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- Siraris, on 10/22/2008, -23/+1000Think what kind of education she could have gotten with that kind of money...
- ctkatz, on 10/22/2008, -19/+472ok, someone set me straight here:
mccain- 9-13 houses and 13 cars. wife wears an outfit that cost more than some americans make in a year.
palin- has state pay for daycareERRRRRRRRtravel for her kids on "state business". national party pays $150,000 for her clothes and other items since being introduced to the american public at large.
but the obamas are the elitists...?
one has to wonder if the conservatives are actually listening to the garbage that they are saying... - MindyB, on 10/22/2008, -21/+395This is disgusting! When many Americans are loosing their homes, can't afford health care, won't be able to heat their homes this winter--we have this fake fiscal conservative spending 7 times more than the average plumber's annual salary on clothes!! She certainly loves to spend other people's money. She charged the State of Alaska over $21,012 for her family's travel and lodging expenses, then fudged the reports to pretend those were "official business" expenses. This is incredible! Send her back to Alaska quickly!
- lars5, on 10/22/2008, -15/+210"A Democrat put it in even blunter terms: her clothes were the cost of health care for 15 or so people."
- Berkana, on 10/22/2008, -14/+155Who was complaining about elitists again?
- ReasonWinsOut, on 01/07/2009, -2/+139Who knows? I'm not sure she has the capacity for it. Besides, it probably would've taken her 5 years and six different institutions to get it right.
- Berkana, on 10/22/2008, -14/+146Best quotes from the article, highlighting the absurdity of it all:
"After all, it was during this same campaign cycle that Republicans belittled the $400 haircut that former Sen. John Edwards had paid for with his own campaign money (the funds were later reimbursed). And yet, the comparison to that once-dominant news story is hardly close: if Edwards had gotten one of his legendary haircuts every singe week, it would still take him 7.2 years to spend what Palin has spent."
"...promoting its newest campaign tool, Joe the Plumber - it was revealed that Palin's fashion budget for several weeks was more than four times the median salary of an American plumber ($37,514). To put it another way: Palin received more valuable clothes in one month than the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years. A Democrat put it in even blunter terms: her clothes were the cost of health care for 15 or so people."
Who's calling who socialist? If you want to talk about re-distributing wealth, here it is: little ol' working class Republicans donating their money to the campaign to have it blow it on luxury clothes for Sarah Palin. And let's not forget Sarah Palin taxing Alaskan oil, giving part of the tax haul as a hand-out to Alaskan citizens. McCain should be ashamed of this woman. - pedo, on 10/22/2008, -3/+122to them, elitist means smart. they don't like smart intellectual people like the obamas. they like simple people like bush and palin. educated people think they know everything!! smart people think they are better than us simple small town folk!! we don't need no fancy college degree!!
that's how they think. - addictist, on 10/22/2008, -11/+112Cindy must have taken her shopping.
- Yatata, on 10/22/2008, -26/+127Gotta keep her looking HAT for all the neocon men's. They like their women a mile high saks 5th pumps and about an inch deep... any deeper and they start having performance anxiety.
- macaca, on 10/22/2008, -15/+101McPain campaign takes money from people and spends it on Sarah (Marcos) Palin. They are fiscally conservative. They don't believe in spending ;).
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..................................., - chrissku, on 10/22/2008, -8/+90What "Joe Six Pack" doesn't drop 150k on a wardrobe? Now that's blue collar America!
Just imagine all the freebies she's gonna get on Dancing With The Stars next season. - Rutabaga64, on 10/22/2008, -0/+60My thoughts exactly. I'm surprised they don't choke on their own hypocrisy.
- seltaeb4, on 10/22/2008, -10/+70In just under three months, the Republicans have spent more on dressing up Sarah Palin...
...than Joe the Plumber and his family will spend for the all the clothing they wear IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.
The Republicans: they certainly do represent *some* Americans... but not YOU, your FAMILY, or anyone you know... - JoeMondo, on 10/22/2008, -11/+71Republicans like to pretend to be for Joe Six Pack, but they are lying manipulators who want to use our political system to live like royalty.
- rald84, on 10/22/2008, -0/+53michelle obama's famous dress (no, not like monica famous, like the view famous) costs around $100 to $200
edit:
$148 dress designed by Donna Ricco
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/06 ... - IphtashuFitz, on 10/22/2008, -4/+55No amount of money would improve an education of somebody as ignorant as Palin. She'll still believe that the earth is only 5,000 years old, that man and dinosaurs co-existed, that global warming is a myth and polar bears aren't in danger of extinction, etc.
- gthrank, on 10/22/2008, -0/+49Nail. On. Head.
- pedo, on 10/22/2008, -12/+61it makes sense for the campaign to be spending money on her clothes, hair, and makeup. she is a very superficial candidate, so her looks and her wardrobe are extremely important to the campaign. her kids are basically props, so it makes sense for the campaign to be spending money on them too.
you think those idiots are showing up at the rallies because she has substance? of course not. she is britney spears. she is paris hilton. that's why they don't care that she hasn't done press conferences. that's why they dont care that she hasn't been vetted. that's why they dont care that she is a unqualified moron. - jonshipman, on 10/22/2008, -1/+46All of America.
