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  Certainly, the hockey mom from Alaska needed a new wardrobe to compete on the world stage and those donating to the GOP are happy to help  her out.  I am sure it was not even as much as one Obama Greek column or Hollywood stage set constructed  for his coronation of a convention.

  Women's appearances  are always given   much more scrutiny than men's. Yet, this is just another attempt at class warfare by the liberal media.

   

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RNC's $150K Fills Palin's Shopping Bags
Politics Daily — ... Politico reports that Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's wardrobe and accessories were lavished on her by the Republican National Committee, to the tune of $150,000.00 in September alone. ...

New Palin Scandal: The RNC bought her some new clothes
doubleplusundead — New Palin Scandal: The RNC bought her some new clothes Or, alternately, "Why Vintage should be the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee."* Who would have thought that the Governor of Alaska might need a professional wardrobe suitable for places outside the tundra? For shame! I can just imagine the outrage that would ensue if this was a ...

Sarah Palin spent on clothes in one month what the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Sarah Palin spent on clothes in one month, $150,000, what the average American household spends on clothes in 50 years 80 years. Good God. 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 ...

Sarah Palin’s $150,000 Wardrobe
Oliver Willis — ... McCain supporters won’t like seeing this at the same time they’re pulling out of swing states. Couldn’t they have used that money in Michigan? Sheesh! ...

But Wait Until You See the Solid Gold Parka
Political Punch — ... But Wait Until You See the Solid Gold Parka October 21, 2008 8:25 PM Politico's Jeanne Cummings is reporting that 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 ...

Next up on Fashion TV: Vice-Presidential Makeover!
Blah3 Feed — Talk about lipstick on a... oh, never mind. 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, ...

RNC appears to shell out $150K for Palin fashion
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... 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. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html

Hockey Mom Couture
Talking Points Memo — Politico reports on the RNC apparently shelling out $150,000 to clothe and accessorize the Palin family. Nothing says Main Street quite like Saks Fifth Avenue. ...

Move Over, Cindy McCain
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — There's a new fashion star in town: 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, ...

Runway Sarah
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH Sarah "are you smarter than a third grader?" Palin may not know what a vice president does, but the Republican Party wants to make certain she looks great while doing everything she can to capture the title. Via Politico: ...

Death Throes
Hoffmania! — ... The evidence is really piling up. Limbaugh and Giuliani are blaming Clinton for 9/11 Charlie Crist has given up on McCain McCain's not just giving up on Colorado, but New Hampshire and Wisconsin too McCain called parts of Pennsylvania racist The GOP's reg'lar gal got $150,000 from the GOP - for wardrobe. Hey. Someone pick up these wheels, please? They fell off of something... ...

And Michelle Obama was able to create a sensation by wearing a $180 dress on The View
Brilliant at Breakfast — But when you are a professional sucker at the public teat and grubber of free stuff like Sarah Palin, as well as being a lunatic, it costs more to make you look like something resembling a sane human being: ...

The RNC’s Stimulus Package
Matthew Yglesias — ... No more making fun of John McCain’s expensive shoes for me — $520 for a pair really does look down-home and working class compared to his everywoman running mate: ...

RNC Paid for Palin Clothes
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — The RNC "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," reports Politico. ...

Champagne and caviar!
This Modern World — ... : The source who told us last week about Michelle Obama getting lobster and caviar delivered to her room at the Waldorf-Astoria must have been under the influence of a mind-altering drug. She was not even staying at the Waldorf. We regret the mistake, and our former source is going to regret it, too. Bread and water would be too good for such disinformation. On a related note: the RNC has apparently spent $150K on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe .

Who will really bring change to Washington, DC?
Sister Toldjah — Sister Toldjah, that’s who! Now I just need to decide on a running mate … And a wardrobe … And a cabinet. I’ve got a few ideas in mind.

Sarah Palin Doesn’t Shop at Wal*mart Anymore.
Firedoglake — ... graphic by twolf From Politico: 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 ...

The High Cost Of Looking Confused
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... All I’m saying is that if a girly-man Democrat had spent $150,000 outfitting themselves for ten weeks, it would be the story that consigned them, their ticket and perhaps their party to FOREVER ELECTORAL DOOOOOOOOOOM. ...

