When Sarah Palin Speaks, We All Listen (Though Sometimes at a Price)

All of you that insist you are so PC are roused to anger when someone doesn't observe the patent sensibilities taught at every government school in America. Most can't believe that (for someone who is so out of step with their left wing crowd) so much play and attention to this wildly popular and unpopular woman has created the celebrity she has become. Women's groups ignore her even though at times she may have the attention of our whole country. Shouldn't these very groups support her popularity in a field where few women have succeeded? Doesn't this smack of hypocracy? Less government, reduced budgets and wasteful spending, protect personal property rights, promote states rights ... why does this scare so many? Perhaps a culture populated with victims holding empty hands outstretched for redistribution of wealth is the real answer.

Mrs. Palin has every right to make whatever fee the market will bear,and a right to her political viewpoint. I understand why the right is taken so much by her, an attractive, fire em' up speaker. Something the Republicans have not had in a very long time, if ever. If ever the right is to appeal to "mainstream" Americans there mas to be more to them than just appearance over content. Is it in OUR nation interest to have political leaders who appear to have problems with basic facts, an apparent difficulty with answering questions that are not pre-screened and an inability to see the contradiction in some of her statements?

I'm not a fan of Mrs. Palin at all and find her politics and her speaking style particularly galling.

Still, asking her to hand over her fee is simply ridiculous and smacks of sexism.

Democratic State Senator Leland Yee's ridiculous argument that she has somehow "gouged" the system or the students is laughable since Palin was asked to speak and her fees were in no way forced upon the students or the system. She demanded nothing and has forced no one to hire her.

Trying to weasel out of an obligation by attempting to publicly shame Mrs. Palin is low. If hiring Palin was a bad idea, punish or fire the people who made that decision. Part of California's problem is the fact that state legislators like Mr. Yee are themselves immune to any sort of responsibility for any of their own decisions.

Since he's asking for Palin to sacrifice to make up for what is potentially poor decision making, has he done the same? If not, why not?

From where I sit, it seems that Mr. Yee is so deeply entrenched in the system that he finds it impossible to hold University employees responsible for their own decisions.

Mr. Yee seems entirely incapable of placing blame where it belongs and seems entirely too capable of blaming the person that the university voluntarily contracted with.

Asking Mrs. Palin to bear the brunt of the California's University system's poor financial planning is an insult, and Mr. Yee should apologize immediately.

i don't like mrs palins politics,however if she gets hired to speak she should get paid her going rate. she is just like the rest of us what she does with her money is her business. no one tells me what to do with my money and no one has the right to tell her what to do with hers. people please get your own lives and try to manage yourself. looks like mrs palin is doing a good job managing herself and her life. her money is no concern of yours. worry about your own money if you have any.

She should donate her fee the day after the entire staff of the university donate their salaries. If you think Ms. Palin owes those students any more than her speech for the sum requested, which they've agreed to pay based on a contract, then I'm sure you can also ignore the contracts for all the staff and donate their salaries too. How about you donate your salary too... I mean geez... it would be such a great PR thing to do!

Anyone making money is somehow not quite as good as a liberal. It's getting old, this Palin bashing. No one knows what she does with all of her money. There are anonymous doners all over the place who give to the causes they wish to donate to and perhaps Sarah Palin does too. Why must it be a liberal cause?

This is just getting boring and it makes it very clear that she is a threat somehow. I'd like to know why she poses such a threat.

Left just mad as usual because she is so popular.

Don't think the left is obsessed with Palin. The right tries to make her into something she's not.

Exactly how much did Bill Clinton give back, How many times did he speak for free, you guys just make me laugh so much. Positively Palin 2012 !!!

Last I checked we are still allowed to make what we can. Have those Administrators and other professors making over $75,000.00 been approached to give back ? I mean , lets be "fair" right.