What would you give for dinner with Sarah Palin or Karl Rove?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:
If you have a few extra dollars in your pocket, how about plunking it down for a dinner with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin?
E-bay is auctioning off the chance for a dinner for five with Palin and her husband, Todd.
It will cost you though - with bids starting at $25,000. Proceeds will go to a veterans' charity, called Ride 2 Recovery that gives bicycles to wounded vets... and organizes rides for them as a way to help their recovery.
There are some restrictions - the winner has to pass a background check... Palin gets to choose the time and place of dinner, which will last no longer than four hours but could be less at the sole discretion of Ms. Palin. Plus she gets to bring along up to 3 guests, and you have to pick up the tab. Some things never change.
The dinner is described by the charity as "the chance of a lifetime"... adding that Palin is "quite simply, one of the most talked about people in the U.S." The value of the dinner is described as "priceless." So far, there are about a dozen bids.
And if $25,000 is out of your range... there's also the chance to have lunch with Karl Rove. Bids for that start at $7,500.
The lunch for three - with the man President George W. Bush affectionately called "turd blossom" - will take place at a steak house in Washington.
Here’s my question to you: What would you give to have dinner with Sarah Palin or Karl Rove?
Interested to know which ones made it on air?
Bill from Michigan writes:
Wouldn't giving up my time be enough? It already sounds like a bad date, leaving me with the tab. I can, however, tell you that I would like to bring a geographer, an historian, and a translator with me as my guests. She might just learn something.
Missy from Phoenix writes:
The auction is for charity. Give the woman credit. I'd think for a good cause most people would be willing to give what they could. And isn't it always fun to have a lively conversation with someone who you might not agree with ideologically? Pity the person who only dines with people they agree with.
Fitz from New York writes:
I'd rather have surgery, but thanks anyway.
Dustin from Temperance, Michigan writes:
I would prefer eating dinner with Palin so I can have deep conversations about how she can see Russia from her house. We also could talk about her new book "Governing for Dummies". The highlight of the evening would be listening to Palin try to answer simple questions from the waitress. "How would you like that steak?"
Teri from Palm Coast, Florida writes:
You couldn't pay me to have dinner with either one of them! They are right at the top of the list of blame when it comes to what happened to our country. A liar and an idiot, no thanks. Life is too short and filled with enough garbage as it is, so why ruin a meal?
Robert writes:
I would love to sit down and talk to Rove. I believe he would be one of the more interesting people to talk to. Great insight, great instincts. In fact, I just put in a bid.
Diane writes:
I wouldn’t let my dog eat with either one of them.
Tom from Forest Hills, Pennsylvania writes:
What would I give? My dead mother-in-law.
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Not one penny. For charity or not, I will not pay one cent to legitimize such separatist individuals. I won't help them divide the country any further.
If they are so famous, do they not have the $25k for the charity? I heard that they spend around $200k for just clothing did they not?
I think they should pay me for the privilege of dining with an average "Joe 6-pack" such as myself. Give me a break, I wouldn't walk across the street to dine with either one of them.
Pallin is over glorified, a quiter, and ignorant of world/national affairs. A self-serving imperative might also be afoot. I'd probably fall asleep if table discussion was anything like her speeches. Sorry, but she'd have to pay me to dine with her.
I'd pay $1K to dine with Mr. Rove.....dutch on the meals....and only for a charitable cause.
Quite simply, these two will have to pay me to have dinner with them.
I would be willing to give up my precious time if Sarah Palin would agree to have dinner with my mother: who left the midwest with her new husband to live in East Africa, returned to a small town in the mojave desert and immediately joined the NAACP, gathered her children to sing for her homecare patients, stood by her Lutheran pastor husband who worked tirelessly to help his community, who put their five children through college and always, always lived her beliefs and taught kindness and fairness and openmindedness. Sarah Palin would benefit greatly by spending a hour or two with Esther Johnson, my mother and my hero.
Forget paying them, you would have to pay me to even think about having a meal with them. I don't think I could even hold down whatever pretencious meal is served to me.
I think I'd charge them $10.00 each. That sounds reasonable to me. Joe in Delray Beach, FL
The real question is how much would you have to pay me to sit with either one of them.
Palin would have to pay me. She is the poster child for everything that is wrong with the Republican party. IMO, McCain tarnished his image by choosing her as his running mate.
I'd probably buy dinner for Rove if he would answer questions while hooked to a lie detector. At least, he isn't stupid.
let me see if I get that straight: At the expense of Ride2Recovery, Ms. and Mr. Palin (plus 3 others they are pal(l)in' around with) get a free meal – they must need it really bad.
My price for a dinner with "one of the most talked about people in the U.S.”? She doesn't have that kind of money.
I'd rather drink jailhouse coffee, Jack.
I would pay my whole year salary to have a pretzel dinner with George W. Bush.
I wouldn't pay 10 cents to eat with either. They are 2 of the most backward people in the country. Perhaps if I could bring Katie Couric along, it might be entertaining to watch her 'interact' again with Palin.
The background check is probably there to make sure any potential dinner companions have equally low levels of intellectual curiosity as Palin, are incapable of distinguishing fact from fiction, enjoy being drowned in blizzards of words and vacuous thoughts, and most importantly, are willing to treat Palin as only a diva feels she should be treated.
I pay a couple hundered bucks for dinner with Palin if it included airfare and a visit to Prudoe Bay to meet the Ice Road Truckers during the hauling season.
Sorry Jack, I have better things to do with my money than to waste it on these two idiots.
I'm not sure what I would give to have dinner with either of them, but certainly much, much more than what I would give to have dinner with you Jack.
You know, I've thought and I've thought, but I can't come up with a price high enough to charge them for having dinner with me.
I would give nothing to any politician. The only way they get to have dinner with me is to have them pay me. Sorry Jack. I know that's not the kind of comment you expected.
By the way what happenned to your Question, "is United States heading towards a third world country?" Why did you remove it??
Jack, I agree that the opportunity is priceless – there is no amount of money that you could pay me to take Sarah Palin out to dinner!
