Especially when you are incapable of telling the truth.
The details of Sarah Palin’s contract were ordered released by a California judge who pointed out that University of California officials had violated state public records laws in agreeing with Palin to keep the contract secret.
On top of a $75,000 dollar speaking fee (half payable up front)-it has some other particualr goodies:
If flying on a private plane IT MUST be a Lear 60 or a Hawker 800. (These don’t come cheap).If flying commercially two first class seats and two full fare economy seats must be purchased. Internationally two first class and two business class tickets-no business class 4 first class tickets please.
She gets a suite, complete with laptop and printer (guess she can’t afford her own)-SUV transportation to/from-bendable straws. While none of the foregoing is that surprising, the billing to her agent of all fees, and no accountability or traceability of expenses to Palin directly provided in the contract is interesting.
For the media-Sarah Palin remains behind her force shields, not taking direct questions, all questions screened and accepted or rejected in advance, and photographers have a lot of restrictions placed upon them.
Read the whole contract here.
So by my conservative math-if you want Tea Bagger Barbie at your next shindig, it’s going to cost you and your financiers somewhere in the neighborhood of 125,000 dollars to stage the event.
So much for the common touch.