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GOP spends $150,000 for Palin's wardrobe
GOP spends $150,000 for Palin's wardrobe
John McCain's presidential campaign said thousands of dollars worth of clothing purchased by the Republican Party for running mate Sarah Palin will go to a "charitable purpose" after the campaign.
$150,000 Wardrobe for Palin May Alter Tailor-Made Image
$150,000 Wardrobe for Palin May Alter Tailor-Made Image
nytimes.com — Republicans feared that Gov. Sarah Palin’s “hockey mom” image would fray amid revelations that the Republican Party... outfitted her from high-end stores. > (more) $150,000 Wardrobe for Palin May Alter Tailor-Made Image
The Palin Wardrobe
corner.nationalreview.com — 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 ... (more) The Palin Wardrobe
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No Bias Here
A Blog For All — ... of his taking the oath of office and that Obama might not be up to the task or (2) Republican Sen. John McCain's running mate Gov. Sarah Palin spent $140,000 on clothes , courtesy of the RNC? Well, by the way that the ...

About ACORN
BlueNC - The people's think tank — ... So, there you have it folks, most Republicans don't want you to vote because exercising that right cuts down on their chances of winning. At least there is one Republican out there that not only wants you to "Vote", as you can see from the scarf she is wearing, but even gives you a subliminal message about who to vote for in this election. I guess that must be part of her $150,000 ensemble that the McCain camp bought. ...

A Short Example of What's Wrong with Today's Media
Slublog — The fact that this is considered a legitimate news story upon which to spend multiple days, and this is not.

Sarah Palin: Blast From The Past
TPMMuckraker — Remember Sarah Palin? Governor of Alaska? Republican vice-presidential nominee? Expensive wardrobe? Can see Russian from her house? Gets her news from a vast variety of sources? Yeah, that's the one. Here at TPMmuckraker, we've kind of been steering clear of her since the election. But lately, who'd have thunk it, we started missing her. So, given the prominent role she may yet play in national GOP politics in the future, we thought we'd check in on what she's been up to since returning to her day job. And from the looks of ...

The Coveted Palme D’Haire, 2008 - Voting
The Poor Man Institute — ... the Platonic ideal of a wanker, compulsive acts of “Jonanism“. 3. Harry Reid-Caves - Boldly leading the Democratic Senate to glorious surrender, Lieberman-enabling. 4. Sarah Palin - There was Troopergate - I believe that came first.  Shortly followed by Dumb-As-A-Box-Of-RocksGate, Six-Figure-WardrobeGate, Reads-All-NewspapersGate, ...

Shannyn Moore: Sarah Palin Blames Bloggers
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... was her brother-in-law's fault. Walt Monegan was a rogue commissioner. Her pro-Pebble Mine stance during a contentious election was the fault of a "Governor's hat" wardrobe malfunction. Her criticisms when her witch hunting, governor-anointing pastor, Pastor Muthee, was exposed, were the fault of people who hate Jesus. Her failed interviews were Katie Couric's and Charlie Gibson's fault. Her exorbitant wardrobe was the RNC's fault. Her charging the state per diem to sleep in her own bed and flying her family around the ...

Shannyn Moore: It's Not Sarah's Fault...Just Ask Her
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... criticisms when her witch hunting, governor-anointing pastor, Pastor Muthee, was exposed, were the fault of people who hate Jesus. Her failed interviews were Katie Couric's and Charlie Gibson's fault. She called them "Gotcha questions." The interview complete with compliments about the porno "Nailin' Pailin'" with "Sarkozy" poser shock jocks was the fault of McCain Campaign staffers. Her exorbitant wardrobe was the RNC's fault. Her charging the state per diem to sleep in her own bed and flying her ...

Palin: McCain’s campaign charged me for my own vetting; McCain aide: No we didn’t
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Stapleton said in an e-mail to CNN. “The Governor will appear on Oprah first to discuss the book’s contents.” Election law is so labyrinthine that I’m not even going to try to research this. There’ll be plenty of expert opinion about it on the wires tomorrow, no doubt, although election lawyers are welcome to send in tips if they have a take. In the meantime, a question: Why wouldn’t Team Maverick pick up the tab, assuming it was legal to do so? The RNC was willing to shell out six figures on wardrobe; a few hundred thousand more to bail her out of a campaign-induced legal ...

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