washingtonmonthly.com - 10/22/2008
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A WARDROBE FOR THE REAL AMERICA.... As Hilzoy noted last night, Sarah Palin has a new and unexpected problem -- the Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 on clothes and accessories for Palin and her family in just...
How Much Is Hillary Clinton's Wardrobe Worth?
weeklystandard.com 10/22/2008 — Politico reports that the RNC has spent $150,000 on clothing, accessories, hair care, and makeup for Sarah Palin. McCain-Palin spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt responded to the story, writing in a statement: "With all of the important issues facing the ...
The Palin Wardrobe
corner.nationalreview.com 10/22/2008 — So now we learn that the RNC shelled out $150,000 for clothing, hair, and make-up for Sarah Palin since her surprise nomination. Scandal! Gotcha! Such hypocrisy! If she wants the Joe Six-pack vote, the "logic" goes, why isn't she wearing clothes from ...
Sarah Palin Wardrope Issues —
Blue Star Chronicles
The media is yammering on and on about the Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. Not just her wardrobe, but her accessories and her family’s wardrobes. Read about it below and see pictures of the fabulous Sarah Palin and a video.
Sarah and Piper Palin
The main stream media wing of the ...
FOX Spins Palin's $$$ Wardrobe: It's Why She Looks So Good —
Daily Kos
On FOX News Channel, they are truly hilarious in their spin on the Palin wardrobe shopping spree, initially spinning that the shopping budget is the reason why she looks so good, and then quickly sputtering themselves into a strange rant on sexism and how TV personalities always get free ...
Expensive Wardrobe Goes Against McCain-Palin Story Line —
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Post fashion editor Robin Givhan weighs in online today on the contretemps over the Republican National Committee's expenditures on Sarah Palin's wardrobe (for a photo gallery on Palin's new outfits, click here). Givhan writes: If politicos weren't so snide and dismissive of fashionistas, the ...
The Hockey Mom With A $150K Wardrobe —
Daily Kos
On Morning Joe, Mika initially defends Sarah Palin's huge shopping budget, but when the angry e-mails begin to flow in, she quickly concedes just how absurd Palin's spending was -- and the rest of the panel heartily agrees. McCain-land might get lucky and skate by on this if they play ...
RNC spent $150,000 on Caribou Barbie's fantasy wardrobe —
Majikthise
The RNC spent $150,000 outfitting Sarah Palin and her family with designer duds from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and other temples of urban fashion since Palin joined the Republican ticket, plus an additional $4700 on hair and makeup .
That's a $150,000 outlay in a little more than a ...
Sarah Palin - The Sexist Double Standard —
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd before dropping the ceremonial first puck prior to the Philadelphia Flyers playing the New York Rangers at Wachovia Center on Oct. 11, 2008.
Is all of this banter about Sarah Palin’s appearance, wardrobe and make-up a sexist double standard?
If ...
Palin Family Plan —
Swampland
While everyone today is clucking over the cost of Sarah Palin's wardrobe, this report could prove at least as troublesome, because it involves the use of taxpayer money, not political contributions:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with ...
Who’s ‘Elite’ Now? —
Pundits Blog
Sarah Palin spends $150,000 on her wardrobe, hair and makeup.
That is ridiculous. That's the equivalent of four teachers’ salaries, or a nice house.
I don't even think she is looking that good. I mean, how many white coats and red jackets did she get? And a lot of her little power suits make ...
Sarah Palin’s Wardrobe - Much Ado About Nothing —
Flopping Aces
Caryl Rivers, Professor of journalism at Boston University and Huffington Post writer , once wrote this about the media obsession with Kathleen Harris and her appearence:
…journalists, talk show hosts and comedians have been having a field day with the powder and mascara used by Florida ...
Open Thread —
Balloon Juice
Via Josh Marshall:
If Sarah Palin’s $150,000 wardrobe had a life of its own, it would get a tax cut from a President Obama.
Vent.
The Politics of Wardrobe Costs —
The Moderate Voice
By now everybody has probably heard the story about the RNC spending $150,000 on Sarah Palin’s clothing and makeup. I mentioned this story to my wife this morning and, while she detests Sarah Palin, she came to her defense on this. Clothing (and hair and makeup) just cost a LOT more for ...
ABC News: VP Candidate = Sitcom Character —
Firedoglake
The reporting on this wardrobe story is making my head hurt.
STTPinOhio in the comments:
I feel a lot better re:the Palin wardrobe story.
Courtney Hazlett, the entertainment reporter, just explained it all to me on MSNBC.
First of all, she said “I can wrap my brain around this.”
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Small-town Sarah Palin gets a big city, big dollar makeover —
News Hounds
As Sarah Palin goes around the country praising so-called small-town values, chiding Barack Obama's economic policy proposals, and pretending to sympathize with Joe the Plumber, check out the gal-next-door's duds. Seems Mrs. Just-like-you is sporting a new, $150,000 wardrobe , courtesy of her ...
Don’t Cry for Me, Pennsylvania —
The Mahablog
Frankly, the reported $150K spent on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe doesn’t strike me as outrageous. Given the obscene amounts of money a campaign costs, $150K is just pocket change. And whatever else you think of her, she looks fabulous.
Sarah, honey, do you get to keep the clothes? Or ...
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