Masters of Distortion continue to twist the truth about CSU Stanislaus gala

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The untrustworthy Associated Press continues its war of words against Sarah Palin. The very biased wire service has mastered the art of distortion to attack, disparage and generally cast a shadow over any event in which Gov. Palin is involved.

Case in point: California State University Stanislaus Foundation's 50th Anniversary Fundraising Gala June 25, at which Sarah Palin was the featured speaker. The Foundation has issued a news release and a PDF document of the accounting summary for the the event. Here's the full press release:

California State University Stanislaus today released an accounting summary of the 50th Anniversary Fundraising Gala, hosted by the University Foundation on June 25. Total fundraising surpassed expectations by raising more than $473,000, with net proceeds of over $207,000, making it the most successful fundraiser held in CSU Stanislaus history.

Dr. Ham Shirvani, President of CSU Stanislaus, praised the Foundation for its aggressive and successful fundraising efforts.

“Thanks to the Foundation’s generosity and fundraising, our 50th Anniversary Fundraising Gala was a huge success,” Shirvani said. “I am excited to report that based upon my request, the Foundation has agreed to allocate all of the net proceeds for scholarships, helping us give students peace of mind so they can focus on their academic achievements.”

Shirvani continued, “During these difficult economic times, I am especially proud that we have received an unprecedented level of private support to celebrate 50 years of academic excellence and to help us continue providing hardworking students access to higher education."

“We must support our students and foster their success through fundraising events like these. CSU Stanislaus’ ability to provide access to a quality education, inspire life-long learning in the work place, support economic growth, and meet the growing demand for college graduates depends on adequate financial resources, including private support. I applaud the Foundation for its hard work and thank the University’s supporters for their dedication to higher education.”

For the CSU Stanislaus Foundation’s final accounting summary of the 50th Anniversary Fundraising Gala, go to http://www.csustan.edu/foundation/documentation.html

From this information provided by the Foundation, AP's Garance Burke, with the assistance of Robin Hindery, cooked up a textbook example of biased media reporting. Their headine reads, "Sarah Palin earned $75k for speech at cash-strapped Calif university." In the story's lead, the AP writers again hit on the "cash-strapped" meme:

Capping a long-running dispute, a cash-strapped California public university revealed Friday its foundation arm paid Sarah Palin $75,000 to give a 40-minute speech at an anniversary dinner for the campus.

The implication is clear. If the school was hurting for funds so desperately, what in the world was it thinking by paying that horrible woman so much money to speak for so short a period of time. Why, it was less than an hour, for Gaia's sake!

But in the fourth paragraph, the AP hacks really crank up the distortion:

But in a statement, campus administrators proclaimed the event to be the most successful fundraiser in the school's history, saying it raised more than $207,000 for scholarships — an unexplained increase from the previously released figure of $60,000.

In the press release, University President Dr. Ham Shirvani clearly states the following:

“I am excited to report that based upon my request, the Foundation has agreed to allocate all of the net proceeds for scholarships, helping us give students peace of mind so they can focus on their academic achievements.”

It seems clear enough. Dr. Shirvani asked the Foundation to designate all of the $207,000 -- instead of the previously earmarked $60,000 portion of it -- to scholarships, and the Foundation agreed. How then, is it "unexplained," as the AP hacks wrote?

The piece goes on to rehash details of the events leading up to the event from the point of view of the leftist dumpster-diving students who protested Gov. Palin's appearance at the gala, leftist State Sen. Leland Yee who granstanded those events for all the publicity he could milk from them, and state AG Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown, who is running for governor and made a big deal out of launching a trumped up investigation of the whole thing. It's all there, even down to the "bendable straws" that the leftists got so hysterical about.

The hit piece quotes one of the trashy-trolling dumpster divers, a political science major (go figure):

"Our schools are hurting, students are hurting, and to charge that kind of money for a speech I still feel is a bit absurd."

What part of "the most successful fundraiser in the campus' history" don't these moonbats get? Sarah Palin's rock star status allowed CSUS to clear $207,000 off of the event. The Foundation is going to put every red cent of it into student scholarships. And this leftist moron is whining about it?

The writers followed the student's quote with this paragraph:

The university, like dozens of other public colleges, has had to cancel classes and do away with some scholarships as a result of California's ongoing financial woes. Faculty was cut by about 20 percent last fall, and some instructors are teaching twice as many students, said John Sarraille, a computer science professor who heads the local chapter of the California Faculty Association.

