McCain has terse response on Palin shopping spree

[sabra]

Source: AP

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Presidential candidate John McCain isn't happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories.

McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they'll be donated to charity.

McCain offered no further comment, except to say that the Republican National Committee doesn't buy his clothes.

News of the purchases, largely from upscale Saks Fifth Avenue and Nieman Marcus, contrasts with the image Palin has crafted as a typical hockey mom.

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[rateyes]

1. You mean that after the election, they're going to take Trig's and Piper's

and Bristol's, and Willow's and Todd's new clothes away from them???

How the hell are they going to donate the hair and make up expenses to charity?

McCain, you are a fucking liar. But, we all knew that already.

[mcg]

9. and what is a charity going to do with expensive clothes?

Sell them at a thrift store?

[Muttocracy]

11. maybe that's why he's so thrilled about eBay. nt

[saigon68]

35. He is an asswipe

[Demit]

15. Actually I could see them being used as a fundraising device at a charity auction.

After they've been thoroughly fumed, of course. They will be kind of historic.

[msanthrope]

24. Rich Lowry will buy the debate outfit--and "starburst" all over

it...

Rush can get the Michael Jackson jacket....

The wingnuts can have Christmas come early this year.....

[unblock]

22. auction them off.

assuming you believe mcliar.

[dysfunctional press]

34. possibly. or auction them off. thrift stores aren't only about cheap clothes for the poor...

they are fundraising locations. the charities generally don't care WHO shops/buys clothes/items at a thrift store, poor or wealthy- the stores are there to make money for the charities.

[kestrel91316]

21. Trig won''t know or care, but PIPER IS GONNA PITCH A FIT

when you try to take all her fancy new clothes away.

[roguevalley]

42. She can give them away but she OWES TAXES on 150K.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. they should keep pressing him

and on his 10 houses and 13 cars!

[redqueen]

10. 13 cars?!

:puke:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

37. how the voters can relate to this man I don't know!

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/newsweek-vehicle-records-mccains-13/story.aspx?guid=%7B1C9C67CF-56B2-4B82-8350-CF9930BF0D90%7D&dist=hppr

he's one of elite

[redqueen]

43. Because they don't know what a lying elitist he is...

heck, I peruse this site and I didn't know!

[merwin]

3. Key words "contrasts with the IMAGE Palin has CRAFTED as a typical hockey mom."

It's all fake. All of her.

[Solly Mack]

4. lolololol That lipstick sure did cost a lot.

and now everyone knows why that comment bothered them so much....

[Lorien]

5. I have no problem with them buying her a FEW new outfits, but

from Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue??? I guess it *is* truth in advertising, though; McCain-Palin would be serving the uber wealthy elite, not any of the rest of us, so naturally she would want to look like any of her constituents.

[MadinMo]

8. Maybe Cindy was their fashion consultant and she'd never dream

of shopping at JC Penney.

And WOW! Let me know when those clothes go to the Goodwill, would ya? I'd be happy to pick up a bargain! :sarcasm:

[louis-t]

16. I heard someone refer to Neiman Marcus as

"Needless Mark-up":rofl:

[Native]

40. It was called that 30 years ago. Suprised it is still in use.

[Democat]

6. Should be a reality show on Lifetime: The Palins (instead of The Osbournes)

Palin family is more crazy than Ozzy's!

[volstork]

19. Don't laugh,

I'm sure somebody is already working on putting this on the air.....

[wordpix]

48. could be her next gig after she fails in national politics

[tbredbeck]

7. Better charitable use of $150k?

How about ...
* voter education?
* teen pregnancy prevention?
* hurricane recovery assistance?
* potential new homeowner education?

I'm sure many other DUers could do a more thorough job of this kind of list that would really hit home.

[Muttocracy]

13. welcome to DU - your list is a great start - so many things could be done... nt

[fob]

25. How many Alaskan rape kits would that help to purchase?

Or that would probably go a long way to address some of the many meth labs in Wasilla.

[truthisfreedom]

26. DING DING DING DING DING!

Excellent point.

[rateyes]

29. At least enough to cover one weekend in Wasilla.

Sad to say.

