At issue is the role of David Keene, head of the American Conservative Union which organizes CPAC. In September, POLITICO reported that Keene asked FedEx for between $2 million and $3 million to get the group's support in a bitter legislative battle with rival UPS.
A source close to the Palin camp says that request led to a decision to stay away from the upcoming CPAC conference, calling it a forum that will place "special interests over core beliefs" and "pocketbook over policy."
"That's not what CPAC should be about and people are tiring," the source said. "Palin is taking a stance against this just as she did in Alaska."
When asked about the move, Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said: "We support those who advance our core beliefs and lead by principle."
You know at first I was convinced that this was an article from the Onion. Those scamps!
But then I realized that no, seriously, Palin and her "recently released from the dungeon" mouthpiece Meg Stapleton are not joking. They really expect the American people to believe that the woman who has written a book of lies, and then prostituted her own children to sell more copies, actually has ETHICS!
Because as we know, only truly ethical people rack up the most ethics charges in Alaska political history, including one she filed against herself. Or demands thousands of dollars in speaking fees before helping out a charity. Or uses her daughter and grandchild to punish a young man for speaking out against her after she used him for political gain and then cast him aside. Oh yeah those are some seriously well defined ethics you have their Mrs. Palin.
Well I think we can rest assured that the reason Palin is NOT attending CPAC has absolutely nothing to do with her "cough, cough" ethics. And if we take her at her word that it is not about the money then what is left?Keene has criticized Palin in the conservative press, telling Newsmax in July that she was "whining" about her press coverage and was not yet ready for primetime.
"Conservatives like her, but you've got to have more than that," Keene told the outlet. "You've got to be more than a rock star. If in fact she's interested in the presidency, she has got to establish herself as someone you can envision in the Oval Office. And it's become more difficult to envision than it was at the time of the election."
Oh no he didn't! Well you know that could DEFINITELY be the reason.
As we all know Caribou Barbie does not like it when people criticize her! Too bad she already published that book, Keene could have received his very own dishonorable mention. Of course she still has the option of banning him from one of her events. That seems to be her fallback position.
And you know it STILL could just be about the money. After all this is "Wasilla Grifter" we are talking about.
Keene is finding out what we already know. Sarah is trying to be that Hollywood elite that she so condemns. She is jealous of the lifestyle that they live and she is really jealous that a black man is POTUS.
ReplyDeleteShe is willing to steal from her supporters to make herself bigger than life.
I've had people tell me that Sarah is laughing all the way to the bank. I tell them that I don't care. It's THEIR money that she's laughing with, NOT mine. I am actually laughing at them too, for being so gullible.
I believe that what comes around, goes around. Sarah's time is coming.
"We support those who advance our core beliefs and lead by principle." Uh-huh.
ReplyDeleteGrandma Bumpit's core belief is based on the money honey and to hell with the principle.
My guess is that if CPAC were willing to pay Palin $200K, the ethics concerns would suddenly vanish. With Palin, it really is all about the money. She is simply high maintenance trailer trash with an insufferable ego. No brains, no class.
ReplyDeletePalin does not like being dissed, especially by those ostensibly on her side. If she decides to make a bid for POTUS, she had better get used to brutally frank assessments regarding her unsuitability for office like those of Keene. There are many, many more within the GOP that will go to great lengths to make sure that she NEVER has even a remote chance of becoming president. The stakes are simply too high.
I'd bet that there would be high level GOP defections if the party were reckless enough to nominate her. That is a move which would be reckless, but certainly not wreckless.
Yeah right, $arah cares about the Fed Ex/UPS battle and wants to stick to her commonsense conservative values.
ReplyDeleteYEAH RIGHT!
She got dissed by the head of CPAC, and they don't pay.
Great post Gryphen!!
Of COURSE it's the money!
ReplyDeleteno doubt about it!
One more nail in the virtual coffin...
ReplyDeleteI wonder what tomorrow will bring?
Maybe Gryphen will report on the Juneteenth lawsuit being tossed out, bringing Palin'a score to 28-0.
ReplyDeleteI've got a feeling the 'baggers "convention" is going to be a financial failure if they're paying Grifter Granny $100K. After all, it will take 300 attendees just to pay her. Do they really expect thousands to shell out thousands? On their site, they're begging people to raise money to send "delegates" from their area.
