February 06, 2011 07:36 PM UTC

Palin Was Coming to Colorado?

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• by: Colorado Pols

As our friends at the Washington Post report, it was announced Friday that possible 2012 presidential candidate Sarah Palin was coming to Colorado in May, to speak at an event for military families hosted by the Sharon K. Pacheco Foundation. Apparently, we missed this.

Which is fine, we guess, because yesterday they canceled her appearance:

Palin was to speak at the Patriots & Warriors Gala at the Infinity Park Event Center in Glendale, Colo., which was billed as an awards banquet and fundraiser for military families in need and for a grief camp for children who had lost loved ones in combat.

But the event, sponsored by the Sharon K. Pacheco Foundation, was canceled Saturday, a day after it had been announced to the media. A press release posted on the sponsoring organization’s Facebook page reads, “Due to an onslaught of personal attacks against Gov. Palin and others associated with her appearance, it is with deep sadness and disappointment that, in the best interest of all, we cancel the event for safety concerns.”

The press release goes on to say that no direct threats were made against Palin, nor were any made against members of the organization’s staff, but in light of the shooting rampage in Arizona last month, the negative rhetoric “raises concern for her safety and the safety of others despite the call for civility in America.”

It’s kind of funny, because usually when we see a politician upset about “an onslaught of personal attacks,” and it’s in Colorado, we can find out what they’re talking about in our comment threads. No such luck this time. We haven’t gotten a press release or angry blast email from any of the usual-suspect Democratic aligned groups, or Pat Waak either. What we’re trying to say, we guess, is we’re unaware of any response to Palin’s announced visit that rises to the level of “an onslaught of personal attacks.” In fact, we don’t really have evidence that anybody cared at all.

Oh, wait a minute, as the WaPo continues:

The cancellation of the speaking engagement frees Palin to attend the NBC/Politico Republican presidential primary debate at the Reagan Presidential Library in California, also scheduled for May 2. But none of the potential 2012 Republican candidates have said they will attend.

If the major GOP presidential candidates announce that they’re going to this debate in the next few weeks, you might have your answer as to why Palin canceled–though it would be politically asinine to volunteer Palin’s regrettable response to the shootings in Tucson as an excuse. But even if this schedule-conflicted debate is not why she canceled, we don’t see anything to suggest that a hostile anticipated reception in Colorado was a legitimate reason.

And as always, you can infer from that what you will.