Palin Critic is Frontrunner on Ebay for Dinner with Sarah

[240 is Back]

McGinniss is among the top-two bidders in that now-famous eBay auction for a foursome dinner date with Palin. He's bid $59,999.99 to dine with Our Lady of the North. The ecstatic subject line to an email McGinniss sent to AlaskaDispatch.com Thursday night read, "I'm going for the knockout blow! (mostly because I like the 'FREE shipping' guarantee)."

Winning the auction would be a boon to McGinniss, who says in his email, "I think such a dinner would be the perfect way to kick off the reporting for my new book: Sarah Palin's Year of Living Dangerously. (To be published by Broadway/Random House in fall of 2011.)"

BUT - the prized Palin repast comes with disclaimers: "Governor Palin reserves the right to refuse dinner with a winning bidder if, in her sole discretion, the winning bidder is not a suitable bidder based on her subjective standards of suitability, professionalism, background and other factors." We'll see if McGinniss prevails!

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/18/sarah-palin-dinner-iportf_n_291830.html

[Hugo Chavez]

well if she reserves the right to decline anyone she wants which is what that says, all he's doing is driving up her payday for someone she wants to have dinner with.  Ethically she should block bidders that have no chance of winning, if she knows who this bidder is and isn't going to go through with it.  But that's Palin for ya...

[240 is Back]

$ all going to charity.  Good PR move after all the black eyes she's had in the last year.

[Hugo Chavez]

well at least it's going to charity I guess. still not sure about letting someone bid that won't have a chance.

[Armstrong]

Palin will get some dumb cabinet position if a repub ever gets elected.  She struck it rich when McCain picked her. 

[tonymctones]

Palin will get some dumb cabinet position if a repub ever gets elected.  She struck it rich when McCain picked her. 

doubt it, i think/hope ppl will learn a lesson about appointees and "czars"  from obama

[Benny B]

doubt it, i think/hope ppl will learn a lesson about appointees and "czars"  from obama

                                                   # of "Czar" Jobs            # of Appointees
Bill Clinton    1993–2001                        7                                      10

George W. Bush    2001–2009             31                                      46

Barack Obama    2009–                    32                                      35

[Dos Equis]

Dinner with Palin goes for $63,500
Posted: September 19th, 2009 02:00 PM ET

From CNN Associate Political Producer Emily Sherman

WASHINGTON (CNN)– Dinner with Sarah Palin for $63,500?

That's what the winner of an eBay auction is forking over to chow down with the former Alaska governor, her husband, Todd and five guests.

Seven people bid a total of 61 times, starting with an opening bid of $25,000. The winner bid 27 times before winning with the $63,500 bid.

The proceeds will go to "Ride 2 Recovery," a charity that provides wounded veterans with bicycles and organized rides to help in their mental and physical recovery.

"Todd and I are so happy to help such a worthy organization," Palin said September 10 on her Facebook page.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[Soul Crusher]

Dinner with Palin goes for $63,500
Posted: September 19th, 2009 02:00 PM ET

From CNN Associate Political Producer Emily Sherman

WASHINGTON (CNN)– Dinner with Sarah Palin for $63,500?

That's what the winner of an eBay auction is forking over to chow down with the former Alaska governor, her husband, Todd and five guests.

Seven people bid a total of 61 times, starting with an opening bid of $25,000. The winner bid 27 times before winning with the $63,500 bid.

The proceeds will go to "Ride 2 Recovery," a charity that provides wounded veterans with bicycles and organized rides to help in their mental and physical recovery.

"Todd and I are so happy to help such a worthy organization," Palin said September 10 on her Facebook page.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Damn she outbid me at the minute!         

[IFBBwannaB]

well if she reserves the right to decline anyone she wants which is what that says, all he's doing is driving up her payday for someone she wants to have dinner with.  Ethically she should block bidders that have no chance of winning, if she knows who this bidder is and isn't going to go through with it.  But that's Palin for ya...

LOL you switch sides mid post?

What do you want her to write? "I won't have dinner with people who adore dictators and people who want to make money from books that try to make me look bad?"

I guess your enormous business and political expertise mr. HUGO CHAVEZ should be taken more seriously