ReplyDeleteFinancial failure couldn't happen to a "nicer" crowd, though. ; )
Grandma68
O/T, but I've got to sound the alert. I just read on HuffPo that Steve Schmidt is going to be on 60 Minutes Sunday night and will discuss (among other topics, I assume) trying to prep Sarah for the vice presidental debate. One nugget: they told her to call Biden "Joe" because she kept referring to him in the debate prep as "O'Biden."
ReplyDeleteNow THAT shows you the idiot they had to deal with!
I can't wait to see the whole show.
Funny how Sarah didn't mind accepting $200,000 to speak at a fundraiser for hospitals in 'Socialist Canada' ... those particular hospitals perform abortions AND offer end of like counseling .... hypocrite .. but we knew that ...
ReplyDeleteALSO: I really think the Judges should know that Sarah endorses this harassment. I hope Levi's attorney knows that the protest against the Judges, INCLUDING their phone numbers is being advertized on Sarah's OFFICIAL site. SInce her site is highly moderated, the fact that these stay on there, means she approves.
Screen shots availabe.
Hey Gryphen, any updates on how the Facebook/hairdresser/radio host protest went yesterday?
ReplyDeleteThe Republican party used her and knew how to get to her to make her sell out from what many of us thought she was about. Will they tire of her? Not as long as she is getting them what they want. I think they will keep her going and her BS coming until they find a bigger cow to milk who may be more subtle. Be happy with this one because she is at least transparent. If the winds change and they need a serious candidate, they will drop her like she never existed.
ReplyDeleteShe is still in power because she is making someone rich and it's not just herself.
Well of course, it's about the money. She's perfectly willing to set aside her differences and take the Canadians' $200,000 to go specifically to support socialized medicine and Canadian Death Panels. Where they do abortions, also, too.
ReplyDeleteThe organizers earnestly suggested that this would be a golden opportunity to instruct Mrs. Palin in the advantages of universal health care and that she might learn something. It was meant to be kind.
Sarah's "core belief and principle" is "show me the money."
ReplyDeleteSo she doesn't want to pal around with anyone whose priorities are "pocketbook over policy?" Oh that is rich (no pun intended). Sarah defines pocketbook over substance!
ReplyDeleteGramma Palin's core belief is that she is destined to lead this country. Guess again gramma!
ReplyDeleteRemember how Zigler ambushed and ostracized Keene for saying criticizing Palin? I wonder if the video is still available.
ReplyDeleteSteve Schmidt is blasting "her heiness" on 60 Minutes this weekend! Preview on The CBS Early Show this morning. Oh this is gonna be good!
ReplyDeleteHow ironic, and laughable, that she doesn't want to be involved in "pocketbook over policy."
ReplyDeleteIt just gets better and better, doesn't it...
It's the money, combined with a complete lack of interest. Policy type talk? Booooooring! Not glamorous.
ReplyDeleteI knew Palin would find some way to make this about her little fantasy role as a "reformer". She is a very predictable psycho.
Ethical behavior and the name of Grandma of the Fertile Valley should not be used in the same sentence. We know what Sarah Palin is, but her followers are just now finding out her price.
ReplyDeleteHilarious. First Letterman, now Keene. Oh, and all those McCain campaign staffers. And Katie Couric. And Levi Johnston. And on and on and on...
ReplyDeletePetty, vindictive, immature and greedy. Did I miss anything? Oh yes...sociopathic and narcissitic. Also. Too.
Did you happen to read the ADN Politics Blog piece from Jan 6th on the reservation rule changes at the sports center due to the blogger banning?
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Granny Grifter is all about the Benjamins, baby. Granny don't play if CPAC don't pay. It doesn't matter that she has supposedly started SARAHPac to pay for dumb shit like this, all that money has been paid out to BSMP, LLC for consulting fees!
ReplyDeleteIf she thinks she's going to be in any future elected office with only the support of the teabaggers, she is seriously deluded. Whoops. I guess I knew that. She's not going anywhere without CPAC's support.
