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.