seats
?No carry-in food or beverages

No one to vote for.
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