If You Don't Look Good, We Don't Look Good
The Caucus — Is she a maverick, or a clotheshorse? The Republican National Committee paid more than $150,000 for clothing, makeup and accessories in September that apparently went to Gov. Sarah Palin and her family, according to an article on Politico.com. That included $9,447.71 to Macy’s, $789.72 to Barneys New York, $5,102.71 to Bloomingdales; $49,425.74 to Saks Fifth Avenue and $4,902.45 to Atelier. In one heavyweight shopping trip in early September, $75,062.63 was spent at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, a host city of the Republican National Convention. The expenditures were listed on ...

Palin shops in elitist, anti-American big city luxury shops
HorsesAss.Org — From Politico: 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 ...

McCain Campaign Spends $150,000 On Palin Shopping Sprees, Plus a $4,000 Haircut!
Wonkette » top — ... McCain’s campaign spent this huge pile of cash — more than what all but the richest Americans earn in a whole year — immediately after choosing Palin’s name from a hat filled with all the names of people who were registered Republicans, in America. Who knew she only owned shabby Alaskan tanning-salon outfits! She needed to be properly dressed and accessorized, to create those “starbursts” from the nutsacks of wingnuts. The Politico reports: According to financial disclosure records, the ...

Sarah Palin, dressed for failure
The Reality-Based Community — ... ... at the expense of the RNC . After all, how can you be a real, genuine, hard-working, down-to-earth, non-elitist, middle-class American without $150,000 worth of clothing and make-up paid for by someone else? Question for campaign-finance experts: Does she get to keep the swag after she loses? Posted at ...

War and Piece — | Main October 21, 2008 A whiff of Imelda Marcos . More than $2000 per day per outfit. Posted by Laura at October 21, 2008 10:34 PM

Oh Dear
Whiskey Fire — ... Red State gives us a "yuck": And *this* is why we all did our happy dance when McCain picked Palin. Because she spends lots of your dough on clothes...? Oh, no, wait -- it's because Moe likes it that she won't take out Bin Laden. Weird. ...

Small-town Sarah Palin gets a big city, big dollar makeover
News Hounds — ... According to reports, RNC expenses charged to a "new category of spending, 'campaign accessories,'” included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74, a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September, $4,716.49 on hair and makeup, $9,447.71 to Macy's in Minneapolis, and, presumably for Alaska's First Dude, $4,902.45 at Atelier, a high-class "shopping destination" for men. ...

$150,000 in Clothes, Hair and Makeup for Palin Family
Fired Up! Missouri — If you know any "joe the plumber" types out there who think John Seven House McCain and Sarah Barracuda Palin understand what the average person is going through, make sure you e-mail them this story about the $150K the GOP has spent on clothes and makeup for Sarah Palin and apparently her family.  Read all the way to the bottom to see how they have apparently even purchased designer clothes for the props Sarah calls her husband and her baby.  Shame on you.  If Hillary Clinton did this it would be the end of her.

Your daily reminder that Barack Obama is an elitist celebrity
Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com — ... The McCain campaign has spent over $150,000 on fashion trips for Sarah Palin. That's an average of over two thousand dollars a day since McCain announced her as his running mate spent solely on clothes, hair, and makeup. ...

Report: RNC Pays $150k For Clothes for Sarah Palin
TalkLeft — ... Since September, right after John McCain nominated Sarah Palin for Vice-President, RNC expenditure reports show more than $150,000 in payments to Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Ave, and other retail establishments, apparently to clothe Gov. Palin and her family: ...

Republicans Disgusted By RNC Spending On Palin
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... "With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses. It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign." --McCain-Palin spokesperson Tracey Schmitt on this Politico story. ...

Shop On, Sarah Palin, Shop On!
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy Sarah Palin does her bit to boost sagging retail sales: "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 ...

Sarah Palin went on some kind of RNC-financed shopping spree, Politico claims
Top of the Ticket — ... So we expect the media will revel in this news, which Politico's Jeanne Cummings reported today: It appears that the Republican National Committee has shelled out more than $150,000 on clothing and accessories for vice presidential candidate ...