The entire dinner conversation would be Sarah talking about Sarah – what a dull time with a narcicist!
They should pay me to have dinner with them. which fast food joint do you think palin wants to go to? well i'm paying.
Why in the world would I pay $25,000 to have dinner with a looser and quitter like palin and her redneck huband and then pick up the tab as well? I get more stimulating and intellegent converstaion serving meals at my local homeless shelter.
In my youth, one could go to a carnival freak show for 25 cents. That sounds about right for either one of these two specimens.
My stomach couldn't stand, eating lunch, with either one of those idiots.
I'd bid whatever lint was in my pocket..........on second thought, I'd probably want some change back.
Wait...let me get this straight. You want me to pay to have dinner with Palin and Rove, two people that I can barely stand the sight of, much less exchange pleasantries with over a meal? I already have G.I.R.D. I don't need any more digestion problems. No, I would rather spend my money on something a bit more useful...like a punch in the face from Mike Tyson.
There's no way I could even swallow food if either were sitting across the table from me (or in the same room).
let me see if I get that straight: At the expense of Ride2Recovery, Ms. and Mr. Palin (plus 3 others they are pal(l)in’ around with) get a free meal – they must need it really bad.
My price for a dinner with “one of the most talked about people in the U.S.”? She doesn’t have that kind of money.
Sorry, forgot to add my name: Ulrik Remy, of Titusville, Florida
Gary's Comment is:
I would not have lunch or dinner with either of them even if they were
paying. I think the two of them should have lunch togeather and leave
the rest of us alone.
I would pay almost ANY price to avoid a lunch with either of them.
To have dinner with Sarah or Karl? I would gladly give my gallstones to have dinner with either....but not both. I don't have that many gallstones.
Sarah Palin–lipstick on a pig.
Karl Rove - the truth for once.
Kelvin
Wow, I can see these blowhards for free on the Hasbeen Network, but why would I want to waste time on these Faux patriots?
The question is, "How much will they pay ME?"
$25,000? I wouldn't pay 25 cents. I'd rather have dinner with Jack and Wolf at Burger King. At least that conversation would be intelligent.
Silver Spring, MD
Wouldn't give a dime to have dinner with those two losers!
Palin & Rove should be paying you to sit down and listen to their backwards loser talk.
Nothing! I wouldn't want to break bread with either one of those blood sucking political vampires (and not the good kind like on True Blood).
Pass. Ick. Bark.
If Palin wouldn't talk, I would go.
Jonathan
Texas
They would have to pay me $25,000 to have dinner with them including travel expenses & lodging!
Having an educated conversation over dinner with Sarah Palin is like having dinner with the Easter Bunny. I am not certain it is plausible, and therefore wouldn't pay a dime. I would however, pay $25,000 to just once, hear an original, logical thought, delivered in perfect English by Palin. For that might feel like discovering the Easter Bunny is actually real, and would therefore be worth it, including having to pay for the three guests, because at least they could serve as witnesses to this monstrous transgression in political history. Having lunch with Karl Rove would at least be interesting. I would be less reticent to pay to have conversation with someone who actually has a keen intellect, regardless of whether or not I agree with their opinions....not that duping George Bush, or the American Public for that matter, makes him intelligent, nor was all that difficult, as I'm sure he'd be likely to tell you.
Oh Dear God! The conversation at that dinner would be enough to send me screaming into the distance. There's not enough money to pay ME to endure either one of them!
I might give a damn, or a piece of my mind...then again...maybe not...My time is valuable...why waste it.
2 yen
Why pay, I get to hear their nonsense for free, thanks to CNN. I guess the background check is to make sure there won’t be any “death panel” members at this dinner, nobody likes those guys.
a nickel 98.................for both.
I would bring a bar of soap to put in her big, loud, ignorant mouth
they would have to pay me!
and I would have to be heavily sedated
Are you kidding me, Jack? They'd have to pay ME to break bread with either of these people, and $25,000 wouldn't even begin to cover it.
Nothing. Either one would have to pay me to have dinner with them. Actually, I'm not sure I'd have dinner with either of them for any amount of money.
Absolutely nothing! They both make me sick to my stomach.
They'd have to pay me $100k – minimum.
i would pay nothing... palin has got to learn.. her time in the limelight ended..... NOV 4th 2008!! how long will she drag out her publicity stunts????
how about a bridge to....... no where....
Jack,
You're asking the wrong question. It's "how much would you have to get in order to have dinner with either of them?" Quite a lot I'm afraid.
Bishop, CA
Palin would have to pay me to join her for a meal and Rove isn't worthly of my company in any shape, form or fashion.
Not one plug nickel. These two, Hateful I & II, make me sick, and there’s no way I’d risk upchucking in public.
Not one thin dime. I have better places and things to waste my limited funds on.
Is this question someones sick idea for a funny joke?
NO THANK YOU
I'd give up the ticket I bought on eBay for a hunting trip with dick cheney. New York NY
Jack, Sarah Palin and Karl Rove would have to pay me to have lunch or dinner with them. I'll start accepting bids at $25,000.
Not one red cent for either one!!!!!!!!!! Buffalo, Wyoming
Sarah would have to pay me. I wouldn't pay a red cent to have dinner with her.
The price is a million – but, they have to pay me. I don't allow people to spoil my meals for free.
– Raleigh, NC –
Nothing. They would have to pay me for the "Chance of a lifetime dinner" with me
Nothing...but I'd pay more to have hors d'oeuvres with you, Jack...you're the best – no nonsense and your views are sensible!!!
I wouldn't pay a plug nickel for dinner with Sarah Palin, but I'd actually enjoy having a meal with Karl Rove, so I could thank him for destroying the reputation of the Republican Party and giving Obama a smooth road to victory in the 2008 election. If the GOP wants to know why so many people in this country still don't trust them any further than they can throw them, they only need to go ask ol' "Turd Blossom."
Having dinner with Sarah Palin wouldn't be a problem. Keeping it down would.
