Palin got $30K more in clothes

Politico ^ | 04 Dec 2008 | Kenneth P. Vogel

[BGHater]

The Republican National Committee will report Thursday that it spent about another $30,000 on clothes and accessories for Sarah Palin during her vice presidential bid, a GOP source tells Politico.

Palin took a major public relations hit when Politico revealed that the RNC in September shelled out $150,000 for clothes and accessories from high-end retailers for the Alaska governor, who built her political persona around a folksy, regular-gal demeanor.

The additional spending will be detailed on the committee's post-general election report, which is due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission before midnight.

[BGHater]

Helped in Ga.

[BGHater]

Please correct source from AP to Politico.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

All things considered, it was probably the best $30K spent in the entire campaign.

[muawiyah]

This is more AP propaganda. Governor Palin didn't do the buying or the asking.

Problem with AP is they buy too much dope and not enough toilet paper.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

So how much did Barry and Michelle’s clothes cost and who paid for those?

[org.whodat]

who said any clothes in the committee's possession will be given to charity.

Well there goes one good sweater. LOL

[hsrazorback1]

In a soundbite society, the headline will be read, and the last line of the story will be lost.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

How much did Obama pay for the jet flight to suspend his campaign and visit his ailing grannie?

[Doogle]

...and Hilda’s 8 or 10 designer pants suits at $6,000 a piece?...did hilda cough up that expense?

[Mr. Silverback]

Wow. To quote some country singer, my give-a-damn’s busted.

[madameguinot]

Burying the lead has become an art form.

[cripplecreek]

Oh crap! They’re starting to talk about Zero’s birth certificate.

Quick, Wheel out Palin’s wardrobe.

[ronnie raygun]

WOW 30,000 compared to the fleecing congress and the senate are giving us in the trillions. STOP THE SILLINESS AND RAG JOURNALISM.

[wolfcreek]

Well, she is a REAL woman.

[1rudeboy]

BOUTIQUE CLOTHING!!!

[InsensitiveConservative]

Isn’t that horse dead yet?

[Doogle]

...and how much did Obambi collect through untraceable $200 pre-paid credit cards?

[headstamp 2]

They’re trying to give Palin the Nancy Reagan treatment.

[weegee]

[Gay State Conservative]

During the same period the Honorable Ted Kennedy (RAT-MA) spent $30K on Chivas Regal and the Honorable Patrick Kennedy (RAT-RI) spent a similar sum on cocaine and Ambien.

[JoanneSD]

Michelle could take a clue from Sarah, and dump that black widow dress, and half/half. could start dressing like the up coming POTUS, I liked it when the Bush Presidents dressed out of respect for the office.

[weegee]

As opposed to $30,000 for a ring.

[autumnraine]

I want a total list spent by the Obama campaign on Obama’s and Michelle’s clothing. Until then, I will consider this sexist.

[Cicero]

So how much did Barry and Michelle’s clothes cost and who paid for those?

I believe that Barry is not required to report to the FEC, since he did not accept public financing.

That also goes for all those bogus donations, many of them probably from foreign sources.

The difference in how the two campaigns are treated is courtesy of McCain-Feingold.

[Redbob]

BFD

Someone at AP needs to get a life.

[eureka!]

I wish Sarah would joke “they haven’t seen my lobster bill yet”...

[11th Commandment]

And in other “NEWS” today, India and Pakistan are on the verge of a nuclear war.... when we come back, a local boy makes good on a promise to ride a donkey at the state fair....

[org.whodat]

During the same period the Honorable Ted Kennedy (RAT-MA) spent $30K

No he spent it on his brain tumor, has anyone seen old ted are is he about to get very cold???

[FMBass]

“Problem with AP is they buy too much dope and not enough toilet paper.”

OK. You can Freep mail me where I’m supposed to pick up the keyboard you owe me. You caught me mid-sip!

[FrankR]

This is such a waste web space. It doesn't matter to her supporters how much the GOP spent on her clothes...Sarah only wore them at their direction.

Her fans don't care, and the left is not going to support her anyway.