So that $207K for student scholarships should come in handy, right? Don't ask the AP.

- JP

Quote of the Day (July 2, 2010)

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Bill Mattos:

"Sarah Palin drew at least five standing ovations, mostly for just being who she is, and her sense of humor last Friday night at California State University Stanislaus, was a welcome part of her speech. It was short and sweet, leaving the almost 400 ticket holders wanting more. But then, that’s the essence of a good speaker... The record books were broken as the Palin event netted more than $200,000 for the school foundation, more than any other event ever... Cal State Stanislaus was on the map and will forever be known as the institution with courage and heart as big as Palin’s."

- JP

Quote of the Day (June 27, 2010)

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Burst Updates:

"...we find Sarah Palin addressing California State University, Stanislaus this weekend attracting large crowds, generous donations, tight security, and expected criticism. The surprise was what some students were willing to do in order to determine the undisclosed speaking fee -- they went dumpster diving! Imagine them doing the same to learn what Gore was raking in to tell them how cows are destroying our planet."

- JP

The Bard of Conservatism

- by ehvogel

I ran across a reference to "Bard" a few days ago. We all know how it it relates to Shakespeare, but I find that it applies equally to Sarah Palin on many different levels.

Per Wikipedia: ...the term "bard"...acquired generic meanings of an epic author/singer/narrator, ...or any poets, especially famous ones. For example, William Shakespeare is known as The Bard.

William Shakespeare composed multiple narratives (plays) that helped describe and define the culture of his time. His plays are considered classics by anyone that studies them. They still entertain us today in countless theaters and give us insight into the culture to which they relate.

Sarah Palin has traversed a similar path. She defines the rugged individualism of Alaskan life and uses its metaphors to describe the American experience. We relate to her because of our own experiences, which allows us to embrace she and her experience as our own.

She speaks the language of the "commoner" -- which Shakespeare perfected in his works -- to the chagrin of his fellow playwrights. Sarah is no different, coming under assault by the bastions of elitism, which I can't begin to link.

Sarah spoke a simple truth in her remarks at CSU-Stanislaus. She spoke of conviction and patriotism, as defined by our history, but mandated by education. Her remarks spoke of a simple refrain: teach them what happened, not what the scholars say it means.

We are bound by tradition, in our families, our communities and our sense of country. We ask only to be heard and respected by what we have lived by and what we believe our future should be. We are born into a conservative lifestyle, and we hear the call of the Bard of Conservatism, and we like what she says.

Cross-posted on Generational Dysfunction

- ev

ehvogel resides in North Texas and is a regular contributor to Texas for Sarah Palin. He is Editor and Publisher of Generational Dysfunction.

Quote of the Day (June 26, 2010)

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NoMoonbeam:

"Even though her speech will raise $200,000 for the non-profit CSUS Foundation, it is too much for tolerant lefties for Palin to appear anywhere in the state... Pre-made signs, out-of-town organizers, even a paper mache Palin -- this [protest] was completely astroturfed."

- JP

Full Video: Sarah Palin's CSU Stanislaus Speech

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Here's a much higher-quality video of Gov. Palin's CSU Stanislaus speech than what was streamed by Fox40, courtesy of TheRightScoop:



- JP

FOX40 Statement RE: Comments Heard on Stream Following Sarah Palin Speech

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Some snarky and disparaging comments about Sarah Palin were heard on FOX40's live feed immediately after Gov. Palin concluded her speech at CSU Stanislaus Friday night. Two male voices were heard saying such things as:

“the dumbness is not just in the soundbites,”
“your gonna have a hard time making a story out of that”
“I will tell my conservative friends she is dumb”
“Just a series of quotes hung together”

Here's a statement from FOX40 (KTXL-TV) about those comments :

Thousands of people from California and around the world tuned in to FOX40.com to listen to a speech prepared by Sarah Palin Friday evening from the campus of California State University, Stanislaus. During that stream, several unfortunate events occurred that we hope to clear up through this statement.

