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Originally Posted by Tekneek
I know. I was just stating that I couldn't understand doing either.
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On that part, look no further than this snippet from the
NYT coverage of the speech.
The convention had gathered here to try to turn the activism of the Tea Party rallies over the last year into actual political power. Her speech was the keynote event of the convention, and the big draw for many of the 600 people who had paid $549 to attend – another 500, organizers said, paid $349 just to see for her speech alone.
That's $174,500 just on tickets for the speech, basically $75k profit for the group (minus related expenses covered with the additional money & then some) off that one night, never mind donations and the influence on the number of full event attendees.
They wanted to draw a paying crowd, she delivered that for them. End of mystery on part one.