What would I give? Not a thought. Anyone willing to pay to dine with these two losers probably has a mail order spouse, too.
Never ceases to amaze me the depths that Republicans will go to make money...
She would have to pay me to have dinner with her and then I would stand her up! Hannibal Lecter wouldn't even want her for dinner.
I would give about 15 minutes and she could give me a million dollars and she would need to come to my house.
Phoenix, AZ
I wouldn't give anything to have dinner with either one – they would have to pay me for that kind of torture. I would then have to worry about loosing my lunch.
Crawfordville, Fl
I really hope no one will waist good money on such dumb people..They would have to pay me to join them.
Wow. $25,000 for a dinner (that hypothetically, I would still have to foot the bill for) with Ms. Sarah Palin.... For charity. Or, more specifically, a charity that gives bikes to veterans.
I don't claim to be the most economical apple in the basket (indeed, I can spend money like it's going out of style), but it seems a bit...pricey... for a simple sit-down with one of America's most controversial figures. I mean, we are just talking about dinner here, right? Little laughter, little back-and-forth, good food (presumably, because she is picking the place, so I hope you like whatever she likes).
If you are willing to pay that much money just to sit in the presence of Ms. Palin to discuss what will likely be on the media circuit right after it leaves her mouth, then more power to you. Me? I got kids to put through college, and twenty-five thousand dollars can sure go a long way in educating....hmmm, a small village.
So speaketh the middle class.
Enjoy your caviar, all you potential dinner partners. Now you will truly have your finger on the pulse of "the real America."
I think the question should be.
What would you pay me?
Fifty cents if i have to pick the tab.
Palm Bch, Florida
NADA – Nothing !!!!!!
She would give me indigestion!
For Karl Rove, it would be worth it, like seeing a great chess player; seeing that he is a man of tremendous knowledge. For Palin & family, not a damn thing!!
Jack,
I'd give back ALL 8 years of the Bush Administration and the damage those morons did to our country! I wouldn't even think twice about it!
Nashville, TN
Honestly Jack.....I would not give up my toothbrush to have dinner with Palin..it's not worth it
Sarah Palin and Karl Rove would have to pay, to have dinner with someone who is actually intelligent.
Would I pay to have dinner with them, hell no!
Newt in Charlotte, NC
On second thought, I would not like to be physically sick in public.
I would give my soul. And by that I mean I would feel soulless afterward. But sorry, no cash. I need that for the Bush economy I'm living in.
Why would anyone want to have a meal with either of them? What could one possibly tell them that they would want to hear? Would Rove admit that he got away with his part in Watergate?
Absolutely nothing, but I would give my all if you could arrange one with the President.
Just the thought of dinner with Sarah Palin and suddenly I've lost my appetite.
It took me a little over a minute to decide exactly how much I would pay to have any meal with 'the sarah palin"...50cents.
Pay good money to have dinner with Sarah Palin or Turd blossom? Oh my God, I think I just wet my pants laughing.
To have dinner with Karl or Sarah I would give up my pride, dignity, and self-respect. I suppose you'd have to.
I'd offer to pay the tip.
Sarah Palian just cannot stay out of the news? This is one narcissistic person!
How much would I pay? How about a big fat Zero! She would have to pay me to have dinner with her. I take that back! She does Not have enough money!!!
I rather shoot myself than have lunch or dinner with either of them.
They would have to pay ME to have lunch or dinner with them. No amount would ever be enough for that.
I suppose they could take ME out if they like. I could get a free meal and tell them how wrong they are, and how much they disappoint me.
I really don't care having dinner with either of them but, I can't wait for the Saturday Night Live skit!!!!!!!!
No way!
I wouldn't pay a nickle for dinner with Palin. Not only would she have nothing interesting to say, but I would be embarrased to be seen with her. My money says she will cancel, anyway!
I wouldn't want to have dinner with Rove either, but at least he would be more likely to use complete sentences and say something intelligent or thoughtful.
Carol
Nothing. What would Sarah Palin or Karl Rove pay to have dinner with ME?
Pay for a dinner with Palin? Maybe she could pay me. Why would I want to have dinner with a person who lies most of the time and does not know anything about politics? She only received publicity because she was picked as a VP candidate, otherwise her situation would be much worse since Alaska isn't in such a good shape.
Thomas, Leipzig, Germany
Sarah and Todd Palin can come to my house for lasagne, but they have to sit at the kid's table with the rest of the whining, yet-to-be informed young citizens
Correction. The wording on the ebay listing states the following.... "The dinner will be paid for by the seller. " So the seller, not the bidder pays for the meal.
Jack,
The question is what would someone have to give ME to have dinner with these two charlatans and not attack them verbally and/or physically. My price would be somewhere in the ballpark of "not enough money in the Federal Reserve."
-Chris
Annapolis, MD
Dinner with Sarah Palin? You would need to pay me. My three year old grandson makes more sense!
Regarding Palin, I wouldn't give a dime...I would rather pay to have lunch with someone like Joan Rivers...she tells jokes. Palin IS a joke.
BTW, I would also pay to have dinner with Tina Fey 🙂
Honestly, I wish the media would stop publicising anything about Palin-she isn't worth it. Stop it! You're playing right into her hands. I'd rather eat on the porch with my kitty than be in the company of the Palins or Roves. Just stop playing into her hands-you are keeping her in the forefrong where she doesn't belong–weird and all.
Jack,
I would give Sara Palin and Karl Rove a handshake. Even though they are popular in the spotlight they are still just people. People who's personal lives are no longer personal.
Peter NY
I'd be willing to give bernie madoff $1500 of my hard earned cash rather than have dinner with palin, rove and the whole pack!
lets see here jack, i would give sarah palin my undivided attention in exchange for a dinner sit down and thats about it.
george
chester,ct.
I would pay any price if I could order a big creme pie for dessert and throw it in her face. Otherwise, the event would have no value at all.
Rich/Vancouver WA
I would pay $500 right now for Ms. Palin to completely disapear, for me to never hear of her again, ever.
Obviously I would pay nothing to have dinner with here. I can't think of a more expensive way to ruin meal!