Exclusive Footage Of Sarah Palin Shopping With $150,000 Of RNC Donor Money
Oliver Willis — I can’t imagine why donors would be upset. >> RNC appears to shell out $150K for Palin fashion >> A Pitbull in Valentino, Karan, Armani… >> Sarah Palin Doesn’t Shop at Wal*mart Anymore. ...

Read These Now and Never Pay Retail
Shakesville — Mister Petulant sure would enjoy $150,000 worth of new clothes, but that would make me elitist. I'll stick with Marshall's, T. J. Maxx, and the fantabulous Dillard's outlet in my neck of the woods. I love a sale. Even more so when the sale is 75% off and THEN ANOTHER 50% off. Perhaps I should give the "average hockey mom" Gov. Palin and the RNC some advice? ...

Shop On, Sarah Palin, Shop On!
Political Animal — Shop On, Sarah Palin, Shop On! Sarah Palin does her bit to boost sagging retail sales: "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, ...

Palin Clothes Spending Has Dems Salivating, Republicans Silent
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Since her selection as the vice presidential nominee in late August, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, Politico reported on Tuesday evening. ...

Palin Clothes Spending Has Dems Salivating, Republicans Silent
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Since her selection as the vice presidential nominee in late August, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, Politico reported on Tuesday evening. ...

Relating the the "real America"
Rising Hegemon — WWJTPD? 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 ...

McCain Camp: Palin Clothing to be Donated After Campaign
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Comes after Politico reports the RNC seemingly shelled out $150,000 to clothe and accessorize Palin and her family since becoming McCain's veep.       ...

The Palin Implosion Continues
Politics Daily — ... Next, Politico reported that the RNC has so far spent more than $150,000 on clothing and accessories for Palin and her kin. The Palin's personal shoppers have shelled out $49,425.74 at Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Lous and New York, and a whopping $75,062.63 at Needless Markup Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis. All this, as most Americans prepare to spend a whole lot less this ...

Morning Roundup: Around the Web Slathered with GOP Dough
The Latest on Air America — As a good Air American, you already know that the GOP shelled out $150K for clothes and such . (Politico) Oh brother. Sarah Palin doesn't know ...

Sign of the times
Angry Bear — by cactus Reading Between the Lines of an Excuse Here's a story you probably already heard. The Republican National Committee has 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 ...

I Ran for Vice President and All I Got Was This $150K Wardrobe
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... 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. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...

The Sarah Palin Clothing Scandal (What?)
The Moderate Voice — ... I came downstairs this morning and flipped on the television while making coffee, flipped through MSNBC, Fox and CNN, and saw everyone talking about the same story. It seems that the RNC may have spent up to $150,000 on clothing and makeup for Governor Palin’s three months on the campaign trail. Regular readers of this space should be well aware that I’ve not been a fan of Sarah Palin ever since John McCain’s announcement of her selection, but even I am left scratching my head here. Is this really a story in the political arena now? ...

Early Morning Swim: Special Caribou Barbie Wardrobe Edition
Firedoglake — ... Wow, the clothes for Caribou Barbie are really expensive. And the rank-and-files are pissed. So apparently is the Maverick's makeup. Socialist! Palin put kids on state tab. OMG the race is tightening...uh, not so much. Cool graphics with the WSJ/NBC poll here. The 'o8 campaign continues to unmask the GOP. Wingnuts is so stupid. George Mitchell smacks Rove around. Rolling Stone: how we lost Afghanistan.

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... talking about the $150,000 the Republican National Committee has spent on Sarah Palin's clothes and hair in the weeks since she was put on the ticket, and even some Republicans are ...

WaPo's Capehart: 'Shop-a-Long Palin' Guilty of Virtual 'Child Abuse'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Mika Brzezinski, at the Morning Joe helm with Joe Scarborough off on assignment today, led the show with the Politico report that the Republican National Committee has spent more than $150 thousand on clothes and accessories for Sarah Palin and family.  Also aired was a clip of Palin describing the duties of the vice-president to a third-grader, the accuracy of which has been ...

Sarah Palin’s Expensive Clothes
Outside The Beltway | OTB — We’ve had John Edwards’ haircuts, John McCain’s shoes, Michelle Obama’s snacks (a story that turned out to be untrue), and now, Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. The Republican National Committee has 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 ...