First, FOX40 News was the only station streaming a live signal from CSU Stanislaus during Sarah Palin's presentation. Friday, we were told by officials organizing the speech that we were not permitted to beam a live signal direct from the dining hall where Sarah Palin was presenting; instead, we were offered the opportunity to aim a FOX40 camera at a projection screen inside a room for assembled media down the hall from where Sarah Palin was due to speak. We were cautioned by the organizers of the event that there was an ongoing audio situation. We were faced with two decisions -- to not carry a speech of local and national importance due to the low-quality methods we'd be forced to transmit, or to provide a signal by any means necessary. It was with the public interest in mind that we opted for the latter.

Second, following Sarah Palin's address from CSU Stanislaus, several reporters could be heard making comments about the speech that some viewers considered inappropriate and unprofessional. Day by day, television, newspaper and radio reporters are asked to cover stories involving mayhem and misery, and occasionally off-color comments slip out on-air and online. Honestly, it's happened on FOX40 News and on FOX40.com in the past during live presentations of news and events.

However, the comments overheard were made by reporters assembled from other newspaper and television outlets, and at no time was the voice of our photographer heard on the stream. It's very likely that those reporters and photographers were unaware, or simply forgot, that there was one television station with an open microphone broadcasting to the world. If you did not hear their comments, you can watch a portion of them here, captured by a viewer who was watching the FOX40.com live stream.

Additionally, it should be noted that FOX40 reporter Andria Borba was not in the room where our signal was broadcast, and the voices heard delivering color commentary at the end of Sarah Palin's speech were male.

Unfortunately, there's no way to immediately identify the photographers and reporters making commentary following Sarah Palin's speech, and it would be inappropriate for FOX40 News and FOX40.com to apologize on their behalf.

As always, our phone lines and e-mail inboxes are always open to comments and criticism. Our news director Brandon Mercer can be reached at Brandon.Mercer@FOX40.com, our acting general manager Mike Armstrong can be reached at Mike.Armstrong@FOX40.com and I can be reached at Matthew.Keys@FOX40.com.

Lest anyone doubt the leftist bent of the lamestream media, this is further evidence of it. Following closely on the heels of Weigelgate, this incident and the WaPo-Weigel farce clearly demonstrate that the media, whether it be national or local, can no longer pretend that there's any lack of bias. a recent Zogby Poll revealed that only eight (8) percent of Americans trust the traditional media. Is there any wonder why this is so?

- JP

Quote of the Day (June 25, 2010)

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The Modesto Press:

"Of the $200,000 [that CSUS netted from Sarah Palin's appearance], one-third of it, is going to the scholarship fund. This amount will be about $66,666. Perhaps some attention-seeking faculty members and stupid protesters need to stop and think about both sides of the story..."

- JP

A big ovation for Sarah Palin at CSU Stanislaus (withFull Video)

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A black tie crowd greeted Sarah Palin with a prolonged ovation as the first woman to be the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate entered the room where she spoke tonight:

After a brief introduction from University President Hamid Shirvani, who termed Palin a “great American,” she took the stage to chants of “Sarah” and a standing ovation.

Sarah Palin discussed civic education, freedom of speech and the infamous "bendable straws" demand at California State University, Stanislaus Friday night.

Palin poked fun at the controversy sparked by the announcement she would appear and the outcry over her confidential contract, a portion of which students said they found in a university Dumpster.

"Do I have my straws?" she said, adding that she felt sorry for the Washington Speakers Bureau, which on her behalf negotiated "with the entire state of California."

And she took a shot at those who have launched an investigation into the university Foundation's finances in response to the contract. "Attorney General Jerry Brown and friends, this is California, do you really not have anything better to do?"

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Palin said she was happy the foundation stuck with her through the controversy, though, because California has always been a special place to her. It’s Reagan country, she said.

Palin quickly delved into thanking the local community for hosting her with great hospitality. She said she appreciated meeting local farmers, who taught her a thing or two about pronunciation.

“I’ll never call an almond an almond again,” Palin joked.

The remainder of Palin’s speech centered on the topic of civic education for America’s next generation, a problem she singled out as the biggest challenge facing the country.

“My biggest fear is that we’re not passing on what it means to be an American to the next generation,” Palin said.

Being an American, Palin said, is about a constitutional right to free speech. It’s about people working hard to make something of themselves, she said. It’s about a love of freedom and free market associations.

It’s these things, Palin said, that make America the strongest, most generous country on earth.