Vote Obama. - amoirae, on 10/22/2008, -0/+43Sarah's attitude is: let them eat Prada.
- jtnld, on 10/22/2008, -13/+56Guess you can put lipstick on a pig. Whoops! I meant pit bull !
- cmootoo, on 10/22/2008, -13/+55And they were painting Obama as an elitist?
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -0/+41I was going to say that it would have been a waste of money. Think of the education someone else could have gotten with that money, though!
- pintomp3, on 10/22/2008, -3/+43obama is a shoe in.
- doublefelix, on 10/22/2008, -10/+50This explains how she could afford Michael Jackson's jacket for that interview she did answering the 5th graders questions.
- ogloom, on 10/22/2008, -1/+39my turn!
shirt - vulminiha, on 10/22/2008, -0/+38The McCain campaign really ad-dressed the problem.
- jtrueloc, on 10/22/2008, -2/+40Even Alaska doesn't deserve such a curse. She should be tried and convicted of fraud. What the hell kind of example is she setting for her children? Just take what you want and ignore your fellow Countrymen who are going to be freezing in the streets in a few weeks because they were evicted from their homes. Sometimes the trickle down doesn't hit everyone, ya know, also. What a phony; I'm calling shenanigans!
- SkillzThatKillz, on 10/22/2008, -23/+57is there anything on the internet other than the huffingtonpost?
- nuorigin, on 10/22/2008, -9/+43Honestly, in the big scheme of things, it really doesn't matter much how much is spent on her clothes, especially at that level of politics The real issue is, she is totally unqualified to be Vice President of the United States. Her record in Alaska, Wasilla, as well as her assinine statements on the campaign trail clearly prove that.
- mmmtoblerone, on 10/22/2008, -11/+43She should have had a perfectly good wardrobe from being governor. It's not like she was only moose hunting in Alaska. I'm sure all those Republican members of Congress who are frantically fighting for their seats are thrilled about the RNC money going for Palin's clothes instead of their campaigns. County first!
- DFutureIsNow, on 10/22/2008, -12/+43In Sarah Palins America 150k on clothes is a drop in the bucket. Too bad that aint "small town" America unless by small town she was referring to New York's Fifth Avenue and California's Rodeo Drive.
McCain / Palin = Out Of Touch Elitist Hypocrites! - WiretapStudios, on 10/22/2008, -0/+31Nah, as usual, they skirted the issue...
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -12/+43They're worried more about making her look good then educating her.
- nightship538, on 10/22/2008, -11/+42Now we know why she was eating Atkins Bars, diet sodas and skinny white chocolate mochas without the whipped cream-- she has to look hot in those dee-ziner duds that they don't got in uncultured Alaska, doggone it! I wonder if she went to Ivana Trump for fashion tips? She sure wears her hair like Ivana!
- H3LLSL337, on 10/22/2008, -3/+33@5urr3al5am
He's spending it because he has it. Obama is pulling in waaaay more money than McCain.
I think the reason he's still "barely pulling half of American voters" is because we still have ignorant individuals that want to label Obama as a terrorist/Muslim or are just plain racist. - Munitalp, on 10/22/2008, -10/+40So I guess she considers Neiman Marcus and Saks real America? At least we know that now. Why didn't she buy her clothes from "Joe the tailor?" -- ohh right, he isnt Louis Vuitton and Gucci :(
- mrseptic, on 10/22/2008, -0/+28"If you pour a gallon of knowledge into a shot glass of a brain, you're gonna spill something." - Bud Bundy talking about Kelly
- nelz08, on 10/22/2008, -8/+36Maybe some one shoudl ask her if she cares so much for the people or is so much of a Mavercik outdoor mud wrestling woman--Why dont she stop off at a ru7mmage sale or a thrift store for an outfit. If you care about the real people in the world u greedy politicians then try ona used shirt one day.
- Hillsfar, on 10/22/2008, -4/+31How much does a frickin' red women's suit cost?!? Is it a special shade of red derived from tiger cub blood or something?
- amoirae, on 10/22/2008, -0/+25Or that they don't choke on all the corporate ***** they suck.
- SpinningHead, on 10/22/2008, -0/+25Yes, I'm sure the Palins couldn't afford decent clothes with their meager net worth of 1.2 million.
- oo7evan, on 10/22/2008, -1/+26VP wardrobe: $150,000
2007 Reimbursements for working at home and travel (with kids): $60,441
Requested earmarks for first year as Governor of Alaska: $256 million
Winning purse for the Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race Todd Palin has won four times: $25,000
Earning a VP nomination as the result of a desperate political move to win an election regardless of your qualifications, knowledge or ability to see foreign countries from your house: PRICELESS. - inactive, on 10/22/2008, -11/+36That is one high maintenance bitch
- jtrueloc, on 10/22/2008, -2/+26That amount probably would cover going to five different schools!
- ChristPissed, on 10/22/2008, -7/+30Ahem, ... Financial Gluttony is one of the biggest issues this election season.
- metapop, on 10/22/2008, -6/+29really? i think it's going to be a hand(bag) slide...
ok, that was terrible. -
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