Politico: RNC spent $150k on Palin's clothes
Crooks and Liars — Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue? What an elitist! 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. ...

State of the Union
N/A — ... gets clothed by the RNC for 150K. John McCain’s crowds are larger when he and Palin campaign together but it costs a lot of money for her to look together. ...

The Note: Palin Well-Dressed -- but Not Wearing as Well
Political Radar — ... count differently than those in fake America? Where do real Americans shop ? Is it better for Team McCain to waste time and money ...

Election Central Morning Roundup
TPMDC — ... The RNC says they will donate the $150,000 in clothing they've bought for Sarah Palin to charity after the election. Working women might lack health care and jobs, but at least they'll get a designer label. ...

RNC Spends $150 Thousand on Palin’s Clothes
PoliGazette — ... The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 on clothes for Republican vice presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin, since it was first announced she would be John McCain’s running mate. ...

A wardrobe for the Real America
Political Animal — ... 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 seven weeks. The figure includes more than $75,000 at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, and nearly $5,000 on hair and makeup. The funds were not just directed at the governor -- about $5,000 was also spent at Atelier, a high-class shopping destination for men. The political implications are more than a little humiliating. Consider all the McCain campaign messages a story like this steps on -- ...

The wardrobe of a hockey mom
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Look who's all dolled up: The Republican National Committee has 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. ...

Campaign 08: Pricy Palin
The Nation: Top Stories — No wonder Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin looks every bit as stylish as her NBC doppelganger Tina Fey. It appears that the governor of Alaska has got a clothing allowance that's fit for a network TV star. According to The Politico , Palin is living large on the Republican dime. "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," reports The Politico. "According to financial disclosure ...

Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
Daily Kos — From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Oh! More Things I Know: If President Bush had followed through on his Mars program, the people responsible for the economic crash would've fled to the red planet by now with suitcases full of gold and diamonds. If it's true that Barack Obama really is a terrorist, then we have the worst Department of Homeland Security in the universe. Not all Wal-Mart moms cheat. Just the special ones. I have a really short att Strange that Rep. Michele Bachmann ...

Sarah “Shop Till You Drop” Palin: Nothing “Small Town” About Her
Firedoglake — ... "With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses. It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign." --McCain-Palin spokesperson Tracey Schmitt on this Politico story. ...

They’re Just Like Us (Part… Oh, Who’s Really Keeping Track)
Comments from Left Field — ... Apparently there are some perks to getting picked as running mate, perks such as a $150,000 spending spree at some of the glitziest stores courtesy the RNC!  Yes, the hockey mom from Wasilla didn’t get her high power, mildly femdom, wardrobe from Wal*Mart, but instead from such fine small town family businesses like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.  Even better, all of this is coming from donors, so for all of you who gave twenty dollars to the RNC, you can rest assured that that money was well spent… buying an infinitesimally small fraction of ...

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for October 22, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... that’s 1.1 people per square mile, and they also leave out the fact that’s she’s only been governor since November 2006!  That is hardly preparation for a heartbeat away from the Presidency of the United States of America!  The RNC obviously didn’t think she even had enough experience “know how” to dress herself, they forked over $150,000 to dress her and her family up for national consumption! * * * Irrational can be added to that long list of descriptive adjectives that equal John McCain/Sarah Palin, their “campaign” and some radical Repuglicans!  In the usual hunt and ...

RNC spends twice as much on makeup for McCain than Palin.
Think Progress — ... Politico reports today that the Republican National Committee spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup for Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) in September — in addition to the more than $150,000 the RNC has spent on clothing and accessories for Palin. AMERICAblog points out the amount is ...

At Least They Weren’t Earth Tones
Balloon Juice — This election keeps getting better and better: The Republican National Committee has 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 ...

Write Your Own Caption #26
The Republic of T. — Normally I post these without much comment. But I this time I couldn’t help it. Because this picture helped me understand why the RNC spent over $150,000 on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. The Republican National Committee has 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 ...

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. ...

Palin's $150k Wardrobe, Compliments of the RNC
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... So much for hockey mom and Joe six-pack, huh? Sarah Palin's wardrobe bill, Politico reports, has come to a cool $150,000 since she arrived on the national scene in late August, and the Republican National Committee has graciously picked up the tab. The designer duds cost more per day than many people's monthly mortgage payments. ...