She focused on the subject of American exceptionalism, stating that while most countries are the result of accidents of history America is the only country founded on an ideal – liberty.

But the strong will of our founders and our lasting reminders of their impact – the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence – aren’t enough to secure the success of liberty and of a nation, Palin said.

“It’s in the striving,” Palin said.

Palin referenced Weimar Republic Germany, which she termed as one of the most democratic countries in the world at the time. But Adolf Hitler was able to turn the country to an authoritarian state because residents didn’t stand against it, she said.

Palin lauded those around the world who stand up for liberty, praising the men and women who brought down the Berlin Wall, faced down tanks in Tiananmen Square, and recently stood against an unjust election in Tehran, Iraq.

Palin compared those great individuals to the two CSU Stanislaus students who dug through Dumpsters to find her draft contract, arguing that the students would be better off pursuing a different tactic to achieve change. She suggested that, instead of “trying to tell people to sit down and shut up,” they should choose to hold America’s leadership to higher ideals.

- JP

CSU Stanislaus will allow media at Palin event

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The media will be able to cover Sarah Palin's speech at a California campus next Friday, and reporters won't even have to pay for their tickets, unlike ordinary mortals:

After months of requests from reporters, a California university has agreed to allow members of the media to attend a fundraiser next week featuring Sarah Palin.

Officials with California State University, Stanislaus said Friday that the June 25 gala at its Turlock campus would be open to the press.

The Associated Press has been requesting access to the event since mid-April.

The press, which long ago elevated itself to special status, has been getting freebie press passes for so long that it really galls them to have to buy their own tickets like the little people do.

- JP

Bill Mattos: California's Central Valley has more people who like Sarah Palin than hate her

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Though the brouhaha over Gov. Palin's scheduled June appearance on a California State University campus is no longer a hot topic in the national headlines, it's still simmering in the Golden State. Bill Mattos has an update:

If you aren’t sick of hearing about the controversy surrounding former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s planned visit to California State University, Stanislaus, then keep on reading... The Central Valley has more people who like her than hate her... By all indications, this will be the university’s biggest money maker in years……or ever!

When Palin decided to come, she also wanted the contract to be confidential; she apparently didn’t want her fee disclosed... If Palin gave the university a deal in coming to Turlock (less than $100,000 that she has received from other venues), she probably doesn’t want the world to know about it. She will be negotiating for many other speaking engagements this year and one would think she would want to make the most money possible. She, after all, is no longer a public official...

So now, the university is doing its best to deal with the controversy; the fact that thousands of dollars are pouring in for the big event, offsets some of the grief coming from television, radio and newspapers.

Students are also protesting Palin’s appearance, and they found (among some shredded documents) a few pages of the Palin contract. Now the students and others are trying to say that the university was shredding evidence. University officials say someone took part of the Palin contract from the office. What makes some of this argument a bit ridiculous is that some of us wonder how you could think that the university would have shredded every document except for the Palin contract…which is allegedly the exact reason for the shredding?

Exactly.

- JP

Sunday Morning Sarahcuda Bites for April 18, 2010

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The Alinsky High School Glee Club: Big Hollwood's John Nolte on more gratuitous Palin-bashing by the Hollyweirdos:

“Glee” spent all of last season building up buzz and an audience, and as soon as they get one: POW!

Screw you, righties. We don’t like you and we think you’re stupid for liking Palin.

But it’s more than that. This stuff matters.

“Glee” is millions of dollars of sound and fury aimed squarely at your children. And as we can now see, the creators are all about getting between you and your kids with their political and social agendas. They know Palin is a growing political force and nothing’s off the table when it comes to marginalizing her – even at the expense of their own show’s entertainment value – even at the expense of audience share.

It’s just a joke, it’s just a joke. Lighten up!

Nice try, Alinskyite.

#1: These jokes always seem to fall one way.

#2. These jokes are everywhere in entertainment. In fact, there are so many Big Hollywood can barely keep up with them.

Like rust and the devil, the Alinskyite left never rests.

Welcome to the Party, Pal: FoxNews finally wakes up and smells the story, "Probe Into Palin Appearance Is Politically Motivated, Critics Say." Gee, ya think?

