"If Palin's spending on clothes had been accurately reported during the campaign"

[HipChick]

the country would have been in an uproar," he sniped in so many words...

"She would go into a store, buy everything in sight, and have the bill sent to the Republican National Committee.

"I stopped counting at $250,000.00."

According to John McCain's campaign Manager - Steve Schmidt - Palin was under the impression she was given carte blanche to zip around town to all the toniest boutiques and simply charge away at whim without any budget constraints.

http://www.laobserved.com/

http://www.zimbio.com/Sarah+Palin/articles/JkkukBDogjS/Sarah+Palin+racked+up+bucks+shopping+spree

Cue the predictable Palin denial....

[Warren Stupidity]

1. I'm starting to admire the whole grifterness of the palin thing.

[Blue_In_AK]

She's made it into an art form. n/t

[HipChick]

3. She killed my American Dream...

Grifting is definitely more profitable..

[Canuckistanian]

7. You know, she really has

At first, I just thought it was an act - you know, part of her "maverickyness".

But she really IS a dyed-in-the-wool petty grifter.

I'm reminded of John Malkovitch in "Color Me Kubrick". EVERYTHING she does is a scam designed to enrich either her bank account or her ego.

You've really got to hand it to her.

[Catshrink]

2. But those clothes were donated to charity.

:sarcasm:

[Warpy]

4. She's looking more and more hypomanic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania

The DSM-IV-TR defines a hypomanic episode as including, over the course of at least four days, elevated mood plus three of the following symptoms OR irritable mood plus four of the following symptoms:

* pressured speech; rapid talking
* inflated self-esteem or grandiosity;
* decreased need for sleep;
* flight of ideas or the subjective experience that thoughts are racing;
* easy distractibility and attention-deficit (superficially similar to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder);
* increase in psychomotor agitation; and
* involvement in pleasurable activities that may have a high potential for negative psycho-social or physical consequences (e.g., the person engages in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments).<1>

[sam sarrha]

5. there was something about her laundering political money thru her books..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/01/sarah-palins-pac-spends-t_n_444623.html

[Blue_In_AK]

6. If you missed my post last night about money laundering

check this out http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7622304