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FOX Spins Palin's $$$ Wardrobe: It's Why She Looks So Good
msnbc.msn.com - 10/22/2008
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John McCain's presidential campaign said thousands of dollars
worth of clothing purchased by the Republican Party for...
running mate Sarah Palin will go to a "charitable purpose" after the campaign.
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GOP spends $150,000 for Palin's wardrobe
corner.nationalreview.com - 10/22/2008
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So now we learn that the RNC shelled
out $150,000 for clothing, hair, and make-up for Sarah...
Palin since her surprise nomination. Scandal! Gotcha! Such hypocrisy! If she wants the Joe Six-pack vote, the "logic" goes, why isn't she wearing clothes from ...
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The Palin Wardrobe
washingtonmonthly.com - 10/22/2008
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A WARDROBE FOR THE REAL AMERICA.... As Hilzoy
noted last night, Sarah Palin has a new and...
unexpected problem -- the Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 on clothes and accessories for Palin and her family in just...
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A wardrobe for the Real America
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FOX Spins Palin's $$$ 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 clothes anyway. As I said earlier, unless the McCain campaign figures out how to bury this story, nine times out of ten this will be the moment when not just reporters but also Republicans start talking about the McCain-Palin campaign in the past tense.
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Those Little Starbursts Aren't Cheap
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Fox's spin on the Palin wardrobe expenditures:
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