Tax Expert: Palin Has to Declare Clothes

Mrs Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended her expense reports to specify that they were on official business.
The charges included costs for hotel and commercial flights for three daughters to join Mrs Palin to watch their father in a snowmobile race.
There was also a trip to New York for a five-hour conference which entailed the governor and her 17-year-old daughter staying for five days and four nights in a luxury hotel overlooking Central Park.
In total, the Republican vice-presidential candidate has charged the state $21,012 (£13,000) for her three daughters’ 64 one-way and 12 round trip airline flights since she took office in December 2006.
In some cases, she charged Alaska for hotel rooms for the girls, according to an investigation by Associated Press.

When public officials travel it is usual for them to take family. Find a real issue to discuss.

“When public officials travel it is usual for them to take family.”
But the state is not the one to foot the bill.
“Find a real issue to discuss.”
I consider ripping off taxpayers for personal financial gain by Palin to be a real issue.

Gov. Sarah Palin, already found by one investigation to have abused her power, will take time from her vice presidential campaign Friday to give a deposition in a second inquiry into her firing of the state’s top public safety official.

“Where is your report on the Obama’s $500 worth of Iranian caviar and champagne they got from room service at their hotel”
Never happened.
The Rupert Murdoch owned NY Post had to retract that BS story.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

Yea, Governor’s LEGAL clothes are the hot issue of the day. Is this the best you can do?

Mike and your caviar caveat:
Gee sport didn’t you read yesterday’s NY Post’s Page 6 apology? Mrs. Obama did NOT receive room service complete with caviar as she was not even staying at the hotel. Sorry you wingnuts are always a day late and a dollar short…

Jake, Get a life, I wish you would put this much effort into Obama’s background and all of his shananigans, but obviously you could care less. Who cares, so she has to declare the damn clothes. Have you people lost your minds?

If her suits were a typical family of four, they’d be getting a great tax break from Obama!!!!

When are you going to comment on Josh Marshall’s bombshell? Jeff Larson, the guy who did the buying, is part of the firm that trashed McCain through robocalls in 2000 AND was later hired by McCain to trash Obama.
PLUS — he’s also the guy behind the sweetheart rental deal for Sen. Norm Coleman on his apartment in DC.
AND Kos has pointed out that the $150,000 in clothes was purchased at the same store where a different GOP operative bought all those fancy suits for Coleman, which he never declared as gifts either.
All told, it makes the GOP world either a very small world, or easily corruptable with small trifles, or just a bunch of shopaholic robocallers!

When elected officials screw the taxpayers by making us foot the bill for everything for the whole family, it is a serious offense. Since when have kids been “requested” to officiate at official functions like meeting of governors etc. A thief, a liar and a cheat will always be found out – and Palin is again caught in the headlights. Add this to the Troopergate affair, then the $150k of clothing (supposedly burrowed!!! and I would like to meet this lender too!!!) and you can see what an unethical and dishonest personality this person is. Add her ignorance to the picture and you should be able to see another Mugabe or Abacha. Does this country need these types of characters, especially at this time of crisis??

Where is your report on the Obama’s $500 worth of Iranian caviar and champagne they got from room service at their hotel
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Sorry pal, this blog is for true stories only.
Go to the right wing blogs for the fabricated stories.

hEY jAKE, do you want us to pick a president by who buys and spends what on clothes. How does this make any sense?

McCain and Palin are both finished….
So all of this nitpicking around the edges is fun alright, but not really necessary.
John McCain now needs to make a decision on how he wants to go down and what kind of reputation he will have when he loses in a LANDSLIDE on November 4th.
Because at the rate he is going now, in addition to losing this election, he will also lose his Senate seat in Arizona next time it comes up!
Too bad John, you gave it a shot, but now it is time to go back to Arizona and retire. Also it is time for Palin to go back to Alaska and be impeached!!
And after all this is over, the only office Palin is going to get elected to is Dogcatcher in Wassilla!!!

The DNCC spent $140,000 on Obama’s Greek columns and podium at the Convention — where is the story on that?
Jake – your Palin obsession is a bit creepy.

Who is paying for obana’s trip to Hawai’i to see his “sick grandmother”?
Who paid for his last trip to see his gm?
Who paid for his vacation..where he had to go to take a rest from the campaign?
Who paid for all the dresses that were such “fashion statements” (looked like she got them from Goodwill)? But, the media compared her to Jackie Kennedy.
Who paid for the children’s clothes?
The list goes on………..
What is right for one member of this campaign, being dem or rep, is good for all of them.

“Isn’t this a private matter between Sarah Palin and her accountant?”
Inappropriate gifts to a public official are a private matter?
Right wingers sure can play ostrich when they want to.

The obvious solution to Gov. Palin’s clothing conundrum is to have the RNC embroider “Caribou Barbie” on the fronts of all the clothes, and to add a patch on all of the backs stating “Paid by the Republican National Committee.” It wouldn’t look any more ridiculous than she already does!

Mike -
Why do you keep repeating a story that has been proven false…a story that the NY Post had to issue a retraction on?
Just me -
Coupled with the per diem nonsense and state sponsored family travel, this is a real story. The Palins enjoy living on other peoples’ dimes. Kind of undermines her Joe 6 pack, anti-good old boy, reformer, maverick rhetoric. This is precisely how the good old boys behave.

Don’t worry, I am sure as creative as she is, Palin will find a way to avoid any tax payment. She has been able to make the Alaskan state pay for her kids’ numerous personal trips, after all.

Wow – Jake actually spent his investigative reporting time looking into the clothes Palin wears.
Jake, have you ever looked into the grades Obama received at the colleges he attended or how he paid for the colleges (and living expenses) or how Obama traveled to Pakistan in 1981 when Pakistan was not allowing U.S. citizens to enter the country?

Wah, wah, wah. The MSM, sniff, sniff, the MSM, sniff, the MSM is bad.
The whiners are really out in force.
The Palin apologists just can’t handle the truth that their new heroine is completely flawed.
She lies, she cheats on her taxes, and she can’t talk sensible about anything when asked a question.
These people have no hope and no clue. To paraphrase Harry Truman, you tell them the truth and they think it’s hell.

Jake,
We should get a rundown of the exact prices are for each item….I am just curious..The Republican National Convention was Sept 1. So, if she wore a different outfit everyday until Oct. 30 that would be $2500 an outfit. Not bad for a hockey mom. This may all be irrevelant but it does go to the heart of the problem with Republicans and that is arrogance. I am sure the Republican party didn’t give it a second thought as to how this looked. And that is incredibily stupid given that they’ve made Joe Sixpack, Joe the Plumber, etc..the theme of their campaign…More questionable judgement…

Jake,
The false assumption is that the clothes have no practical value. They’re putting them up for charity auction. To assume that no one will bid on her items is ridiculous.

