Sarah Palin Speaking Contract: 'Rider' Demands First-Class Travel, Pre-Screened Questions, Bendable Straws?

Question

Sarah doesn't want any more tough questions like.....what do you read?

Answer 1

She's no different than any other highly paid speaker. Why fixate on her?

Answer 2

According to the University;



" While the amount the California State University, Stanislaus Foundation will pay Sarah Palin to speak on our campus was not contained within the pages of the contract released by Senator Leland Yee (D- San Francisco) Tuesday morning, many provisions regarding her visit have been uncovered.



An excerpt from Yee's press release revealed that the contract demands:



• "Round-trip, first class commercial air travel for two between Anchorage, Alaska and event city"



• Presumably for Palin's guests, "full, unrestricted round-trip coach airfare for two between event city and lower 48 US States."



• If the university chooses to use a private jet, "the Speaker, their traveling party and the plane crew will be the only passengers."



• Ground transportation in both the originating city and the event city "will be by SUV(s) from a professionally licensed and insured car service."



• "security arrangements as deemed necessary by [Washington Speakers Bureau] and the Speaker."



• Accommodations are to include "a one-bedroom suite and two single rooms in a deluxe hotel" as well as a "laptop computer and printer (fully stocked with paper) and high speed internet" and "all meals and incidentals."



• "For Q&A, the questions are to be collected from the audience in advance, pre-screened and a designated representative shall ask questions directly of the Speaker."



• The contract also includes other stipulations regarding autographs, photographs, press releases, advertising, recording, lighting, bottled water and "bendable straws."



When asked if the Foundation will be responsible for funding these provisions, Eve Hightower, Interim Director of Media Relations at Stanislaus, said, "The Foundation agreed not to discuss the terms of the contract."



Palin is known to have been paid upwards of $100,000 for past speaking appearances, such as her keynote address at the National Tea Party Convention earlier this year."

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You can find the contract at'



http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter/Palin%20contract2.pdf



Note that she gets to screen questions. The big problem is that the University Foundation is a non-profit organization engaging in partisan political campaigning. For that they should lose their tax exempt status. Stanislaus came into being after a number of shady real estate deals that exempted local land butchers from several legal requirements that they didn't want to pay for. Looks like the entire school is a sham.

Answer 3

In CA, I'll fixate on her demands if her speaking fee for Cal State Stanislaus came from taxpayer money. Other than that issue, the only other demand in her contract that I find ridiculous is that she reserves the right to promote her book or political views during the same trip. This means she gets the college/event to pay for her cushy transportation and security and in the same trip goes somewhere to promote her book. Her publisher should pay for her travel expenses in those situations.

Answer 4

All the state college foundations are non-profit corporations attached to the schools. As such they are required by law to avoid involvement with partisan politics whether they make a profit off of it or not. The Stanislaus State Foundation is breaking a couple of laws plus they refuse to divulge how much money they are giving Palin to come spout her politics and push her ghost-written book on University property.

Answer 5

God, i admire this usa. in case you're in call for, get what you may at the same time as you may. We talk with delight while a celeb athlete indicators a multimillion dollar settlement, yet we are astonished while any undeniable Jane or John makes a splash extra suitable than we expect of they might desire to. shame on us! go fer it Sarah!!!

Answer 6

First-Class travel because it just makes sense...

Pre-Screened Questions so she can review them beforehand and not have to come up with answers on the spot when she's under pressure...

And bendy straws because they're just a whole bunch of fun! :D