College Group Pushes Back Against Palin Speech

[Contrary1]

State Lawmaker Seeking Compensation Amount For Former VP Candidate

SACRAMENTO (AP) ― "The California State University, Stanislaus campus is in an uproar over Sarah Palin's scheduled visit to the school's 50th anniversary celebration.

Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate, is scheduled to headline a black-tie fundraiser on campus in June.

But a student group is organizing a protest and its own event in response. A professor has started a Facebook group in protest.

The foundation organizing the event, a nonprofit that raises money for the school, says the $500 tickets for the event are selling fast.

A state lawmaker on Monday asked the university foundation to provide the details of a compensation package promised to the former vice presidential candidate..."

http://cbs13.com/local/california.sarah.palin.2.1598268.html

[my2sense]

1. I hope they are successful in shutting her down n/t

[paulsby]

7. i hope they are sucessful in offering an alternative POV and countering

palin's bullshit

i most definitely hope they do NOT shut her down.

marketplace of ideas, not thuggery

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. I agree

Let her speak.

I would also recommend a welcoming committee :evilgrin:

[paulsby]

9. with ample ridicule and mockery

god knows you can get creative with that stuff

[Cha]

2. Oh good..she can preach her hate there and tell them

to pull over Obama sticker cars and ask how that hopey changey thing is working.

Really really bad when a University has an ignorant hatemonger as their $500 a head speaker.

[gratuitous]

3. Oh noes! Censorship!

Mrs. Palin is being denied her constitutional right to receive six figures for a canned speech! The flag is falling! The Republic totters! Will no one save the United States? I know I haven't always believed in you, and I don't know if you're up there and can really hear me, but save us, Superman!

[peacetalksforall]

4. Isn't one thing to be invited to speak at a college/univeristy and another thing to hold a fund-

raising event on campus for national politics by one Party? Fund raiser? How equitable is that on a campus? More than just the students should get on this? Or is this typical of educational institutions in this country?

[JoshieR]

5. Palin has no place...

...on the property of any kind of institute of higher learning. She needs to stay in the back-country, poorly educated places that comprise "The Real America".

[virgogal]

6. You have a problem with back country,poorly educated people? Shame on you.

[JoshieR]

10. Obviously

I have a problem with the real america. I must be unpatriotic.

I have a problem with back country, poorly educated people who look at intellect as if it were a disease and would rather equip their children with guns and a bible rather than facts and empathy.