Yesterday the McCain camp said they where giving the cloths to charity ?
Being leant means your giving them back right ?
Weird!
Posted by: aussie | October 23, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am
‘Lent’?
It’s not even close to Easter!
Posted by: Deep Release | October 23, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am
Better let Pastor Muthee pray over them first to chase all the evil spirits out of them.
Posted by: Omentum | October 23, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am
The only way the sex-obsessed Democrats would be happy is if the RNC had shopped for Governor Palin at Victoria’s Secret. As a Democrat, even I am appalled by the left’s obsession with Sarah’s looks.
At least she wears those clothes well. That’s more than the Dems can claim for their gals.
Posted by: len | October 23, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am
WHO CARES! OBama is spending $29million a week.
Posted by: Mack | October 23, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am
McCain said “after the election I’m going to take the $150.000 dollar clothes from the Clampets and send dhem bak to Alaska” ……..hahahahahahahah
THINK OF THEIR CLOTHES GOING TO SALVATION ARMY EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM…….hahahahahhaah
spreading the wealth around…..hahahhaahh
Posted by: watching | October 23, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am
Real joke, that is the reformer who has asked tax payers for reimbursement of nights spent in her own home and for the travel of her multiple children to attend events where they were not invited nor welcome. Now RNC and McSame are spending USD 150000 for Sarah’s clothes and McSame is complaining about WBush’s deficits. What a joke. God save America from McSame and Sarah Miss Congeniality Palin.
Posted by: BKMC | October 23, 2008, 11:53 am 11:53 am
I wonder how cheap she now feels.
I would be offended.
If I was McCain, I would have just said I will pick up the tab.
I really feel sorry for Palin. Imagine you and your family looking great and someone announce that you have to return your clothes when the campaign is over.
sickening
how could you republicans continue to ride on this rat-infested ship you call the mccain campaign.
disgusting.
Posted by: Omentum | October 23, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am
The saying used to be, “Beer you don’t buy, you just rent it.” Now the republicans are saying that about clothes as well.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 23, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am
Not sure why, but this reminds me our our WW2 “lend/lease” program to get arms to Britain before we entered the war.
You know, after they were done with those shells and bullets and stuff, they’d return them to us. At least, that’s what Americans reluctant to join the war were told.
So, really, does anyone believe those clothes and shoes and stuff would actually have been returned to the RNC, had this story not broken?
Posted by: K | October 23, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am
Maybe she can sell them for profit on EBay!
Posted by: Deep Release | October 23, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am
The RNC made clear that the outfits will go to charitable donations, and one might imagine that they could generate some hefty bids if placed for auction after the election.
Posted by: Kirsten Powers | October 23, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am
wall street is bust,
you’re down on your luck
watch your life and your home decay,
But
CHEER UP GENTLE CITIZENS
THOUGH YOU HAVE NO SHIRTS
WATCH SARAH PALIN DISH YOU DIRT
IN 4 THOUSAND DOLLAR SKIRTS!
CHEER UP, SMILE, NERTZS!
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am
It’s all a distraction, after Biden’s remarks. GMA didn’t even show the full video of Biden talking about a future attack. Only a small soundbite.
Posted by: Maria | October 23, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am
Ron
You are actually claiming that ann coulter as something intelligent to say! republicans have become delusional.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 23, 2008, 11:58 am 11:58 am
Palin is not rich enough to buy fancy clothes, she has five children. she is not like Hillary which has designers to design clothes for her.
If she doesn’t dress well, you wiil trash her for her origin, so she has no choice but borrowing these clothes. Give it a rest.
Posted by: aa | October 23, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am
who is the real Celebrity?
all actors are provided a wardrobe on the set
-lipstick on a pig-
(the Obama campaign responded yesterday, -0- campaign money spent on clothes)
fact- first time in history of campaigns spending money for clothes
Posted by: sad sad | October 23, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am
People are losing their homes. $150k could buy a nice home in some parts of the country.
Spending this kind of money on clothes is an example of the excess in our country, the excess which the McCain/Palin campaign blames as one of the major factors causing our current economic crisis.
Has anyone in the MSM looked into exactly where all Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign money is coming from ? Anyone get a look at Obama’s medical records ? How about his doctoral dissertation; seems like an odd thing to want to keep hidden. We Americans still know almost nothing about this B.O. and yet the Main Stream Media continues to push him as “The Chosen One” WHY ?
Posted by: Ron | October 23, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
Is it lending or renting?
Lend = you are receiving economic value, and should pay taxes on it.
Rent = you pay for the value you receive.
Great! Could someone please lend Michele Obama some clothes too! It looks like she fought Moms Mabley for the last item on clearance at Walmart.
Hey. Alaska isn’t going to be on the front line of fashion. It’s okay to help her with her wardrobe. Get a grip, lefties.
The RNC spent 4 plummer salaries, or 100 Obama suits, or 72 years worth of Edwards haircuts, or 8 years of the average American salary for clothes on one person. Guess what if they hadn’t been caught, you know they would of let her keep it.
Posted by: MM | October 23, 2008, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm
One of my biggest hopes is to have McCain win the election and have all these media hacks and thugs who have trashed Sarah Palin wake up Wednesday morning November 5th and have to call Ms Palin Madam Vice-President and have to do so for four years!!!!!!!
i think i am beginning to see the golden thread running through the rep party with the bush adm and mccain/palin
when new orleans went swimming
condie rice went shopping
while the ecomony tanks, palin tell you to your face she is one of you,
all the while ms. hockey mom goes on a shopping spree.
…well, i don’t know folks, can you really blame her i mean.
it is better than getting a tee shirt
such as
I went running all over the country as john mccain vp running mate and all i got was a lousy 150 thousand dollars in clothes.
aa
You comment that Palin is not rich so we cannot afford clothing like that on her own. Why doesn’t her first dude get a job and help support his family?
ARTIE – NOT ON MY DIME!!!
Great! Could someone please lend
Michele Obama some clothes too! It looks like she fought Moms Mabley for the last item on clearance at Walmart.
Hey. Alaska isn’t going to be on the front line of fashion. It’s okay to help her with her wardrobe. Get a grip, lefties.
Posted by: nad republican | October 23, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
The Real question that all of America wants to know is:
What will the Fat Lady wear?
Give me a break people.
Could you cover a better news story?
You guys should be slamming Obama for his associations! AYERS, WRIGHT, ETC. Come one. That is a story. Where is the HAMMER?
Posted by: Joe V | October 23, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm
How would giving the stuff back help anyone. Really I think if her family needed to be outfitted so as not to shame the GOP then they deserve to keep them. And Sarah herself must feel like princess, gosh such nice stuff to wear. Are they eating better too? And I guess the RNC is paying for the air fares and the boyfriends trips also. All and all a pretty good deal. This has to be the first time for this to have happened who else could have had this much guts?
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm
In 1987, John McCain cast several votes in an attempt to force the Reagan administration to meet with RENAMO1, a guerrilla organization in Mozambique that State Department officials at the time described as a “terrorist group,” 2 without requiring that the group meet any preconditions.
McCain’s support for RENAMO directly contradicts his attacks on opponent Barack Obama for having “worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers” and having “pledged to meet, without preconditions, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.” Senator Obama has made it clear that this policy does not extend to non-governmental organizations. In response to questions about the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Obama specified that “we should not be dealing with them until they … renounce terrorism.”
And when the favorites Palin/McCain win the election, won’t Palin still be in need of a fancy wardrobe?
So will the RNC extend the loan for 4 more years? 8 more years? 12 or 16 more years? (you know, when she becomes president after McCain’s 8 years are up)
Should we expect annual RNC clothing loans to continually refresh her wardrobe?
All tax free?
I think Joe-the-plumber/rocket scientist would approve of this as long as you don’t raise his taxes.
To Barb
Are you sure her husband doesn’t work?
He works 72 hours a week sometimes. Why are you saying things like that???
As those anchor, where their clothes from?
Maybe not as a lawyer, or can’t get a high pay raise like Michele Obama.
Posted by: aa | October 23, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm
I wonder if these clothes were a payoff for her playing attack dog and ruining her image on the national stage.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
artie, i am a obama supporter, but you are right about michelle and moms mabley
how in the world do you know about moms?
I know when michelle become first lady
the designers will go to work on her.
god bless her, we know this is all new to her, and i know she must want to be original, but oprah, vogue, and essence need to do a little girlfriend talk with her.
now that she know how much has been spent on palin, maybe she will have the nerve to tell someone, “I need to go shopping too” and someone give obama a new pair of shoes, i saw some shoes on his feet last night, that needed some taps on the heels, i thought the mark on the bottom of the shoes was some kind of designer logo i had not seen before, and when i looked closer i saw, i had seen that logo before, about forty years ago in my own shoes, it was the hitting the pavement to much logo.
palin- is the gov. of a state-she was not looking bad in the clothes she was wearing,
the shame here is the trying to fool the people into voting for them.
she, mccain and the rnc, wanted to pass her off as a just like you hockey mom,
and all the time they didn’t think she looked good enough, so they went shopping for her.
she sold her soul right there,
when someone came to her and said we need to get you some new clothes.
she should have said
“thanks, but no thanks, my clothes from alaska are just fine”
I am appalled by the left’s obsession with Sarah’s looks.