I Feel Pretty
Hotline On Call Part Deux — ... Politico's Jeanne Cummings reported last night that the Republican National Committee has spent beaucoup bucks -- $150K to be precise -- on Sarah Palin's clothing and make-up consultations since she was tapped as the GOP veep nom fewer than two months ago: ...

Sarah Palin, Real American Mom
Deceiver.com — ... And everyone’s all in a tizzy over her $75,000 Neiman Marcus shopping spree, but that is honestly not my beef. She had to look the part and ...

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 ...

Small-town Sarah Palin gets a big city, big dollar makeover
News Hounds — ... According to reports, RNC expenses charged to a "new category of spending, 'campaign accessories,'” included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74, a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September, $4,716.49 on hair and makeup, $9,447.71 to Macy's in Minneapolis, and, presumably for Alaska's First Dude, $4,902.45 at Atelier, a high-class "shopping destination" for men. ...

Palin's Personal RNC Shopper
Politics Daily — ... You can click the picture to see the full document. I also noticed that the Politico story from yesterday said that $295.00 of the $150,000 had been spent on items for the baby at Pacifier and Steiniauf & Stroller. That's wrong. $98.50 of that was spent at Steinlauf & Stoller, a "sewing notions and supplies" retailer in New York City. So, $196.00 was spent on the baby, and I guess we'll need to peruse the report for charges for alterations.You can click the picture to see the full document. I also noticed that the Politico story from yesterday said that $295.00 of the ...

How Much Is Hillary Clinton's Wardrobe Worth?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... 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 country right now, it’s remarkable that we’re spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses. It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign." ...

I See A Pattern
Discourse.net — ... being the party careful with public money no later than when they started being the party that told itself government is funamentally illegitimate. Boston Globe, Alaska paid for Palin daughters to travel, “Governor Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and she later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business. Politico, RNC shells out $150K for Palin fashion, The Republican National ...

Sarah Palin: The Welfare Queen from Wasilla
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... to help pay for energy cost increases. Apparently the almost $10,000 the Palin family received last year wasn't enough to heat their Wasilla lakefront home.  So the Palin family will now receive at least $20,000 in a socialist rebate. Now that she's a vice presidential candidate, Palin can stop relying on Alaskan taxpayers to foot the bill. Instead, it is donors to the Republican National Committee who pay her way these days.  According to an article on Politico , the RNC spent $150,000 on the appearance of Palin and her family in September alone. Shopping sprees to high-end ...

Worse Than Hollywood Celebrities
Hoffmania! — ... Politico reports today that the Republican National Committee spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup for Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) in September — in addition to the more than $150,000 the RNC has spent on clothing and accessories for Palin. AMERICAblog points out the amount is ...

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 women than for men. Anybody who reads the regular fashion and Hollywood journals knows that designer outfits run in the thousands. And Sarah Palin HAS to look good every day. Everybody is watching her. ...

New Ad For Saks Fifth Avenue
Sadly, No! — It seems the RNC helped Caribou Barbie support her habit and blow through $150,000 in outfits since September. Cf.

I Ran for Vice President and All I Got Was This $150K Wardrobe
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... 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. The cash expenditures immediately raised questions among campaign finance experts about their legality under the Federal Election Commission’s long-standing advisory opinions on using campaign cash to purchase items for personal use. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...

Obama's Expensive Designer Suit Habit
Politics Daily — ... The Politico has a hit piece out today on Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin and the money spent by the Republican National Committee to outfit her and her family for appearances on the campaign trail this election season. The article breathlessly reports that the RNC has spent upwards of $150,000 on makeup and designer clothes for the Palins since her nomination in late August. The unstated context of the article, immediately picked up upon by some liberal commentators, including in this space, is that Palin is a hypocrite, pretending to be Joe ...

10/22: Wasilla Main Street Meets Saks Fifth Avenue
Blogometer — ... : "McCain supporters won't like seeing this at the same time they're pulling out of swing states. Couldn't they have used that money in Michigan? Sheesh!" ...