HOWEVER, I would gladly pick up the tab on a $5 foot long and two really cold beers to shoot the breeze with Jack.
And yes, we would split the foot long.
I am a liberal but I would really like to have a dinner with Sarah Palin. She is a dingaling but some of my best friends are dingalings and I really enjoy them .However I can't afford the going price. Come on Sarah. Take pity on us less than rich people who would really enjoy visiting with you.
THEY would have to pay ME to have dinner with them - debt for their party robbing the middle class of its livelihood for the past six years.
Having dinner with Sarah Palin wouldn't be a problem. Keeping it down would....
dinner with palin means i would be choking on every bite of food,and bolony coming out of her mouth
You're kidding-right? Not one cent. Both are dishonest, and should be an embarrassment to the republican party.
I would not give any money to dine with Sarah Palin. While she was in the spotlight for a brief period of time, I think it's time she moves on.
Surely as the main course and not just dessert?!? Joking here, for all of those Republicans that joke about bad fates for our president. Actually, I wouldn't give two cents for dinner with either one of them. A nice, quiet, affordable meal with my family suits me fine. They are pleasant company and I have no one to impress.
Sarah Palin and Karl Rove would have to pay me to have lunch with either one of them. Palin would also have to be escorted by qualified psychiatric health care professionals.
Jack, I'd give every last penny. Having dinner with the two of the biggest idiots in the country is priceless.
I'll eat with either one of them as long a they are paying.
what would i give - ab so lute ly nothing. what would we talk about----Russia. She seems unable to put 2 thoughts together–she actually makes me laugh. Who takes care of her family? She is not a politician –stay home Sarah, your family needs you. We do NOT!
Hey Jack, i think they have given the right adjective for this dinner – priceless. Only that i would interpret it as "something i wouldn't dare to put a price on because it doesn't deserve any". Even if i had enough money to squander away.
Are you kidding me? You would not be able to pay me to sit down with either of them, thank you very much.
Come on Jack, why would i give anything to have dinner with Palin and Rove? I would only GET sick to my stomach when i got there!
Juneau Alaska
What does a Big Mac cost these days?
Jack, they would have to pay me and I do not think either has the kind of money that I would charge!
I wouldn't have any contact with anyone of them even get paid for that. But I wonder what people want to get out of it, besides feed up stomach?
Dinner with Palin? Great way to start a diet, I would be too sick to eat!
R u kidding? You'd have to pay me $25K and then, even though my husband's been unemployed for. Year, I'd probably still say no!
Oh Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Karl Rove! Don't make me sick! I could not even stomach a dinner with that.....mmmmmm... I am trying to be nice here but its very difficult... "jerk"
I would not give "Nothing". I would not ever want to share lunch or dinner with these two sickos
I'd eagerly bid 1 Chinese Yuan for the opportunity to dine on, I mean with, Sarah Palin or Karl Rove. What the hell, throw in Shotgun Dick and I'll up the bid to 5 Yuan.
Let me get this straight, Jack. I would pay $25,000 to have dinner with Palin and Rove... She can end the dinner at any time... She picks the place and time and brings three guests so she can talk to them and ignore me? That's hilarious! She could offer me $125,000 to have dinner with her.... And I would still have to turn her down. No Thank You. I'll pass.
I'm an unemployed Ivy League graduate and I will be interviewing for a job next week that pays $24,000 a year. This means that even if I pay no taxes, I would not be able to afford to dine with Governor Palin.
How much would I pay ? I don't think there's any amount that would come close to what THEY would need to pay me to survive through 4 hours of Palin... Maverick this, and Joe the Plumber that. We could maybe talk about the news, after all, she does read all of the magazines and newspapers out there!
I would not pay anything. What would there be to talk about?
Jack, its not what I would give, but rather what I would take. And I would not take whatever the winning bid is to say hello to them let alone sit down at the same table to watch them feed their faces and tell their lies. What makes this really bad is the fact that I am a disabled vet and truly poor.
Please Jack I have BETTER things to do with my money
This woman desperately needs therapy for *Media Obsession*
its beyond sickening how much she craves for her face to be in the media every single day for any reason her obsessed mind can think of
Carl Rove is a close follow up!!
Since there's absolutely no chance that Ms. Palin would speak candidly, there wouldn't be much point to the dinner conversation. She would prattle on and on about whatever she wanted to talk about regardless of my questions, just like always. As for Karl Rove, I'm not so sure that its technically possible to have lunch with him. Surely he, like all of his kind, bursts into flames in the sunlight?
Steve
Bridgewater, NJ
absolutely nothing-I have better things to do with my time.
On second thought I'd pay $100k to dine with Rove – just long enough and close enough to pound that treasonous weasel to a pulp. It would be the best $100K (plus legal fees) I could spend.
I think the real question is: What would they pay to have lunch/dinner with me? A small business owner attempting to survive in an truly uncertain economy, who also happens to have had surgery last year for lung cancer, who also has a son now serving in Afghanistan...wonder what they might learn from me?????
Jack, I wouldn't give a dime to sit with any of them. In fact I'd probably pay not to eat with them. Talk about indigestion, Palin would probably quit right in the middle of the meal and have no explaination as to why she left....
The oppornity to break wind with either one of them! It would be better than anything they have to say!
Casper Wilhlem Bakersfield, California
Jack,
I wouldn't pay one cent to have dinner with Sarah Palin, but I would pay a hundred dollars to have lunch with you anytime. I'll gladly pick up the tab too!
Bruce
Rhode Island
Having dinner with Palin or Rove would make me gag!
However, dinner with Jack would fun and informative!
THAT I’d gladly pay for!
I would not buy a dinner with either Rove or Palin even if I were suffocating and oxygen was the only thing being served!
I would not pay anything and would not want to have lunch with Sarah or Karl.
A barf bag, mouthwash, ear plugs, and a roll of tums.
I can pay to have dinner with Palin only if she agrees to invite Levi as the guest. At least the dinner will be interesting.