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Isn’t it odd that EVERY female Fox News anchor is a buxom blonde in a tight sweater?
Don’t think many Dems are watching Fox regularly. And who exactly are they trying to appeal to with Palin’s $150k look? The Dems?
Yah, great comment.
Posted by: Real VA for OBAMA! | October 23, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
If you believe those clothes were a loan, then I’ll buy the next tube of lipstick and even pay for the pig. Palin’s excesses illustrate that she is not a “breath of fresh air,” but just cheap perfume on the same old stench.
The only thing you GOP zombies are going to see post-election if McCain wins is the ugliest financial crash ever recorded in this country. You will have your Jesus warrior (Palin)to console you but not much else. Enjoy!
This is such a silly story. No one asks the big question. What educational reforms did William Ayers, the avowed Marxist with admitted leanings toward Anarchy, promote and accomplish while serving on the Annenberg Foundation?
What specific reforms did the Annenberg Challenge mandate? What charter schools were opened? Why did Hugo Chavez give William Ayers an award for education reform?
How did William Ayers, the Marxist, spend the 50 million dollars given to him by the Annenberg Foundation, chaired by Barack Obama?
Doesn’t anyone want to know how a Marxist (by Ayers’ own description) reforms American education? I want to hear specifics!
Audience member: “Why is it that someone like my father who goes to school for 13 years gets penalized in a huge tax bracket because he’s a doctor.”
McCain: “I think it’s to some degree because we feel obviously that wealthy people can afford more.”
Audience member: “Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism?”
McCain: “Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.”
ANY ONE ELSE SEE SOMETHING STRANGE WITH McCAIN’S COMMENT?
Posted by: Words form the "Maverick" | October 23, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
I wonder how much the Democrats have spent? I like others feel the news is not fair in their hits at the Republicains. How about we compare instead of just show how much one party spends.
do you mccain supporters know that
bill ayers will benefit more with the mccain economic plan
than joe the plumber would benefit.
joe the plumber will do better with obama economic plan.
another fact is bill ayers will be ok
he is rich.
mccain and the reps. are pulling the same trick on poor and middle class folks they have always tried.
vote for us for the hope that one day you will get rich.
and it never happens.
“I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief.”
AGAIN, SOMETHING IS STRANGE WITH WHAT McCAIN SAID? NOW WHY DOES THIS SEEM ODD TO ME???????
Posted by: Words form the "Maverick" | October 23, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm
Joe Biden’s spend $15,000 on botox shots in his forehead.
TIM RUSSERT: The fact is you are different than George Bush.
SEN. McCAIN: No. No. The fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
NOW THIS I UNDERSTAND!!!!
Posted by: Words form the | October 23, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm
Obama’s greek columns cost $140,000, but I guess that is okay since he has been selected by the media to win the election.
justahousewife
why don’t you google annenberg and find out, you sound like a rep. they are a conservative organization.
obama did not chair the committee.
chicago gave ayers the citizen of the year award.
if you have children, and think a marxist has had a hand in influencing their learing, go talk with your children, if they are old enough
bill ayers will benefit from the mccain tax plan more than joe the plumber
Yeah, the $150K in clothing is being lent to Palin, just like the unreported gifts she received as Governor. Don’t hold your breath.
It’s still hard to believe how that much money could be spent. The only real difference between an $800 dress and an $8,000 is the label. It’s mostly about showing off and status. You got to wonder how they will use our tax dollars, if they do get into office.
If these clothes really were loaners, why would they spend so much? Nobody spends this type of money on possessions that they merely rent.
Posted by: James | October 23, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
yes james,
paling should go on the suzy ormen show and then see dr. phil
Audience member: “Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism?”
McCain: “Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.”
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McCain is such a hypocrite!
Posted by: Rachel in VA | October 23, 2008, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm
From the record money Obama spent in order to get him elected, you will know how Obama will spend record money (taxpayers money)if he is elected.
Posted by: Obama/Biden - the only Positive choice | October 23, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
looks like dishonesty to me….If you got so upset at a $400 haircut for Edwards, why on earth would someone not be upset with $150000?
McCain and Palin are so smug…They may be the choice of the right, but as a conservative also, I certainly do not agree with their policy
Posted by: sue | October 23, 2008, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm
two things i know for sure
george bush with the support of john mccain 90percent of the time has done a job on this country
george bush sunk mccain chance of becoming president before and he has done it again
Mrs. Obama pays for her own clothes at Gap, H&M and a local designer from Chicago. She’s on People and Vanity Fair’s “best dressed” lists. She managed to get there without having a Daddy leave $100 million or a Robocall Fairy Godfather pay $150,000 for sprees at Needless Markup, Saks and Barney’s.
It blows my mind that the Republicans have done something so stupid that it’s dominated the news cycle for at least two days two weeks before the election. Makes you wonder if they want to lose. Sashaying around in someone else’s $2,400 Valentino jacket kind of undermines the Palin Joe 6 pack, Joe the Plumber, Hockey Mom message.
I can hardly wait to pick up an authentic “Witless from Wasilla” used designer jacket from my local Goodwill Store. But how do they plan to donate the $8,000 hair and makeup. Ya Betcha!
Posted by: B. Bear | October 23, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
Obama campaign has $604 million and still asking for $10 from each of his supporters who make, what? $10,000-$50,000 a yr with families to support and bills to pay. Why are they so worried about $150,000 in clothes that Palin needs for special events? According to her tax records she falls into the middle class range, she is not a millionaire.
If she were not wearing the proper attire, she would be slammed for that too.
There are more important issues to talk about than how much money is spent on borrowed clothes.
Posted by: S Adams | October 23, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm
Why haven’t you made a big deal out of the money that Obama has spent on buying this election and the fact that he went back on his campaign promise to take the federal funds?
Since Obama wants to share everyone’s wealth, I suggest that he start by giving the McCain camp half of his $150 million. This way he can lead by example and we will know he really means it.
This is only a big deal because the left and the media are making a big deal out of it.
The American people DO NOT CARE!!!!!
Posted by: Kay | October 23, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm
s adams,
the palins do very well for themselves.
the problem is she claims to her supporters she is joe six pack, and joe the plumber, and a hockey mom,
and if that is true, then her own clothes should have been good enough
she didn’t NEED 140k in clothes.
i am watching brian williams interview
with mccain and palin-and john mccain looks like he can hardly stand to here her voice.
and i don’t think she is liking him to much either,
sarah palin was a popular politician in her circles, she must feel upset that mccain is dragging her down.
I’m thinking of what to buy my wife for Christmas and being I’m not having a very good year…economy and all that other stuff, you know…I seriously want to know which charity they are going to give the clothes to. I’d like to be first in line for that outfit from SACs 5th avenue (sorry can’t spell that one cause I never could afford to buy this stuff before now)…let’s face it a bum wouldn’t look good in them and my wife needs them more.
Posted by: Where Can I Buy Them | October 23, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
You liberals are nuts! You worry about $150,000.00 for clothing that will be auctioned off and bring more than what they spent!
How about somebody reporting how Joe Biden gave over 1.2 Million to his family from his funds during his failed campaign run for president.
Uh… Being a governor, didn’t she have to dress the part? In other words she should have already had clothes.
I see an SNL skit coming… “The Emperess’s New Clothes”
For $150K I could have probably bought me more than 365 new outfits. One for every day of the year.
But representing the interests of the rich like Republicans do; I guess you need to look the part…
How many hockey mom’s or Joe Six-packs do you know that get to spend $49K at Saks and $75K at Neimans?
Ms. Plainspeak has y’all fooled dontcha know… You betcha!
“The race is on now?”
that is what the rabbit told the turtle,
and you know who won that race.
the race has always been on for obama
the straight talk express has taken to many pit stops.
it was flat-then came palin
it started going flat again-then they grabbed joe the plumber-
now they are looking for a “willie horton”
mccain and co. will do anything to try and win.
If Sarah Palin had not spent the last 6 weeks pretending to be “every woman” and concocting a fake working class accent (my Mom who WAS working class and refused to ever talk that way as a matter of pride) and told us all how she is just like us and understands our pain – then I agree completely. Her clothes would be way off limits. But she did not. The whole reason she is up there on the stage is because she is supposed to represent small towns and every day Americans and cutting government waste and excess. Every day Americans do not shop Saks and wear Valentino. Right now, I’m not even shopping at all, for my daughter or myself. This is the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes and the RNC thinks its a good idea to spend $150,000 on CLOTHES? It is an election issue. And nobody can even figure out how they managed to spend that much money. Excess, I guess. And a myopic view of what real Americans live like. It sounds like a lobbyist did it. Maybe he thinks that’s what normal American women do in a recession.
Posted by: mara | October 23, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
“with mccain and palin-and john mccain looks like he can hardly stand to here her voice.”
I would be ticked too.
Palin is an ambitious back stabber than climbed over those in front of her to get where she is today.
Notice how all her off message talk is about her and how she disagrees with the campaign.
She’s getting ready for her run in 2012.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
Palin better start saving to pay TAXES on that $150,000!!!
IRS Gotcha!!!!
OBAMA\BIDEN08
“YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE ME IF YOU SAW ME.. ONE DAY, ILL SIMPLY SAY RIGHT IN YOUR FACE, “YOU’RE A JERK, MAN!”"