The silliness of the Saks scandal
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Apparently, spending money on Sarah Palin’s outfits has become the latest kerfuffle on both sides of the aisle.  The RNC spent around $150,000 in September on wardrobe and beauty supplies for its VP nominee in places like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.  This has supposedly threatened Palin’s middle-class appeal and brought into question the GOP’s spending strategy for the campaign: The Republican National Committee has 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 ...

G.O.P. Consultant Reimbursed for Palin Shopping Spree
The Caucus — ... National Convention. But it also appears Mr. Larson may have been the personal shopper for Gov. Sarah Palin’s shopping spree, or at least he initially picked up the tab. Federal Election Commission records appear to show that Mr. Larson was reimbursed by the Republican National Committee in September for more than $130,000 in purchases at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Macy’s, Barney’s New York and Atelier New York, a men’s clothing store. The spending spree, first reported by Politico.com , was apparently to outfit Ms. Palin and her family, although Republican officials ...

Sarah Palin, freeloader.
Daily Kos — $150,000 shopping sprees (at all the best "elitist" shops, no less), on the Republican National Committee tab. $21,012 worth of free flights for her daughters, charged to the state. All this, when she already makes $125,000 a year as governor and pockets an extra $22,883 in energy extraction royalties. Sarah Palin is a chisler supreme. All of which makes the fact that she charged $16,951 in expenses charged to the state, including 312 per diem allowances for staying in her own home just that much more amazing. A ...

Republicans Disgusted By RNC Spending At Neiman For Palin
The Democratic Daily — ... campaign had previously responded, ” It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign.”-McCain-Palin spokesperson Tracey Schmitt on the Politico story. ...

Sarah Palin’s Wardrobe - Much Ado About Nothing
Flopping Aces — ... Eight years later and its still a fact of media life. Men’s appearance is hardly ever remarked upon while a woman’s is put under a microscope…..like it or not…that’s the facts. The RNC understood this and spent 0.15% of their budget to outfit Sarah Palin to the tune of 150 grand and now it’s a big deal: ...

$400 haircuts?! Elitism!!!1!
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... 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. ...

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 her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business. The charges included costs for hotel and commercial flights for three daughters to join Palin to watch their father in a snowmobile ...

On Fox Business/Cavuto Today At About 630p ET
Tammy Bruce — ... We'll be talking about the ridiculous focus by the Dems and press on how much money the RNC has spent on clothes for Sarah Palin. They won't talk about Biden saying tyrants will attack us is Obama gets elected, but they do want obsess on the fact that Sarah Palin is making an effort to look nice and dress for success. ...

CBS Scolds McCain's Tactics, Sees Hypocrisy in Palin's 'Six-Figure Wardrobe'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... ABC's World News gave a sentence to the $150,000 for Palin family clothing story, first reported Tuesday by the Politico, while NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams put it at the top of his newscast as he set up his interview with McCain and Palin: ...

Palin May Release Medical Records -- or Not
44 — How about if Palin just release her spending record during her very short time as Gov of Alaska? Side Show Palin is a Freeloader. $150,000 shopping sprees (at all the best "elitist" shops, no less), on the Republican National Committee tab. . http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html $21,012 worth of free flights for her daughters, charged to the state. . ...

Somewhere, Eva Perón is Smiling
Rising Hegemon — ... Exposing a "average" "hockey mom" and would-be vice president who's "just like you and me" as a grasping, greedy Eva Perón-esque phony? ...

Campbell Brown Defends Palin’s Wardrobe
Stop The ACLU — ... Posted on October 23, 2008 The latest attack against Sarah Palin is the campaign money spent on her fashion. Campbell points out the double standard applied here. Embedded video from ...

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for October 23, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ...   And the taxpayers and political donors are paying the tab for her personal expenses."* * * A little Repuglican “pork-barrel” spending that obviously didn’t get a “veto” from John McCain and certainly doesn’t jive with “hockey mom”!  “the RNC apparently ...

John McCain's Prudent And Bizarre Budget Moves
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... on a makeup artist known, primarily for her work on American Idol. And on Tuesday night, Politico reported that the Republican National Committee - which shares a joint account with the Arizona Republican - had spent more than $150,000 on clothing for Sarah Palin. How many ads the Senator could have purchased with that loot depends on the market. But it would have been a good chunk for a campaign in its last two weeks. ...

