RNC appears to shell out $150K for Palin fashion

[babylonsister]

RNC appears to shell out $150K for Palin fashion
By JEANNE CUMMINGS | 10/21/08 7:47 PM EDT



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.

Spokeswoman Maria Comella declined to answer specific questions about the expenditures, including whether it was necessary to spend that much and whether it amounted to one early investment in Palin or if shopping for the vice presidential nominee was ongoing.

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[dchill]

1. I wonder if that figure includes her kids...

also.
:shrug:

[jpertello]

8. Well, they are all extremely well dressed at all times

looks like Sarah Palin is doing what she does best and exploiting a government position for personal gain.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. You mean those fucking idiots bought the Dominatrix boots?

Those people have serious socio-sexual issues.

Eeeeew.

[LibraLiz1973]

6. LoL. They put the skeeve on me too!

I hate those boots.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all about sexy shoes. But, she is running for Public Office, not something else.

[Fleshdancer]

15. SHOP HERE SHOP NOW!

:rofl:

[CrispyQ]

30. Maybe it's just me,

but I think it looks goofy when women wear boots that come to the bottom of the knee & a skirt that comes to the top of the knee. The only part of the leg that shows is the knee! I think the skirt should either be thigh high or below the knee enough to cover the top of the boot.

[high density]

3. $150k for fashion

Yeah she's just like us, gosh darnit.

[LibraLiz1973]

4. That red pleather jacket and the knee high boots she has been wearing are really tacky.

Soooooo not worth what they cost.

[Kahuna]

43. LOL! That red jacket if very Michael Jackson, circa, "Thriller." nt

[krkaufman]

52. Not exactly "small town, real America", either.

I think it might be ironic, but I can't be sure; my irony gauge broke some time ago.

[John Q. Citizen]

5. Spreading the wealth to Palin, I see.

[Auggie]

7. I wonder how Joe Six-Pack feels about supporting Needless-Mark Up

:rofl:

[MarthaMyDear]

40. Hahahahaha!

[Blasphemer]

9. Pig lipstick is expensive.... nt

[MarthaMyDear]

41. Indeed it is...especially that peculiar shade of brown!

[firedupdem]

10. I'm sure she's already asked if she gets to keep the clothes when

they ship her ass back to Alaska.

[spinbaby]

11. Well, at least she got a nice wardrobe

It's not likely she'll get anything else out of this experience. She can wear one of those red suits out on a job interview.

[AlCzervik]

12. to bad thay didn't spend that on an education for her. well too bad for them, good for us.

[DrToast]

13. Now that's "Real America."

*

[Fleshdancer]

14. $4,716.49 on makeup and hair?? That's a lot of damn lipstick.

I wonder if Biden is funny enough to print this article out and slam it on David Plouffe's desk while demanding a shopping spree. :D

[pirate_satellite]

33. She's a lot of damn pig (nt)

[Left Is Write]

16. They're just redistributing the wealth.

[BlooInBloo]

17. (shrug) Just like with Britney Spears, you can take the girl out of the trailer....

but you can never take the trailer out of the girl.

[MarthaMyDear]

18. Hahahahaha!

[ecstatic]

19. No wonder they're going broke! Between McShame's expensive makeup jobs

and Ms Wasilla's wardrobe, I guess it was inevitable.

[MarthaMyDear]

20. I could've sworn that stuff was JC Penney...like a REAL AMERICAN!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. Fascist! Turn to the left! Fascist! Turn to the left!

oooooooooooooooo la la la la.

fascist.

[grannylib]

37. ROTFLMAO hee hee!!! That's great!

:hug: to a fellow Bowie fan :-)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

50. Ma'am :)

:hat tip: :hug:

[Hippo_Tron]

22. She looked like she was wearing a goddamn straitjacket during her speech at the convention

Guess it's true that they say money can't buy taste.

[high density]

23. lol, Keith is on it right now.

