Its not the $150,000 wardrobe, I can actually defend that. . .its the FUCKING HYPOCRISY

[wndycty]

Believe it or not I have absolutely no problem with the GOP spending $150,000 on Palin's wardrobe. Running for president or vice-president is about image and lets be honest one of the reasons Palin was selected was because she is an attractive woman (she is absolutely ugly human being but I do find her to be attractive).

A simple and obvious attack is to criticize the sheer size of her wardrobe budget but to me that is weak because it invites folks to question how much the Obama's spend, how much Bill Clinton and John Edwards spent on haircuts and what Hillary's wardrobe budget was.

To me the true attack point is the hypocrisy of it all. How the hell do you call Obama an elitist when we know what we know about Palin's wardrobe expenditures? How the hell do you tell me Obama, a man who owns one home, is out of touch when we still are disputing how many homes McCain has? Etc.

I'm not going to ask folks to think that $150,000 for 3 months worth of clothes is reasonable, however the size of the budget is secondary to the hypocrisy.

Also, as far a Mika questioning how much Obama spends on suits I think its important to point out that Obama acknowledges he is doing well financially and not trying to paint himself as some type of "Joe the plumber." He may spend a pretty penny on his suits but he is not trying to act like he doesn't.

[searchingforlight]

1. He is not using what in effect are campaign donations to buy them.

I do love it that Michelle will also wear a dress from Target. Betcha Cindy McCain wouldn't.

[SoonerPride]

3. I bet she's never even BEEN in a Target store

And I'm 100% serious

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. Seriously, Michelle could wear a burlap sack with a belt and look stunning.

[bunnies]

12. exactly.

What Obama buys with his own money is his business. He's not out on a spending spree on our (his donors) dime.

[jpertello]

19. you couldn't be more right!

there was so much gold in Cindy's dress it could've stood up by itself. I dont think Cindy even knows Target exists.

[Loge23]

2. Palin (sic) & simple: It's putting lipstick on a pig (eom)

[Vinca]

5. If the Palin image is "your average hockey mom," I disagree.

You can dress decently for a whole lot less than $150,000. I think they intended to turn her into the thing of freeper wet dreams.

[wndycty]

8. Oh I agree you can do it a lot less than $150,000 but lets admit $75,000.00 would have also raised

Criticism as well, its about the sheer hypocrisy.

[Vinca]

13. It makes me curious about her own wardrobe.

Does the Governor of Alaska run around in mukluks and a parka or something? Most people would wear their own clothes (unless it made them look like white trash, of course).:rofl:

[VolcanoJen]

6. Exactly.

If you're running as a Wal-Mart Hockey Mom, you'd better own that shit. And where are her photo-ops at Neiman-Marcus? She certainly was happy to pose at Wal-Mart buying diapers for Trig.

It's ALWAYS the hypocrisy, stupid. Always.

[flygal]

7. Sorry, but her kid was carrying a Louis Vitton bag

a 14 year old!!! I see what you're saying - but when I saw the kid with the designer bag ..... no way.

[wndycty]

10. You are agreeing with me, its not wrong as much as it undermines her "hockey mom" image

:kick:

[flygal]

21. yes - she's trying to connect to walmart shoppers

I wouldn't have a problem with just the clothes - I honestly have no idea what a wardrobe for something like an election would cost - but the kid carrying an obnoxiously expensive bag just shows how much they want to project the rich image.

[iamahaingttta]

26. The bag was a fake...

...apparently.

[jberryhill]

42. I'd like a pic of that one /nt

[AlCzervik]

45. that's even worse, the government claimed knocks off supported terrorist groups.

[AndyA]

9. The hypocrisy of the Republican Party is one of their most offensive issues.

Closeted gays write and support legislation that is discriminatory toward themselves.

Republicans condemn Bill Clinton for an affair, while they are doing even worse things at the very same time!

They point fingers and accuse Democrats of ethics violations, when the finger pointers are up to their armpits in unethical activities.

They say one thing, then do another, but only have a problem with that when a Democrat does the same thing.