What’s the frequency Kenneth!
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
the problem is sarah palin and the rnc
have passed her off as something she is not.
or they wanted to send one message to the suckers, while saying something else behind their back
now either she is a hockey “just like you” mom and proud of it or she is not
she had nice enough clothes as gov.
she did not NEED new clothes and did the baby need a 90 dollar outfit from a designer baby boutique?
she should have said thanks but no thanks i believe the american people will like me just as i am.
it seem to me her own party decided
she was not good enough
Palin didn’t buy the clothes, the RNC got them for her for the campaign. But, once again, this shows the media bias, picking on some stupid thing like WARDROBE, when you sat on the story of Biden THREATENING ON NATIONAL SECURITY. Which one of these is bigger news to you? You should be ashamed.
But, since you brought it up, this is also yet another ridiculous double standard. If the male candidates wore the same suit every day, no one would notice, but if Palin did, then people woudl criticize her. What is wrong with having her look nice in her numerous speeches?
Furthermore, does anyone criticize the huge amounts of money that Michelle Obama spends for her wardrobe? And she is a useless part of the campaign.
And, if you want to talk about spending excess, does anyone criticize the DNC for the millions wasted on Obama’s truly forgetable and useless speech at Invesco? What a ridiculous waste of donor funds. So, Palin’s wardrobe, which can be reused and donated if necessary, is a waste, but Obama’s messiah complex is not a waste?
bias, and double standards, America is sick of it.
what i don’t understand is,
the rnc is pulling money out of local elections for people
how do those people who are trying to run at the local rep. level feel,
they don’t have enough money to compete and now palin preening and prancing around pretending to be something she is not. it is so sad and to bad for their rep. follows.
Its so funny to see right winger desperately try and turn the page on the campaign meltdown.
This is Dukakis in the Tank!
The race is over.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
“So the RNC spent more on Sarah Palin’s clothes than the cost of the entire podium stage sets at two locales for the Dem. convention.”
ROFLMAO!
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
bias, and double standards, America is sick of it.
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Yes, we are sick of it. A woman going around selling herself to America as middle class and understanding our pain with $150,000 in new clothes and make-up in two months. In addition she has a very nice home in Alaska built with a lot of highly questionable “favors”.
The only “hockey mom” I know who can afford $100 baby outfits and $150,000 in clothes is Janet Gretzky.
Hitler filled stadiums as well but that doesn’t mean he (nor Palin) aren’t dangerous.
McCain could have saved seven families from foreclosure (20k apiece) & had ten grand left over to spend on his hussy’s MILF costumes. But no… who cares about stuff like that anymore?
Furthermore, does anyone criticize the huge amounts of money that Michelle Obama spends for her wardrobe?
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She buys then herself – not with campaign money or DNC money.
The $148.00 dress Michelle bought off the rack at White House/Black Market chain store to wear on THE VIEW became one of the stores biggest sellers.
What you readers fail to realize is that if you had the spirit, the ambition, the initiative, the political sense, the money, and whatever else it takes to run for office, you would probably be doing the very same things these politicians that you deride are doing. FAce it, you get to know the underhanded things that the press gets word of. Think of all those thinks that you never hear about. AND… if you were running for president of the United States, you would do what was needed to win. Let’s not be hipocrates.
Posted by: John in Hartford | October 23, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
Seems to me that $150,000 worth of clothes would have to count as income. And since Palin doesn’t work for the Republican Party, how do they justify paying her?
No other candidates are allowed to use campaign money for clothes or even haircuts, (remember the flap about Edward’s haircuts?) Isn’t it against some law about using campaign money for personal use?
“Isn’t it against some law about using campaign money for personal use?”
Yes McCain-Feingold prohibits the campaign from spending money on personal items. Which is why the national party bought the clothes as opposed to the McCain campaign.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm
“How about his doctoral dissertation; seems like an odd thing to want to keep hidden. We Americans still know almost nothing about this B.O. ” Ron
Well Ron, the reason you have not seen a doctoral “disseration” (dissertation) is because Senator Obama didn’t write one. Its like this fellow – you graduate from law school with a juris doctorate. Law students do not write doctoral dissertations. They do however, have to pass a state bar exam and do have a doctorate when they graduate from law school.
If you don’t know much about Senator Obama it has to be because you have not bothered to find out. He has written TWO books about his life, has had numerous articles (many totally false) about him and has been on the political trail for almost two years. If you watch the news (other than FOX) you might just learn something about this man. Otherwise, you can just remain the same ignorant person you are right now.
Posted by: sunny in tulsa | October 23, 2008, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm
McCain could have saved seven families from foreclosure (20k apiece) & had ten grand left over to spend on his hussy’s MILF costumes. But no… who cares about stuff like that anymore?
Posted by: HooHa Daddy | Oct 23, 2008 1:21:39 PM
++++++++++++++++++
Obama could save everyone’s home from foreclossure with his $604 million in the bank and he’s asking for $10 more from each of his supporters, who have already given too much already.
Democrats=Hypocrisy
Posted by: S Adams | October 23, 2008, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm
“Obama could save everyone’s home from foreclossure with his $604 million in the bank and he’s asking for $10 more from each of his supporters, who have already given too much already.”
S Adams,
How much has the RNC spent?
How much has the McCain campaign spent of taxpyer money?
Right wingers went nuts over Edwards $400 haircut are now bending over to defend $150K in clothing.
Hypocrisy they name is right winger.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
liberati….
“And she is a useless part of the campaign.”
And for a moment I thought you were talking about Palin.
So, you’re comparing Mr. Obama’s clothing to Sarah Palin’s clothing? First off, he’s the one running for President as is Mr. McCain, not the MOUTHPIECE. And then, why was money spent on her FAMILY? They aren’t running for squat, so what entitles them to have money spent on them?
It is my understanding that Ms. Obama buys her own clothes with money in their account. If I’m wrong, I apologize. But, if you are certain that the monies she spends on her clothes aren’t hers / theirs please direct me to a site or article that states otherwise.
If Michelle Obama is doing campaigning, then all her expenses are covered by the campaign. Michelle Obama is a bitter vindictive woman, who is not proud of America, and yes, a useless part of the campaign.
Palin’s rallies number in the 10′s of thousands in attendance. Not sure how you consider that useless, she has revived the GOP base, and made Americans proud again.
Obama buys his suits at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales. What is the difference between that and Saks?
Bigger news: Mayor Daley says that the price tag for Obama’s Obamafest on Election night will be 2 million.
TWO MILLION DOLLARS. For a rally for an election that has not even taken place, with no guarantees that he will win. And this is not campaign money, this is city taxpayer money, while many in the city go without proper utilities and health care.
DON’T EVEN TRY to compare all this wasteful spending on Obama to Palin’s wardrobe, which, again, is not Palin’s spending, but the RNC.
The saddest part of all of this is the almost billion dollars in Obama donations that will go to waste, as this criminal will prove to be a fraud and lose the election.
President McCain has saved this country from enemies before, and he will do it again on Nov 4th. We owe him, as with all our veterans, our sacred trust and gratitude.
“Palin’s rallies number in the 10′s of thousands in attendance. Not sure how you consider that useless, she has revived the GOP base, and made Americans proud again.”
She rallied the base alright and drove away independents and women. Nearly 60% of Americans think she is unqualified for the job. Not sure how that is defined as pride.
“Obama buys his suits at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales.”
Obama’s suits are made by a Chicago area suit maker.
And he pays for them himself. Not the campaign.
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items such as clothing under McCain Feingold. Which is why the RNC had to buy it.
“President McCain has saved this country from enemies before,”
How many enemies has McCain saved us from?
The answer to that is ZERO.
The lesson as always? Right winger lie.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm
President McCain has saved this country from enemies before,
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Like Iraq? and all those WMD’s?
First of all, I am a campaign volunteer and wish to reaffirm my absolute support for Senator Obama. It remains to be determined if it was illegal/unethical for the RNC to pay for Sarah Palin’s outfits. But the fact that all these outfits together cost $150K should not be a real issue. First of all, this is a candidate for VP of the Country. As a guy, even I know women’s dress clothes are ridiculously expensive. It is understandable that the campaign chose some of the most expensive outfits because appearance influences image and image is everything. The only irony here is that the McCain campaign painted Obama as an elitist and a celebrity. Besides, I never bought into the narrative of ‘supremely-qualified, working-class, Wal-Mart-shopping, blue-collar, aw-shucks, hockey-mom’ in the first place. There are more important issues to discuss (that directly affect people’s lives) rather than the price tag of the VP candidate’s duds!
Posted by: conserned conservative
Why haven’t you made a big deal out of the money that Obama has spent on buying this election and the fact that he went back on his campaign promise to take the federal funds?
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Was it your money?
Who did he buy it from? Now, we all go back on previous ideas, or plans. It’s called CHANGING YOUR MIND!!!!
Posted by: conserned conservative
Why haven’t you made a big deal out of the money that Obama has spent on buying this election and the fact that he went back on his campaign promise to take the federal funds?
