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ThinkFast: December 3, 2008
Think Progress — ... New financial disclosures show that the RNC spent “a total of about $180,000 for clothes and various accessories for the family of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin,” including expenses at outlets like Dick’s Sporting Goods, Toys R Us and Victoria’s Secret. The McCain campaign ...

Sarah Palin: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
BlondeSense — ... New financial disclosures show that the RNC spent “a total of about $180,000 for clothes and various accessories for the family of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin ,” including expenses at outlets like Dick’s Sporting Goods, Toys R Us and Victoria’s Secret. The McCain campaign ...

New Palin Expenses Are... Curious
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... Politico reports that the RNC spent an additional $30,000 on clothes and accessories for Sarah Palin and her family late in the campaign, in addition to the $150,000 previously reported. Take a look at where the money was spent: ...

Palin's long campaign trail (of stores)
The Swamp — ... Politico.com's Jackie Calmes, who first wrote about $150,000 in spending by the Republican National Committee on clothing, accessories and more for Palin and her family, is reporting today that there was an additional $30,000 in spending, including purchases at the aforementioned Victoria's Secret and Dick's Sporting Goods. ...

20 lbs of beef jerky and some tube-tops?
WTF Is It Now?!? — If it were only that simple. The RNC's post-election report on the Palin family's campaign shopping spree includes $30K at Toys R Us, Victoria's Secret, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Wal-Mart. This was in addition to the $150 thousand reported earlier that was spent in visits to Macy’s, Nieman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. ...

Links for 2008-12-05 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... lips a beer -- popped up on Facebook for about two hours. The photos were quickly taken down -- along with every other photo Favreau had of himself on the popular social networking site, save for one profile headshot. Asked about the photos, Favreau, who was recently appointed director of speechwriting for the White House, declined comment. A transition official said that Favreau had "reached out to Senator Clinton to offer an apology." +++++ Well, he is screwed. RNC spends $180K on Palin and family Salons and spas, including $350 at Escape Skin Care ...

links for 2008-12-06
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: media newpapers) RNC spends $180K on Palin and family Salons and spas, including $350 at Escape Skin Care and Day Spa in New York, were the latest unusual expenses to appear in the Republican National Committee’s coordinated ...

Nice Work on Palin From Vanity Fair's Resident Cartoonist
Politics Daily — ... For her own political prospects, however, accepting his invitation, and the Republican National Committee's very expensive national launch, was the right move for the chief executive of the 49th state. Purdum's profile demonstrates again that Palin was nowhere near ready for the job of vice president when we met her in September at the Republican National Convention, but she was and remains very adept at being a pit bull with lipstick. Ask David Letterman. ...