"Brave" Sarah Palin to speak in Oregon & "put Eugene on the map"!

[Bluebear]

...the Lane County Republican party couldn't be prouder of landing the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, who uses "granola" as a term of derision, as the headliner for its Lincoln Day fundraiser dinner Friday night.

"She's a pretty brave woman, I think," said Bill Young, a Eugene veterinarian and chairman of the Lane County Republican Party.

"I think that everybody is concerned that it doesn't seem to fit the mold," he said. "Yet you have to realize there are a lot of Republicans and conservatives who live in this area. I'm just thankful she agreed to come, and put Eugene on the map, so to speak."...

At $250 a head, the party has sold out the Eugene Hilton hall where Palin will speak. The hall seats about 800, and the party has also sold most of the $100 seats in an overflow room with a video feed, Young said.

Seventy people who donated $1,000 will get a photo with Palin and a signed copy of her book. Reporters can watch on video, but can't use recording devices.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_palin_liberal_town