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Wait, all us “little people” donanted small amounts of our money to him and somehow he is buying our votes?
hmmm…Must be more republican economic theory
Of Palin, Broecker said, “In speaking with her, I had to get her to understand why she needed to wear the same thing as Tina [Fey]. We had gone off and created it for the first time a month ago, a look we identified as Sarah Palin. She had moved on in her own image of herself. I said, ‘I know you’ve moved on you’re wearing tighter clothes, more black but this is the character of Sarah Palin.”
The compromise, he said, was Palin returning in her own clothes the second time she appeared on the show to cheer on Amy Poehler’s Palin-themed rap.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
Ryan C — McCain has fought for this country in the war. If you don’t think that risking your life in our military is defending our country from our enemies, then you have just disrespected every veteran.
But, like Obama and all his supporters, anyone can be thrown under the bus to protect your argument, right?
Interesting that you didn’t comment at all on the WASTE that Chicago has to spend for Obama’s litle love fest in grant park. Even Mayor Daley, in the tank for Obama, suggested that it be in the United Center, but that was too small for Obama’s ego, so waste waste waste…..wasting valuable police resources, logistical, etc.
Anything for your messiah, right?
It is well documented that mcCain has fought for this country. We owe him our respect and gratitude.
What has Obama done for this country?
ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO
Oh wait, he befriended a terrorist, and sat in an antiAmerican racist church for 20 years. But that’s ok in your book.
“McCain has fought for this country in the war. If you don’t think that risking your life in our military is defending our country from our enemies”
Vietnam was not our enemy.
Neither is Iraq.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm
MCCAIN: I’ve received every award from every major veteran’s organization in America. I received every organization in America their awards. … The reason why I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations is because of my support of them. […]
VETERAN: You do not have a perfect voting record by the DAV and the VFW. That’s where these votes were recorded. These votes were proposals by your colleagues in the Senate to increase health care of the VA in 2003, 4, 5, and 6 for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. And you voted against those proposals. […]
MCCAIN: I’ve been endorsed in every election by every veterans organization that do that, I’ve been supported by them, and I’ve received their highest awards from all of those organizations. So I guess they don’t know something you know.
McCain lies about his veterans support to a veteran.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 4:32 pm 4:32 pm
hmm.
I run a small Internet business and when I process credit cards I’m required to make sure the name on the card exactly matches the name of the customer making the purchase. Also, the purchaser’s address must match that of the cardholders. If these don’t match, then the payment isn’t approved. Period. So how is it possible that the Obama campaign could receive donations from fictional people and places? Well, I decided to do a little experiment.
Then I checked the box next to $15 and entered my actual credit card number and expiration date (it didn’t ask for the 3-didgit code on the back of the card) and it took me to the next page and… “Your donation has been processed. Thank you for your generous gift.”
Our reader was not yet done. He tried the experiment on the McCain site: “I tried the exact same thing at the McCain site and it didn’t allow the transaction.” He then repeated the experiment at the Obama site:
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
All it would take is for the site admin, to set it up, to NOT accept these types, or foreign contributions.
Paying for such expensive clothes cna create some isses. But as much as I don’t approve of who Sarah Palin is and the lack of her honesty and integirty- I am not going to touch clothes issues
I will want public knowledge re: is she going to pay taxes on these gifts or pay rental?? Tax expert opinions vary.
She sure is not hockey mom!!! Not Target shopper!! Not everybody’s everyday Mom!!!
Candidate do need to present an image, but when conflicts exist not wise to portray that portrait.
Go Obama – Biden!!
Candidate do need to present an image, but when conflicts exist not wise to portray that portrait.
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I agree somewhat, but the clothes were bought by the RNC, not Mrs. Palin. Probably not a wise move, but that was their doing, not hers. She probably will have to pay taxes , as in gift taxes, but when the campaign , and election is over, the clothes are being donated to charity.
While I’m sure it won’t be put out there, Obama’s suits, aren’t off the rack either. They are custom fitted suits, and very nice suits at that.
Clinton held up an entire airport, on the tax payers dime, to get a hair cut.
Biden obviously has had hair weaves, or plugs. If you look at earlier pics of him, he had less hair 20 years ago, then he does now. lol.
Considering the ages of some of them….*cough* Pelosi *cough* look pretty dang good as well.
Now whether they used their wealth, or that of the DNC or whatever…who cares.
The RNC bought them, they will be donated to charity in a few weeks, so what ever.
Obama’ made $150 million last month alone, more this month, is asking for more, and charging the press to cover his venue on election night. To me, that is more unbelievable than the clothes.
And if everyone is looking at the economy being bad, to weigh their argument, and the economy is as bad as Obama’s been touting….then how is it, he made $150 million in a month, from people in only this country? I thought everyone was so hard up?
Makes absolutely no sense.
House Democrats recently invited Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor at the New School of Social Research, to testify before a subcommittee on her idea to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of the popular retirement plans. In place of 401(k) plans, she would have workers transfer their dough into government-created “guaranteed retirement accounts” for every worker. The government would deposit $600 (inflation indexed) every year into the GRAs. Each worker would also have to save 5 percent of pay into the accounts, to which the government would pay a measly 3 percent return. Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, said that since “the savings rate isn’t going up for the investment of $80 billion [in 401(k) tax breaks], we have to start to think about whether or not we want to continue to invest that $80 billion for a policy that’s not generating what we now say it should.”
What effect would this plan have on an already battered stock market? Well, I would imagine it would send it even lower, sticking a shiv into the portfolios of everyone who didn’t jump aboard. But I am sure the Chinese would love to jump in and buy all our cheap stocks to fund the retirement of their citizens.
“While I’m sure it won’t be put out there, Obama’s suits, aren’t off the rack either. They are custom fitted suits, and very nice suits at that.”
Yes but he pays for them.
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items like clothing under McCain Feingold.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items like clothing under McCain Feingold.
They’re not supposed to take illegal contributions either…and while some have been refunded, as records show, some haven’t been refunded…..yet.
Full transparency is what’s needed…why not give it? It’s not like they have to be made public, but why not at least make full disclosure to the FEC?
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items like clothing under McCain Feingold.
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I don’t think Palin knows what McCain Feingold is….She probably thinks it’s a brand of beer..
More than anything the $150,000 spent on clothes shows how phony Republicans really how. A hockey mom need $150,000 worth of clothes and accessories. Palin is a sham. Just like George W. Bush. They were trying package her as the average mom same as they packaged GWB as a guy you would like to have a beer with. These people are nothing but shameless politicians. End of story. I am not naive enough to think Obama and Biden also. But, Republicans were caught this time with their phonyism and for me it is about time. They deserve all the negative press they get on this. An issue it is not. But, it does provide insight into how Republicans are oblivious to what is going on with working families today…
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Yesterday the McCain camp said they where giving the cloths to charity ?
Being leant means your giving them back right ?
Weird!
Posted by: aussie | October 23, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am
‘Lent’?
It’s not even close to Easter!
Posted by: Deep Release | October 23, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am
Better let Pastor Muthee pray over them first to chase all the evil spirits out of them.
Posted by: Omentum | October 23, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am
The only way the sex-obsessed Democrats would be happy is if the RNC had shopped for Governor Palin at Victoria’s Secret. As a Democrat, even I am appalled by the left’s obsession with Sarah’s looks.
At least she wears those clothes well. That’s more than the Dems can claim for their gals.
Posted by: len | October 23, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am
WHO CARES! OBama is spending $29million a week.
Posted by: Mack | October 23, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am
McCain said “after the election I’m going to take the $150.000 dollar clothes from the Clampets and send dhem bak to Alaska” ……..hahahahahahahah
THINK OF THEIR CLOTHES GOING TO SALVATION ARMY EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM…….hahahahahhaah
spreading the wealth around…..hahahhaahh
Posted by: watching | October 23, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am
Real joke, that is the reformer who has asked tax payers for reimbursement of nights spent in her own home and for the travel of her multiple children to attend events where they were not invited nor welcome. Now RNC and McSame are spending USD 150000 for Sarah’s clothes and McSame is complaining about WBush’s deficits. What a joke. God save America from McSame and Sarah Miss Congeniality Palin.
Posted by: BKMC | October 23, 2008, 11:53 am 11:53 am
I wonder how cheap she now feels.
I would be offended.
If I was McCain, I would have just said I will pick up the tab.
I really feel sorry for Palin. Imagine you and your family looking great and someone announce that you have to return your clothes when the campaign is over.
sickening
how could you republicans continue to ride on this rat-infested ship you call the mccain campaign.
disgusting.
Posted by: Omentum | October 23, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am
The saying used to be, “Beer you don’t buy, you just rent it.” Now the republicans are saying that about clothes as well.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 23, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am
Not sure why, but this reminds me our our WW2 “lend/lease” program to get arms to Britain before we entered the war.
You know, after they were done with those shells and bullets and stuff, they’d return them to us. At least, that’s what Americans reluctant to join the war were told.
So, really, does anyone believe those clothes and shoes and stuff would actually have been returned to the RNC, had this story not broken?
Posted by: K | October 23, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am
Maybe she can sell them for profit on EBay!
Posted by: Deep Release | October 23, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am
The RNC made clear that the outfits will go to charitable donations, and one might imagine that they could generate some hefty bids if placed for auction after the election.
