Palin's full speaking contract revealed

[sabra]

Source: CNN

So just what does it take to get Sarah Palin to speak at your fundraising gala?

A "deluxe" hotel suite, a first class ticket or a private jet ("Lear 60 or larger"), pre-selected audience questions, and "bendable" straws – not to mention the $75,000 in cash.

That's according to Palin's speaking contract with Cal State Stanislaus – ordered to be released by a California judge this week after the state school refused to make the document public last June.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown began an investigation in April into whether school officials were trying to avoid public disclosure laws by discarding documents. A state senator asked for the probe after he said the school refused to turn over some requested records concerning the event.

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Much of the contents of the contract had already been revealed: the school had previously disclosed how much it paid the former Alaska governor and portions of the contract were discovered in a dumpster by students last April.

Still, the document provides a revealing picture of the types of demands an A-list speaker can make, and serves as a reminder that no detail is too small to omit - from the lighting ("should be at a comfortable, but appropriate production level"), to the water ("unopened bottled still"), to the lectern ("no plexiglass or thin lectern please").

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/full-palin-contract-revealed/

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contract can be seen here: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/08/27/palin_contract_released.html

[corkhead]

1. I suggest the Lear jet 35 for Bible Spice, endorsed by Payne Stewart

[Cheap_Trick]

4. LMFAO!

:rofl:

[savalez]

2. "pre-selected audience questions" Who does she think she is, GW Bush?"

[mike r]

5. Because of the pre-written answers

[Cognitive_Resonance]

3. Long-term this buffoon is serving a useful purpose to sink the Republican

Party as a credible force in American politics. That is the one consolation prize from her divisive, self-promoting antics. It may take a few more cycles to unfold, but the GOP is trapped on a dead-end track.

[tridim]

6. It's hard (and pointless) to keep track, but didn't she flatly deny the orginal claims?

Such a little liar.

[ThomasQED]

7. "A-list speaker"?

Really?

[AndyA]

8. Sarah Palin = GRIFTER

Audience who pays to see her = IDIOTS.

She'll keep taking your money, people. She'll say what she knows you want to hear, and she'll take you for every cent you have. She'll pretend to care about you until you stop paying, and then she's outa there.

What is the saying about a fool and his or her money?

[Semi_subversive]

9. Can't really blame her

It'd take $75K to get me to spend a night in Turlock.

[cosmicone]

12. That's what I was thinking ....

Where would they find a deluxe hotel suite within a 60 mile radius of Turlock?

[tanyev]

19. She likes those deluxe hotels that have the cement ponds.

[pinboy3niner]

10. This ad was on the student newspaper's website the day she spoke:

Coincidence? I think not... :rofl:

[indepat]

11. That's some high-maintenance broad, eh?

:P

[xxqqqzme]

13. you betcha!

;-);-)

[truthisfreedom]

14. A lot of it's laughable, but I'm sure as a woman she has reasons for not wanting "thin" podiums

or plexiglas. The bendable straws are a gem, however. That's a hoot. And the pre-selected audience questions... what kind of politician is she? One who simply cannot think on her feet? So how does she make decisions in a group situation where things are dynamic? What if she's called upon to make a quick decision critical to the nation as "president" (not possible, seriously)?

[Missy Vixen]

15. Bendable straws = won't smear lipstick

Many people who bleach their teeth also won't drink any "staining" liquid (coffee, tea, sodas,) without a straw.

The pre-selected audience questions are the killer here, though. In other words, she can't think on her feet, and this will REALLY trip her up if she thinks she's running in 2012.

[Cass]

16. pre-selected audience questions...what a freaking joke.

And some idiots think she is presidential material?? Hahaha! I wouldn't have faith in her ability to run a donut shop.

[No Elephants]

17. U.S. Presidents don't get pre-selected questions?

[Cass]

21. Have you seen her stand there and take unscripted questions from the press or the public live?

I haven't, but I have seen all our Presidents do it. Presidents get their share of pre-selected questions but they also have to answer questions off the cuff.

The fact is Palin doesn't know enough about the issues to be able to do that - she has to recite canned answers written for her by someone else.

[No Elephants]

18. Who gives a rap? The more we react to these no-events, the more the media will focus on her. Yawn

and move on.

[classysassy]

20. Those Palin broads

One will be dancing with the stars and Mama Moose will be shucking and jiving with students that are just as dumb as she is.