Keynote speaker, Sarah Palin wraps up Tea Party convention tonight. The Tea Party ends their three day convention today at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville.
Tickets were $549, or $349 if the ticket holder only wanted to see Sarah Palin, the keynote speaker during the Saturday night dinner.
Sarah Palin had this to say about her speech tonight in her column in USA Today:
Later this week I'll head to Nashville, where I'll have the honor of speaking with members of the Tea Party movement. I look forward to meeting many Americans who share a commitment to limited government, common sense and personal responsibility. This movement is truly a grassroots, organic effort. It's not a top-down organization; it's a ground-up call to action that already has both political parties rethinking the way they do business.
From the town halls last summer to the protests and marches in the fall to the game-changing recent elections, it has been inspiring to see real people — not politicos or inside-the-Beltway professionals — speak out for common-sense conservative policies and values. As with all grassroots efforts, the nature of this movement means that sometimes the debates are loud and the organization is messier than that of a polished, controlled machine. Legitimate disagreements take place about tone and tactics. That's OK, because this movement is about bigger things than politics or organizers.
The soul of the Tea Party is the people who belong to it — everyday Americans who grow our food, run our small businesses, teach our children how to read, serve the less fortunate and fight our wars. They're folks in small towns and cities across this nation who saw what was happening to our country and decided to get involved. Thank God for them. Many of these good Americans had never been involved in their government before, but now they attend town hall meetings and participate in online forums. They write letters to the editor. They sign up to be precinct leaders and run for local office and support other independent patriots. They have the courage to stand up and speak out.
To read the rest of Sarah Palin's blog about the Tea Party speech, click here.
Several unconfirmed reports say that Sarah Palin is making about $100,000 for her keynote speaker appearance, but creators of the convention will not confirm those facts stating that Palin’s office had them sign a confidentiality agreement. See the video below about the Tea Party convention.
Sarah Palin appeared in Salt Lake City, Utah in December for a book signing to promote her book, Going Rogue: An American Life.
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