Mike- That story has already been debunked and the Post has printed a retraction and an apology. Michelle did not even stay at that particular hotel. The room service receipt was a FAKE.
Stop the smears!
Obama-Biden ’08

Give me a break people. The RNC can spend their money on anything they want to acheive a win. How much trash TV and also the 30 minute air time going to cost Obama? When it comes to money RNC is running on a less $ spending compaign than Obama. I am still disgruntled that Obama went back on his word about campaign financing.

First Troopergate… now ClothingGate… Hilarious!

Sorry to say, but our hero Jake has caught the fungus.

Sarah Palin’s wardrobe cost more than four times the median salary of an American plumber ($37,514). She received more valuable clothes in one month than the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years.

Barbie outfits are considered collectibles that increase in value over time.

Let The Truth Be Told
Politico obtained RNC spending docs through the Freedom of Information Act. The expenses were part of these.
They also reviewed the Obama campaign docs and found no similar expenditures.
Posted by: This is SO Old | Oct 22, 2008 4:26:18 PM
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If this document was like all other documents and issues; they probably found a blank piece of paper. Or a document stating a zero balance. Those dems really do know how to do it; wonder where he destributed that part of the wealth.

Palin’s high-paid traveling make-up artist is Amy Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work as head of makeup on “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Strozzi was paid $13,200 by the McCain-Palin campaign last month alone, according to the campaign’s latest financial disclosure report filed this week.

Sarah Palin’s wardrobe cost more than four times the median salary of an American plumber ($37,514). She received more valuable clothes in one month than the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years.
Posted by: Vietnam Vet | Oct 22, 2008 4:38:15 PM
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Thank you for your service in Vietnam!!
Remember we are hearing from the democraps. They stir up things to make ffolks angry; they don’t believe that they ever do anything wrong…they have “the messiah” in their corner.

Jake,
So you have taken the time to call the tax lawyer to check on that too??? HILARIOUS!!! haha.
I can tell you are obsessed with Palin; because you know silly things like that fire up the Obama nut cases, haha.
More so, anything Palin does you make it sound sinister; but anything Biden does is “Oh Joe.”
If we believe the polls Obama will win; but if the polls are wrong and McCain win, oh boy…I can see many journalist including yourself getting into a huge depression and mute!
God bless America and its biases press! LOL

Corey B
Yes, the RNC can pay for almost anything it wants in campaign expenses. But this is an issue because it slips through a loophole in McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. The McCain/Palin campaign itself cannot pay for the wardrobe.
The question that had arisen is that it is a coordinated campaign expenditure. Some say it shouldn’t be allowed, others say it should. It’s up to the FEC whether they will apply the law to these types of expenses.
For all campaigns in the future, it needs to be clarified.

Jake, here’s the NYT’s The Caucus’s take on this :
” Jeff Larson is a prominent Republican consultant whose firm has been tied to the onslaught of negative robocalls from Senator John McCain’s campaign.
Mr. Larson was also the chief executive of the local host committee for the Republican National Convention.
Now it appears that Mr. Larson may have been the personal shopper for Gov. Sarah Palin’s lavish shopping spree — or at least he initially picked up the tab.
Federal Election Commission records show that Mr. Larson was reimbursed by the Republican National Committee in September for more than $130,000 in purchases at Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Macy’s, Barney’s New York, and Atelier New York, a men’s clothing store.
The spending spree, first reported by Politico.com, was apparently to outfit Ms. Palin and her family. Should she decide to keep the value of the clothing will have to be taxed as income. I.R.S. rules allow for employees to deduct the cost of uniforms worn for work — as long as the clothing has no use other than one’s job.
But if the same clothing can also be worn day-to-day, the cost cannot be deducted from income. And if paid for by someone else, as in this case, the value of the clothing must be reported as taxable income, Robert S. McIntyre, director of Citizens for Tax Justice, a nonpartisan tax policy research group, said on Wednesday.
“If the clothes were only used for work, it would not be taxable income,” Mr. McIntyre said. “But if you can use them to go to lunch with your husband, it would.”
The Republican National Committee confirmed the reimbursements to Mr. Larson, but said that the clothing bought for Ms. Palin and her family would eventually be given to charity. Mr. Larson did not return messages left for him today at his business in Minnesota.
Apart from Mr. Larson, the McIntosh Company in Dallas, which appears to be a fund-raising firm run by Alison McIntosh, who has been identified in news reports as a fund raiser for the McCain campaign, was apparently reimbursed for $4,537 in purchases at Macy’s in Minneapolis, according to the commission records.
In addition, a woman by the name of Lisa Kline was reimbursed several hundred dollars for purchases made at high-end children’s stores in Minneapolis and New York.
The full shopping list for Ms. Sarah Palin and her family, according to records of the Federal Election Commission, looks like this:
• $75,062.63 spent at Neiman Marcus on Sept. 10.
• $41,850.72 to Saks Fifth Avenue in New York on Sept. 10.
• $7,575.02 to Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis on Sept. 10.
• $5,102.71 to Bloomingdale’s in New York on Sept. 10.
• $789.72 to Barney’s New York on Sept. 10.
• Charges of $4,396.94 and $512.92 at Macy’s in Minneapolis on Sept. 10.
• $4,537.85 to Macy’s in Minneapolis on Sept. 22.
• $349.50 to Lord & Taylor in New York on Sept. 25.
• $4,902.08 to Atelier New York, a men’s clothing boutique, on Sept. 10.
• Two separate charges of $98 to Pacifier, a high-end baby store in Minneapolis, on Sept. 10 and Sept. 25.
• $98.50 to Steinlauf & Stoller, a sewing supply store, in New York on Sept. 25.
• $133 to the Gap in Minneapolis on Sept. 25.
The money for the clothing came out of the budget of the Republican National Committee’s co-ordinated campaign fund, not the McCain campaign, an an important legal distinction, said Kenneth Gross, a campaign finance expert at Skadden Arps in Washington.
Had the money come from the McCain campaign, it would be a conversion of campaign funds into personal use, which is prohibited. The same rule does not apply to money from party committees.
“The R.N.C. is not made up of campaign money,’’ said Mr. Gross. “It’s not subject to the same restrictions as campaign money. The R. N. C. cleverly used the party committee’s money to avoid the liability that would have occurred if campaigns funds were used. It’s a fine line, but it separates what is legal from what is not.”