They CAN'T get to her on the substance of policies and government, so they go after the clothes, hair-do's and whether or not Tina Fey looks more like Sarah Palin, than Sarah Palin.

These are silly little games being played by media members who are still stuck in high school cliques. Let them rant, steam and seeth...it doesn't matter.

One huge difference be liberals and coservatives is, liberals are lemmings - that's why both of those things start with an 'L'...they match. Lemmings believe and do whatever the MSM and party bosses say; Conservatives make up their own, individual minds.

That's why it means so much more for conservatives to go "gah gah" over someone like Sarah...because we've listened to what she's had to say...not because her skin is a different color and the "party" told us to support her.

I think that is one of the reasons we lose sometimes, maybe too many independent thinkers. Too splintered.

So let AP, Politico, Oprah, and all the rest have a hissie over Sarah...the stove doesn't burn unless it's red hot.

[sappy]

obama took in nearly a billion dollars in contributions. what’s $180k, even if that were true.

[musicman]

"And in other “NEWS” today, India and Pakistan are on the verge of a nuclear war.... "

[Las Vegas Ron]

WOW 30,000 compared to the fleecing congress and the senate are giving us in the trillions.

Thing is, just about everyone knows what 30k is, most people have no clue what a trillion is or can even relate to the number.

[Jim Noble]

Order a latex catsuit with the Presidential seal for 2012.

[Yo-Yo]

I don’t know if that logo is yours or not, but consider it STOLEN!!!

[greyfoxx39]

I’m stealing that graphic!! How great is that?

[pepsi_junkie]

What I’d like to know is why is the press obsessed with this story? Sure, they want to take Palin out, that much is obvious. But why do they think this story will do it? I know I don’t care. But they must figure someone does. Maybe they figure it will diminish her appeal with women who will see her as an uptown wannabe and get all huffy about it? That must be their theory because men don’t care about how much a woman’s dress cost.

[webschooner]

How much did Obama pay for the jet flight to suspend his campaign and visit his ailing grannie?

... and go twist the governor of Hawaii's arm to seal whatever birth records there may be of O in Hawaii.

[boxer21]

Well good, I hope she keeps the clothes; she will make a damned good looking President Elect in 2012.

[steve-b]

30K more for charity, then. They ought to get on the stick getting that organized and figure out the right timing to get the maximum PR value out of it.

[Still Thinking]

The Honorable Patrick Kennedy (RAT-RI) spent a similar sum on cocaine and Ambien.

Nah, hookers.

[pissant]

And Barry is spending how much on lawyers to keep his birth records hidden?

[Still Thinking]

You think there’s a chance to push through a Constitutional amendment that says that if a Marxist dickhead gets elected, the term is only two years?

[steve-b]

I want a total list spent by the Obama campaign on Obama’s and Michelle’s clothing.

Both campaigns have already filed their expenditure reports; that's where the media got the info on Palin's $150K (and now +30K) in the first place. Apparently there wasn't any corresponding campaign money for fancy duds on the other side.

[Natural Law]

"The Republican National Committee will report Thursday that it spent about another $30,000 on clothes"

Damned shame! I for one wouldn't have been disappointed for her to show up with less clothes.

[avacado]

And how much did Obama spend on styrofoam columns and glitter?

[greyfoxx39]

[steve-b]

The dissonance between a “hockey mom” image and a $150K wardrobe is pretty glaring, regardless of a voter’s gender. That’s what’s ultimately driving the story.

[boxer21]

There is this: his medical record released is very sparse; for all we know he has lung cancer or sickel cell anemia, who knows? We should accomodate our new President Elect and send cigarettes.

[techno]

I don’t the fault the RNC for buying clothes for Sarah or Sarah for wearing them. She returned them all-end of story. What to me is unsettling is that Mike Duncan of the RNC has to my knowledge never come out and spoken on behalf of Sarah and tell the MSM in no uncertain terms that their claim that Sarah bought these clothes herself was BOGUS and that Sarah never did anything wrong. That is one of the main reasons that Duncan should not return as RNC.