this comes as no surprise, ...

The document, dated March 16, does not include compensation details for Palin, who commands speaking fees as high as $100,000. Her appearance at the university gala is expected to draw a large crowd, with tickets selling for $500 each.

What does she have to offer, besides 5-minutes of fame? Surely, if all they wanted was a "conservative" figure-head someone with something relevant to say would have been better, or at least she doesn't deserve such high fees.

And "conservatives" complain about wasteful spending in the "hand-out" system. Hypocritical parasites. This is plain disgusting.

Originally Posted by vh13

What does she have to offer, besides 5-minutes of fame? Surely, if all they wanted was a "conservative" figure-head someone with something relevant to say would have been better, or at least she doesn't deserve such high fees.

And "conservatives" complain about wasteful spending in the "hand-out" system. Hypocritical parasites. This is plain disgusting.

She deserves the fees that the market will bear. She could be selling snake-oil, it wouldn't matter.
This is not wasteful government spending, it's just free-market capitalism. I wouldn't pay $500 bucks, but someone will.

I can't stand this woman, who voice causes migraines.

Originally Posted by Man o' the green

She deserves the fees that the market will bear. She could be selling snake-oil, it wouldn't matter.
This is not wasteful government spending, it's just free-market capitalism. I wouldn't pay $500 bucks, but someone will.

This is our tax dollars we're talking about, not the free market. Is this just good clean capitalism at it's best? Are subterfuge and deceit par for the course?

Palin urges less government, lower taxes at Boston Common Tea Party rally

She's a hypocrite, a spoiler, who is perfectly willing to exploit a system to her own gain then further exploits the ignorant masses, gaining support for criticizing the same system she abuses.

Better to throw out the whole system then exercise the same bullshit ethics of "personal responsibility" she claims to support, right? Heaven forbid we make improvements to the system and attempt to stop further usurpers... nope, instead we're to be spoon-fed the same old scapegoating and rhetoric: it's everyone else's fault and her political ideology is the only solution. We might as well outlaw all use of currency and do away with the notion of private ownership of property while we're at it, there's too much possibility of theft there too.

Originally Posted by vh13

This is our tax dollars we're talking about, not the free market.
(the rest of your post is the same rhetoric of hatred that always seems to be aimed at the opposition these days and really isn't worth quoting.)

you're obviously not illiterate, so you must have just missed the line that stated palin's fees and expenses were being covered by private contributions. i can't guarantee the veracity of that statement, but that much should be a matter of public record and i don't see anything that contradicts it.

Originally Posted by undertheice

you're obviously not illiterate, so you must have just missed the line that stated palin's fees and expenses were being covered by private contributions. i can't guarantee the veracity of that statement, but that much should be a matter of public record and i don't see anything that contradicts it.

other than the pending investigation.

Originally Posted by vh13

So this is just good clean capitalism at it's best, subterfuge and deceit are par for the course?

Palin urges less government, lower taxes at Boston Common Tea Party rally

She's a hypocrite, a spoiler, who is perfectly willing to exploit a system to her own gain then further exploits the ignorant masses, gaining support for criticizing the same system she abuses.

Better to throw out the whole system then exercise the same bullshit ethics of "personal responsibility" she claims to support, right? Heaven forbid we make improvements to the system and attempt to stop further usurpers... nope, instead we're to be spoon-fed the same old scapegoating and rhetoric: it's everyone else's fault and her political ideology is the only solution.

As far as the actions of the university , and the potential use of public funding. That is an issue they will have to explain, the document only shows her as greedy, demanding, etc.
You may dislike her and everything that she says, but what is different than Ahmadinejad speaking at Columbia ? Still free speech.
I, personally, don't think she has much value, but there is more than disagreement , it's more hateful than that. Why such an emotional response to her from the left ?

What system are you suggesting we improve ? Your intent was not clear to me.

Originally Posted by fdd2blk

other than the pending investigation.

of course. an investigation instigated by suspicious minds that refuse to admit that even the opposition deserves to be heard. an investigation aimed solely at discrediting that opposition. an investigation that certainly will be funded by our tax dollars.