“When Obama was asked what brand of suit he wears, his campaign declined to answer, so we’ll never know.”
The above was bellowed by a right winger.
Below is an article with the truth
“When Sen. Obama steps onto the stage in Denver on Thursday night to accept the Democratic nomination for president, he plans to wear a classic two-button, navy, merino wool and cashmere suit from Chicago-based Hartmarx Corp., the company said. The largest suitmaker in the U.S. has sold suits to Obama over the years and, at the presidential hopeful’s request, sent two tailors to his Kenwood home earlier this month to custom-make a suit for the historic speech.
The company’s highest-end Hickey Freeman suit brand is made in Rochester, N.Y., but Obama opted for the Hart Schaffner Marx label made in Des Plaines at a union shop. The team made the suit in four days.
For those who scoff that pleats are out of fashion, let the record show that Obama’s pants were indeed pleated, with an inch-and-a-quarter cuff. (He has the height to carry them off, OK? And a 33-inch waist.) The suit would retail at a store such as Nordstrom for $1,500.”
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

She could wear Cindy’s cast-offs. The convention earrings alone could feed a Third World country for a year.

I guess the good part is she gets to claim them this year at a lower price tax than she would pay under Obama’s tax plan….unless he makes it retroactive….YIKES…LOL

Is she a violator of the Executive Branch Ethics code, or a clothesmoose?

Ah…Sorry To Bother
You, Mr. Obama, Sir…
Columbo Still Scratching His Head…
Excuse me Mr. Obama, I mean Senator Obama, sir. Um . . . know you are busy and important and stuff. I mean running for president is very important and . . . ah . . . I hate to bother you. I will only take a minute ok, sir?
See, I have these missing pieces that are holding me up, and I was wondering sir, if you could take time out of your busy schedule and help me out. You know, no big deal, just some loose ends and things.
Hey, you have a nice place here! The wife sees houses like this on TV all the time and says boy she wishes she had digs like this you know? Is that painting real? Really? Wow. I saw something like that in a museum once!
Oh, sorry sir. I didn’t mean to get off the track. So if you could just help me out a minute and give me some details, I will get right out of your way. I want to close this case and maybe take the wife to Coney Island or something. Ever been to Coney Island ? No, I didn’t think so. .
Well, listen, anyways, I can’t seem to get some information I need to wrap this up. These things seem to either be ‘locked’ or ‘not available’. I’m sure it’s just some oversight or glitch or something, so if you could you tell me where these things are . . . I . . I . . . have them written down here somewhere . . . oh wait. Sorry about the smears. It was raining out. I’ll just read it to you.
Could you help me please find these things, sir?
1. Occidental College records — Not released
2. Columbia College records — Not released
3. Columbia Thesis paper — ‘not available’
4. Harvard College records — Not released
5. Selective Service Registration — Not released
6. Medical records — Not released
7. Illinois State Senate schedule — ‘not available’
8. Law practice client list — Not released
9. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate – - Not released
10. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth — Not released
11. Harvard Law Review articles published — None
12. University of Chicago scholarly articles — None
13. Your Record of baptism– Not released or ‘not available’
14. Your Illinois State Senate records–’not available’
Oh hey . . listen! I know you are busy! Is this too much for you now? I mean tell you what. I will come back tomorrow. Give you some time to get these things together, you know? I mean, I know you are busy, so I will just let myself out. I will be back tomorrow. And the day after.
“Who wants to know these things?” asks Senator Obama.
Columbo answered:
THE PEOPLE

It’s a stupid thing to do when you are running a populist, Joe Sixpack campaign, touting your outsider qualities.
But what do I know… I shop at Salvation Army.
Which reminds me, I’ll keep an eye out for Palin’s knee high boots in the shoe bin next time I go shopping.
I hear she is going to give them to charity…. so you know some lucky scrub is going to pay 4 bucks for a pair of 5000$ gogo boots.

She gave us a hint when she made a sorry rhetoric regards lipstick on a pig. She sure has some porks for those expensive lipsticks.

I agree with Hero. Get to some real issues, Jake!!!! Write about something that matters.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMBAT ZONE IN CHICAGO
CAN’T BLAME THE REPUBLICANS, BECAUSE THERE AREN’T ANY
STATE PENSION FUND $44 BILLION IN DEBT, WORST IN THE NATION.
COOK COUNTY (CHICAGO) SALES TAX 10.25%, HIGHEST IN THE NATION.
CHICAGO SCHOOL SYSTEM ONE OF THE WORST IN THE NATION.
THIS IS THE POLITICAL MACHINE THAT OBAMA COMES FROM IN ILLINOIS .

“When you loan something to someone can you call it a ‘loan’ if, upon its return, it has no practical value?”
No practical value?
Put the cloths on EBay and make $300,000 if McCain/Palin lose or make $500,000 if McCain/Palin win.

Hero: I am with you!!!!! Heh!, Mr. Obama where is your real Birth Certificate? How come you and your goons won’t present your case to a law suit that has be filed against you and your campagin. You keep stalling and trying to overtake the suit. If, in fact, Mr. Obama is truly a citizen of the United States, why then won’t you guys come clean with this Hawaiian Birth Cetificate.
I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE OCTOBER SURPRISE…MR. BARACK OBAMA IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE HAS BEEN LYING THIS WHOLE TIME. HE WAS NOT BORN IN HAWAII, HE PROBABLY WAS BORN IN KENYA.
OH! MY GOD. WHAT ARE THE OBAMAMANIACS GOING TO DO????

GreggW….
Put the close on ebay and make a half a million dollars…
Didn’t Palin do that with a jet? The state of Alaska lost money on that deal.
No wonder the economy is in such bad shape… People have crazy ideas about economics.

PS: Neiman Marcus and other purveyors of couture clothing (Saks) have a 100% no questions asked, no time limit return policy. (Unlike Macy’s or Ross, purveyors to the carriage trade extend special perks.)
So your assumption that the clothes by November 4 would have no value is wrong.
They can be returned by the RNC for full value.
Trust me. Call NM.

Who cares about Sarah Palin? Not me. Stop printing articles about because nobody cares.

I’d laugh if this wasn’t such a possibility. What will America do when the media will denounce any criticism of a President as racist?

I just went to the post office, and hadn’t been for a few days, so the mail piled up. Just a few days though. There were four–count ‘em, FOUR–requests for money from Obama & surrogates (Biden, Kennedy, & Michelle O). They just raised $150 million dollars and they are begging for more money?! What the hell is this guy planning to do, plaster his face all over every tree in the country? I am already so sick of looking at him. And we wonder how he raises all this money–the harass people until they finally donate. It’s even more idiotic, because I have sent EVERY SINGLE REQUEST back, for months.