They call Obama elitist, but they are really the elitists.

It's all bullshit, and the media should call them on it.

[YDogg]

11. BINGO

[bunnies]

14. Oh dont worry. They're taking all that stuff back after the election.

:eyes: Which also means that they're going to take all the new clothes away from those children. How sweet.

[babylonsister]

23. Oh no, it's all going to charity, so we should just go with the flow.

:eyes: Yet again trying to squeeze the toothpaste back into the tube.

[sfam]

15. Hopefully we get to hear what "Joe the Plumber" hears about this...

And I don't mean that idiot in Ohio - I'm talking about the average Joe on the street. So McCain is worried about connecting with that average Joe - what do THEY think about this?

[TooRaLoo]

16. Funny enough, they keep saying "hypocrisy" on Morning Joke! nt

[ecstatic]

17. What's funny to me is how the stories I don't think will get traction, do

and the ones I think should get traction, don't. LOL

But... if it works, it works... I guess the story resonates since we're in the middle of a financial crisis.

And it hasn't been 3 months--just under 2 months--which amounts to over 20,000 / week.

[scarface2004]

18. it is the $150,000!

what you can t find a wardrobe for less?!?! you d have to work really hard to spend that on stupid clothes!

[frickaline]

20. Yep ... show me the other Joe Six-Pack Hockey Moms with this kind of wardrobe! (nt)

[Bread and Circus]

22. Obama buys UNION MADE suits made in the Midwest USA

[Wolfies Revenge]

24. where would the republiKKKans be without hypocrisy

[These Eyes]

25. I don't know how they can defend this…

What she spent on clothes in 3 months is more than what some of her 'followers' make in 3 years. How can she say that she's one of them if she doesn't dress like them, shop like them? Maybe I'm just jealous not one asked me to be vp. I could use a new wardrobe.

[MichellesBFF]

33. Extreme Makeover!

Vice Presidential edition

[iamahaingttta]

27. I don't have a problem with all of this.

The money came from donations.
It's all part of campaigning.
You gotta look good up there, and a woman candidate especially has to think in those terms.
I'm sure the Obama campaign has spent that much for Barack and Joe, Michelle and Jill.
I expect our candidates and their families to look good, and they all look fabulous, and I expect our donations to pay for it.
I understand about the hypocrisy, but I just can't get worked up about it all.
It's part of the game.

Don't allow this latest distraction to suck up more than a few minutes of your time.
It's just not worth it..

[nichomachus]

35. But you know who has a problem?

The people who donated the money. Imagine you're a $10-an-hour worker who didn't buy a new sweater at the WalMart so you could help get a "good Christian hockey mom" elected -- and she blew it all on designer clothes for her husband and kids.

I'd be a little pissed.

[RedLetterRev]

28. OK, my gay-gene is kicking in here, so I'll ask...

$140G they spent, and that's the best they can make her look?

Oy.

Some people just don't know how to shop.

[Wolfies Revenge]

32. consider what they have to work with

not even Lagerfeld could make that thing presentable.

[RedLetterRev]

38. .

:rofl:

[Carni]

40. I thought she was DRESSING CHEAP!

I swear -- all these weeks I thought Palin WAS dressing fairly cheap to fit in with the *hockey mom* BS!

If that wardrobe is what they got for 144 thousand then WTF? A lot of it doesn't even fit her properly IMO

RedletterRev I'm glad someone else thinks her look is not so much! LOL

[RedLetterRev]

44. I'm a redneck queer and that LAST fashion-plate on earth

but DANG, I think I could do more with $150 at Sears and Rareback. Maybe like Wolfie's Revenge said, it's not the fault of the clothes. Who knew it took so much money to look so cheap?

[marions ghost]

29. Well I doubt that

the Obamas would go on a 150K shopping spree paid for by the DNC. Big diff.

What do they think the Palins are--Royalty?!? Talk about putting lipstick on a pig!

I HATE that running for the highest offices in this country is "all about image." We are (collectively) a very shallow people.

