They Spent $150,000 on Palin's Wardrobe, Hair, and Makeup?

[tishaLA]

politico

The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.

According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74.

The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September. The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.

Politico asked the McCain campaign for comment, explicitly noting the $150,000 in expenses for department store shopping and makeup consultation that were incurred immediately after Palin’s announcement. Pre-September reports do not include similar costs. ...

A review of similar records for the campaign of Democrat Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee turned up no similar spending. ...

And I thought *I* was high-maintenance!

[CrispyQ]

1. The reform candidate.

:eyes:

[Vanje]

2. And they made fun of Edwards haircut

[trueblue2007]

30. You ought to see Huffington!!! The font is like size.....557

Really!!! The headline is HUGE and bright RED!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

REPUBLICANS LIVID:
PALIN'S $150,000 SHOPPING SPREE

[chatnoir]

49. Is that Piper Palin's own Louis Vuitton she's carrying? Holy crap...

And look at Moose Woman in the supermarket in June pre-makeover. :wow:

What a bunch of grifters.

[sunder]

59. The photos are hilarious...

First, the one of the two guys w/ the pink McPalin shirts looking up at her in awe. Then the last one of her in the supermarket in Alaska back in June showing what she used to wear. :rofl:

[gatorboy]

3. Palin's against earmarks? Apparently she is an earmark.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. pork

[northofdenali]

38. ROFL - Excellent line!

Duzy Rec!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

53. Thanks for my first big laugh of the morning!!!!

:rofl:

:hi:

[Gregorian]

4. Lipstick on a Puke

[TomInTib]

16. That's a ton of lipstick, Buddy...

nome sayin'?

[Gregorian]

21. Wait. Doesn't that make her an elite?

And elites are anti-American. Uh oh.

This little piggy went all the way to an IRS audit.

[mikekohr]

40. Neiman Marcus, Saks Fiifth Avenue? Why Does She Not Shop In The Real Amerika?

The answer is clear, Palin hates the real Amerika. She IS a clothes closet elitist.

mike kohr

[Clio the Leo]

5. Well, it takes a lot of hairspray to keep that mess in place. NT

[JI7]

6. which Pro America area of the country were these Saks and Neiman's at ?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. $5000 lipstick?

[PBS Poll-435]

8. How much did they spend on Levi?

:shrug:

[ErinBerin84]

10. so strange.

Gergen was just on CNN saying that this was not normal, that he has never heard of a candidate getting letalone a 5,000 dollar clothing allowance from a party , and that it beats the heck out of him why they are spending that much on her." Of course, Bay chirped in "But Anderson, she looks lika millions dollars!"

[tishaLA]

11. So the RNC is figuring it got a discount?

[clydefrand]

13. I honestly think Bay would defend her if she committed murder

right in front of her. Well, she did it with such aplomb!

[John Q. Citizen]

12. And yet they wonder why they are losing,

[JI7]

14. all their shit about elitist, small towns etc, they think their rural supporters are fucking idiots

remember that beast Cheney making the incest joke about West Virginia now that he no longer needs their votes.

[Democat]

34. Let's hope that Obama and the media get this story out there!

The real "small town" Americans need to know that Palin is laughing at them in her $150,000 wardrobe!

[amitten]

15. They could have spent a third or less for the same result.

On camera, you can't tell if it's a Valentino suit or something from a lesser designer. But one sure as hell costs a lot less.

I guess nothing's too good for the "queen" (pageant queen, that is).

[BrklynLiberal]

17. I would have guessed that it would have taken much more than $150K to make her presentable

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. As Dolly Parton once said:

"It takes a lot of money to look this cheap."

[PBS Poll-435]

22. !

:rofl:


:spray:

[Hekate]

31. I love Dolly Parton. She said of herself that she's not dumb, and she's not a blond.

:rofl:

Hekate

[Erin Elizabeth]

19. How fucking elitist!

Wonder how many people could have been fed with that money.

[gingersnaps1]

20. At the risk of sounding elitist....they had to dress her!!

They wanted to show a woman that had everything going for her. She hunts, parents, governs, reforms, she has style, all part of the image of someone who knows what they are doing.

[TexasObserver]

23. And after the election, they have to buy her and Jethro a cement pond for their house.

Beverly Hillbilly's reference.

[quakerboy]

24. To be fair

Its not like they raised money from "real Americans" for this...

[fortyfeetunder]

25. Only 150K? Personally, that was not enough.

She does not dress vice-presidential. And if that money was actually spent, it was a poor allocation of wardrobe.