Posted by: Kirsten Powers | October 23, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am
wall street is bust,
you’re down on your luck
watch your life and your home decay,
But
CHEER UP GENTLE CITIZENS
THOUGH YOU HAVE NO SHIRTS
WATCH SARAH PALIN DISH YOU DIRT
IN 4 THOUSAND DOLLAR SKIRTS!
CHEER UP, SMILE, NERTZS!
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am
It’s all a distraction, after Biden’s remarks. GMA didn’t even show the full video of Biden talking about a future attack. Only a small soundbite.
Posted by: Maria | October 23, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am
Ron
You are actually claiming that ann coulter as something intelligent to say! republicans have become delusional.
Posted by: The Unshrub | October 23, 2008, 11:58 am 11:58 am
Palin is not rich enough to buy fancy clothes, she has five children. she is not like Hillary which has designers to design clothes for her.
If she doesn’t dress well, you wiil trash her for her origin, so she has no choice but borrowing these clothes. Give it a rest.
Posted by: aa | October 23, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am
who is the real Celebrity?
all actors are provided a wardrobe on the set
-lipstick on a pig-
(the Obama campaign responded yesterday, -0- campaign money spent on clothes)
fact- first time in history of campaigns spending money for clothes
Posted by: sad sad | October 23, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am
People are losing their homes. $150k could buy a nice home in some parts of the country.
Spending this kind of money on clothes is an example of the excess in our country, the excess which the McCain/Palin campaign blames as one of the major factors causing our current economic crisis.
Posted by: cincyr | October 23, 2008, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm
Has anyone in the MSM looked into exactly where all Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign money is coming from ? Anyone get a look at Obama’s medical records ? How about his doctoral dissertation; seems like an odd thing to want to keep hidden. We Americans still know almost nothing about this B.O. and yet the Main Stream Media continues to push him as “The Chosen One” WHY ?
Posted by: Ron | October 23, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
Is it lending or renting?
Lend = you are receiving economic value, and should pay taxes on it.
Rent = you pay for the value you receive.
Posted by: Bud | October 23, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm
aa – you’re wrong
the Palins earned over a million last year
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WHERE THEY SPENT THE MONEY
Posted by: actually | October 23, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm
Great! Could someone please lend Michele Obama some clothes too! It looks like she fought Moms Mabley for the last item on clearance at Walmart.
Hey. Alaska isn’t going to be on the front line of fashion. It’s okay to help her with her wardrobe. Get a grip, lefties.
Posted by: Artie | October 23, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm
The RNC spent 4 plummer salaries, or 100 Obama suits, or 72 years worth of Edwards haircuts, or 8 years of the average American salary for clothes on one person. Guess what if they hadn’t been caught, you know they would of let her keep it.
Posted by: MM | October 23, 2008, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm
One of my biggest hopes is to have McCain win the election and have all these media hacks and thugs who have trashed Sarah Palin wake up Wednesday morning November 5th and have to call Ms Palin Madam Vice-President and have to do so for four years!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kirsten Powers | October 23, 2008, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm
i think i am beginning to see the golden thread running through the rep party with the bush adm and mccain/palin
when new orleans went swimming
condie rice went shopping
while the ecomony tanks, palin tell you to your face she is one of you,
all the while ms. hockey mom goes on a shopping spree.
…well, i don’t know folks, can you really blame her i mean.
it is better than getting a tee shirt
such as
I went running all over the country as john mccain vp running mate and all i got was a lousy 150 thousand dollars in clothes.
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm
aa
You comment that Palin is not rich so we cannot afford clothing like that on her own. Why doesn’t her first dude get a job and help support his family?
Posted by: Barb | October 23, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
ARTIE – NOT ON MY DIME!!!
Great! Could someone please lend
Michele Obama some clothes too! It looks like she fought Moms Mabley for the last item on clearance at Walmart.
Hey. Alaska isn’t going to be on the front line of fashion. It’s okay to help her with her wardrobe. Get a grip, lefties.
Posted by: nad republican | October 23, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
The Real question that all of America wants to know is:
What will the Fat Lady wear?
Posted by: Thinking | October 23, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
Give me a break people.
Could you cover a better news story?
You guys should be slamming Obama for his associations! AYERS, WRIGHT, ETC. Come one. That is a story. Where is the HAMMER?
Posted by: Joe V | October 23, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm
How would giving the stuff back help anyone. Really I think if her family needed to be outfitted so as not to shame the GOP then they deserve to keep them. And Sarah herself must feel like princess, gosh such nice stuff to wear. Are they eating better too? And I guess the RNC is paying for the air fares and the boyfriends trips also. All and all a pretty good deal. This has to be the first time for this to have happened who else could have had this much guts?
Posted by: Bonnie Kimberly | October 23, 2008, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm
National Rasmussen Reports: Obama +7
National Hotline/FD: Obama +5
National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby: Obama +12
National GWU/Battleground: Obama +4
Ohio Big10 Battleground: Obama +12
Ohio Quinnipiac: Obama +14
Pennsylvania Big10 Battleground: Obama +11
Pennsylvania Quinnipiac: Obama +13
Pennsylvania Morning Call: Obama +10
Michigan Big10 Battleground: Obama +22
Minnesota Big10 Battleground: Obama +19
Wisconsin Big10 Battleground: Obama +13
Iowa Big10 Battleground: Obama +13
Indiana Big10 Battleground: Obama +10
Illinois Big10 Battleground: Obama +29
Florida Quinnipiac: Obama +5
California PPIC: Obama +23
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm
In 1987, John McCain cast several votes in an attempt to force the Reagan administration to meet with RENAMO1, a guerrilla organization in Mozambique that State Department officials at the time described as a “terrorist group,” 2 without requiring that the group meet any preconditions.
McCain’s support for RENAMO directly contradicts his attacks on opponent Barack Obama for having “worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers” and having “pledged to meet, without preconditions, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.” Senator Obama has made it clear that this policy does not extend to non-governmental organizations. In response to questions about the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Obama specified that “we should not be dealing with them until they … renounce terrorism.”
Posted by: aussie | October 23, 2008, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm
And when the favorites Palin/McCain win the election, won’t Palin still be in need of a fancy wardrobe?
So will the RNC extend the loan for 4 more years? 8 more years? 12 or 16 more years? (you know, when she becomes president after McCain’s 8 years are up)
Should we expect annual RNC clothing loans to continually refresh her wardrobe?
All tax free?
I think Joe-the-plumber/rocket scientist would approve of this as long as you don’t raise his taxes.
Posted by: kbib | October 23, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm
To Barb
Are you sure her husband doesn’t work?
He works 72 hours a week sometimes. Why are you saying things like that???
As those anchor, where their clothes from?
Maybe not as a lawyer, or can’t get a high pay raise like Michele Obama.
Posted by: aa | October 23, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm
I wonder if these clothes were a payoff for her playing attack dog and ruining her image on the national stage.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
artie, i am a obama supporter, but you are right about michelle and moms mabley
how in the world do you know about moms?
I know when michelle become first lady
the designers will go to work on her.
god bless her, we know this is all new to her, and i know she must want to be original, but oprah, vogue, and essence need to do a little girlfriend talk with her.
now that she know how much has been spent on palin, maybe she will have the nerve to tell someone, “I need to go shopping too” and someone give obama a new pair of shoes, i saw some shoes on his feet last night, that needed some taps on the heels, i thought the mark on the bottom of the shoes was some kind of designer logo i had not seen before, and when i looked closer i saw, i had seen that logo before, about forty years ago in my own shoes, it was the hitting the pavement to much logo.
palin- is the gov. of a state-she was not looking bad in the clothes she was wearing,
the shame here is the trying to fool the people into voting for them.
she, mccain and the rnc, wanted to pass her off as a just like you hockey mom,
and all the time they didn’t think she looked good enough, so they went shopping for her.
she sold her soul right there,
when someone came to her and said we need to get you some new clothes.
she should have said
“thanks, but no thanks, my clothes from alaska are just fine”
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
I am appalled by the left’s obsession with Sarah’s looks.
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Isn’t it odd that EVERY female Fox News anchor is a buxom blonde in a tight sweater?
Don’t think many Dems are watching Fox regularly. And who exactly are they trying to appeal to with Palin’s $150k look? The Dems?
Yah, great comment.
Posted by: Answer | October 23, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm
SLOW NEWS DAY?????
Posted by: Real VA for OBAMA! | October 23, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
If you believe those clothes were a loan, then I’ll buy the next tube of lipstick and even pay for the pig. Palin’s excesses illustrate that she is not a “breath of fresh air,” but just cheap perfume on the same old stench.
Posted by: algwriter | October 23, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
The only thing you GOP zombies are going to see post-election if McCain wins is the ugliest financial crash ever recorded in this country. You will have your Jesus warrior (Palin)to console you but not much else. Enjoy!
Posted by: HooHa Daddy | October 23, 2008, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
This is such a silly story. No one asks the big question. What educational reforms did William Ayers, the avowed Marxist with admitted leanings toward Anarchy, promote and accomplish while serving on the Annenberg Foundation?
What specific reforms did the Annenberg Challenge mandate? What charter schools were opened? Why did Hugo Chavez give William Ayers an award for education reform?
How did William Ayers, the Marxist, spend the 50 million dollars given to him by the Annenberg Foundation, chaired by Barack Obama?
