Palin's Spending Spree Sheds Light on Campaign's Priorities
RNC Puts $150k of Lipstick on Pitbull Palin. What Will It Mean for Campaign?
Gov. Sarah Palin brags that she's not a member of the Washington elite, but she sure is dressing like them.
The RNC has reportedly picked up a hefty price tag to clothe the the governor.
Campaign finance documents show the Republican Party spent more than $150,000 on clothing and accessories for the vice presidential candidate and her family at a series of swank department stores, the sort of places that "Joe Six-Pack" probably could not afford.
"She's a Saks-Fifth-Avenue-Neiman-Marcus hockey mom," cracked veteran Democratic strategist and ABC News consultant Donna Brazile.
While she is not the first politician to use donations from political supporters on personal expenditures, it appears that she has spent more on clothing and makeup in a shorter period of time than any other candidate in history.
As first reported by Politico.com, Palin spent $49,425.74 at Saks Fifth Avenue stores in St. Louis and New York. In September, the party spent $75,062.63 on a shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in Minnesota, just before the Republican National Convention.
Katherine Nelson, director of public relations at the Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, said the store would not comment on its customers' purchases.
The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup in September, presumably for Palin.
Purchases were also made at Barney's ($789.72) and Bloomingdale's ($5,102.71) in New York, and, around the time of the Republican National Convention, at Macy's in Minneapolis ($9,447.71).
Some $196 was spent at a tony baby store call Pacifier. Palin has a 6-month-old baby. An additional $4,902.45 was spent at Atelier, a men's clothing store.
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How many republicans or democrats make $150,000 a year?
How many republicans or democrats would spend $150,000 on clothes?
What could you do with $150,000?
How much of the latest $700,000,000 bail out do you owe on?
How hard do you have to work for $150,000?
How much is your house worth?
Do you own a house?
I certainly don't know any women who would spend $150,000 on their wardrobe.
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These people just don't get it!!!
ReplyDeleteShe's wearing $$$clothes and I have to choose between using coffee filters as T.P. or sewing them together to make a shirt I can wear to my next job interview.