Will Sarah Palin give a speech in support of marijuana regulation?

Las Vegas:

At Caesar’s Palace on Wednesday former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will deliver the keynote address at the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America’s national convention.

Immediately following that speech, Dave Schwartz, the campaign manager for Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws (NSML), will offer Palin $25,000 to deliver a similar address to supporters of a regulated marijuana market in this country.

In exchange for the $25,000, Palin will be asked to speak at one of NSML’s upcoming events, acknowledge that marijuana is just as legitimate a recreational substance as the substance she is talking about at the WSWA convention and endorse taxing and regulating marijuana in Nevada and throughout the U.S.

“There’s no reason why former governor Palin should reject our offer,” Schwartz said.

“The health effects of the substance she is talking about at the WSWA convention cause 33,000 deaths in the U.S. annually. The comparable number for marijuana is zero. Alcohol is also associated with violent crime and other destructive acts, while marijuana is not. If Gov. Palin is comfortable endorsing that product, we are certain she will endorse ours. We look forward to negotiating with her team to find a time that works in her schedule.

I agree.  There is no reason at all that Palin should refuse to pimp herself out in support of marijuana regulation in Nevada.  If you are going to speak to a group that provides a product that causes the death of 33,000 Americans a year it would be hypocritical not to talk to a group that promotes the use of a substance that is responsible for the devouring of 33,000 Twinkies and Slim Jims a year. Don'tcha think?

After all Palin admitted that she had not only partaken of the devil weed, but that unlike Bill Clinton, she had even inhaled. 

Personally I don't see how Sarah could possibly have been raised in Wasilla and NOT smoked pot once in a while.  After all when she was growing up in the Valley it was the home of the legendary Matanuska Thunderfuck, a type of marijuana so famous that people came from far and wide to sample it. (Or so I have....uh....heard.)  Back then you could even find people living on communes growing hemp to make fabric, and rope, and for "medicinal purposes". (You could always tell who they were because they named their kids things like Rainbow, and Stardust, and Moonbeam, and Willow, and Track, etc., etc., etc..)

No I don't think that Sarah Palin has any ethical problem with giving this speech (of course I also don't think Sarah Palin has any ethics), however there is a snag.

I mean seriously $25,000?  Sarah may be pimping herself out on the speaking tour, but she is not pimping herself out for pocket change.  If these guys are really serious about having Palin speak at their event they are going to have to come up with a hell of a lot more than a paltry twenty five G's.

But if they can scrape together say a cool $105,000, I would not at all be surprised to see Palin expounding the virtues of cannabis.  After all you CAN make tea out of it you know. 

Now wouldn't THAT be an entirely different kind of "tea party"?