Doesn’t anyone want to know how a Marxist (by Ayers’ own description) reforms American education? I want to hear specifics!
Posted by: justahousewife | October 23, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
Audience member: “Why is it that someone like my father who goes to school for 13 years gets penalized in a huge tax bracket because he’s a doctor.”
McCain: “I think it’s to some degree because we feel obviously that wealthy people can afford more.”
Audience member: “Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism?”
McCain: “Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.”
ANY ONE ELSE SEE SOMETHING STRANGE WITH McCAIN’S COMMENT?
Posted by: Words form the "Maverick" | October 23, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
I wonder how much the Democrats have spent? I like others feel the news is not fair in their hits at the Republicains. How about we compare instead of just show how much one party spends.
Posted by: Ruth | October 23, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm
do you mccain supporters know that
bill ayers will benefit more with the mccain economic plan
than joe the plumber would benefit.
joe the plumber will do better with obama economic plan.
another fact is bill ayers will be ok
he is rich.
mccain and the reps. are pulling the same trick on poor and middle class folks they have always tried.
vote for us for the hope that one day you will get rich.
and it never happens.
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm
“I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle class Americans who most need tax relief.”
AGAIN, SOMETHING IS STRANGE WITH WHAT McCAIN SAID? NOW WHY DOES THIS SEEM ODD TO ME???????
Posted by: Words form the "Maverick" | October 23, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm
Joe Biden’s spend $15,000 on botox shots in his forehead.
Posted by: Kirsten Powers | October 23, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm
TIM RUSSERT: The fact is you are different than George Bush.
SEN. McCAIN: No. No. The fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
NOW THIS I UNDERSTAND!!!!
Posted by: Words form the | October 23, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm
Obama’s greek columns cost $140,000, but I guess that is okay since he has been selected by the media to win the election.
Posted by: dlc | October 23, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm
justahousewife
why don’t you google annenberg and find out, you sound like a rep. they are a conservative organization.
obama did not chair the committee.
chicago gave ayers the citizen of the year award.
if you have children, and think a marxist has had a hand in influencing their learing, go talk with your children, if they are old enough
bill ayers will benefit from the mccain tax plan more than joe the plumber
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
If Obama elected, he will be the most expersive president in the history.
He does make history in many ways.
$600 MILLIONS DOLLARS PRESIDENT ???
Posted by: funny | October 23, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
kristen powers,
the difference in biden botox and palins clothes,
biden paid for his botox with his own money.
palin clothers were paid for by the rnc
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
Yeah, the $150K in clothing is being lent to Palin, just like the unreported gifts she received as Governor. Don’t hold your breath.
It’s still hard to believe how that much money could be spent. The only real difference between an $800 dress and an $8,000 is the label. It’s mostly about showing off and status. You got to wonder how they will use our tax dollars, if they do get into office.
If these clothes really were loaners, why would they spend so much? Nobody spends this type of money on possessions that they merely rent.
Posted by: James | October 23, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
yes james,
paling should go on the suzy ormen show and then see dr. phil
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm
Audience member: “Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism?”
McCain: “Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.”
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McCain is such a hypocrite!
Posted by: Rachel in VA | October 23, 2008, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm
From the record money Obama spent in order to get him elected, you will know how Obama will spend record money (taxpayers money)if he is elected.
Posted by: guess | October 23, 2008, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm
Word Form the “Maverick”…..GREAT QUOTES!
Posted by: Obama/Biden - the only Positive choice | October 23, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
looks like dishonesty to me….If you got so upset at a $400 haircut for Edwards, why on earth would someone not be upset with $150000?
McCain and Palin are so smug…They may be the choice of the right, but as a conservative also, I certainly do not agree with their policy
Posted by: sue | October 23, 2008, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm
two things i know for sure
george bush with the support of john mccain 90percent of the time has done a job on this country
george bush sunk mccain chance of becoming president before and he has done it again
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm
Mrs. Obama pays for her own clothes at Gap, H&M and a local designer from Chicago. She’s on People and Vanity Fair’s “best dressed” lists. She managed to get there without having a Daddy leave $100 million or a Robocall Fairy Godfather pay $150,000 for sprees at Needless Markup, Saks and Barney’s.
It blows my mind that the Republicans have done something so stupid that it’s dominated the news cycle for at least two days two weeks before the election. Makes you wonder if they want to lose. Sashaying around in someone else’s $2,400 Valentino jacket kind of undermines the Palin Joe 6 pack, Joe the Plumber, Hockey Mom message.
Posted by: Brooklybn Democrat | October 23, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm
I can hardly wait to pick up an authentic “Witless from Wasilla” used designer jacket from my local Goodwill Store. But how do they plan to donate the $8,000 hair and makeup. Ya Betcha!
Posted by: B. Bear | October 23, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
Obama campaign has $604 million and still asking for $10 from each of his supporters who make, what? $10,000-$50,000 a yr with families to support and bills to pay. Why are they so worried about $150,000 in clothes that Palin needs for special events? According to her tax records she falls into the middle class range, she is not a millionaire.
If she were not wearing the proper attire, she would be slammed for that too.
There are more important issues to talk about than how much money is spent on borrowed clothes.
Posted by: S Adams | October 23, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm
Why haven’t you made a big deal out of the money that Obama has spent on buying this election and the fact that he went back on his campaign promise to take the federal funds?
Since Obama wants to share everyone’s wealth, I suggest that he start by giving the McCain camp half of his $150 million. This way he can lead by example and we will know he really means it.
Posted by: conserned conservative | October 23, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm
This is only a big deal because the left and the media are making a big deal out of it.
The American people DO NOT CARE!!!!!
Posted by: Kay | October 23, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm
s adams,
the palins do very well for themselves.
the problem is she claims to her supporters she is joe six pack, and joe the plumber, and a hockey mom,
and if that is true, then her own clothes should have been good enough
she didn’t NEED 140k in clothes.
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
Why have you not reported the $21,500,000 that the Obama camp has spent on polling?
Posted by: concerned conservative | October 23, 2008, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
Maybe she will sell them on E-BAY
Posted by: ANGIE | October 23, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
kay,
would those american people only be the american people in PRO american states and the real virginia,
as palin and other reps. have suggested+
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
how much has mccain spent on polling?
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
My Fellow Americans Sara Palins new name
PARIS PALIN!She shops like Paris Hilton so thats how we should address her PARIS PALIN!
Posted by: ANGIE | October 23, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
Too bad they couldn’t lend her a brain.
Posted by: Leslie | October 23, 2008, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
People donate to help the republicans and they blow it on cloths.WOW now they are crying no money >>>>>>Enough said.
Posted by: NH voter | October 23, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
Republicans will say anything to cover up their NEGATIVE image!!!!
You Betcha!!!
Obama\Biden08
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | October 23, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
i am watching brian williams interview
with mccain and palin-and john mccain looks like he can hardly stand to here her voice.
and i don’t think she is liking him to much either,
sarah palin was a popular politician in her circles, she must feel upset that mccain is dragging her down.
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
I’m thinking of what to buy my wife for Christmas and being I’m not having a very good year…economy and all that other stuff, you know…I seriously want to know which charity they are going to give the clothes to. I’d like to be first in line for that outfit from SACs 5th avenue (sorry can’t spell that one cause I never could afford to buy this stuff before now)…let’s face it a bum wouldn’t look good in them and my wife needs them more.
Posted by: Where Can I Buy Them | October 23, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
You liberals are nuts! You worry about $150,000.00 for clothing that will be auctioned off and bring more than what they spent!
How about somebody reporting how Joe Biden gave over 1.2 Million to his family from his funds during his failed campaign run for president.
Posted by: chuck | October 23, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm
Uh… Being a governor, didn’t she have to dress the part? In other words she should have already had clothes.
I see an SNL skit coming… “The Emperess’s New Clothes”
For $150K I could have probably bought me more than 365 new outfits. One for every day of the year.
But representing the interests of the rich like Republicans do; I guess you need to look the part…
How many hockey mom’s or Joe Six-packs do you know that get to spend $49K at Saks and $75K at Neimans?
Ms. Plainspeak has y’all fooled dontcha know… You betcha!
Posted by: Off_the_rack | October 23, 2008, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm
“The race is on now?”
that is what the rabbit told the turtle,
and you know who won that race.
the race has always been on for obama
the straight talk express has taken to many pit stops.
it was flat-then came palin
it started going flat again-then they grabbed joe the plumber-
now they are looking for a “willie horton”
mccain and co. will do anything to try and win.
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm
to charity ? make me laugh !!
Posted by: Fred | October 23, 2008, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm
So much for Mrs Hockey Mom. Even the GOP pundits are saying it looks bad for her. Her 7 year old carrying a Louis Vuitton bag? Give me a break!
Posted by: bubba | October 23, 2008, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm
If Sarah Palin had not spent the last 6 weeks pretending to be “every woman” and concocting a fake working class accent (my Mom who WAS working class and refused to ever talk that way as a matter of pride) and told us all how she is just like us and understands our pain – then I agree completely. Her clothes would be way off limits. But she did not. The whole reason she is up there on the stage is because she is supposed to represent small towns and every day Americans and cutting government waste and excess. Every day Americans do not shop Saks and wear Valentino. Right now, I’m not even shopping at all, for my daughter or myself. This is the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes and the RNC thinks its a good idea to spend $150,000 on CLOTHES? It is an election issue. And nobody can even figure out how they managed to spend that much money. Excess, I guess. And a myopic view of what real Americans live like. It sounds like a lobbyist did it. Maybe he thinks that’s what normal American women do in a recession.
