Palin: Correspondents dinner was ‘pathetic’

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday blasted the White House Correspondents Association dinner, calling it a “pathetic” party for “assclowns.”

Palin tweeted her criticism of the annual event, which attracts Washington’s media elite and stars from the entertainment world.

That #WHCD was pathetic. The rest of America is out there working our asses off while these DC assclowns throw themselves a #nerdprom

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) April 28, 2013

“Yuk it up media and pols. While America is buried in taxes and a fight for our rights, the permanent political class in DC dresses up and has a prom to make fun of themselves,” Palin added in a Facebook post. “No need for that, we get the real joke.”

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee has never attended the dinner, but has been a guest at parties in 2011. 

{mosads}Palin, who served as a Fox News contributor, split from the network earlier this year, but has said she intends to remain in the political spotlight. 

“I know the country needs more truth-telling in the media, and I’m willing to do that,” Palin had said, saying she believed the 2014 elections would see a conservative resurgence.

Earlier this month, Palin vowed to use her political action committee to oppose any lawmakers who supported a bipartisan bill to expand background checks.