Actually, I’m not sure that it’s university funded. I’m in the same city, and I checked the official event calendar at the university web site, and it’s not listed there. Indigo also mentioned a “group” sponsoring the talk. What group is sponsoring it, Indigo?
It’s funded through Student Government money because it was sponsored by the Institute for Conservative Studies… well, it went interestingly. Only about 1/3 of the group there was actually in support of her, and well, she made a bad showing by saying “all liberals this and *all *democrats that”… she did get laughed at for saying that America was the only superpower that was never an Imperialist nation (hello, remember Manifest Destiny?!? That was all about Imperialism!!!), to which she replied, “that’s all you liberals can do is sneer and laugh; why don’t you come up with something intelligent to say?” I guess the thing that bothered me the most was the fact that she had problems keeping her facts straight the whole time, and also that she interrupted only people who appeared to be liberals during Q&A and not any of the conservatives when being asked questions. Eh… I’d rather write her a letter with different documents refuting her arguments sometime when I get the time.
[sub]I was shocked when I first saw her… she didn’t look like she had eaten in years. Her photos make her look fat in comparison to what I saw tonight, but anyway, let’s not get into that commentary. It’s shallow of me to even bring it up, but I found her appearance to be troubling.[/sub]
I fail to see the difference between her and the most pigheaded trolls on the SDMB or even Fark besides the fact that she is often considered attractive and managed to get a column and book published.
I think that whole “kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity” bit is enough to classify her as a raving loony.
I agree with ya, Elwood. I just wish she would get her facts straight before she opened her mouth to the entire nation.