I would not give a nickel. I will find another way to give to charity. I am sure that 25,000 dollars is just a come on to see how musch interest she stirs up.
Well, for Palin, I'd say about 25 cents, and stipulate that she'd have to pick up the tab. Shouldn't be a problem since she's been running her mouth so much lately, she's bound to get a spot on Fox News as a political corespondent
how about a bridge to....... no where!.....that's about where I would have dinner with any of those two.....really Jack...I'm guessing if you put yourself online for a dinner you would have more interest....no really....
Darrell Tidd
St.Stephen New Brunswick Canada
Jack,
How would I keep my food down?
I'd pay big bucks for dinner with Palin, but I'd want some serious cankle action after, if you know what I mean...
Are you serious? I would not go even if I was getting $ 37,000 maybe for $100,000 I would. Consider it
Jack,
If I could get Sarah Palin to sit still for an hour or two
and give her a piece of my mind about what an inept, misinformed,
hypocritical, fact-bending,
and NOT representative of MY America person I think she is.....
without her 'quitting' the dinner, and without being
punched in the nose by a snowmobile salesman,
now THAT would be worth $25,000 for a good charity!
As usual she has her 'caveats'...LOVE the background check stipulation
Sarah...like psychos have $25,000 to blow on this!
Guess she is trying to exclude liberals as usual! Sorry George Soros!
As for Mr. Rove, although we do not agree,
at least he can carry on an intelligent conversation
and actually formulate coherent, although incorrect, agruments.
And he might try the risotto!
Hi Jack,
I wouldn't give anything to have dinner with either one of them. In fact, I'd rather scratch my own eyes out.
Kelly
Cincinnati OH
For dinner with Rove, nothing. For dinner with Sara Palin, a yankee dime.
Jack I would rather pay to have dinner with Kujo
The question is not how much I would pay, but instead how much would I have to be paid to have lunch with these people? It's definitely in the six figures.
A jawbreaker. Wait . Did i misunderstand the question?
Jack,
Not one red zinc plated cent. As a matter of fact for the privilege of my discourse and that of my 3 guests at the local I-HOP, she'd have to pay me and pick up the tab. I don't recall seeing moose on the menu.
I WOULD GIVE NO CRAP! I don't really care because you would lose a lot of cash, but if i had to i would give about 430 thousand at the most. So jack thats my answer whats yours i would love to no
Hmmmm, checked my bank account, then remembered I just donated to the Assocation to stop bullcrap from politicians. I would only have dinner with SP if she promised to pick up the "reality check".
I really could care less to have dinner with Karl Rove, but I'd actually pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 (U.S.–I'm not rich) to sit down with Palin and find out for myself if she's everything the media makes her out to be, or something else altogether. Also, I'd like to see and hear first-hand what it takes beyond popular vote to become and be a U.S. Senator. Scorching Regards from Southern California...
the question should be, what would I give to escape having dinner with palin
I would give the offer a polite "no thank you". Neither of these former spotlight hogs deserve any further attention.
As a veteran of the USMC in WWII,I would sooner open a can of "c" rations than dine with either of those two losers>
Jack,
This is the degradation of the political political figures of our time. I guess writing a book and going on the lecture tour is too highbrow for these political washouts. It is just like primetime television programming that has now decayed into the realm of reality TV. Dinner with Palin or Rove is a shameless attempt at celebrity without offering anything of value in return.
Are you kidding!? They'd have to PAY ME!
I couldn't see me giving more than my xbox 360 to have dinner with her I'm a college student so i hope she likes Mc Donalds that's all i can really afford if i had to pay for dinner on top of that
If I had it I would pay $100K to have lunch with her. I think she is a fabulous role model for women. She was successfull as a Governor of her State and was kicked to the curb for a lessor guy with no experience and an empty suit who is busy working by putting his face on every channel he can. He obviously has left the work of this country to the villans from Chicago and his right hand gal with no credibility Polosi. I think you liberal media types are helping this administration destroy America and making it a socialism society.
I wonder how the men buried at Normady that fought to make this country what it is would say today. I think they would think that the liberal morans are walking all over their graves today. This health care issue that he keeps pushing that no one wants except the slackers , illegals will sink his ship.
Jack I will not pay anything in fact I will charge them for wasting my time as they have wasted america's time.
I would cheerfully have dinner with either of them if they would give a minimum of 25,000 dollars to my favorite charity and promise not to show up.
Jack,
Please stop picking on the Palin's and Rove's of the world. They are out of power and should be out of the news. Why don't you focus on some people who are important now! Whoops CNN not taking any chance to reach back and slam Palin instead of focusing on Obama and the Dems looting of our childrens future. I now understand why nothing ever gets done in this country
Jack, I wouldn't have dinner with Turd Blossom if he were the last person on Earth. As for the semi-divine Ms Sarah, I have a muck bucket that I use to clean horse stalls. It's a little cracked but still serviceable. Seems appropriate in this case.
Hemet Ca.
Not a dime, Jack. Just the thought of it curdles my stomach. All that hot air wafting across the table at me!
Having dinner with Karl Rove and Sarah Palin is worthless. I would give nothing nor want to waste my time being in the company of such the like!!!!!!!!!!!! Why pay to hear lies I can wait to hear them on the news for free.
Zero...zip...nothing. I'd rather just give money to the charity and let Mrs. Palin get her own dinner. I'd rather have a night out with my wife than a hockey mom pitbull with lipstick who can see the former Sovit Union from her backyard.
If I had to give something to have dinner with Sarah Palin it would be my consience.
Dinner with Palin- Well, how about a TURD BLOSSOM!
Lunch with Carl Rove-I'm not that hungry...
Jack, I wouldn't pay 2 cents for dinner for either one of them even if I did have 2 cents to rub together. However I propose that dinner with Sarah Palin should be proposed as a legitimate alternative to waterboarding for suspected terrorists.
I wouldn't give a dime to eat lunch with Sarah Palin.(And who in their right mind wquld??) Somebody would have to be giving ME some serious cash for that horror.
