Sarah Palin flew into San Francisco to attend a GOP fundraiser on October 5 but did not speak publicly and won't be staying a minute longer than necessary to collect money in the bay area. Several hundred angry protesters gathered in front of the Hyatt-Regency Hotel in Burlingame, adjacent to the San Francisco airport, to demonstrate their displeasure with the GOP platform. Following the vice-presidential candidates recent debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden, many protesters' signs referred to Palin as an outright liar. Others took issue with her extremist views on abortion. The California Democratic Party sent invitations to area party members to "Greet Sarah Palin" in protest, but representatives of groups World Can't Wait and the Raging Grannies outperformed the more staid Democrats with colorful costumes, props and chants.

Environmental activists dressed as wolves howled in pain while union members led chants from a flatbed truck. Veterans for Peace members from chapters 101 (San Jose and SF Peninsula) and 69 (San Francisco) mocked the Republican McCain ticket campaign poster by adding the tag line "War Without End" and "Give Us Several Trillion Dollars" to their signs.

Palin's motorcade drove past the demonstrators and arrived at the Hyatt-Regency in Burlingame at about 11:00am though she was scheduled to speak to a fund-raising brunch at 10:30am. Several demonstrators commented that it is typical of Republican officials to swoop into the San Francisco airport and appear at one of Burlingame's airport hotels in order to make a quick getaway from an overwhelmingly anti-war San Francisco.

Following the vice-presidential candidate's recent debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden and her attacks on Obama's character made at a speech in Carson, CA on October 4, many protesters' signs referred to Palin as an outright liar.

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