memeorandum.com - 10/22/2008
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Jeanne Cummings / The Politico :
RNC appears to shell out $150K for Palin fashion — 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 ...
politico.com - 10/21/2008
voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/22/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
By Juliet Eilperin The Republican National Committee has
spent more than $150,000 on clothing, accessories and makeup...
for GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her relatives since John McCain selected her as his running mate, according to ...
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Palin Outfits Cost RNC $150K
talkleft.com - 10/22/2008
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talkleft.com —
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 ...
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Report: RNC Pays $150k For Clothes for Sarah Palin
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GOP Shopping Spree for Sarah
JammieWearingFool —
... was spared on hair and makeup either, according to the RNC's federal filings, with $4,716 going to those costs in September. Disclosure reports prior to Palin's pick as John McCain's running mate don't include any similar expenses, Politico said. Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella told the Web site only, "The campaign does not comment on strategic decisions regarding how financial resources available to the campaign are spent." Naturally, this is the top story this morning for the chattering elites . Labels: ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
GOP EYE FOR THE ALASKAN GUY Everyone's 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 reportedly disgusted. Me, I'm struck by this: An additional $4,902.45 was spent in early September at Atelier, a high-class shopping destination for men. Have you seen the Atelier Web site? Check it out. I'll wait. Or read some shopper reviews: For me, this was just exciting to ...
No Bias Here
A Blog For All —
... , courtesy of the RNC? Well, by the way that the blogosphere is running these days , it's clearly the latter. Try finding a story on MSNBC about Biden's latest utterances, and you'd be hard pressed to find them. Yet, Palin gets headlines for her wardrobe upgrade. It's amazing how that works. Which story is more important in figuring out which candidate is best likely to lead the nation in a time of crisis? Clearly it's the Biden comments, but you'd be hard pressed to find coverage since it's deemed by the media to be not nearly as important as anyone would normally consider ...
$150,000, that's a lot of money
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet —
$150,000, that's a lot of money Scandalous. Say, is that more than Obama has spent on ads today? Huh. And what's that? We actually know where this money came from? Well, that's weird. Posted by Jim Treacher at October 22, 2008 08:43 AM
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The AP: "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.”
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