I don't think THEY could pay me enough to sit with these people not even if such occasion would provide me an opportunity to tell them exactly how I feel about them. But I would really hope that Michael Moore would submit the winning bid. I would pay to see that documentary.
Let me get this straight, Jack. I would pay $25,000 to have dinner with Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd… She can end the dinner at any time… She picks the place and time and brings three guests so she can talk to them and ignore me? That’s hilarious! She could offer me $125,000 to have dinner with her…. And I would still have to turn her down. No Thank You. I’ll pass.
I would pay thousands to keep their mouth shut, nothing intelligent they have to offer to the world.
What would I give to have dinner with the darling Palin and the sinister Rove? How about a gift certificate to Lord & Taylor for Sarah the fashion diva, who surely must have worn every item from her $300,000 wardrobe by now. And for dear Karl, hmmm, I know! How about a new shredding machine? I'm sure his shredding days are far from over.
Patricia
Wilmington, North Carolina
I wouldn't eat with either Sarah Palin or Carl Rove, even if they paid for it. They don't even come close to being on my "most admired persons" list.
Well, they could pay me about $10,000 each, and then another $200 in total to launder the smell of their evil and stupidity out of my clothes, and a dozen large cans of tomato juice to bathe in, to get the clinging sting of their desperation and failure from my hair and skin. So, in total, I guess it would take about $20,200 to get me to eat with them. Would I actually have to listen to them?
I wouldn't eat with either one of them if they paid me. We suffered thru Bush 2 because of Rove, and Palin is an airhead, or as Archie Bunker would say, a 'dingbat'. And I am an independent, I didn't vote for Clinton or Bush.
What nerve! A background check? How does the unfortunate bidder protect him or herself from become involved in the next Sarah Palin Scandal. The bidder should be afforded a background check on Sarah Palin . The bidder should also insist on some assurance that the money won't go to Hair, Makup and Shoes for the Dinner With Palin Fund. She's really full of herself!!!
Sarah would have to pay me $25,000 before I would have dinner with her.
This must be a joke! Dinner with Sarah and pay for it! You would have to pay me to even concider trying sit near her!
Thinking about my own reputation on this one.
The question is so laughable I nearly had to resign from my current job for the betterment of Alaska... excuse me, I mean the company.
Sarah Palin: If I had that much extra money, I would make an equal contribution to a worthy charitable organization, and have dinner with her anyway, just to keep anyone else from having to suffer through the possible four hours with her!
Nothing! You couldn't pay me enough to sit down with either of these revolting people. My utter disgust for both of them would ensure I couldn't eat anything anyway.
Lunch with Karl Rove? What a laugh! I'll be surprised if you can even raise a quarter for that one!
What would I give up to have dinner with Sarah Palin or Karl Rove? How about my self-respect?
I would give... -0-, nothing, nada, zilch.... as a matter of fact, they would have to pay me..... a lot!
Sarah Palin: I would give her a Michael Vick Jersey cause at least the Pit Bulls had a fighting chance.
Karl Rove: I would give him a brand new mirror because that would be better than any joke in my repertoire.
NO THANKS!!! I cant think of anything more boring than having dinner
with Karl Rove, and dinner with Sarah Palin wouldnt be any better...She isnt that bright and articulate, so having a conversation with her wouldnt be that much fun! Sorry!!
I'd pay not to have dinner with them.....they don't need to be in the spotlight if the Republicans are to ever gain back any ground with the American voters.
to have dinner with an idiot....... and pick up the tab is not my idea of a good time ...i would rather give my money directly to the veterans administration..
The most I’d be willing to pay is $3.50 per person, the price of a Big Mac. Dinner with Palin or Rove would have about the same effect on me as a Big Mac: lots of calories, low nutritional value and my digestive system goes out of whack.
Probably around $100, then I would proceed to yell at them for however long it took for them to pack up and leave...best $100 bucks ever.
Re: Dinner with Palin and/or Rove ?
NO WAY in HELL...they would have to come up with a lot more than $20K for me to lower my standars to be seen havaing dinner with these two CLOWNS !
Pete
Newport Beach, CA
Look Jack,Nothing, Not a dime.Sarah Palin ? For it. Even if the dinner was brought right to my house, i will work outside. My feeling is that Sarah is no longer relevant since she quit her job as Alaska Governor. Please, please Wolf or Jack, stop talking about Sarah Palin.
What crime would justify having to share a table with either one of them?
Karl Rove, dinner yeah right... when pigs fly !!!!...Sarah Palin, well now if she would wear a muzzle and have a glass of alum so i didn't have hear her obtuse gum bumptious comments.... I'm in....
I'd give just about anything for dinner with Sarah Palin, as long as we have Baked Alaska and can see Russia from our table.
Read the fine print a little better. The seller picks up the tab not the buyer and you agree on the place for dinner.. It's still hilarious
If I had the money, I would give it directly to this great cause! I don't need to dine with either one of these individuals. But I still have two Greek Drachmas collected from my travels... If Palin knows where they come from, I might consider dining with Rove.
I would give nothing to have dinner with her. Life is to short to be wasting my time dining with somebody I consider socially ignorant.
Is zero already taken?
Jack, I would give just about anything to sit at the table across from these two "superstars' of the Republican party just for the opportunity to refer to Rove all night long as Turdblossom. "Excuse me, Turdblossom, could you pass the salt?" "Uh, Turdblossom are you going with the chicken or filet of endangered wolf?" Sarah bagged one on the way up this afernoon. Mrs. Palin, Turdblossom thinks your kinda cute.
You couldn't pay me enough to spend any time with either 'pig with lip stick' Sarah or 'felon in waiting' Karl. That would be time I could never get back.
How about 3 shiny rocks and a piece of string.
Not interested even for a great cause.
While I certainly think it would be interesting to see how turd blossom ingests food, I wouldn't give two rat turds for the experience. I can't imagine what wealthy person would pay that kind of dough to dine with either of them. What could they possibly get out of it? Advice from Turd Blossom on how to eat a steak without actually chewing? Listen to Sarah Barracuda yammer on about subjects she knows nothing about? What? These two are a big part of the reason the GOP is in such trouble. I will be interested to know who actually "wins" this auction. Someone with more dollars than sense I am sure.