Wait till you see her makeup bill…
it’s up there with McCain’s.
Between the two, they spend about 20,000$ a month on makeup.
That’s one heck of a pitbull, there.

On the education record, lets just say that some of our finest presidents had very little education. One that comes to mind is Abraham Lincoln and Washington. In this election you have to base your decision on experience. Both McCain and Palin are qualified based on what they have managed to accomplish. Wow Palin could not answer a question on McCain’s history of voting and she is labelled as dumb. Talk about her record and what she has accomplished.
Obama scares me because in actuality we have no idea what we are going to get except many foolish ideas that cost alot of tax dollars to implement. Who will pay for this? We will….
Think of it Obama, Pelosi, Reed in charge….wow this is freightening.

Not for Obama…
I am an Obama supporter… but I never got a single donation request in the mail.
Maybe those are bills or something.

ABC, NBC, MSNBC IF you do not tell the truth about the Democrats — including Barack Obama — and do so with the same energy you would use if the miscreants were Republicans — then you are not journalists by any standard.
You’re just the public relations machine of the Democratic Party, and it’s time you were all fired and real journalists brought in, so that we can actually have a NEWSSOURCE IN AMERICA.

Oh my God, now you’re suggesting that Sarah Palin RETURN the clothes after she’s worn them? Can it get any trashier?
You love Wal-Mart Sarah. You’re a regular Walmart girl. My daughter and I, who really are regular Americans, wear thrift store clothes. Sarah Palin is so out of touch with regular Americans that she doesn’t realize that most people in the lower 48 don’t shop at Saks. And is it just me, or is there something really creepy about a woman who doesn’t have enough self-respect that she lets somebody else dress her? A Republican operative. no less. What did he do? Decide on his perfect fantasy girl? Yuck. There have been some women politicians with questionable taste, but at least they could dress themselves and speak for themselves.

What’s the difference between a Pit Bull and a Hockey Mom?
You can feed a pit-bull for 483 years with 150 grand.

Still cheaper than Mitt Romney’s hair products.
The GOP is saving money here…

What you sneering critics in the liberal MSM fail to see here is… a Jobs Program! Saks floorwalkers, cashiers, a team of sweating porters to haul the merchandise from the store to the motorcade… chiropractors to treat those porters. Sarah Palin knows how to create jobs!

Only 25 percent of Obama donors make donations under $200. Most of Obama donors are rich people. This was revealed this morning in the Washington Post. Obama lied about this throughout the campaign, make fools of his own supporters.

The Gfk survey is an outlier… the most reliable poll out there is Rasmussen.
Rasmussen uses the largest sample of the regular tracking polls.
But Rasmussen is a Republican, and the poll always tilts slightly Republican…
But Rasmussen has a good history.

Nope… Most of Obama’s supporters are not rich people.

Isn’t there a story here? Doesn’t journalism require that you who produce our NEWS, tell the truth about who brought us to a position where the only way to keep confidence in our economy was a $700 billion bailout? Aren’t you supposed to follow the money and see which politicians were benefiting personally from the deregulation of mortgage lending?
I have no doubt that if these facts had pointed to the Republican Party or to John McCain as the guilty parties, you would be treating it as a vast scandal. “Housing-gate,” no doubt. Or “Fannie-gate.”
Instead, it was Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, both Democrats, who denied that there were any problems, who refused Bush administration requests to set up a regulatory agency to watch over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and who were still pushing for these agencies to go even further in promoting sub-prime mortgage loans almost up to the minute they failed.

In the end, it doesn’t matter what she wears.
I think people enjoy the irony. After ridiculing Edwards for a 400$ haircut… this is like Edwards on meth.
The Republicans have been sowing this sort of phony populism all year long…
And, now they get to reap the fruits.

I remember reading All the President’s Men and thinking: That’s journalism. You do what it takes to get the truth and you lay it before the public, because the public has a right to know.
JOURNALISM HAS DIED

That is how America thinks about woman?
Too expensive?
You may change your mind when their wives have to protect these liberals.

YES WE CAN!!
and in 13 more days we will be saying
YES WE DID!!!
Obama/Biden/08

I have one question for any honest republicans: If Obama, Biden or their spouses had purchased $150,000 worth of clothes at high-end “elitist” department stores and $50,000 worth of makeup and then charged the tab to the DNC, would you still argue that it’s not a big deal and that everyone should just leave the them alone? Not likely at all. In fact, Faux News would be hyperventalating and running the story 24/7, with updates on “Shopping-spree-gate” on the hour.

And the GOP was talking about Edwards $400 Haircut? Isn’t that nice, it can only get better if she gets into the White House right? Then she can be like Condy, and go Shoe Shopping while natural disasters are happening like in Louisiana. Looking to those boys she is….

The RNC clearly stated that the clothes would be given to charity. After Sarah Palin has worn them I can think of only one good use for them, give them to some homeless person to sleep on.

Ryan,
Of course you are right… but they don’t think twice about barfing up a fake statistic to prove their claims.
There was a time when conservatives had a strong reputation for discipline, integrity, and intelligence. I know, I used to be one!
But once they worked their way into the majority party… they got sloppy and dumb… like the Democrats when Reagan took office.

what is this 150 thousand for clothes what hocky mom walmart did she shop in—must have been a superstore.

Duh… that’s the whole point of having a transition team.
It is to prepare, while you are running, for the possibility that you will win.
McCain has a transition team. As long as I can remember, Presidential candidates have had some form of transition team.
How can you blame Obama for having a transition team? If he didn’t I would be worried. It would mean that he would come to office totally unprepared.
I know in some circles ignorance is highly valued… but it is dangerous quality to look for in a president.

How did Obama break all records in fundraising in a massive economic meltdown?
Even for someone whose ego is bigger than his ears, the pre-election gloating of Obama and friends is unprecedented.

So all the stars who borrow clothes for the Oscars or movie premieres have to count them as income? Hey, I am no tax expert, but…I dunno.

what is this 150 thousand for clothes what hocky mom walmart did she shop in—must have been a superstore.

“Of course you are right… but they don’t think twice about barfing up a fake statistic to prove their claims.
There was a time when conservatives had a strong reputation for discipline, integrity, and intelligence. I know, I used to be one!”
The people posting lies here are not conservatives, they are the worst of reactionary right wingers easily led by their media.
Conservatives will argue facts and ideology in a straight forward manner. That is their nature.

