A month or so ago TheEye mentioned the upcoming sale of a dinner with Sarah Palin, suggesting that co-conspirator David Vance would really appreciate it as a gift for Christmas. Well, no-one obliged because the auction closed  Friday night with a winning bid of $63,500. Cathy Maples of Huntsville, Ala., offered the small fortune to have dinner with the former Alaska governor, beating another bidder by $100.

The money will benefit a charity for wounded military veterans.

Maples says she hopes to see Palin become President someday and it doesn’t sound like there will be much awkward small-talk over dinner; Maples says that she wants to talk politics with Palin. “I’d like to talk to her about what’s going on in the United States and the economy and some of these czars that are in Washington that have such a bad reputation.”

Event organizers point out the $63,500 only covers the dinner. Maples, who owns a defence contracting company, will have pay her family’s travel expenses to have dinner with Palin, most likely in Alaska.
But she considers the money, which will benefit the Ride to Recovery charity for wounded veterans, to be money well spent. And on that we can all agree.