Posted by: mara | October 23, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
“with mccain and palin-and john mccain looks like he can hardly stand to here her voice.”
I would be ticked too.
Palin is an ambitious back stabber than climbed over those in front of her to get where she is today.
Notice how all her off message talk is about her and how she disagrees with the campaign.
She’s getting ready for her run in 2012.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm
Palin better start saving to pay TAXES on that $150,000!!!
IRS Gotcha!!!!
OBAMA\BIDEN08
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | October 23, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
“YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE ME IF YOU SAW ME.. ONE DAY, ILL SIMPLY SAY RIGHT IN YOUR FACE, “YOU’RE A JERK, MAN!”"
What’s the frequency Kenneth!
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
the problem is sarah palin and the rnc
have passed her off as something she is not.
or they wanted to send one message to the suckers, while saying something else behind their back
now either she is a hockey “just like you” mom and proud of it or she is not
she had nice enough clothes as gov.
she did not NEED new clothes and did the baby need a 90 dollar outfit from a designer baby boutique?
she should have said thanks but no thanks i believe the american people will like me just as i am.
it seem to me her own party decided
she was not good enough
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
Palin didn’t buy the clothes, the RNC got them for her for the campaign. But, once again, this shows the media bias, picking on some stupid thing like WARDROBE, when you sat on the story of Biden THREATENING ON NATIONAL SECURITY. Which one of these is bigger news to you? You should be ashamed.
But, since you brought it up, this is also yet another ridiculous double standard. If the male candidates wore the same suit every day, no one would notice, but if Palin did, then people woudl criticize her. What is wrong with having her look nice in her numerous speeches?
Furthermore, does anyone criticize the huge amounts of money that Michelle Obama spends for her wardrobe? And she is a useless part of the campaign.
And, if you want to talk about spending excess, does anyone criticize the DNC for the millions wasted on Obama’s truly forgetable and useless speech at Invesco? What a ridiculous waste of donor funds. So, Palin’s wardrobe, which can be reused and donated if necessary, is a waste, but Obama’s messiah complex is not a waste?
bias, and double standards, America is sick of it.
Posted by: liberati | October 23, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
what i don’t understand is,
the rnc is pulling money out of local elections for people
how do those people who are trying to run at the local rep. level feel,
they don’t have enough money to compete and now palin preening and prancing around pretending to be something she is not. it is so sad and to bad for their rep. follows.
Posted by: cheer up,smile,nertz! | October 23, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
doggone it. say it aint so John. I gotta return my clothes.
I don’t wanna be vp anymore.
Posted by: Omentum | October 23, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
Its so funny to see right winger desperately try and turn the page on the campaign meltdown.
This is Dukakis in the Tank!
The race is over.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
“So the RNC spent more on Sarah Palin’s clothes than the cost of the entire podium stage sets at two locales for the Dem. convention.”
ROFLMAO!
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
bias, and double standards, America is sick of it.
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Yes, we are sick of it. A woman going around selling herself to America as middle class and understanding our pain with $150,000 in new clothes and make-up in two months. In addition she has a very nice home in Alaska built with a lot of highly questionable “favors”.
The only “hockey mom” I know who can afford $100 baby outfits and $150,000 in clothes is Janet Gretzky.
Posted by: Already Voted | October 23, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
Hitler filled stadiums as well but that doesn’t mean he (nor Palin) aren’t dangerous.
McCain could have saved seven families from foreclosure (20k apiece) & had ten grand left over to spend on his hussy’s MILF costumes. But no… who cares about stuff like that anymore?
Posted by: HooHa Daddy | October 23, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
Furthermore, does anyone criticize the huge amounts of money that Michelle Obama spends for her wardrobe?
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She buys then herself – not with campaign money or DNC money.
The $148.00 dress Michelle bought off the rack at White House/Black Market chain store to wear on THE VIEW became one of the stores biggest sellers.
Posted by: Already Voted | October 23, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
What you readers fail to realize is that if you had the spirit, the ambition, the initiative, the political sense, the money, and whatever else it takes to run for office, you would probably be doing the very same things these politicians that you deride are doing. FAce it, you get to know the underhanded things that the press gets word of. Think of all those thinks that you never hear about. AND… if you were running for president of the United States, you would do what was needed to win. Let’s not be hipocrates.
Posted by: John in Hartford | October 23, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm
Seems to me that $150,000 worth of clothes would have to count as income. And since Palin doesn’t work for the Republican Party, how do they justify paying her?
No other candidates are allowed to use campaign money for clothes or even haircuts, (remember the flap about Edward’s haircuts?) Isn’t it against some law about using campaign money for personal use?
Posted by: Lydia | October 23, 2008, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
“Isn’t it against some law about using campaign money for personal use?”
Yes McCain-Feingold prohibits the campaign from spending money on personal items. Which is why the national party bought the clothes as opposed to the McCain campaign.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm
“How about his doctoral dissertation; seems like an odd thing to want to keep hidden. We Americans still know almost nothing about this B.O. ” Ron
Well Ron, the reason you have not seen a doctoral “disseration” (dissertation) is because Senator Obama didn’t write one. Its like this fellow – you graduate from law school with a juris doctorate. Law students do not write doctoral dissertations. They do however, have to pass a state bar exam and do have a doctorate when they graduate from law school.
If you don’t know much about Senator Obama it has to be because you have not bothered to find out. He has written TWO books about his life, has had numerous articles (many totally false) about him and has been on the political trail for almost two years. If you watch the news (other than FOX) you might just learn something about this man. Otherwise, you can just remain the same ignorant person you are right now.
Posted by: sunny in tulsa | October 23, 2008, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm
McCain could have saved seven families from foreclosure (20k apiece) & had ten grand left over to spend on his hussy’s MILF costumes. But no… who cares about stuff like that anymore?
Posted by: HooHa Daddy | Oct 23, 2008 1:21:39 PM
++++++++++++++++++
Obama could save everyone’s home from foreclossure with his $604 million in the bank and he’s asking for $10 more from each of his supporters, who have already given too much already.
Democrats=Hypocrisy
Posted by: S Adams | October 23, 2008, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm
“Obama could save everyone’s home from foreclossure with his $604 million in the bank and he’s asking for $10 more from each of his supporters, who have already given too much already.”
S Adams,
How much has the RNC spent?
How much has the McCain campaign spent of taxpyer money?
Right wingers went nuts over Edwards $400 haircut are now bending over to defend $150K in clothing.
Hypocrisy they name is right winger.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
liberati….
“And she is a useless part of the campaign.”
And for a moment I thought you were talking about Palin.
So, you’re comparing Mr. Obama’s clothing to Sarah Palin’s clothing? First off, he’s the one running for President as is Mr. McCain, not the MOUTHPIECE. And then, why was money spent on her FAMILY? They aren’t running for squat, so what entitles them to have money spent on them?
It is my understanding that Ms. Obama buys her own clothes with money in their account. If I’m wrong, I apologize. But, if you are certain that the monies she spends on her clothes aren’t hers / theirs please direct me to a site or article that states otherwise.
Posted by: Hansi | October 23, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm
If Michelle Obama is doing campaigning, then all her expenses are covered by the campaign. Michelle Obama is a bitter vindictive woman, who is not proud of America, and yes, a useless part of the campaign.
Palin’s rallies number in the 10′s of thousands in attendance. Not sure how you consider that useless, she has revived the GOP base, and made Americans proud again.
Obama buys his suits at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales. What is the difference between that and Saks?
Bigger news: Mayor Daley says that the price tag for Obama’s Obamafest on Election night will be 2 million.
TWO MILLION DOLLARS. For a rally for an election that has not even taken place, with no guarantees that he will win. And this is not campaign money, this is city taxpayer money, while many in the city go without proper utilities and health care.
DON’T EVEN TRY to compare all this wasteful spending on Obama to Palin’s wardrobe, which, again, is not Palin’s spending, but the RNC.
The saddest part of all of this is the almost billion dollars in Obama donations that will go to waste, as this criminal will prove to be a fraud and lose the election.
President McCain has saved this country from enemies before, and he will do it again on Nov 4th. We owe him, as with all our veterans, our sacred trust and gratitude.
Posted by: liberati | October 23, 2008, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm
“Palin’s rallies number in the 10′s of thousands in attendance. Not sure how you consider that useless, she has revived the GOP base, and made Americans proud again.”
She rallied the base alright and drove away independents and women. Nearly 60% of Americans think she is unqualified for the job. Not sure how that is defined as pride.
“Obama buys his suits at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales.”
Obama’s suits are made by a Chicago area suit maker.
And he pays for them himself. Not the campaign.
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items such as clothing under McCain Feingold. Which is why the RNC had to buy it.
“President McCain has saved this country from enemies before,”
How many enemies has McCain saved us from?
The answer to that is ZERO.
The lesson as always? Right winger lie.