John McCain's Prudent And Bizarre Budget Moves
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... on a makeup artist known, primarily for her work on American Idol. And on Tuesday night, Politico reported that the Republican National Committee - which shares a joint account with the Arizona Republican - had spent more than $150,000 on clothing for Sarah Palin. How many ads the Senator could have purchased with that loot depends on the market. But it would have been a good chunk for a campaign in its last two weeks. ...

Flashback: McCain supported amendment to restrict use of campaign funds on ‘clothing purchases.’
Think Progress — ... Earlier this week, Politico reported that the RNC spent $150,000 “to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family.” Georgia10 at DailyKos ...

These Boots Are Made For Walking ...
Hotline On Call Part Deux — ... McCain's campaign has come under fire this week for allowing the RNC to buy $150K of designer duds for the GOP veep nominee since she was tapped two months ago. And while steel-toed boots certainly aren't the swankiest of attire, Palin's reimbursement with state money raises a question. Did the commission have a policy of compensating its officers for gear? Its chairwoman? ...

Palin's Clothes Cost RNC More Than Weekly Ads In Six States
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The McCain campaign and RNC's pushback to revelations that they purchased $150,000 worth of clothing and accessories for Sarah Palin has been, primarily, that it was money well spent. ...

Palin's Clothes Cost RNC More Than Weekly Ads In Six States
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... The McCain campaign and RNC's pushback to revelations that they purchased $150,000 worth of clothing and accessories for Sarah Palin has been, primarily, that it was money well spent. ...

Palin: 'I Don't Know' If Abortion Clinic Bombers Are Terrorists
Daily Kos — ... of people already realize that Sarah Palin is not qualified to be president, and with the revelation of the $150,000 shopping spree, they are learning that her "just a hockey mom" image was a total fraud. ...

Exclusive Palin Interview Disappoints
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... Friday by an independent investigator working for the Alaska personnel board, either. Instead, Zuckman began by giving Palin her chance to deflect criticism of expenditures on Palin family clothing, hairstyles and makeup -- the $150,000 RNC outlay for the month of September. Palin asserted that she and her family are "frugal," and she allowed as how "It's kind of painful to be criticized ..." Zuckman didn't follow up or ask how the Neiman Marcus shopping spree jives with the campaign's Joe the Plumber talking point. As transition into talking about any policy issues, ...

Friday McBush/McSame Bashing (Home Stretch Edition)
Discourse.net — ... ThinkProgress, McCain Camp: When Terrorist Endorses Obama, It’s For Real; When One Endorses McCain, It’s A Head Fake Political Animal, McCain campaign rattled by al Qaeda admission Political Animal, So much for McCain’s outreach to women Kos, McCain Proud Of Brochure Linking Obama To Islamic Terrorism Boston Globe, Alaska paid for Palin daughters to travel Politico, RNC shells out $150K for Palin fashion Mike Murphy, TIME, Zing ...

Rove And Kristol Fault Disloyal, Ill-Serving Campaign Staff For McCain’s Struggles
Think Progress — ... Later in the show, right-wing columnist Bill Kristol blamed McCain staffers for “ill-serving” Palin by mishandling the story about spending $150,000 on new designer clothes for her. Watch both clips here: ...

FLASHBACK: Schlussel Wrote About Sarah Palin Clothing Expenses First, But Clothes Were Not Palin's Move
Debbie Schlussel — ... While I was away this past week in observance of the last of the Jewish holidays, the biggest campaign flap in the news was the $150,000 the Republican National Committee spent on exorbitant designer clothes (and hair and make-up) for Sarah Palin, her family (husband Todd got expensive designer suits), and future BabyDaddy Levi Johnson (also got a suit). ...

Those designer duds for Palin and her family? Some, unworn, have already been returned
Top of the Ticket — ... The McCain-Palin campaign has taken considerable heat since it was disclosed on Oct. 21 that within days of Palin's selection for the ticket, a GOP operative had gone on a spending spree at Saks Fifth Avenue ($49,425), Neiman Marcus ($75,062) and several pricey boutiques. When she gave her acceptance speech to the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin wore a $2,500 ivory silk shantung jacket by the Italian designer Valentino, reportedly purchased at Saks. ...