This is a joke. They should just give to the charity themselves.
I am from Glen Carbon, IL.
I wouldn't give you a dime to have dinner with Sarah Palin. In fact, I wouldn't have dinner with Sarah even if she paid the bill. I would much rather have dinner with my three year old daughter and enjoy the intelligent conversation vs the conversation that Sarah would provide.
Pay for dinner with quite arguably the dumbest woman in America or a possible traitor, are you kidding me? They would have to pay me. I would be interested in asking Sarah Palin what it feels like to scare the elderly with fabrications on health care reform and how ashamed of herself she is, if she is ashamed at all. As for Carl Rove I would like to know what it feels like to be partially responsible for running our country into the ground.
Nonething ,but to hope that there is still some people who have common sense and just take the money they would give to a special interest group and give to a veteran who is unemployed, disabled and struggling. Rove and Palin are a disgrace but some of us americans just show that we are Pimp material. Take this comment from a Vet!
I would not give a nickel. I will find another way to give to charity. I am sure that 25,000 dollars is just a come on to see how much interest she stirs up.
If I had the money, Jack... I'd give to the charity and by pass her all together.
I would pay to have dinner with Palin just to ask "do you honestly think you are intelligent enough to run the whole country?"
THEY would have to donate $1M each to the DNC.
Then I would decide my time would be worth it to break bread with them.
to have dinner with either would probably cost me my dignity and thats more than i want to spend. ride 2 recovery seems like a good charity- maybe they could raise more money by auctioning off a chance to put palin in one of those dunk tanks. for rove i would suggest some sort of waterboarding dunk tank.
What would I give to have lunch with Palin, absolutely nothing. There is nothing I want to talk to her about.
I would pay $0.00 to have a meal with either of them.
Do negative bids count?....if they do, I'd gladly get paid to sit down with them. I'm unemployed right now, so why don't they treat me as a charity?
Sarah Palin would need to bring an interpreter–maybe that is one of the 3 guests she has in mind.
Rove, no way. He scares me. The only more frightening political figure is Cheney.
Julie
San Francisco
Finally, a way to use a negative economy. After the cost of the expenses, I would expect a -$1,000 for the Palin dinner would be appropriate. I've always wanted to see Alaska so I could put up with the blather for that.
There really isn't enough money to cover my having to sit at table with Karl Rove.
Thanks for the offer.
Not even one share of my GM stock. My stomach just isn't that strong.
I'd match the top bid NOT to go to dinner with either one. I don't think I could eat while the poison and lies spew from their mouths.
The real story is, the money will go to veterans charity.Not about Sarah Palin. It's not uncommon for people to stipulate rules for donating time, while giving charities. So therefore I think your story is silly. It's amazing with unemployment nearly 10 percent, 2 wars, a horrible congress, the only thing you can find to fill a 20 second spot is this story.
Jack's partisan / divisive ramblings never cease to amaze me... I think he is just jealous that no one would pay a dime to eat dinner with him or any left/right wing nut for that matter (and of course you'll never hear Jack talk about the dems who do the same thing)... Great to see us moving on in this country...
You couldn't pay me enough to eat with either one. They'd just make me sick and I'd vomit the meal anyway hopefully in their face.
Put my tab on the Alaskan tax payers. After all, that is how Mrs. Palin does it.
Part of me wants to say yeah, I would want to go explain to Sarah Palin, or Karl Rove why their hypocrisy and why they are helping America become a Nation of 'Indentured Servitude' We don't have to worry about the Government taking over, that will never happen because big business already owns the PACs, America's corrupt politicians and thus the outcome of things like American Health Care. America is having it's infrastructure torn down and these people are making it happen. Even the thought of a real dinner with the corrupt, such as these two, really does make me sick. NO THANK YOU!!!
Anyone having dinner with these two is paying with a little bit of their soul.
Wait a second...they give bicycles to injured war vets. Are you kidding me!? After what W did for VA benefits I think injured vets deserve more than a friggin bike. "Thank you for sacrificing your mind, body and soul for your country. Here is a bike for you. Oh, you lost your legs to a road side bomb? Well, maybe we can get you a skate board or something. Now go sit down please, there are other sacrificial lambs...I mean veterans who will appreciate a bike."
Karl Rove...this is a trick question
That "Turd" is nothing more than a Rouge.
Dinner with this guy not hardly. I'd rather have
a meaningful meal with MOO & ONK!!
If I had $25k in the bank this would be near the bottom of the list of things I'd do with it, but if $25k was nothing to me, I'd do it. Its for a great charity and would be a pretty good story to tell.
Jack its for charity for wounded vets. I wonder how many people would pay to have dinner with you for a cause maybe you should ask yourself that. LOL
Pay????????
Those two pillars of hate would have to pay me.
I would however supply my own barf bag.
Jack, what do you expect. i will have to give up my a lot,normal life and life of a lot of deceit i think
Along with the charity donation I would need to be paid in order to have lunch with either of them, more if Palin's family came with her.
Well Jack, the question is what would they give for a dinner with me. They would have to give something very special to dine with me and waste my time. I like interesting and intellectual conversations at dinner and Palin and Rove are just not capable. Thanks but no thanks, Jack!
If I wanted to have dinner with a criminal and a clown, I would choose Crusty the Clown and get both in one.
Opps, oh no, what did I just do? RUN AWAY CRUSTY! The GOP is coming for you, it seems you have the qualifications they are looking for!
Dang, me and my big mouth, thanks to me in a few years it will cost $25k just to have lunch with Crusty.
I would pay the $ to spend time and dine with them. I think they got something I want...
Sarah Palin or Karl Rove does not value any amount to have dinner with either of them. If I were invited to have a dinner with either of them, they will have to pay for my plane ticket. Sarah Palin has been wanting and pleading for media attention for quite a long time; but the fact is, she does not have the political knowhow to gain national prominance.