I can only imagine how much Palin’s “expenses” will cost the American taxpayers if the McCain ticket wins….Johnny Mac will have to double the taxes for all Joe-Six-Pack-Plumbers out there.

Does Obamarama have to declare his campaign plane and crew “income”?
He is using that plane to go to Hawaii for personal reasons. Is THAT “income”?

“And it also strengthens my faith because I know at the end of the day putting this in God’s hands, the right thing for America will be done, at the end of the day on Nov. 4.”
– Gov. Sarah Palin, in a radio interview with James Dobson.

“This is just say Palin is a regular person as us. ”
This is laughable…
- She is just another pork queen…
- She abused her office for straing a personal vendetta.
- She charged Alaska with phony bill’s
- 150.000,- on dresses, makeup, hair

Chris in TX, I saw that video, I think on the Daily Show. LMAO. McCain’s got way to many skeletons in his own closet to be pointing fingers.

MARA
HOPE YOU WERENT TOO SURPRISED—my biggest problem with her is she seems to be a little dipsy—-probably never was at a soccer game.

Help us get our country back. Vote for John McCain.

Obama gave 800 K to Acorn.
Obama gave 14 million in earmarks to rezko then got help buying a 1.6 million dollar home while rezko was under federal investigation.
Obama gave millions in earmarks to michelle obama’s employer and her salary was doubled.
Obama’s campaign manager did a job for 200 K kicking people out of the ER room at Michelle’s hospital.
Obama got a sweetheart deal on his mortgage from a fellow board member at Michelle’s hospital.

”
Years from now, I think we will appreciate the similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama:
Both studied law.
Both were tall and lanky.
Both were senators from Illinois.
Both spoke with eloquence.
Both faced a divided nation in crisis.
Both had to deal with an unpopular war.
Both were portrayed as monkeys in political cartoons.
Both were hated by racists.
Both were among the best Presidents in U.S. History.
”
I sincerely hope so.
Not something like
Old fish is still old fish.
Lipstick pig is still pig.
You do not have to HATE THAT MUCH fishes and piges.

Once again the little dog (a pit bull pup, maybe?) pulls the curtain back to reveal the charlatan(s) working the levers. This wardrobe story is so classic GOP–always yanking those levers of class division while in private they snuffle in the trough and laugh at the yokels they’re conning. Amazing that more people don’t see the con behind the “common folks” approach they always try to sell.
Every time you listen to Palin doin’ her common thing, remember she’s secretly laughing at your gullibility.

The RNC clearly stated that the clothes would be given to charity.
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Be assured that $150,000 worth of designer clothes will not be donated to Goodwill or similar charities. It probably go to some needy CEO instead…

I’m sure Michelle Obama shops at Wal-Mart, that why she is “among 10 best dressed women: People magazine!!”

Hey what’s wrong with Wal Mart. They have really nice clothes.

i get my clothes at the thrift store—-desighner clothes less than wallyworld prices

America, I think you are the best country on earth. I trust you to do the right thing. John Mccain will win. America you know what to do.

john
dont you dare pick on paris—–SHE DOES A MEAN CARWASH—-

Who’s a bigger maverick? McCain or Palin?

wow. the media is playing a very big part in the eventual collapse of our country. THIS IS NEWS?? how much more can the media bash mccain and palin on stories like this? i am starting to honestly HATE this country.

tim me boy,you are just hanging out with the wrong party.

I did not vote (early voting in FL) for Obama or Mccain but I am sick of the media attacking this women. The media should be the TIME person of the year for it’s lousy political coverage. Nader/Gonzalez 08

Do you all know what is TRULY scary?
McCain without the make-up.

150,000 is that all ,she looks like a million bucks to me !!!

A letter from a Democrat for McCain:
I have lived in my neighbor for 37 years and I can not even put up a yard sign. If I do put one up it will be knocked down and my car damaged. At work I have just reached the point I just have to tell people that I have not made up my mind. My son and daughter are both Obama supporters and they barely call us anymore. We are up in our years and I just had to tell them to stop lecturing us as we are old enough to think for ourselves.I will be so glad when this is over, but I still believe that Obama will be defeated. He scares me and I do believe that he will be a danger to America. If he is so lucky to win there will be a generated crisis and only God knows where that would take us.
DO THE RIGHT THING AMERICA, DO THE RIGHT THING. IN YOUR GUTS YOU KNOW THAT OBAMA IS NUTS.

“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” — Karl Marx
“Share the wealth.” — Barack Obama
All you need to know in order to decide on NOvember 4.

Some Democrats are certainly guilty of merely faultfinding McCain/Palin in order to prove their point. But Republicans… wow. I think we have a serious problem in our educational system. It seems that it’s rare to find a thoughtful comment from a Republican on just about any thread. I mean, the only things I read that are civil and are worth anything come from disaffected Republicans who’ve thrown in the towel. Sad.

“OBAMA WOULD NOT BOTHER TO SALUTE YOUR FLAG OR WEAR ITS PIN.”
Obama wore a flag pin at all 3 debate.
McCain did not wear at flag pin at any of the debates.
I guess John McCain hates America according to right wing logic.

Does this violate FEC regulations? Only if Palin intended on keeping the clothes — which she doesn’t. 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. She won’t keep any of it, unless she buys it back from the RNC.
Isn’t the real point that Sarah Palin is a true middle class person who doesn’t regularly shop at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, such that the GOP had to actually buy her this stuff? Unlike everyone else in this race on both sides, she actually IS one of “us.”

rrrrr
Abraham Lincoln was a republican, but the republicans of that era split into to which conservatives and liberals.

Mr Incredible do you think a progressivae tax rate is socialist?

that tells me all i need to know dumber than a box of rocks ….still laughing

Amazing…
This country is headed for a depression and Caribou Barbie needs some new clothes, make up, accessories and someone to comb her hair all in the tune of 150K.
First she accepts gifts totaling more than 22K and doesn’t report that on her taxes, and then she charges the state of Alaska to eat and sleep in her home for a sum of about 21K, and then another charge of over 44K, to let her kids travel with her to events they were never invited for, and doesn’t report that on her taxes.
And she is just like the rest of us?
Give me a freakin break…. I could live to be 100 and never even come close to spending 150K on clothes for myself or my 5 kids in their lifetime.
The media really needs to dig in and see about her other ethics charges she is facing in Alaska and let us really know who Sarah Palin is….
McCain, you really blew it for yourself when you chose this half-baked alaskan as your VP.
Send her back to AK, and her fancy mansion and 500k house, she is not like the rest of us…
She is an ELITIST

The great Donna Brazile:
“Let Gov. Palin and the RNC continue to spend money as Americans lose their retirement funds, life savings, pensions and homes. She will soon become a symbol of ‘all dressed up and nowhere to go.”

