Here's my last one!!!..........
Posted on 10/26/2008 5:45:53 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Barack Obama’s trips to Hawaii on a chartered Boeing 757 each cost more than twice the price of Sarah Palin’s new clothes.
Brad Blakeman, who was in charge of scheduling for President Bush, says a Boeing 757 costs about $20,000 an hour for fuel, crew, and maintenance. Since a trip to Hawaii entails 10 hours of flying time from Chicago, the total cost for each round-trip comes to about $400,000.
Obama used the Boeing 757 for trips to Hawaii over the summer for a vacation and again last week to see his failing grandmother. Admirable though that visit was, “By Obama using a private jet to go on a purely personal visit to see his grandma, he’s wasting not only energy, but he’s using the money that his supporters have given him for campaign purposes,” Blakeman says. “It’s a purely personal visit paid for with campaign funds.”
On the other hand, the media are highlighting the Republican National Committee’s purchase of $150,000 in clothes for Palin, even though the dresses will be donated to charities. The New York Times played the story on page one.
“They’re picking on Palin, who was provided a wardrobe by the RNC strictly for political purposes, and it was always intended that these garments would be then given to charity,” Blakeman says. “So there’s a benefit that’s going to charity, not a benefit that Palin will have after the election. There was a need for it because she’s a modest person who didn’t have an extensive wardrobe to do 24/7 campaigning.”
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That is awesome!
You made my day.
(for those looking, GitmoSailor’s yard has “PALIN” mowed into it.)
Not only;
How long did the anointed one even spend on the ground before sprinting back to the campaign?
I was just thinking about this and remarked to hubby, she ought to just put on some jeans and a lumberjack shirt and get out there. Hope she told the crowd that she got them at Goodwill, Walmart or eBay...where all the filthy rich Republicans shop!
Where's the ACLU and People for the American Way? Are they invited?
Will this Church lose its IRS tax exemption? It should.
Sorry I stated wrong its in the Canton, Ohio arena.
Did he buy any of prince albore’s carbon credits to offset his increased use of jet fuel?
Here's my last one!!!..........
Let’s compare carbon footprints, Obama!
I'd say about $400,000 round trip...
This thread is about the media’s hypocrisy on the matter of RNC expenditures for Governor Palin’s clothes. How is the puling rant of the odious,America hating, ever obscene poofter E.J. Dionne, relevant? Did you read the article - it is running the tired, bogus theme of a crippling rift between the pubbie wets and the newly ascendant conservative base. All rubbish. And should you wish to post anything else from Dionne or his ilk, a barf alert is required.
I never heard anyone ever talk about the cost of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s clothes. They always talked of how well she dressed. I never heard anyone ever bring up the cost of Hillary Clinton’s clothes.
I think people are just jealous of Sarah Palin and how beautiful she is and how classy she always looks.
God bless you Sarah Palin. You are a classy, beautiful woman. When you dress nice, I think it is because you want to represent your country well. You are a wonderful example. Beautiful clothes for a beautiful woman! You are lovely inside and out. And while I am writing, thank you for your service to our country.
I never heard anyone ever talk about the cost of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s clothes. They always talked of how well she dressed. I never heard anyone ever bring up the cost of Hillary Clinton’s clothes.
I think people are just jealous of Sarah Palin and how beautiful she is and how classy she always looks.
God bless you Sarah Palin. You are a classy, beautiful woman. When you dress nice, I think it is because you want to represent your country well. You are a wonderful example. Beautiful clothes for a beautiful woman! You are lovely inside and out. And while I am writing, thank you for your service to our country.
NBC will cover this ad nauseam until we all beg them to stop!! Won’t they? I for one am ready to make multiple protests about the 24/7 coverage this will receive.
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