Sarah Palin needs to consider how she can reconcile with Sanator John Mckin who tried to insult the American people's intellengance by put her on the ticket as his running mate. That was a disgraced to America. Thank God he was not elected. The Amercan people deserve better than Sarah Palin. America knows that Sarah Palin has no value that even worth accepting or having a dinner with her.
Oh, they would have to pay me big money to dine with them!!!
About a buck and a half.
They are both ultra conservatives. I would not be making small talk
with them.
wait, they have to pay me, right?
I am a 79 year old woman & a republican voter from ME & I would not pay one red cent to have dinner w/Palin or Karl Rove!
I think is very tacky on Palin parts. To think of herself that she worth 25k to have dinner with, that proves to me that she is really narcistic.
I'm sorry, but my self-repect is worth far more to me than either of those characters could afford.
Just checked the ebay site. Actually, it says that the dinner will be paid for by the seller, not the winning bidder as it suggests above. Also, it says that the time and place would be mutually agreed upon. I'm no fan of Sarah Palin, but accuracy still counts.
These crooks would have to pay me to eat dinner with them. I don't keep the company of criminals and fakes so why would I want dinner with them.. C'mon Jack ask us about dinner with someone prestigious.. not a couple of clowns.. The don't deserve news or air time..
Not one cent.
As a former lifelong Republican until this last election, I'd have to say that the Republican Party's game plan is to completely "dumb down" the electorate, as pointed out on a recent news program. But having a $25,000.00 dinner with someone who might not be able to produce a High School Diploma only confirms the above.
what would "I" give...Nothing!! They would have to pay me! Nuff said!!
I would give up my seat on the next Space Shuttle flight. Oh, wait a minute- I don't have a seat . Never mind.
I would rather starve to death than have dinner with sarah palin. Besides I could just donate directly to wounded vets rather than let palin's grubby little hands touch my money. Sarah would just use the money she gets to fill her pockets or write her book. Besides i know what she would say the whole the time( DEATH PANNELS DEATH PANNELS!!!!!!!!!!! OBAMAS GONNA PULL THE PLUG ON GRANDMA!!!!!!!) Now dinner with Karl Rove, at least he is smart enough that i could have a compotent conversation with him. (I wonder is Karl Rove writing a book)
Not even if she paid me!. I rather have a dinner with you, Jack.
I'm 70 years old, and what she is asking is one and a half times more than what I make a year. Yes sir, I would be happy to have dinner with her if I made $70,000 a year, but only if I could say all the things I want to say to her. Which they probably would not allow.
You couldn't pay me enough!
I'd give my life..because if I had to spend even a minute with either of these clowns somebody better shoot me! These two GOP idiots are getting to much media play.
I can't believe anyone would want to dine with either one. Palin maybe be talked about but she can bearly make a sentence. She must be hard pressed for entertaining friends if you have to pay for her, her husband and her friends. I wouldn't pay a cent and wouldn't dine with them even if they paid me.
It might be worth it if I could pick the bill of fare: we'll be served Filet of Truth, Ethics Salad, and No BS Souffle! That ought to do it – to steal a line from that 'good-hearted' minister in AZ, they'll both probably shrivel up like salted snails.
Jack
I live in Ireland but will happily fly to the US for waffles and potato chips with Sarah.
My offer is jaw dropping. I will pay for the entire meal, plus desert but the absolute limit is $35 per person, including a knickerbocker glory, she can have as many of those as she likes, but I will not feed the baby.
Great idea by Sarah, definate Presidential material
Shane O'Neill
Ireland
Seriously? So does her husband get to tag along to tell her what to say?
I'm quite certain that there is a Sarah Palin look-a-like in the U.S. that would have dinner plus a whole lot more (wink, wink) for waaaay under $25k. And I'm quite certain the conversation would be a lot more intelligent. Same theory applies for Rove.
Palin and Rove would have to pay me to have dinner with them. Wait a moment... Palin does not have enough money! And Rove... well we all know where he received all his billions of dollars!!!
Here's a better question: How stupid do Republicans think we are? Palin a self proclaimed messiah of the Republican party, can't even hold a governorship seat for one term, and Rove who might possibly be facing legal actions for some of the crap the Bush administration did. It would be a wiser idea to keep this two names under the radar, and keep brain washing Americans about President Obama pulling the plug on Grandma on the so called Tea Party campaign!!! By the way, I wonder how many varieties of tea you can get from the tea party. I like green tea but I bet you they don't have any. Since its their way or the highway, I thought coffee was the conservative brand, I'm thinking tea might be too British for them.
I would not pay a dime. They would have to pay me to grace them with my presence
If it guaranteed me a 10 minute meet with President Obama, hell I'd do it...
Hi Jack, about the Palin dinner, they would have to pay me that much money or more and I might consider having dinner with them.
Frank from GA
It depends – I'd want a shower afterward... Is that included? But oh I forgot, I'd be so nauseated by the company I doubt I could eat. So no, not a penny. There are much less painful ways to give to charity.
Ted in Denver.
If Sara was fat and ugly she never would have made it to the race to the White House. I don't care how well she is covered by media, she quit. I saw Nixon resign, I wonder when President Obama will quit out of frusrtation. My guess never. To use Vet care as a screen to promote herself, no suprise. I would pay $5.00 and be allowed to bring my camera for Americas Funny Video.
what would I give for Palin or Rove?
A piece of my mind.
Des Moines, Wa.
So...in addition to the original $25K just arrange the dinner with Palin, I would end up picking up the tab?? I probably wouldn't pass the background check anyway. I believe in compassion, truth, and picking up a book from time to time.
I would almost( geez, I said almost) pay for Levi Johnston to be at Ms. Palin's table.
Yes I would truly enjoy the dinner and would bring David Letterman and Bill Maher as my guests for an evening no one would forget.
I would rather have dinner with Charles Manson
A $1.25, but only if I get to throw food at them both. I'm not entirely kidding, only about the amount not the throwing of food. I'd pay far more for that honor.