ReplyDeleteI guess I've always known she was dumb, but not that dumb. Yikes. Pride goeth before the fall, eh?
Another great post, Gryph! Grifter Granny $arah just can't stand a little constructive criticism -- especially from one of those "moderates" (NOT) like David Keene. And is a "source close to the Palin camp" the same as a "Palin confidante"?
ReplyDeleteThings are really getting interesting -- can't wait to see what happens next.
BTW -- can you tell us more about the "protest" at the courthouse yesterday, or lack thereof? Thanks for all you do -- you and the other truth-telling bloggers are my heros.
Sarah has sold more books than Maddow has TV viewers.
ReplyDeleteHillary and Sarah are the most admired women in America. Maddow ? meh, not so much.
Stapleton is back to get under your skin. Didn't you say she was going to commit suicide or something?
Have you ever been right about anything?
Update Gryphen: It seems she is not being paid to speak at this event.
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A Palin confidante said the governor is not being paid to speak at the event.
CNN seems to be a pretty unbiased source. You may want to update your blog.
Sarah and her 'people' would never even have heard about the FedEx/UPS thing if Johnny Zeigler her most rabidly drooling fan/filmaker hadn't harrassed David Keene about what he said about her (Ziggy kept saying Keene 'attacked' Palin - the only word he used that had a bit of an attacky edge was 'whine'. Say someone whines, and you have ATTACKED THEM!!! But I digress).
ReplyDeleteSo then, is she saying all the other invited who agree to speak are not as 'ethical' as she is? That they only care about what speaking at CPAC will do for their careers rather than for the conservative movement and conservative policies as a whole? And does that mean she thinks speaking at the Tea Bag Ball or whatever it is, is going to be seen as putting policy over pocketbook?
I just confused myself. It isn't hard when considering why SP makes the decisions she does.
I would have to agree that O'Palin doesn't put pocketbook over policy.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, she never mixes the two.
It's pocketbook, pocketbook, pocketbook...24/7.
Policy is for unattractive squares with no fashion sense.
She is such an idiot. I've been waiting for the revenge of Steve Schmidt. Biden, O'Biden...can I call you Joe. Jesus.
ReplyDeleteSP's leadership style: Decide first - make up a phony excuse second.
ReplyDeleteGoing Vogue: Palin To Bilk $100k From Tea Party Movement For One Speech
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Another great post, Gryphen. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHer looks are melting away exposing an evil core.
Keep up the good work!
I was just looking over the websites of the various events.
ReplyDeleteFirst up is the Tea Bag thing, Feb. 4-6, CPAC is after that, Feb. 18-20 and the Southern Republican leadership event is April 8-11.
If one was invited, one could speak at all three, if they wanted to. And one definetly was - Sarah Palin.
Several are speaking at two of the three, such as Govs. Pawlenty, Perry and Jindal. Rush will be speaking at both as well.
Which two? CPAC and the Leadership conference.
The only current politician I could find speaking at the Tea Party was M. Bachmann (although I may have missed one or two), but the point is, all the 'big name' Republicans are not gonna be at the Party.
No wonder they needed to spend a lot of money on Palin as keynote speaker.
Nope, I definitely believe Sarah declined CPAC because she didn't like what Keene said about her, and by declining his invitation, she thinks 'she's showing him!". Idiot. What she's showing, once again, is how she cannot take any criticism, and how long she holds grudges.
Neither quality is something I want in a President. She is not presidential, should not run for that (or any, really) office, and if she had any respect for her fans, she would let them know that now so they can find and start supporting a candidate they like who could actually win and get something done.
With Sarah Payme, it's all about "the financial principal."
ReplyDeleteHey, everyone who keeps asking about the protest yesterday, no one showed up. Gryphen responded in the comments in another thread.
Anon @10:44 - If you think Sarah Payme's ethic complaints have all been tossed out, you have not been paying attention.
I agree that money is Sarah's main objective, and she doesn't want to waste her time if she's not getting paid. But something else is playing into her decision not to attend CPAC.