John McCain – “I voted with Bush 90% of the time.
All you need to know in order to decide on November 4.

==i cannot wait to get money from the rich==
Oh, YOU think it’s not gonna cost you anything? You think you won’t pay more for a loaf of bread, nor for gas? You think the rich are just gonna stand there and give their money to you and take the loss?

the repubs are against taking from the rich and give to the poor–DONT TELL ME THEY ALSO KILLED ROBIN HOOD.

==How much has Obama, McCain and Biden spent on their clothing???? This is STUPID!!!!==
You can thank the Libs for that “share the stupidity” policy.

“How often did Obama vote with Pelosi, Reid and the Dems? 100% OF THE TIME.”
Their approval rating is hovering around zero.

Mr. Incredible
Hypocrisy is saying something is stupid or irrelevant only when the opponent brings it up. McCain and his supporters have a bad habit of doing this.

Mr. Incredible, unfortunately there’s alot we can thank the Libs for!!! Including our housing mess!

==”You think the rich are just gonna stand there and give their money to you and take the loss?”
Jesus said it was easier for a camel to pass thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get to heaven. ==
He didn’t say that a rich man cannot get to Heaven. He referred to a rich man who lets his riches control his life not getting into Heaven. But, of course, you’d have to read the rest of the Story to get that. Scoffers look only for a verse, or two, that appear to support them.

==CANNOT WAIT TO GET SOME RICH MONEY.HOW SWEET IT WILL BE.==
You’ll pay for it, too, and how sweet THAT will be.

“During the current session of Congress Obama has voted with the Democrats 96% of the time.John mcCain has voted 88% of the time with the GOP. ”
And the other 4% of the time he hit the wrong button.

“He didn’t say that a rich man cannot get to Heaven. He referred to a rich man who lets his riches control his life not getting into Heaven”
Exactly.
And it was posted in response to you posting this.
“You think the rich are just gonna stand there and give their money to you and take the loss?”
The lesson for the day? Right wingers are dumb.

IF ALASKA BECOMES ANOTHER COUNTRY—–PALIN THE EMPEROR WILL HAVE CLOTHES.

Mr. Incredible
You don’t even list where the supposed quote came from, for all I know a blogger made it up.

PELOSI WOULD MAKE A GREAT PRES.

“It’s the truth. Obama voted with Pelosi, Reid and the Dems more than McCain voted with Bush.”
Except its false. You said 100%. Its 96% for the current Congress. It was 94.8% for the 109th session.
You could easily say that but instead you had to lie and exaggerate like the typical right winger.

John McCain “I voted with Bush 90% of the time”
All you need to know in order to decide on November 4

mr incrediable must be a millionaire and worried about us spending his money—

“Jesus didn’t say I can’t be rich.”
Oh you must be a pick and choose Christian then.

==”Jesus didn’t say I can’t be rich.”
Oh you must be a pick and choose Christian then. ==
Not at all. I’m a Scripture upon Scripture person, then.

==the meaning of that quote is that is hard to give up everything and devote a life to poverty when have much to lose or value money over people.==
It is the love of money that is the problem, not the money.
So, Jesus never said that I must give up money to run with Him. He said that I must give up the LOVE of money to run with Him. The WHOLE Word matters.

==Obama votes 96% of the time with Democrats.
McCain votes 90% of the time with Bush.
Right winger says McCain’s total is farr less than Obama’s.
6% is now far less in the right wing mind. ==
In the Lib mind, 96% = 90%.

Jesus didn’t say people couldn’t be rich, he also said you didn’t have to be a Jew to accept Jesus, or that we shouldn’t discriminate against people not like us. Republicans forget this is in the bible in it is convenient. They forgot it while talking about illegal immigrants. They forgot it while talking about Muslims. They forgot while talking about black people. They forgot it while talking about liberals. They forgot it while talking about pro-choice people. I guess republicans are Christians when it is politically convenient.

Mr. Incredible
Yes and you got the meaning and words wrong in your previous quote.

==”It is the love of money that is the problem, not the money’
It’s the attachment to the money that’s the problem. ==
No, the Word of God says that it is the “love” of money that is the evil:
(1Ti 6:10) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

do you dissagree.

Mr. Incredible
The rich make money with money. Jewish consider that a sin. Money is corrupting. People make money, to have more of it. Who really needs over $500,000? The quote was about service, it is okay to be rich as long as you give back to those less fortunate. To whom much is given, much is expected.

mm they dont understand—just greedy hypocrites.

The tax expert is right, but the RNC hires their candidates and the Palins have been made multi-millionaires by agreeing to run with McCain.
She’ll be able to pay.

Mr. Incredible
I love how you agreed to pay more taxes in Ireland. I guess the U.S. has too many tax breaks for ya.

Mr. Incredible
The parable isn’t about money, its about service.

==The parable isn’t about money, its about service.==
It’s about how letting money control your life instead of God, and that such love for money is one of the tickets to the “other place,” not to Heaven.

“It’s about how letting money control your life instead of God, and that such love for money is one of the tickets to the “other place”
And since you plan to take your money and run, enjoy the other place!

The individual tax rate for someone making over 34,000 euros/year is 41%, Doesn’t sound like a better deal to me.

==You need to read the bible…==
Translation: “hath God said…?”
==… it is about service.==
Service of whom and for what?
== It can be applied to many things status, wealth, power.==
Oh, you think It’s about service TO the world, making everybody worldly comfy?
== It is about service and what it means to service.==
Serve who for what?

mrs strongest trait is money–

Mr. Incredible
Oh My God, you haven’t the slightness clue what the bible is about. You read the words and don’t understand the meaning or context. You forgot the sermon on the mount. Jesus was the biggest advocate for the poor and service in the bible. With respect to the parable the story goes that man approach Jesus and asked him how do I get into heaven, he had obeyed all the commandments and regulations. So Jesus said give away all your personal belongings and walk with me. The point of the story is what do you value yourself or others. It was about service to God vs. service to Self. And as any Christian knows that service to God is service to people because he calls on us to aspire to agape.

palin is nts—not -to swift——and doing things like 150 thousand for clothes shows a greedy uneducated person
goodnight.

Mr. Incredible
What number of American Heroes have died because you put Bush in office?

Obama is acting more of a Christian then McCain is at the moment.

