Sarah Palin visits Atlanta to support Karen Handel

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Sarah Palin visits Atlanta to support Karen Handel

Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Karen Handel (left) follows former VP contender Sarah Palin as she made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Bette Rose Bowers (left) with Karen Handel as Handel mingled with the group before the event. Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Dianne Putnam, from Dalton, greets Sarah Palin as she made her surprise entrance. Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Former VP contender Sarah Palin (LEFT) made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel (RIGHT), who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Karen Handel addresses the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting.

Karen Handel addresses the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Joan Edwards (left), from Ringgold, gets a photo with Sarah Palin after the event. Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

The belt buckle of former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, reads "Girls with Guns" as she greets attendees of a county women's group meeting to campaign for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Karen Handel, right, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Union City, Ga. Palin is riding to the defense of the only Republican woman in the nomination fight for Georgia's open Senate seat, hitting back against GOP rival David Perdue's apparent dismissal of Karen Handel's high school education. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Margaret Williamson, right, of Ellijay Ga., right, and Charlene McGowan, of Roswell, Ga., left, stand for the Pledge of Allegiance at a county women's group meeting before former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin makes a surprise appearance to campaign for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Karen Handel, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Union City, Ga. Palin is riding to the defense of the only Republican woman in the nomination fight for Georgia's open Senate seat, hitting back against GOP rival David Perdue's apparent dismissal of Karen Handel's high school education. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Charlene McGowan, of Roswell, Ga., right, cheers as former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, left, surprises a county women's group meeting to campaign for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Karen Handel, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Union City, Ga. Palin is riding to the defense of the only Republican woman in the nomination fight for Georgia's open Senate seat, hitting back against GOP rival David Perdue's apparent dismissal of Karen Handel's high school education. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, left, speaks at a county women's group meeting to campaign for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Karen Handel, right, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Union City, Ga. Palin is coming to the defense of the only Republican woman in the nomination fight for Georgia's open Senate seat, hitting back against GOP rival David Perdue's apparent dismissal of Karen Handel's high school education. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin applauds while listening to Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Karen Handel speak at a county women's group meeting, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Union City, Ga. Palin is coming to the defense of the only Republican woman in the nomination fight for Georgia's open Senate seat, hitting back against GOP rival David Perdue's apparent dismissal of Karen Handel's high school education. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, left, gestures to the crowd as she surprises a county women's group meeting to campaign for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Karen Handel, right, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Union City, Ga. Palin is riding to the defense of the only Republican woman in the nomination fight for Georgia's open Senate seat, hitting back against GOP rival David Perdue's apparent dismissal of Karen Handel's high school education. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Former VP contender Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an event for Senate candidate Karen Handel, who is seeking traction in the crowded GOP contest. Palin campaigned for Handel at at the South Fulton Republican Women's monthly meeting. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

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