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Sarah Palin Plans March Trip To India

Tracy Bloom |
February 24, 2011 | 2:10 p.m. PST

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Sarah Palin making an appearance in New Hampshire. (Photo by sskennel via Flickr)
Sarah Palin making an appearance in New Hampshire. (Photo by sskennel via Flickr)
Potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin is beefing up her foreign credentials by heading to India next month to participate in The India Today Conclave, an annual seminar series on global leadership.

The former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate will be the only American politician attending the conference, which begins March 19.

In the past, Palin has been criticized for her lack of foreign travel. The Huffington Post noted: "During her vice presidential campaign, Palin took some criticism for her lack of experience abroad -- her spokesperson at the time announced that she'd only been to Ireland and Kuwait, as well as Canada."

Palin may be trying to build her foreign credentials as the 2012 presidential election nears. Since she and Republican John McCain were defeated in the 2008 election, Palin has visited Hong Kong and Haiti. She also reportedly has plans to travel to England and Israel over the next year.

However, some view her scheduled India appearance as a sign she's not running in 2012. Drew Cline of the New Hampshire Union Leader wrote, "I find it hard to believe that, presumably less than a year from the primary, someone who makes a trip to India a higher priority than a trip to New Hampshire is a serious presidential candidate. Chalk this up as one more bit of evidence that she’s probably not running." 

Palin is scheduled to give the closing keynote address, a speech entitled "My Vision of America."

Politico reports: "It’s unknown if Palin is getting paid for the appearance, but the $1,850 price tag to attend the two-day event makes it seem likely that she got her quote – reportedly $100,000 per appearance."



 

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Comments

Mike Licht (not verified) on February 25, 2011 9:24 PM

The Conclave in New Delhi is run by a newspaper. As she told Katie Couric, Mrs. Palin reads them all.

http://bit.ly/emsmqA

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Brandt (not verified) on February 24, 2011 4:31 PM

For the first time in her life, Palin will leave our continent in pursuit of spreading her insane and violent rhetoric to another part of the world. What impression will the most vane and vile political figure of our time leave on the people of India? You can see my portrait and commentary on the effects of her absurd ranting on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/01/sarah-palin-made-me-do-it.html

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