Jaye Saranda: Palin Can Be Frugal Because Taxpayers Foot Her Bills
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... for which Alaska taxpayers were charged the costs of a five DAY luxury getaway for Palin and her daughter. Link o Alaska taxpayers have also been on the hook for footing the bill for the Palin family's transportation, to the tune of $55,000 for two dozen family flights on a state plane, for starters. Link o Palin's clothing, hair, and makeup are paid for by the Republican National Committee (i.e. by taxpayers who donated to the G.O.P.) Link o When it came time to sell the Palins' previous abode, issues were raised ...

PBS 'Washington Week' Panel Displays Double Standard on Biden Gaffe vs. Palin's 'Pricey Togs'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... There’s a professional reason Cummings was so invested in the damage that story did: it was her story. But at what point does another journalist like Ifill ask: so, are you happy that you damaged her strength? Here’s how the exchange happened: ...

Palin Takes on Obama Over Will to Win Wars
44 — Palin is a Freeloader! $150,000 shopping sprees (at all the best "elitist" shops, no less), on the Republican National Committee tab. . http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html . $21,012 worth of free flights for her daughters, charged to the state. . ...

Is Thomas Sowell a racist?
sisu — ... truth to power" who were so upset about the McCain campaign's spending $150,000 for Sarah Palin's clothes and such be shocked, shocked by today's revelation that " ...

Palin spent more on clothes than previously reported, McCain aides furious at her ‘outrageous profligacy.’
Think Progress — ... In a new 50,000 word article on the presidential campaigns that will come out tomorrow, Newsweek reports that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) spent far more on clothing than the $150,000 reported last month. According to a preview by Politico’s Mike Allen, “McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as ...

Party’s over for Palin: GOP goes to collect leftovers from her shopping spree.
Think Progress — ... After controversy erupted over Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) largely unauthorized spending spree, Palin announced that she would no longer be wearing the expensive clothing: “Those clothes, they are not my property. … ...

Did Palin Use GOP Funds To Buy Her Children Underwear?
Think Progress — ... After controversy erupted over Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) largely unauthorized spending spree, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) announced that she would no longer be wearing the expensive clothing: “Those clothes, they are not my property. … ...

Princess Palin: Spas and bras
Majikthise — ... the election. The subterfuge annoyed me. So, I decided to publish the highlights from the records in a Google-accessible format. Let's let RNC donors know where their money is going. The pattern of expenditures suggests deliberate subterfuge. Almost all the expenditures are dated Oct 17 or Nov 20. Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live Oct 18, which explains the first orgy of consumerism. The Politico broke the Palin wardrobe story on Oct 22. Katherine Coughlin spent over $600 at Dillard's on Oct 28. Palin claimed that ...

Top 10 Political Machine Scoops of 2008
Politics Daily — Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Republicans, Barack Obama, John McCain Over at Politico, Michael Calderone has a list of the Top 10 Scoops of the Year: 1. Couric and Palin (CBS News) 2. McCain's houses (Politico) 3. Obama on "bitter" small-town Americans (Huffington Post) 4. Palin's shopping spree (Politico) 5. Clinton camp turmoil (Washington Post and The Atlantic) 6. Jeremiah Wright tapes (ABC News) 7. Network TV's military analysts ( ...

Sarah Palin Snubbed for Obama Inaugural Dinner Honoring John McCain?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... If Palin was left off the guest list, it’s not clear whether the snub came from McCain or the Presidential Inaugural Committee. But it’s not terribly hard to imagine why she might not make the cut. There appears to be lingering bad blood between the McCain and Palin factions, over such issues as the profligate spending spree to attire the vice presidential candidate and her family ( ...

Rachel Sklar: Sarah Palin, You Owe The Media An Apology
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... American famiy, she still had not made herself available for any interviews or presented herself to be vetted in any way, shape or form. Back then we didn't know that John McCain hadn't vetted her, either. We didn't know about Troopergate. We didn't know that she was completely unfamiliar with the Bush Doctrine, or the Supreme Court, newspapers. We didn't know where she got her snazzy new wardrobe, nor how much it cost, nor who paid. Back then we hadn't seen Palin Meet The Press or Face The Nation, but we assumed ...