Mr. Incredible
I guess no American Hero has died in Iraq.

It’s probably not a ‘gift,’” he said. “The issue is whether it counts as ‘income.’”
ACTUALLY, they DO count as a UNIFORM!
She cannot do her job campaigning dressed in a UPS brown uniform…
She does not need the calibre of clothes she requires being in the public scrutiny her that she did in Alaska.
And who gives a damn anyways?
Don’t you guys feel there are more important things to moan about?
EGADS!!!!!

2 USC 439(a) deals with prohibited uses of campaign contributions by Federal Candidates (which includes candidates for VP). Subsection (b) of that section states the following:
(b) Prohibited use.
(1) In general. A contribution or donation described in subsection
(a) shall not be converted by any person to personal use.
(2) Conversion. For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution
or donation shall be considered to be converted to personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate’s election campaign or individual’s duties as a holder of Federal office, including—
(A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment;
(B) a clothing purchase;
(C) a noncampaign-related automobile expense;
(D) a country club membership;
(E) a vacation or other noncampaign-related trip;
(F) a household food item;
(G) a tuition payment;
(H) admission to a sporting event, concert, theater, or other form of entertainment not associated with an election campaign; and
(I) dues, fees, and other payments to a health club or recreational facility.

Palin is the average hockey mom I guess every hockey mom has her own tannig bed and then she gets $150 thousand in clothes and makeup wow how many hockey moms go to see their children freshly tanned and dressed to nines.Then you take your family on several trips with the state tax payre money,while there is native Alaskans that through their trash into the ocean beacuse they don’t have any of the luxuries afforded by their gov.Why have people not looked at how some of the natives live up?

They paid retail! How unbelievably stupid. They didn’t have any Republicans in the clothing business who could do better for them. Paying retail when you know that many people and are in politics is truly criminal. She could have got $350,000 worth of clothes if she’d had a wholesale connection. Good grief. Not sure of the tax situation in that case. How Stupid of the GOP. Yes, she needed a makeover, but she wasn’t exactly just hunting moose before. She was/is the Governor. Should have bought wholesale and not such ‘elitist’ brands.

The republican tactic of being able to dance blithly around the sleezy and illegal things they do has hit the wall with gusto this year. I wish that they would all just put on top hats and canes as they tap dance around the feeble rationalizations for their lies and thievery.
Then they could bring in the clowns, the well dressed dancing girl and the bumbling old magician. It wouldn’t make it any less entertaining for being the pathetic show that it all is.

The republicans are crying about their lack of funds to campaign in states they really need to cover,
yet they arrogantly justify these expenditures with “we do not discuss
our expenditures”. Ok fine then don’t cry about having less to
spend.

“Then they could bring in the clowns, the well dressed dancing girl and the bumbling old magician. It wouldn’t make it any less entertaining for being the pathetic show that it all is.”
You’re talking about Obama and his star power, right?
Glitz… which rhymes with SH>>Z?
I heartily agree!

Unfortunately, she doesn’t “have to” declare them. She’s a Republican and, as we’ve seen from her in Alaska, she doesn’t have to follow any pesky “laws.”

What everyone seems to not understand is that the clothes are an investment for the RNC. Can you imagine how much these clothes will sell on ebay? All those conservatives who get a tremble between their legs when she talks will pay huge amounts to get an outfit she wore. Start your Christmas shopping on Nov. 5th.

That’s what happens when John tells his wife Cindy to take Sarah out shopping for clothes.

If this woman had any brains whatsoever, she would have checked with a reputable attorney on this matter, especially because of what is going on with Senator Ted Stevens. This is a concrete example of why she should have nothing to do with the White House, except perhaps to visit. This woman has proven time and time again that she is not qualified to be vice president. I am totally baffled that McCain with all his alleged experience made such a poor choice as a running mate. Then again that type of judgment should not surprise us from someone who conducts Alaska’s official business through a personal Yahoo account. The KGB and our enemies would be laughing their heart out at our expense for putting such a simpleton in the position of vice president of our country.
Carlos Jean-Gilles
Saint Louis, MO

Sure, they’re giving all the clothes to charity. What about the hairstylist, though? Is there a Highlights for the Homeless program out there?
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No, actually they said they were giving the clothes they bought her for the convention to charity. Since most of the clothes were purchased after the convention, I guess she gets to keep them.
I do hope she gets nailed by the IRS for the clothes and for the money she took from the State of Alaska to pay for her children’s travel when they were not going anywhere to represent the State. Sarah Palin could end up with quite a tax bill next year.

” seems pretty sexist to think that only one type of clothing could be a uniform.”
Posted by: Huh? | Oct 22, 2008 11:47:18 PM
Huh? is my reaction to your statement.
Why is it sexist? A “uniform” is generally considered to be clothing that you are required to wear for work, and can not be worn for non-work activities.Nothing sexist about it other than the writer chose an example that could be construed as Male. Oh wait, the female UPS driver is at the door, and guess what she is wearing?

Typical Republican.
Call the other guy elitist and out of touch with regular Americans all the while getting $18k per week in clothes, accessories, and makeup.

WWJD?
(What would Joe don?)
I thought she was one of us?
Remember me Sarah? Its me, Joe Sixpack…er…Plumber.
My house cost less that 150K.

Palin believes that dinosaurs played with humans. What a waste of a brain. Let’s move on.

Isn’t the real point that Sarah Palin is a true middle class person who doesn’t regularly shop at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, such that the GOP had to actually buy her this stuff? Unlike everyone else in this race on both sides, she actually IS one of “us.”
If she’s so middle class on that salary from Alaska and all her perks and free plane rides for family and all, why didn’t she just wear her own clothes? Why the shopping sprees when the market is crashing? Somebody told her to do it? Well, that’s true in most areas. For a reformer, she hasn’t reformed anything. In charge of energy? The thing hasn’t even been o.k.ed and she’s taking credit.

Get a life! The plain fact is that female politicians are judged on their attire and male politicians are not. A man need only wear a decently fitting dark suit. So you expected her to go out on the campaign trail wearing jeans and a t-shirt?
Has anyone in the media asked Nancy Pelosi or Hillary about the cost of their wardrobe? The hypocrisy makes me ill…

The McCain campaign says these clothes will be donated to charity. Isnt that rich? Any one wanna bet that this decision was made AFTER it got into the news? Otherwise, Sarah Palin would be prancing around Wasila with the designer duds. The difference here: Obama isnt using Party or Government cash to make his purchases.
Lets say I used RNC or Government funding to make clothing purchases of $1,000. This is in and of itself a violation. For he sake of argument, lets allow that I donate the clothes to charity with a depreciated value of $500.00. Not only have I benefitted from the purchase in the amount of $500.00, but also may very well get a tax write off for the donation, which is another benefit. This defies the intent of the rules banning clothing purchases. In addition, the reading of the rules implies it was illegal to make the purchases in the first place. Its like a bank robber stealing money, and then saying “I was gonna give it to charity”. HOGWASH!!! McCain and Palin are BOTH corrupt.

