Update III:
Tweets:
PALIN, SUSTEREN, GELMAN [Gelman is an actress. She also worked as a press aide for Hillary's 2008 campaign and currently works as press secretary for Scott Stringer.]
Sarah Palin arrives in the belly of the msnbc beast [taken by the editor in chief of Think Progress.org]
Update II: A few more pictures have been added to the gallery.
Here is a report about the Heroic Media event Governor Palin spoke at rather than go to the WHCD. Picture there as well.
Greta gives a report on the dinner:
What is is about Governor Sarah Palin and the media? Last night she was in DC to give a speech and thus could not attend the White House Correspondents Dinner.
She DID go to two after parties to meet some people and catch up with her daughter Bristol who was in town for the dinner.
But what is fascinating to watch is how the media (all of them!) just can’t get enough of Governor Sarah Palin. They were all taking pictures of her with themselves for souvenirs and writing about her. She was prominent in the Washington Post coverage, Politico and I think the New York Times. Her name and picture was everywhere!
With all the movie stars at the dinner, and big media and government names (Cabinet Secretaries and Senators etc.), whose picture does Vanity Fair show? You guessed it …(and she was only at their after party and not the dinner!)
Palin also met the Tiger Mom:
@mikememoli sarah palin dropped by Vanity Fair party too and we talked about tiger and grizzly parenting! @tigermom ..she was really nice.
Heh. And here’s Palin meeting Rachel Maddow.
Update: More pictures added via Politico and Daylife.
Via Daylife , WashingtonPost, and DC Celebrity:
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Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (L) listens to an interviewer as she and her husband Todd Palin arrive at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_2_1.jpg]WHCA DINNER
Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, center right, her husband Todd Palin, center left, and guests arrive at the Bloomberg Vanity Fair White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner afterparty in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The dinner raises money for WHCA scholarships and honors the recipients of the organization's journalism awards. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Sarah Palin[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_5676435339_14bdd7b458_b.jpg]
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Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, center, attends the Bloomberg Vanity Fair White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner afterparty in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The dinner raises money for WHCA scholarships and honors the recipients of the organization's journalism awards. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Sarah Palin[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_5681307081_ab7f3baf3e_b.jpg]
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: Bristol Palin attends the MSNBC Correspondents' after party with FIJI Water at Embassy of Italy on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The New Yorker)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_3_0.jpg]USA/
Bristol Palin arrives at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 30, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_1_0.jpg]64540386
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: Bristol Palin (L) and Greta Van Susteren attend the MSNBC Correspondents' after party with FIJI Water at Embassy of Italy on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The New Yorker)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_4_0.jpg]USA/
Bristol Palin arrives on the red carpet at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 30, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_6_0.jpg]64540312
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Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (L) and her husband Todd Palin arrive at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_mjkmj.jpg]64540313
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Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (L) talks to an interviewer as she and her husband Todd Palin (C) arrive at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_2.jpg]USA/
Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (2nd R) takes pictures with partygoers as she arrives at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_4.jpg]USA/
Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (L) and her husband Todd Palin arrive at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_5.jpg]USA/
Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (2nd L) talks with her daughter Bristol Palin (2nd R) as she arrives at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)[img src=http://barbaricthoughts.com/wp-content/flagallery/msnbc-after-party/thumbs/thumbs_6.jpg]USA/
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Here are some tweets from the repoters and bloggers at the event:
Hell has not frozen over. @SarahPalinUSA at MSNBC after party meeting Luke Russert. NBC pres Steve Capus in bg. http://twitpic.com/4rrpd2
http://twitpic.com/4rrl5u – Crowd surrounds Sarah Palin at MSNBC party
http://twitpic.com/4rrnux – Palin at MSNBC party
OMG. Just got my picture with Sarah Palin. #whcd [tweet from HuffPo reporter]
Dancing with the Stars alum Bristol Palin arriving at the MSNBC Party at the Italian Embassy after the #WHCD
At MSNBC party: @rachelmaddow makes special point to say hello to Sarah Palin.
Everyone dying to pose with Sarah Palin. Ex-First Dude hanging around too. You know, the usual, Palins getting all cozy with MSNBC.
@johnvmoore she’s totally hanging out with lamestream media…but there are people from fox too like bret baier, greta bristol there also.
Just spent 30 solid mins w Palins. Good people.
@sdpdx true story. Amazingly gracious and kind. And of course, @gretawire was off the charts cool. Like it or not, I do not lie.
Earlier, Sarah Palin and bristol high fived with sarah saying “Rachel Maddow.” Huh?
Sarah Palin and @DCCelebrity had a photo op tonite, YOU BETCHA! http://twitpic.com/4rtjg0
Sarah Palin just talked to me about QE2 for five minutes. WTF? This is like….I don’t know. This is terrible. [from a liberal reporter, obviously]
Sarah F***ing Palin. At the MSNBC party. http://t.co/PbJoxVa
Bristol palin at the #whcd http://twitpic.com/4rr785
2nite, Msnbc’s rachel maddow offered to make @sarahpalinusa a drink, & palin asked for a diet coke. Maddow brought 1 over a few mins later
Then both had a v pleasant exchange in which it sounded like r. maddow invited s. palin on the show 1 day and palin responded positively
And finally, palin was mobbed once guests realized she was there (she came w husband todd, daughter bristol and fnc’s greta van susteren)
Asked whether she’s running for potus, palin said a decision’s still a few months off and she’s still sizing up the field..
She said she’s not satisfied yet with those who’ve already announced, but won’t make a decision until the summer. Also: family a big factor
Will update this post if more becomes available. Coverage of Palin at the WHCD brunch here.
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