ReplyDeleteIf she went, she might be asked to speak. Now speaking to a crowd of her followers, the uneducated Joe Six-Packers, would be no problem. But at CPAC she would be speaking to the leaders of the conservative movement, people like Mitt Romney, Jim DeMint, Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal, etc. Many there will be looking to position themselves for a 2012 presidential run. She can't bullshit her way around these people - she might have to study up on current events and policies. And we all know Sarah can't pull herself away from the gossip rags long enough to fill her brain with anything useful. And what if she was asked to do interviews?? OMG.
She tends to shy away from events where she has to do more than recite memorized talking points or get a crowd wound up into a racial, hate-filled frenzy.
She's going to be speaking at the "TEABAGGER" event instead. That's why she turned down the other offer. The teabag event is paying her $75,000. Why would she speak for free, when she is going to get paid by the dead enders?
ReplyDeleteAnon@6:31, that's a very good point. She can't hang with that crowd so she finds a spin where she can pretend she's principled.
ReplyDeleteI also think that, in keeping with the NPD theory (which I wholeheartedly believe), she is only interested in gigs where she is the headliner and sole performer.
Well, if Granny Grifter isn't going to be paid, then a day or so b4 TBN I expect a statement from Meg saying Granny never agreed to attend. Well, the attendees will just have to be happy with listening to WND's Joseph Farah: http://tinyurl.com/yjdguvc. TBNers - check the fine print on your tickets. I doubt that starbursts are guaranteed.
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ReplyDeleteAs a Canadian fan of Gryphen's blog, I disagree with some of your statements. I would like to point out that Palin was kicked-off the speaking junket here in Canada for the St.Peter's hospital fundraiser. A good majority of Canadians took a stand against the hypocrisy and were successful in getting her booted-out by sending and calling (including myself) the entities responsible for putting her on the speaker's list in the first place.
Do we have a government-run single payer healthcare system? Yup, we do. Do we support it? You betcha! No system is perfect, but I dare say we are ahead of the game. It is my hope that the healthcare reform in the US is successful in order to provide the needed healthcare needed for all.
Socialist Canada? Don't think so.
I think Rachel Maddow has gotten under Meg's thin skin!!!
ReplyDeleteRobert Burton- until something more official than a "confidante" puts themselves out there- and not anonymoosely- one really can't take what they say as Gospel. And seriously, as big a liar as Palin is, even if an official announcement came out that she wasn't being paid to lead the tea-baggers, well, I'd still say moose-shitte to that.
Well, Anon. @6:31, I agree with the logic of your premise, but those guys will be at the Southern Leadership conference too, so she will still have to bullshit her way around them there.
ReplyDeleteHer speeches will still be compared to the others and any thinking person there will be able to tell if she says anything of substance, or simply regurgitates tired talking points - I'm betting on the latter.
But she has to show up to at least one important Republican political event this year if she wants to keep the gravy train a-runnin' - SarahPAC. She figured the folks in New Orleans would be more receptive than all those politics-as-usual, lame-duck, Washington-Beltway-Insiders.
And then she also had to blow a big raspberry to David Keene.
yeah well that quote from keene says it all. that's exactly why she's not going. the organizer didn't worship at her feet and doubted that the public would take her seriously.
ReplyDeletepot, meet kettle.
ReplyDeletePalin herself is all about pocketbook over policy.
This is OT Gryphen, but I just listened (gag) to the Eddie Burke show link on Linda's post about the judicial harassment. There was a very interesting tidbit.
ReplyDeleteOne of the callers asked if it was true that Bristol was working for her mom now & Eddie said yes, it is true. Went on & on about how Grandma Grifter has a business & is an ENTITY (??) & how great it was for Bristol to be working for her etc., etc. Went on at length about how great it was that kids could work in parents' businesses and that Bristol could work for mom at home using a computer etc.
I was cracking up just imagining the grifter pulling her hair out at this revelation. EB must have gotten the skinny from papa heath when he called to say he was not allowed to come on the show. LOL!
They then went to a long break & when Eddie came back on, he had a retraction. (surprise) Said that he had mistakenly thought the caller was referring to a "rumor" about Bristol working for her mom. He said Bristol is NOT working for $carah, she has a full time job. HMMMMM, wonder who called him? :)
If you have the stomach for it, it's worth a listen. Kim called in and tore a piece off Dave Miller & Eddie on Levi's behalf in the first part. Brava Kim!!