It DOES matter to me what they spend on their stuff. --eg. I like John Edwards but his house is a monumental extravagance on a par with the (13 bathroomed) McDuck mansion they are trying to offload in Arizona. I will say that it was an obstacle for me in supporting John.

I don't care about haircuts and makeovers--Laura spent $700 on one in NYC and it never made the news, but John's sure did. Massages and makeovers qualify as psychotherapy. Given what we put these people through to get elected, I don't begrudge them that. In this godforsaken consumer culture you could argue that shopping is ALSO psychotherapy (is that why Condi was out shoe-buying during Katrina aftermath?) ---but sorry I don't buy that shopping works as psychotherapy. It's not a healthy pursuit in excess. Leads to neurotic object worship and shopaholicism. It's negative behavior if it goes beyond justifiable need (entertainment being included as a need, to a point).

Yes, it's the hypocrisy but more than that, in this recession it is the INSENSITIVITY. At least it shows them for what they are--narcissist, insecure, petty bureaucrats who think they are special and royal...and they must have their fortresses against the world like Hollywood celebrities. Yech.

They party while Rome burns. :nuke:

[sammytko]

30. I remember they made a big deal out of talking her into buying the

$2500 jacket she wore for her big speech. I knew there was something wrong with someone making $125K a year spending so much on one article of clothing.

[JI7]

31. that's exactly what it is, all the pro america, joe six pack and other shit

[mac56]

34. Republicans are less troubled by hypocrisy than normal people are.

nm

[uponit7771]

39. True, they rationalize their hypocrisy mostly to their "godliness"

[nichomachus]

36. I'm actually glad she spent that money on clothes

1. That came from campaign donations -- so the ones who got scammed were Republicans.

2. McCain's campaign treasury is in the shitter. So, anything that helps pull the chain is a big help to us.

3. Every dollar spent on Secessionist Sarah's duds is a dollar not being spent on an attack ad or an attack mailer.

Please, Sarah, spend, spend, spend.

[DeepModem Mom]

37. Exactly. Michelle wears designer clothes (as well as Gap). She doesn't pretend to be...

a Wal-Mart Mom.

[gblady]

43. and I haven't checked but....

is there a clothing allowance in O's campaign finace report?

[DeepModem Mom]

46. No, indeed. nt

[Leftist Agitator]

41. You can defend someone spending what I live off of for FIFTEEN YEARS in one month on CLTOHING?

Wow, I'd call you an asshole, but that wouldn't be nearly a strong enough word.

[justiceischeap]

47. For me it's also the hypocrisy but in a different way

It's not bad enough that she's got that whole "hockey mom" thing going on but then to hold oneself out as the person whose going to reform Washington, cut pork, etc. and then go out and spend 150K in pork (donated money/tax payer money) to buy this wardrobe is ridiculous. What's even worse is it wasn't just for her but her whole brood. If elected can we see her doing this every three months for a family of 7? So at the end of 4 years she'd charge the tax payer $2.4 million for clothes?

[pointsoflight]

48. The repugs also attacked Edwards for an expensive haircut.

Another way in which there's hypocrisy here.

[CADEMOCRAT7]

49. Can you say elitist ? n/t

[progressivebydesign]

50. Don't agree here. The shopping was a BONUS, not campaign related.

I frankly think it's like all those trips she took on the Alaskan dime. That woman knows how to work the system to get goodies.. and she's still the same old trashy person she's always been. She bilks Alaska for a week long trip with Bristol to NYC to attend a 5 hour conference. Trust me, I think the shopping sprees were a gift to her. They could have reasonably outfitted her with a few decent suits from Macys. This Saks 5th Ave and Neimann Marcus stuff is way over the top...


it's the hypocrisy of trying to sell her as an every-woman. While wearing outfits that cost more than most people's cars.

Michelle was stunning on the View, wearing a $200.00 dress.

[stubtoe]

51. I seem to recall the RW outrage just last week over the bogus "Lobster lunch"

Betcha Rush doesn't pick up on THIS little tidbit, though.

Hey, maybe I'll send it to him. :)