Why Would Sarah Palin Speak At One Big Convention But Not Another?

This sure is queer. Sarah Palin has announced that she will speak at the upcoming National Tea Party Convention but will not speak at or even attend its sudden rival, CPAC. You could argue that it's because the older, more established CPAC will probably not be quite as insane a "National Tea Party Convention," but let's not split hairs: they'll both be magnificently nightmarish spectacles of torture and sadness. (The friggin John Birch Society is co-sponsoring CPAC this year, remember?) What could it be then? Hmm, long-shot here, but maybe Palin's particular convention choices have something to do with the fact that the Tea Partiers will pay her a $100,000 fee, while CPAC does not pay any fees -- or as their spokesperson calls them, "honorariums." Who knew CPAC was so Soviet? [ Washington   Independent ]