Let me get this straight!
ReplyDeleteShe's not going because CPAC puts "pocketbook over policy?"
That's exactly why she quit!
I guess she does read after all- at least Orwell's 1984!
When Sarah quit her job as governor last summer, more than one Republican advised her to take some time, study the issues and make the moves necessary to become a serious candidate. Sarah didn't even try.
ReplyDeleteInstead, she cultivated her looks and enhanced her appeal to the lowest of the low information voters.
This weekend, Steve Schmidt will appear on 60 minutes and tell the story that we are reading on line. Sarah couldn't even say Biden's name correctly (sort of like a president who kept saying "nuc-u-ler"). She may have called him "Joe," but that was about all that Sarah could remember.
Sarah cannot appear in front of serious politicians who really do study the issues. They have already seen through her, and she didn't take their criticism lightly. Sarah appeals to the super duper religious right wing, the tea-baggers who also do not think things through. It is preaching to the choir.
I don't think that Sarah could actually think about running for President. It would require serious study, organization and sticking to the program for two years! It would be a harder job than being governor of Alaska. And, she would be under much more scrutiny.
Sarah can pretend that she is kinda sorta maybe a candidate in order to keep that stream of money flowing into SarahPAC. That position also allows her to issue ghost written op ed pieces, face book posts and give a speech for money. Sarah is successful at one thing, marketing Sarah. She is Kate, Jon, Octomom, Balloon Boy and anyone else who is now just famous for trying to be famous.
And, Sarah's skin is very very thin. I can't wait to hear Meg's version of Sarah's debate prep.
OT, check out this interesting story on oz mudflats:
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I really wish CPAC would do a complete turnaround and offer her $250,000 or $300,000 to speak. I would love to see the verbal gymnastics required to spin the new reason why SP has now accepted this speaking engagement.
ReplyDeleteBut as much as that would be fun to witness, do I really wish someone would offer her huge sums of money to speak? Nah. (Maybe someone should offer her that much to shut up. Could work.)
Well Meg I see you didn't take the opportunity to quite lying for Grifter Granny. We all know the only "core values" that $arah has is how much money she is going to pocket. Can't wait for the entire Schmidt interview on 60 Minutes. It used to be we had a Palin SNAFU once a day, now it seems it's every hour! Stay tuned.
ReplyDeleteDavid Kernell, Sarah's alleged email hacker, is from Tennessee. Maybe they'll meet up and discuss Blackberry etiquette.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention she took money to talk in communist china
ReplyDeleteThere is another reason Sarah may have turned down the CPAC invite. Control. Something happened last year and she did one of her famous "denials" that she'd ever confirmed she'd speak at the convention. It's very possible she wanted money and they wouldn't pay her, but it's also possible they wouldn't agree to her demands about control of the situation. I can absolutely see her refusing to attend this year if press coverage was allowed for instance and if certain people couldn't be banned from the event.
ReplyDeleteOur little Sarah is like a Queen Mushroom. She doesn't like the light of day. Her followers are just everyday mushrooms. Feed them shit and keep them in the dark and they seem to sprout all over the place.
Rick
$arah perfers to go to the Tea Baggers Convention (where she will be paid $100K) in Nashville because that's where her adoring fans will be.
ReplyDeleteShe would not get the same adoration at CPAC. And like a previous commentor said, she does NOT want to talk Policy because she hasn't a clue about ANY kind of Policy. She was just winging it through Alaska as Govenor, but you have to know a little bit about Policy to wing it in D.C.
This is really transparant and laughable. I live in Nashville. If the cold breaks and warms up a little, I'll be outside Opryland Hotel with my protest signs. If any other commentor here would like to join me...that would be great!!
They'll probably make us stay across the street from the driveway of Opryland. That's how they did it when we used to protest Bush. And the driveway is about a mile long. No shit. So she'll only be getting a glimse of any protesters when the turn into the driveway.
Also, it appears Sarah has accepted an invite to appear at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in April for free. I'm very suspicious of that report.
ReplyDeleteSarah doesn't do anything unless there is something in it for her. We'll see how it plays out before I believe it's going to happen.
