Sunday February 1, 2009, 2:33 pm
ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: When House Republicans planned their annual winter retreat, they extended an invitation to Alaska Gov. Sara Palin, hoping the party's 2008 vice presidential nominee would give a morale-building speech to the more than 130 Republican members of Congress gathered this weekend in Hot Springs, Va.

Retreat organizers tell ABC News that Palin politely declined, giving a perfectly understandable reason. According to the Congressional Institute, which hosted the conference, Palin said she simply could not make it to the retreat because pressing state business made it impossible for her to leave Alaska this weekend.

So where is Palin this weekend? She's in Washington, D.C., attending the super-elite Alfalfa Dinner.

"She lied to us," said a Republican at the retreat.

Asked why Palin told the Republicans she could not leave Alaska this weekend, Palin spokesman Bill McAllister offered this non-responsive answer:

"My understanding is that the governor has not scheduled any partisan events on her current trip to D.C.," McAllister told ABC News.

The House Republicans seemed to do just fine without Palin. Their list of speakers included Republican stars Michael Steele, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Newt Gingrich.

Asked about Palin's no-show, House Republican leader John Boehner shrugged.

"Whatever," Boehner said.

Monday February 2, 2009, 2:29 am
I'm with John.

Monday February 2, 2009, 3:13 pm
SICK OF PALIN (IT) GET RID OF 'IT'

Monday February 2, 2009, 8:55 pm
Anyone can see she only does what she wants. What a prissy ugly person. I cannot even call her a woman. Enough. She needs to fade away.

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 11:11 am
LOL! 55% of Republican't$ think that their party should be more like $arah Palin!!!

LOL! $arah Palin has a future ... the Democrats will be shoo-ins if the Republican't$ prop up Palin. LOL!

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 11:28 am
When people lie about the small stuff, how can you trust them with the big stuff?

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 12:04 pm
Marion ... Joe The Plumber Now Advising Republican Party

LOL! LMAO! Joe and $arah -- the future of the Republican't party .... OMG, LMAO!

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 12:07 pm
Blue ~ This is truly funny!! That's all the republicans have left? The party is in dire straits. Putting Joe and Sarah front and center is going to finish off this party.

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 12:08 pm
Oh, please, Marion ... I can't stop laughing and hoping that this is TRULY TRUE ... because $arah and Joe are just the tickets the Dems need to smash the Republican't Party to smithereens.

LMAO!

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 12:14 pm
Exactly what Olbermann and Maddow alluded to last week. I'm smiling too!!

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 1:49 pm
Gee, she lied. Are we surprised? Also sick of Palin, wish she would find a polar bear - in her kitchen....

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 2:02 pm
Bobbie, I guess the Republican't$ are surprised that $arah lied "TO THEM" ... they always knew she lied about the Dems but never expected she'd slap her own party in the face, too!

LOL!

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 2:11 pm
I saw a 'news crawl' on CNN that said Newt Gingrich wants her to run for president.

Haven't we suffer enough, already?

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 2:15 pm
Please, Linda, let that be true, let $arah Palin run for president so that the whole world can witness the $tupidity of the RepubliCON$.

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 2:23 pm
A Detailed Analysis of the Republican Leadership in Cartoon Form

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 2:45 pm
Love that cartoon, Blue!! So true!!

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 3:07 pm

Dog Eat Dog: Palin Patron's Checkered Past Palin's latest right-wing Republican patron du jour is Fred Malek -- the notorious "hatchet man" for Richard Nixon who only a few years ago was
busted by the SEC for investment fraud.

Tuesday February 3, 2009, 3:46 pm
Who ARE these people, Palin and Malek? They remind me of characters out of a slash and bash, horror B-movie. The desire to torture, hunt and destroy helpless animal underlies a socio- psychopathic nature that finds their sadistic, aggressive needs satisfied in politics. These people have no place running anything involving people, let alone animals. I hope the voters are watching and waiting for the next elections.

Thursday February 5, 2009, 11:03 am
Palin is one hopeless case.

Thursday February 5, 2009, 12:37 pm
Why is Palin in any news headline ... someone PLEASE TELL ME WHY

there aren't HUNDREDS OF ECONOMISTS on the News broadcasts explaining our econmic problems and detailing the advantages of an Economic Recovery and Reinvestmetn Plan ... why are the same old politicans and pundits using the same old Republican't talking points to get more tax cuts and strip us of more benefits?

BOYCOTT the TV stations too ... you don't have to listen to their "talking points" ... and don't bother writing them letters, the media will just delete your emails ... just turn off the NEW$.