I do not think anyone would argue that Sarah needs to dress nicely for the campaign trail. But she was a governor of a state. She had no clothes? Hillary had her OWN pantsuits from the senate–I saw her in many of them on CSPAN. Also too, she could have gotten some very nice clothes at stores that “regular women” shop at in a
re(de)pression. She went to Neiman Mark Up and Saks instead. I make 200K a year and can’t afford those stores! The point is, she is trying to say her opponent is elitist and she’s a regular gal–can you spell “hypocrisy”

TROOPERGATE, NOW FASHIONGATE!!
Her salary in ALASKA is $125,000 a year. But she spent $150,000 on clothes.
Talking about living beyond your means. She’s a real fiscal conservative role-model!!

Jim,
The difference is that Palosi and Clinton buy their own clothes and don’t accept them from the Democratic National Committee nor donors to the campaign.

Her salary in ALASKA is $125,000 a year. But she spent $150,000 on clothes.
Talking about living beyond your means. She’s a real fiscal conservative role-model!!
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We need to be fair in these matters. It’s common knowledge among job applicants when interviewing for a job you need to dress for that job.
You don’t dress for the job you have. You dress for the job you aspire to.
It’s called dressing for success. You update your resume, buy some new threads, put a shine on those shoes, get your hair done and then go for it.
You look sharp, you feel sharp, sister, YOU ARE SHARP!!

Palin needed clothes… I’ve seen how she dressed before the campaign and it was not to win.
What should have happened is the McCains should have purchased the clothes from their abundant personal fund for her. And then *after* the election they could have given them all to the RNC to auction off as a fundraiser. Win or lose, it would make money, and this would have been a win-win for everyone. Palin gets to dress up for a while, and McCain gets a tax writeoff for a contribution to the political party he has all but destroyed, and the RNC gets some much needed cash.
The lack of insight into how to do this correctly is exactly why McCain/Palin should lose the election. Executives who make really bad decisions.

An unnamed source? Come on, give us a name! How do we know that this joker of “a well-respected and well-known tax attorney” hasn’t donated the maximum amount to the Obama campaign, or the DNC, or doesn’t work for Miner, Barnhill & Galland, who used to employ Obama?

The main story here is that Mz Palin came out of Alaska touting herself as a reformer and got rid of the good ole boys. Well, she is worse than the good ole boys she claimed to have ousted–which she didn’t actually oust the feds were already investigating them. Now that the story has come to light the cloths are ‘loaned’ and will be ‘donated’. Please, if this story had not come to light her and her children would be headed back to Alaske with designer dudes.

With imagination and resourcefulness, two qualities which should be mandatory for the position she seeks,one could dress elegantly on very little. With one navy blue, one grey, one neutral, one brightly colored suit, mixing things up could provide anyone with a month of outfits. And these suits can be found at outlet and thrift stores.
If she truly was like the rest of us, she would “make do”.

Vera Wang has a new line out for Kohl’s department stores. How much more affective would the “real American” story have been if the campaign had gotten in touch with Kohl’s and chosen clothes from the Wang line and others that really did keep her on par with American values? Instead, she allows someone to choose her clothes, dress her and style her much like a movie set or a play session with Barbie. Think about how appealing it was to women who watched “The View” when Michelle Obama was wearing a $125.00 dress from White House/Black Market. While still over the top for some shoppers, a lot more in line with most.

Whether you’re a Manchurian Candidate, or a Stepford Wife, you gotta dress the part.
She’s as phony as a three dollar bill, and no amount of lies, mirrors, or smoke the RNC throw around can cover that hard, cold fact.

It’s not longer, drill baby drill.
It’s
SHOP! BABY, SHOP!

She could have very easily shopped somewhere else for at least a fourth of that cost. That’s ridiculous…and a little heard to swallow.

Heck, I have coins & no kids and never shop at those stores.
I’ll stick with Banana Republic.

wonder how much the rnc and fox paid for joe the plumbers suit. when he was on fox news in the morning?
milk em’ joe milk em’!

Spending $150,000 on clothes only the rich can afford is just the RNC’s demonstration of how trickle-down works.

I’ll be talking with my tax specialist about a possible use of the “Palin defense”—deducting the cost of the clothes I wear to work, because you know, I have to look good too.

If I’m not mistaken, Nancy Reagan got involved in the same problem; she had been accepting designer clothes to wear to public functions, and she wound up being investigated by the IRS. Then, as now, the issue came down to the fact that “loans” of designer clothes left those clothes devoid of value, and they therefore counted as income.
This happend 20+ years ago, so forgive me if my memory is inaccurate; however, it seems like the Nancy Reagan precedent should hold.

The fact that they spent $150K in a few days to dress Gov Palin and her family is shocking to most Americans, certainly, given that most American families don’t make $150K in a year.
But that’s not the problem. The problem is WHO spent the money. Perhaps Hillary Clinton *does* dress just as expensively. I don’t know. But the DNC never bought Hillary clothes – not as a candidate, not as first lady, not as a candidate’s wife. Never. Her clothes were NEVER paid for through anyone’s campaign contributions.
John McCain himself objected to such expenditures when he and Russ Feingold wrote the current campaign finance laws. The fact that he would go along with the dressing of his running mate to the tune of $150K just shows how far from himself he’s really come in this election. It’s heart-breaking.

It is all a strategy!!! The Republican always play around the facts the people are stupid and they’ll believe anything, and they act on that strategy. Lets’ face it most of them are old people, or very uneducated or very radical one sided that is the crowed of Rush Limbou and Foxnews. Scary but It worked in 2000 it worked in 2004 and they believed it will work this time also. The choice of Palin was also based on this. Lets us get a nice woman, the stupid people would love and believe beautiful well dressed woman and first vice president. What divides this country in not the government but the extremist on side radical republicans mentioned above. Rush Limbou what a wonderful maverick woman and he is still defending her. When something or somebody is wrong is wrong! and if you do not have the intelligence enough to see that than you are a moron.

wow

The tax law is quite clear. If you can wear the clothes anywhere other than work, they are not deductible. So space suits are deductible. Business suits and dresses are not.