Fear and Loathing in the Pages of Newsweak: NewsBuster Tim Graham chronicles the latest propaganda push by the leftist glossy magazine:

The April 19 Newsweek cover that's shamelessly selling the "remarkable" tale of our economic recovery also promises a story on "Hate on the Right." In fact the word "HATE" takes up half a page, white letters on a black background, with the subhead "Antigovernment extremists are on the rise – and on the march."

Pictures illustrating the article strangely connect Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin with 1930's socialists. The caption read:

"Huey Long castigated the rich and Father Coughlin denounced Jews in the 1930s. Today, the microphones belong to Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin."

(Beck's previous impassioned rebuttal of the comparison to Coughlin is ignored.)

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This raises the question: if it's fair to somehow associate Beck and Palin with 1930s left-wing ranters, how did Newsweek treat the much more factual connection between Barack Obama and Weatherman bomber Bill Ayers, or Obama's membership for two decades in the church of Jeremiah Wright? Unsurprisingly, those connections were downplayed, and Obama was "disappointed" by being failed by these associates.

It was one year ago that Graham's boss at MRC, Brent Bozell, commented on "The Decline and Fall of Newsweek" in an op-ed for Real Clear Politics.

Bent Strawman: Sarah Palin, during her speech last night in Illinois poked fun at the media-generated fracus over the "diva demands" allegedly listed in the contract governing her speech at a California State University, Stanislaus. Gov. Palin thanked the organizers of the Five Points Washington event for furnishing a water bottle complete with a straw - "the bent kind, which I just read in the media that I supposedly insist upon."

The Market is Moose-ish on Palin:

At Intrade, the political futures market, is bullish, er... moose-ish on Sarah Palin's political prospects:

Is Palin positioning herself for a run at Obama's job in 2012? The lady herself has given no indication of her plans, but the Intrade market reflects a growing confidence she will announce a run for the top job.

The market currently shows a 58.8% chance Palin will run. This is up from the 55.0% probability given at the start of the month and well up from the 43.5% chance given at the start of February.

Will Sarah run? The market thinks she just might.

How reliable is the Intrade market? We tend to believe it is a much more reliable indicator than some of the know-nothing pretend pundits and Beltway insiders who have been saying lately that there's no way the governor will run.

- JP

Quote of the Day (April 16, 2010)

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Dennis Wyatt:

"When all is said and done, the [CSU Stanislaus] foundation will probably pocket a couple hundred thousand dollars free and clear, and Palin will get publicity worth 10 times whatever her speaking fee is thanks to the controversy that her detractors have whipped up. It only makes you wonder whether her opponents would have been better served not trying to make it seem like the Teapot Dome scandal. And if that reference is tad beyond their grasp they might want to hit the history books a bit more than they do the key pad to Twitter their outrage about someone with a different outlook than they have stepping on to their hallowed taxpayer-financed campus to have the audacity to express views that they don’t like."

- JP

University president says Palin contract stolen

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The president of the California university where Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak said Wednesday that pages from a contract between a school foundation and Gov. Palin were stolen from a campus administrator’s office last week, calling into question claims by two of the school's students, who say they found the pages in a campus dumpster:

California State University, Stanislaus president Hamid Shirvani said the five-page document at the center of an escalating controversy over access to records was taken from a recycling bin inside the office of Susana Gajic-Bruyea, vice president for university advancement.

“Susana threw the pages into her recycling bin in her office some time ago,” Shirvani said in a phone interview. “Somebody either broke into her office to get them or it was somebody who had access to her office.”

Shirvani has asked police in the Central Valley city of Turlock to investigate the matter.

The state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday it would investigate the university and its foundation for their handling of the contract related to the June 25 speech by Palin. Authorities said the investigation has nothing to do with Palin herself.

The university told state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, it did not have any documents related to the speech and said it had referred the matter to Matt Swanson, board president of the California State University, Stanislaus Foundation.

Swanson sent letters to Yee and The Associated Press stating that Palin’s contract had a nondisclosure clause. He also said university foundations and other auxiliary organizations were not subject to the same public records requirements as the university itself.

Swanson has not responded to requests for comment on the investigation. He has said the Palin event would be funded entirely by private donations.

The investigation by state Attorney General Jerry Brown was launched after two students said they had found pages of the contract in a campus trash bin.

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Shirvani said Gajic-Bruyea was one of two people in possession of the contract document. In addition to her role in the university administration, she serves on the foundation board and was therefore privy to contract negotiations, he said.