[rl6214]

26. What can you say

She needed ir

[Hellataz]

27. All that money and Tina Fey still looks better.

[Zookeeper]

28. And the best they could come up with is a beehive? n/t

[TheDonkey]

29. fiscally responsible.....

[Hekate]

32. HuffPost says Pubs are "livid". Ha. Livid is good. The "little people" who are scraping by...

... in the red states must be just charmed all to hell by this news of how their donations are being spent.

The folks who actually run the Repub party have got to be the most cynical hypocrites in the known universe.

All I can say to the Dems is run with this. Obama is taking time to visit his sick grandma, the bottom feeders are claiming it's some kind of nasty conspiracy re his birth certificate -- and what I hope is that Dem spokespersons bring up how Palin won the lottery, several times a day.

Wow. The nerveless gall. :wow:

Hekate

[No Elephants]

33. They spent tons on the appearance of Paula Jones and Linda Tripp, too.

[Enrique]

35. it wasn't worth it

imho. :shrug:

[Heathen57]

36. I'm just surprised they haven't

dressed her in Daisy Duke shorts and top to get the "good 'ol Boys" out in droves.

That should make Bill Orally's head explode!:nuke:

[northofdenali]

37. ....

because she doesn't look great in brand-new Carharrts?

[obiwan]

39. Too bad they didn't clean up between her ears.

She's real ugly and incoherent there.

[peekaloo]

41. You can't shine shit! nt.

[theothersnippywshrub]

44. What about this?

[peekaloo]

46. LOL!

Only good for smearing.

:hi:

[TexasObserver]

42. That's Putting Lipstick on a Pig, AND dressing her well.

[Saphire]

43. Yep, just your average american hockey mom.

[nightrain]

45. a better investment would have been to get her a real education and

some empathic travel abroad. The 150K is putting lipstick on a redneck.

[barack the house]

47. Plus the 50,000 on make up for John that's 200,000 of donations from broke people nice.>

And they had the nerve to attack Edwards. It doesn't smell like change to me.

Two guys 2 houses a hole in his shoe Obama/Biden 08.

[RayOfHope]

48. Obscene. That's TWO YEARS worth of mine and my husbands salary combined.

I did notice a couple weeks ago that phalin is sporting some new fake hair to fill out her own hair.

[Mabus]

50. Why can't she shop in the "real America"?

She's spending money in the "anti-American" liberal places like New York!

They should have spent some money on elocution lessons for Sarah Doolittle. At the very least they should have sprung for some constitutional flash cards so she'd know what the vice-president's job actually is.

[ComtesseDeSpair]

51. My Favorite Line

My favorite line from the Huffington Post article:

"With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses," said spokesperson Tracey Schmitt.

Oh, now that attention is focused on Palin, they're suddenly concerned with all the "important issues"? You mean "important issues" like Obama once having sat in the same room with a guy who broke the law in the '60s? Or Obama wishing a baseball team luck after he already said he was rooting for another team? Or fictional characters who will never show up at the polls being registered to vote? Yeah, they are soooooooooooooooooooo interested in "important issues".

[mucifer]

52. Barack just bought 5 $1,500 suits (I'm assuming with his autobiography money.)

The suits are now becoming popular amongst those who can afford such silliness:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1234832,CST-NWS-obamasuit22.article

[chiefofclarinet]

54. Wait....

$150,000?!

That's three and a half years at an IVY LEAGUE college!

That's getting two students through the entire bachelor's degree at a state college, with money to spare!

That's enough to switch some votes in some swing states!

And, she buys CLOTHES with it? What an idiot.

[WCGreen]

55. These are the same ass holes who yelled about John Edwards

spending 400 bucks on a haircut...

[Zynx]

56. No wonder they don't understand the middle class.

[sunder]

57. So much for their preaching

about wasteful spending. :eyes:

[Citizen Jane]

58. Wow! $75,000 at Needless Markups alone

Now, NM does have hefty pricetags, but you STILL would have to buy an awful lot of shite to get up to the $75,000 dollar range.

Check their website:

neimanmarcus.com


These are quick BALLPARK numbers from a skim of the website..
Suits average around $550.00
leather jackets, from $500-$3000
Fancy suits/dresses for work $500-$2500
Shirts $100-500
Shoes $100-1000


Even with those kinds of numbers you'd have to buy a shitload of stuff!!!

[dmwhipp]

60. Humor Break: 25 Better Ways To Spend $150,000 Than Buying A Campaign Wardrobe For Palin

25 Better Ways To Spend $150,000 Than Buying A Campaign Wardrobe For Palin

http://www.stopthinkvote.com/whatsnew/clothescost.html

Very funny!