[RobertSeattle]

12. Saks Fifth Avenue Mom...Nieman Marcus Mom

[Bryn]

32. Excellent!

[AndyA]

14. So...after the election what is Palin going to do? Walk around nude?

Go back to wearing her old clothes, which must be just awful if she didn't have any presentable enough for public. I mean, doesn't the Governor of Alask have to dress nicely to go to work? Does she wear jeans and a sweatshirt to work? :shrug:

Sounds to me like the $150,000 was an even bigger waste of money (or rip off of donor money) if they're going to just donate the clothes after the election.

This just doesn't add up. It stinks like raw fish left laying out on the counter for a week.

[bmbmd]

17. They won't all end up donated to charity.

The unmentionables will be autioned on Ebay to help recoup costs.

[central scrutinizer]

18. donate to the Smithsonian

and display next to Monica Lewinsky's blue dress. Title: Historic epic failures in judgment

[kestrel91316]

20. Senator McCain, do you mean to tell us that after you win and she

becomes VP, those clothes (many of which have only been worn once or twice) are gonna be given away??? Are we, the taxpayers, going to have to fork out more money to replace them so she doesn't have to look like a hockey mom from Wasilla as she goes about her VP duties???????? Why wouldn't she keep them and USE THEM???

I know the answer, of course. McCain knows there is ZERO chance of his winning.

[madamesilverspurs]

23. And a puke spokesman

just went off (speaking to Schuster on MSNBC) that Obama is a spendthrift for squandering his donors' money by flying to Hawaii to see his sick grandmother. Truly sickening.

[Winterblues]

27. When the Senate's new BOSS shows up she had better be lookin' good.

It won't be easy Bossing all them Senators around in Mukluks and Parka..

[damntexdem]

28. She's just the typical hoaxy mom.

In other words, a typical GOP candidate.

[Alcibiades]

30. Palin needed clothes.

If so, she's probably the only professional woman in America who pulls down 125k who needs clothes. What was she doing before, going naked? In Alaska?

This speaks volumes about the Republicans, particularly the judgment of the folks running McCain's campaign. They need to gussy up Palin so that she could properly play the role of the trophy running mate, so what is the first thing that comes to mind? Most regular folks, plumbers or hockey moms, might buy clothes at Target, JC Penney, Sears or Wal-Mart, or maybe Kohl's, Macy's or Talbots or someplace similar. But the McCain campaign? Their first impulse was to go straight to Nieman Marcus and Saks.

She's not caribou Barbie. She's Marie Antoinette Barbie.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. Pricey new duds aren't helping Palin in polls

Pricey new duds aren't helping Palin in polls

"She was never a hockey mom, she was always the prom queen sitting in the back of the convertible waving to the hockey moms," said Simon Doonan, creative director at Barneys New York, the high-end clothing store.

Ooof.

So when's McCain going to pull "Joe Neiman-Marcus" out from the crowd for a chat?

[Sydnie]

33. So IF they were to get elected she would wear WHAT after she donates these clothes?

She could go back to mooseskins and deerskin dresses? What?

This is the LIPSTICK on the PIG moment.

[yardwork]

36. The Republicans insist that Palin is so very experienced as a governor -

then why didn't she already have appropriate clothes?

[lynnertic]

38. Elizabeth Kucinich shops at secondhand stores!

:patriot:

[LeftyMom]

41. She always looks like a million bucks, too.

Class: you either have it or you don't.

[yellowcanine]

39. Walmart has clothes, J.C. Penney has clothes.....

[FUCK_BUSH]

44. Imagine if michelle obama spend this much on her cloths.Election would br over.FUCK MEDIA . makes

me so mad that repubs are always above the law.FUCK THEM

[Zenlitened]

45. Raise your hand if you've spent 150 thousand dollars on clothes...

... in your LIFETIME.

Anybody? Anybody?

:wow:

Or... how about 500 bucks. Have you ever spent 500 dollars on a pair of shoes, like dear ol' Mr. McCain?

:shrug:

Yeah, I wanna be lectured on "elitism" by Republicans. Gimme a break.

:puke:

[wordpix]

49. not in my lifetime, not anywhere near it. Most expensive shoes were hiking boots

$120.

[pinniped]

46. John McPuke's going the charity route because they got caught.

.

[wordpix]

50. "It's all for a good cause." yeah, right, now that someone outed the story

[LynnTheDem]

47. May I repost that glaring little truth?

"contrasts with the image Palin has crafted as a typical hockey mom."/b]

She's a fraud, rightwingnuts. You'd think you'd have been able to spot such frauds on your own by now.

[wordpix]

51. the wingnuts haven't spotted frauds like * so why would they spot her as one?