[babylonsister]

24. He heard it here!

Kidding. ;)

[Ichingcarpenter]

25. Shop until you drop...... Nieman Markup!

Good Grief what a joke and this has legs
and I'm not talking about boots for her.

[islandmkl]

26. I think the late Steve Goodman had moosegirl & m.c.johnny in mind:

Door Number Three

I took a wrong turn, but it was a right turn

My turn to have me a ball

The boys at the shop told me where to stop

If I wanted to play for it all

But I didn't know I'd find her on day-time TV

'Cause my world lies waiting behind door number three



Now I don't want what Jay's got on his table

Or the box Carol Merril points to on the floor

But I'll hang out just as long as I am able

Until I can unlock that lucky door

Well she's no big deal to most folks, but she's everything to me

'Cause my whole world lies behind door number three



'Ain't it hard to realize

He's not selling any alibis

When he stares into the vacuum of your eyes

And says. . . Do you wanta make a deal'

They found us in the lost and found

Love is blind but now I see

That my whole world lies waiting behind door number three



Yes, my whole wodd lies waiting behind door number three

[ErinBerin84]

27. her family too?

Wonder if this includes Levi, heh.

[lonestarnot]

28. Fuck these people make me sick.

:puke:

[sixmile]

29. TRULY putting lipstick on a pig

[JNelson6563]

31. It's her consolation prize

She gets to take it back to the hole from whence she came. Thanks for playin' Sarah.

Julie

[wisteria]

32. They got robbed. They could have picked up the same fashions at Walmart for a lot less. n/t

[Left Is Write]

45. And here we thought she WAS just a Wal-Mart mom.

But she's been one of those scary elitists all along!

[Wolfies Revenge]

34. You can put Neiman Marcus on a pig..

[MarthaMyDear]

44. ...but you can't make it take off the tattooed lipliner and toe-fetish shoes!

[FrenchieCat]

35. Boy, Small town values sure includes some expensive Clothes!

:wow:

[pirate_satellite]

36. $150k worth of Fascism? They got a lot for their money!

Oh, you said "fashion"? Hmmph.

[krkaufman]

38. That comes to about ===> $3,000 PER DAY

Palin's only been on the campaign since the beginning of September, so that's 50 days -- ignoring whether she campaigned every day or not. That comes out to $3,000 per day, and that only includes the expenses that are known.

Maybe some of the shopping was for Cindy, Meghan, the Palin kids, etc, as well. But wow.

[krkaufman]

51. And over the course of one term in office... $4.38 million dollars

... just to make her presentable.

[Cali_Democrat]

39. Now that's "real" America

:eyes:

[Basement Beat]

42. I didn't know the small town 'American' parts of the country had a Saks

*sigh*

[Riddler]

46. It's ok, remember,,,,,John Edwards got a $400 haircut and Obama vacationed in Hawaii!

So THEY are the elites, not poor Sarah who has to have Saks Fifth Avenue instead of Macy's

[chatnoir]

47. Is this normally done?

Are they outfitting Obama and Biden and their families as well?

Jeebus. And to think of some of the tasteless crap she's worn, that prisoner jacket as well as that red Thriller monstrosity...

[JimWis]

48. $ 150,000 ?? I never spent that much in my whole life for myself and

my family, for clothes. I bet ole Joe Six Pack probably has to go to K-Mart. Yup, she's just common folk.

[rainbow4321]

49. Apparently, Macy and Saks clothes were not good enough for her kids

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4283762&mesg_id=4283762

[1Hippiechick]

53. "...they spent as much as Gov. Palins total salary for being governor last year just on her fashion?

From some of the comments on the Politico story. I LOVE it!

"Well, I guess Cindy is picking out the outfits. Recognize the leather jacket, tight black skirt look? Haha. too much. Why can't Palin pay for her own clothes? She saved the $25000 that she billed to Alaska for flying her kids around to places they weren't invited...."

"What's the difference between McCain/Palin and Bush/Cheney? Lipstick."

"How much does Levi's mullet cost?"