He said the students’ claims that the documents had been thrown away were preposterous and described the controversy over Palin’s appearance as political theater.

“We’re getting attacked over political ideology,” said Shirvani, who is also chairman of the foundation board. “If it was Michael Moore or Al Gore, forget it, nobody would ever ask us about the contract.”

In a news release issued by the university Wednesday, Shirvani referred to "the alleged dumping of documents into a university dumpster," and said that he hopes Brown's investigation "will clarify how a foundation document could have ended up in a state senator’s hands."

- JP

Modesto Bee: Valley GOP backs Sarah Palin visit

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State Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat from San Francisco, has been trying to make political hay out of Sarah Palin's scheduled June visit to California State University, Stanislaus, where the university's nonprofit foundation signed her to speak at the school's 50th anniversary celebration. Yee says the foundation should disclose Gov. Palin's speaking fee, although the terms of her Washington Speakers Bureau contract with the foundation explicitly states that the fee is not to be disclosed.

Now the Modesto Bee reports that four GOP state lawmakers have jumped into the fray on Sarah Palin's side:

State Sens. Jeff Denham of Atwater and Dave Cogdill of Modesto with Assemblymen Tom Berryhill of Modesto and Bill Berryhill of Ceres wrote a letter to CSU Chancellor Charles Reed praising the foundation for bringing Palin to campus.

The foundation is charged with raising money to support the school, and it's technically not part of the university.

"As the old adage goes, sometimes it takes money to make money. The sold out (with a waiting list) event that features former Gov. Sarah Palin as the keynote speaker for the 50th Anniversary Celebration was clearly a stroke of marketing genius; one that will clearly help fund student scholarships and other campus activities," the lawmakers wrote.

Welcome to the party, guys.

- JP

McEwen: Crusade on Palin's speaking fee is purely political

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In a Fresno Bee op-ed by Bill McEwen dealing with the dust-up over Sarah Palin's impending appearance at Cal State, Stanislaus, the author correctly tags California State Sen. Leland Yee's crusade for what it is -- pure political grandstanding:

Instead of privately asking the school's foundation to reveal what it was paying Palin, Yee's office sent out a news release stating that "the CSU should immediately disclose how much money is being diverted from students to pay Sarah Palin's exorbitant speaking fees." The release also called Palin "out of touch."

First off, "exorbitant" is in the eyes of the beholder. The market dictates what a speaker gets.

There's no better example of this than former president Bill Clinton, who collected $40 million in speaking fees in his first six years after leaving the White House.

Second, Palin -- whether you agree with her views or not -- is a political powerhouse and part of the national discussion.

The folks at the Stanislaus foundation know better than Yee who would pack the house and the profits that might result. Yee has no more business passing judgment on the event's featured speaker than he does picking the color of the appetizer napkins.

Third, public money for student education isn't being used to compensate Palin. Yee, who is highly involved in education issues and holding university foundations accountable, surely knew this before grandstanding for the left.

Conservatives nationwide, with justification, see this as a liberal politician from a nearly bankrupt state picking on Palin, darling of the Tea Party movement, for his own political gain.

Read the full Bill McEwen commentary here.

- JP

Yee gods! CA State Senator caught grandstanding

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Yee gods! A California State Senator has been caught shoplifting grandstanding. Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, demands to know how much Sarah Palin will be paid in speakers fees for her appearance at California State University Stanislaus’ 50th Anniversary Gala on June 25th. This is the kind of thing Yee is known for when he isn't being caught shoplifting or cruising for prostitutes.

Never mind that the standard contract for all events booked through the Washington Speakers Bureau for Gov. Palin prevents disclosure of such fees, Yee is determined not to let such a trivial detail as the terms of a legal contract get in his way to grandstand for all the votes from the Palin-hating, aging hippies who are registered in San Mateo County.

Never mind also that no university money is being spent on the fund raising event or that all proceeds — an anticipated $100,000 to $200,000 — will go into university programs, such as scholarships and chair endowments, according to CSU Stanislaus Foundation president Matt Swanson. Yee knows that Sarah Palin is publicity gold, and by Gaia, he's going to leech some off for himself. Sarah Palin brings out the inner moonbat in leftist Democrats such as Lee, and they can't abide her success.

Stacy Drake has more on this latest leftist attack on Gov. Palin at US for Palin.

- JP