Posted by: Ryan C (the real one) | October 23, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm
President McCain has saved this country from enemies before,
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Like Iraq? and all those WMD’s?
Posted by: Already Voted | October 23, 2008, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm
First of all, I am a campaign volunteer and wish to reaffirm my absolute support for Senator Obama. It remains to be determined if it was illegal/unethical for the RNC to pay for Sarah Palin’s outfits. But the fact that all these outfits together cost $150K should not be a real issue. First of all, this is a candidate for VP of the Country. As a guy, even I know women’s dress clothes are ridiculously expensive. It is understandable that the campaign chose some of the most expensive outfits because appearance influences image and image is everything. The only irony here is that the McCain campaign painted Obama as an elitist and a celebrity. Besides, I never bought into the narrative of ‘supremely-qualified, working-class, Wal-Mart-shopping, blue-collar, aw-shucks, hockey-mom’ in the first place. There are more important issues to discuss (that directly affect people’s lives) rather than the price tag of the VP candidate’s duds!
Posted by: RC-Toledo | October 23, 2008, 2:55 pm 2:55 pm
Posted by: conserned conservative
Why haven’t you made a big deal out of the money that Obama has spent on buying this election and the fact that he went back on his campaign promise to take the federal funds?
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Was it your money?
Who did he buy it from? Now, we all go back on previous ideas, or plans. It’s called CHANGING YOUR MIND!!!!
Posted by: fempharoh08 | October 23, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
Posted by: conserned conservative
Why haven’t you made a big deal out of the money that Obama has spent on buying this election and the fact that he went back on his campaign promise to take the federal funds?
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Wait, all us “little people” donanted small amounts of our money to him and somehow he is buying our votes?
hmmm…Must be more republican economic theory
Posted by: tinat | October 23, 2008, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm
Of Palin, Broecker said, “In speaking with her, I had to get her to understand why she needed to wear the same thing as Tina [Fey]. We had gone off and created it for the first time a month ago, a look we identified as Sarah Palin. She had moved on in her own image of herself. I said, ‘I know you’ve moved on you’re wearing tighter clothes, more black but this is the character of Sarah Palin.”
The compromise, he said, was Palin returning in her own clothes the second time she appeared on the show to cheer on Amy Poehler’s Palin-themed rap.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
Ryan C — McCain has fought for this country in the war. If you don’t think that risking your life in our military is defending our country from our enemies, then you have just disrespected every veteran.
But, like Obama and all his supporters, anyone can be thrown under the bus to protect your argument, right?
Interesting that you didn’t comment at all on the WASTE that Chicago has to spend for Obama’s litle love fest in grant park. Even Mayor Daley, in the tank for Obama, suggested that it be in the United Center, but that was too small for Obama’s ego, so waste waste waste…..wasting valuable police resources, logistical, etc.
Anything for your messiah, right?
It is well documented that mcCain has fought for this country. We owe him our respect and gratitude.
What has Obama done for this country?
ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO
Oh wait, he befriended a terrorist, and sat in an antiAmerican racist church for 20 years. But that’s ok in your book.
Posted by: liberati | October 23, 2008, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm
Oh, and the enemy that President McCain will protect us from on Nov 4th:
Barack Obama
God bless you President McCain
Posted by: liberati | October 23, 2008, 4:22 pm 4:22 pm
“McCain has fought for this country in the war. If you don’t think that risking your life in our military is defending our country from our enemies”
Vietnam was not our enemy.
Neither is Iraq.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm
MCCAIN: I’ve received every award from every major veteran’s organization in America. I received every organization in America their awards. … The reason why I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations is because of my support of them. […]
VETERAN: You do not have a perfect voting record by the DAV and the VFW. That’s where these votes were recorded. These votes were proposals by your colleagues in the Senate to increase health care of the VA in 2003, 4, 5, and 6 for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. And you voted against those proposals. […]
MCCAIN: I’ve been endorsed in every election by every veterans organization that do that, I’ve been supported by them, and I’ve received their highest awards from all of those organizations. So I guess they don’t know something you know.
McCain lies about his veterans support to a veteran.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 4:32 pm 4:32 pm
hmm.
I run a small Internet business and when I process credit cards I’m required to make sure the name on the card exactly matches the name of the customer making the purchase. Also, the purchaser’s address must match that of the cardholders. If these don’t match, then the payment isn’t approved. Period. So how is it possible that the Obama campaign could receive donations from fictional people and places? Well, I decided to do a little experiment.
Then I checked the box next to $15 and entered my actual credit card number and expiration date (it didn’t ask for the 3-didgit code on the back of the card) and it took me to the next page and… “Your donation has been processed. Thank you for your generous gift.”
Our reader was not yet done. He tried the experiment on the McCain site: “I tried the exact same thing at the McCain site and it didn’t allow the transaction.” He then repeated the experiment at the Obama site:
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions.
All it would take is for the site admin, to set it up, to NOT accept these types, or foreign contributions.
Posted by: Jeanie | October 23, 2008, 4:34 pm 4:34 pm
Paying for such expensive clothes cna create some isses. But as much as I don’t approve of who Sarah Palin is and the lack of her honesty and integirty- I am not going to touch clothes issues
I will want public knowledge re: is she going to pay taxes on these gifts or pay rental?? Tax expert opinions vary.
She sure is not hockey mom!!! Not Target shopper!! Not everybody’s everyday Mom!!!
Candidate do need to present an image, but when conflicts exist not wise to portray that portrait.
Go Obama – Biden!!
Posted by: Sharonklim | October 23, 2008, 4:39 pm 4:39 pm
Candidate do need to present an image, but when conflicts exist not wise to portray that portrait.
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I agree somewhat, but the clothes were bought by the RNC, not Mrs. Palin. Probably not a wise move, but that was their doing, not hers. She probably will have to pay taxes , as in gift taxes, but when the campaign , and election is over, the clothes are being donated to charity.
While I’m sure it won’t be put out there, Obama’s suits, aren’t off the rack either. They are custom fitted suits, and very nice suits at that.
Clinton held up an entire airport, on the tax payers dime, to get a hair cut.
Biden obviously has had hair weaves, or plugs. If you look at earlier pics of him, he had less hair 20 years ago, then he does now. lol.
Considering the ages of some of them….*cough* Pelosi *cough* look pretty dang good as well.
Now whether they used their wealth, or that of the DNC or whatever…who cares.
The RNC bought them, they will be donated to charity in a few weeks, so what ever.
Obama’ made $150 million last month alone, more this month, is asking for more, and charging the press to cover his venue on election night. To me, that is more unbelievable than the clothes.
And if everyone is looking at the economy being bad, to weigh their argument, and the economy is as bad as Obama’s been touting….then how is it, he made $150 million in a month, from people in only this country? I thought everyone was so hard up?
Makes absolutely no sense.
Posted by: Jeanie | October 23, 2008, 4:47 pm 4:47 pm
House Democrats recently invited Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor at the New School of Social Research, to testify before a subcommittee on her idea to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of the popular retirement plans. In place of 401(k) plans, she would have workers transfer their dough into government-created “guaranteed retirement accounts” for every worker. The government would deposit $600 (inflation indexed) every year into the GRAs. Each worker would also have to save 5 percent of pay into the accounts, to which the government would pay a measly 3 percent return. Rep. Jim McDermott, a Democrat from Washington and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, said that since “the savings rate isn’t going up for the investment of $80 billion [in 401(k) tax breaks], we have to start to think about whether or not we want to continue to invest that $80 billion for a policy that’s not generating what we now say it should.”
What effect would this plan have on an already battered stock market? Well, I would imagine it would send it even lower, sticking a shiv into the portfolios of everyone who didn’t jump aboard. But I am sure the Chinese would love to jump in and buy all our cheap stocks to fund the retirement of their citizens.
Posted by: Jeanie | October 23, 2008, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm
“While I’m sure it won’t be put out there, Obama’s suits, aren’t off the rack either. They are custom fitted suits, and very nice suits at that.”
Yes but he pays for them.
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items like clothing under McCain Feingold.
Posted by: Ryan C (the actual real one) | October 23, 2008, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items like clothing under McCain Feingold.
They’re not supposed to take illegal contributions either…and while some have been refunded, as records show, some haven’t been refunded…..yet.
Full transparency is what’s needed…why not give it? It’s not like they have to be made public, but why not at least make full disclosure to the FEC?
Posted by: Jeanie | October 23, 2008, 5:03 pm 5:03 pm
Campaigns are not allowed to pay for personal items like clothing under McCain Feingold.
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I don’t think Palin knows what McCain Feingold is….She probably thinks it’s a brand of beer..
Posted by: indy_voter | October 23, 2008, 5:06 pm 5:06 pm
More than anything the $150,000 spent on clothes shows how phony Republicans really how. A hockey mom need $150,000 worth of clothes and accessories. Palin is a sham. Just like George W. Bush. They were trying package her as the average mom same as they packaged GWB as a guy you would like to have a beer with. These people are nothing but shameless politicians. End of story. I am not naive enough to think Obama and Biden also. But, Republicans were caught this time with their phonyism and for me it is about time. They deserve all the negative press they get on this. An issue it is not. But, it does provide insight into how Republicans are oblivious to what is going on with working families today…
Posted by: indy_voter | October 23, 2008, 5:16 pm 5:16 pm