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Another Palin Event Canceled

Posted Sep 17, 2008 by William March

Updated Sep 17, 2008 at 01:00 PM

For the second time, a tentatively planned appearance by vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in Central Florida has been canceled—this one because of the forecast of thunderstorms.

Palin was supposed to come to The Villages retirement community Sunday. That event, planned to be outdoors, has been postponed because of the threat of thunderstorms.

Campaign officials won’t talk on the record about upcoming events until a couple of days before they occur, so it’s unclear whether the event is likely to be rescheduled for a different place at the same time, a different time at the same place or not at all.

According to Weather.com, the forecast for the Lady Lake area for Sunday is for scattered thunderstorms and a 30 percent chance of rain.

A tentative plan for Palin to come to Tampa immediately after the Republican convention also fell through. The campaign never formally announced the event and never said anything about why it didn’t occur.