Wardrobe Malfunction? McCain campaign manager: Palin's $150K wardrobe was "failure of management"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

November 14, 2008
McCain aide cites 'failure of management'
Posted: 03:30 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

(CNN) – Rick Davis, the campaign manager for former John McCain's White House bid came to Sarah Palin's defense in an upcoming interview with the National Review, saying the now-infamous $150,000 clothing tab for the Alaska governor was caused by a "failure of management."

In the interview, set for publication next week, Davis notes Palin's appearance at the Republican convention came only days after she was named to the GOP ticket, and the Alaska governor had few clothes on hand that were appropriate for the event.

“We flew her out from Alaska to Arizona to Ohio to introduce her to the world and take control of her life. She didn’t think ‘dress for the convention’, because it might have just been a nice day trip to Arizona if she didn’t click with John. Very little prep had been done and if it had, we might have gotten picked off by the press. We were under incredible scrutiny."

"We were under incredible scrutiny," he added. "We got her a gal from New York and we thought, ‘Let’s get some clothes for her and the family.’ It was a failure of management not to get better control and track of that. "The right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing, what it was worth or where it was going. No one knew how much that stuff was worth. It was more our responsibility than hers.”

News of the pricey tab caused a media firestorm days before the presidential election, and McCain aides appeared to blame Palin for the mishap, while the Alaska governor said she was forced to buy the clothes.

[Myrina]

1. "Failure of Management" of a wardrobe & he wanted to run the COUNTRY?

:wow: OMFG.

[Democat]

2. Different day, different excuse. The problem is that Palin confessed!

They are trying to rewrite history after Palin confessed to these crimes while trying to deny them. Not to mention her own father admitting that she had some of the clothing up there in Alaska.

They are doing everything they can to lie and cover up for Palin.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Didn't have clothing appropriate for the event??

Didn't that great statesman and leader of the gop richard nixon clothe his wife in a modest cloth coat?

Please sarah run for president in 2012.

[Veronica.Franco]

4. No more Palin...

Enough of this Palin spin ... It's an abject bore and completely absurd for anyone to expect us to believe that someone actually needed to "manage" this Diva's shopping spree ...

[Youphemism]

5. "They kidnapped me and forced me to buy clothes. I felt so helpless." /nt

[EstimatedProphet]

6. Not buying

She didn't just buy clothes for the convention. The article implies that it all happened right around then, yet staffers were talking about her flying her kids around the country and buying clothes for everyone over a longer period of time.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. $40K for silk boxer shorts and instant bronzer for the First Dude, clothes for the kids...

...and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[Arctic Dave]

8. A pathetic attempt at damage control.

The GOP must be worse off then I imagined if the are trying to protect this snapperhead.

[dascientist]

9. FAIL

[Skittles]

10. of all the "failures of management" from the G fucking OP

this hardly rates as newsworthy :puke:

[FSogol]

11. "failure of management" is why no one votes for the GOP these days

I still think the line, "Wasilla Hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast" is more apt.

[LynneSin]

12. That's the difference between us and them: "No one knew how much that stuff was worth"

When you live on a budget you know the price of EVERYTHING because you're doing all that it takes to make every penny count. But for the Wealthy or the totally clueless, they just know if you need clothes you go to "Neiman Marcus"

Ok I can justify she needed something since no one was sure she would get the nomination. But geez, for $10k they could have gotten her fixed up for the campaign trail.

[sfam]

13. I love how all the top staff bashes her anonymously and then comes out and says...

wasn't me! Musta been those other assholes!