Rick
As far as Palin attending the Southern Leadership Conference, I have worked with some really nice, intellegent, smart thinking people. But when politics are brought up, it's like they turn into a different person.
ReplyDeleteThey just buy into rethuglican't talking points all the time! And believe me, you can't reason with these people. Even when the issues go against their own self interests. It is truly amazing to see someone you admire turn into a GOPbot right in front of you.
So my point being, if $arah does attent the SLC, that is why. She knows she'll be able to get by with a wink and fancy pageant walking.
It's pathetic.
The craziness of this whole thing is that finally serious-minded sane politicians in Washington are beginning to see the disburbing scheduling techniques of SP. There must be some tongue-wagging between them now, as it is quickly becoming obvious her excuses don't make sense anymore. She's always inconsistent. Am wondering if many of them are starting to question her motives.
ReplyDeleteThere's no way they can't see something's amiss. The exposure of SP's true colors are no doubt going to be revealed very soon.
I love it that Meg Stapleton is reading this and most likely commenting! as posters have said before, the more backlash that Gryphen receives, the more likely it is that he's hit a nerve!
ReplyDelete"Also, it appears Sarah has accepted an invite to appear at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in April for free. I'm very suspicious of that report. ".
ReplyDeleteI'm not, Anon@8:12. I would not be surprised if all the speakers were not paid, but spoke because of the high-profileness of the event. Gives them a great platform to put themselves out there and spout their ideas and therefore is useful in attracting support (and $$$) for their campaigns later on. I have no doubt all or most of the speakers have their own PACs, or will have travel and expenses for the event paid for them by some supporting group's PAC, and I have no doubt SP's expenses will be paid for by SarahPAC. But that is at least an expense going to what the stated purposes of the SarahPAC is for, so that's OK.
What would not be OK is for SarahPAC to pay expenses for the Tea Party gig if she is getting paid. If she is being paid, she should take the travel expenses as tax deductions - they would be legitimate sums spent in order for her to earn the money she did. If the travel expenses are going to be more than what she is being paid, or if she'd only make a small profit off it in the end, why would she take the gig in the first place?
There are legitimate answers to that question but this post is long enough already. More later.
I posted this last night at Palingates and offer it here again. I will wait for futher info on the Southern Leadership Conf -- I do not think she will attend even if there is a speaker's fee. She can't give policy speeches in front of her rivals, for all the obvious reasons. The Gridiron dinner and speech was more of a roast, not policy. That she could do, be flirty and sexy, she enjoyed that. Hawaii spoiled a lot for her, we saw her for upclose and real, flaws and all.
ReplyDeleteShe knows the other repub leaders KNOW that she is a fool, liar, grifter, cheater and so much else. She knows that they do not like her, that she is not respected. She can be tolerated by the elite of the GOP, and for now, some foolish GOPers are courting her favor (see Mark Kirk) for political gain. But she is not adored and fawned over in that group. If she can't be the star, she won't go. She will not ever compete with others for press or audience attention. See Pawlenty, Romney, Hucakbee. They don't think she is the "it" girl and they know she is not the saviour of the party
And one more thing, also, too, it is not so easy any longer to sexually entice men from close up. The plastic surgery ruined that for her. Close up, she is balding, wears a bad wig, has lumps and scars and heavy pancake makeup. Kind of spoils the sexual fantasy.
Plus, she no longer does free gigs. That's why she isn't going. All of those reasons.
So, she will go to the gig with the big bucks, the uneducated and uninformed. She will arrive by back door and be ushered unto the stage. The lighting and distance from podium to seating will keep the fantasy alive for the audience; the men will dream of doing her and the women will dream of being her.
She will work to avoid Michele Bachman and Marsha Blackburn. They are both attractive, well put together women, though one is crazy. They do their own thinking, though one is still crazy. They would be tough female competition and Sarah does not do competition. She will never be runner-up again
Gryp,
ReplyDeletePhil Munger has pointed out that some of Gramma Palin's fans are suggesting she is skipping CPAC because of the John Birch Society's involvement; and he has posted a photo to show how far off base this is.
I think it would be great if that photo could get wider exposure, hint, hint.
Well I acquiesce in but I dream the post should have more info then it has.
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