palin's waist of $$$$

Tailoring is more common and less expensive than you would expect.

Very few people, male or female, can buy a suit or formal dress off the rack and have it fit perfectly without tailoring.
Last time I had alterations done on a business suit it cost me about $30. An evening gown re-hem cost $15.
You wanna get Barack 'Barry' Obama's 'look'? He's a sharp dresser; but that doesn't mean he spent $2500 on a Valentino jacket! Try this- go down to the local last-season retailer (marshalls, tjmaxx, filenes basement, burlington coat factory, etc), spend $100- $150 on a nice suit (yes, this is an accurate price range for a non-couture designer suit from these types of retailers), spend another $50 (being generous) to have the sleeves done and the slacks taken in and hemmed, and you have a perfectly reasonable business suit that fits as if it was made for you. This is what us normal everyday cubicle-monkeys do... hell, I even had them do my motorcycle leathers! Rrrowr!

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Tailoring is more common and less expensive than you would expect.

Very few people, male or female, can buy a suit or formal dress off the rack and have it fit perfectly without tailoring.
Last time I had alterations done on a business suit it cost me about $30. An evening gown re-hem cost $15.
You wanna get Barack 'Barry' Obama's 'look'? He's a sharp dresser; but that doesn't mean he spent $2500 on a Valentino jacket! Try this- go down to the local last-season retailer (marshalls, tjmaxx, filenes basement, burlington coat factory, etc), spend $100- $150 on a nice suit (yes, this is an accurate price range for a non-couture designer suit from these types of retailers), spend another $50 (being generous) to have the sleeves done and the slacks taken in and hemmed, and you have a perfectly reasonable business suit that fits as if it was made for you. This is what us normal everyday cubicle-monkeys do... hell, I even had them do my motorcycle leathers! Rrrowr!

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what sucks is how everyone is making an issue over money that was spent
so the media wouldn't say they were dressed like 'cubicle monkeys'.
keep in mind that the Palins are the only ones in this race that aren't rich,
even by Obama's standards.

and don't kid yourself, those suits cost at least $2000.00, ask any guy
who's ever shopped for a suit.

man, here we are talking about cloths rather than about this Obama
character who began his political career in the living room of a domestic
terrorist. or how he bought his house, with a $300,000.00 price break,
from a thief, or how he spent 20 years listening to a radical preacher!

i'm completely flabbergasted that anyone would even consider
electing this guy. shit, he's gonna get elected simply bedause
he's black for God's sake. i guess that'll prove we're not racists.

he has no experience at all and he hangs around with some awful
shady characters and, when asked about it, he pretends ignorance,
if he's really telling the truth that he didn't know about Ayers past
then hes a fool because Ayers is very open about his beliefs, even
to this day. he must be the only person in America that didn't know
about him, he sure ought to have known if he planned a career in politics

so, he's either stupid, or a liar, either way, he's undeserving of the
presidency!

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happiest, why don't you eat cake, or maybe you should stop eating cake

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First off all that doesn't make sense. :wtf:
and second of all I can't barely afford cake any more. Maybe the repubs will throw me some crumbs?! Doesn't seem like it. I'm starving here!!( figuratively speaking, of course)
I realize you think I should vote for the guy whose plan won't help me at all, but I'm not into that. I have an idea. You can send all the extra money you'll save with Obamas plan and send it directly to John McCain. That way I'll get my tax break, and you can still give all your money to the Republicans.:thumbsup: I, for one, am done with that.
Oh, and bozo, Sarah Palin did a new interview on FOX. Maybe you should watch it and find out about this Aryes guy. I'm sure they uncovered something new.(insert sarcasm here) He sounds shady to me!;)

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First off all that doesn't make sense. :wtf:
and second of all I can't barely afford cake any more. Maybe the repubs will throw me some crumbs?! Doesn't seem like it. I'm starving here!!( figuratively speaking, of course)
I realize you think I should vote for the guy whose plan won't help me at all, but I'm not into that. I have an idea. You can send all the extra money you'll save with Obamas plan and send it directly to John McCain. That way I'll get my tax break, and you can still give all your money to the Republicans.:thumbsup: I, for one, am done with that.
Oh, and bozo, Sarah Palin did a new interview on FOX. Maybe you should watch it and find out about this Aryes guy. I'm sure they uncovered something new.(insert sarcasm here) He sounds shady to me!;)

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i already watch Fox hon, and MSNBC and CNN too. which means i already saw that interview.

and you're so busy hating Bush and painting McCain with that brush that
you aren't really looking at this guy Obama and what he's gonna do to
your wallet once he gets in.

or maybe it's just that you're too young to have lived through the '70's.

maybe you should study some history so you'll know where Obama wants
to take you and your family, what kind of world he wants to 'provide' for
your children. or maybe you don't care about thier future.

think about it, what if you are wrong? do you think we'll be able to just
'go back'?

"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"With all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens -- a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities."
-- Thomas Jefferson, from his First Inaugural Address

"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC

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i already watch Fox hon, and MSNBC and CNN too. which means i already saw that interview.

and you're so busy hating Bush and painting McCain with that brush that
you aren't really looking at this guy Obama and what he's gonna do to
your wallet once he gets in.

or maybe it's just that you're too young to have lived through the '70's.

maybe you should study some history so you'll know where Obama wants
to take you and your family, what kind of world he wants to 'provide' for
your children. or maybe you don't care about thier future.

think about it, what if you are wrong? do you think we'll be able to just
'go back'?

"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"With all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens -- a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities."
-- Thomas Jefferson, from his First Inaugural Address

"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC

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nice quotes, will ya get real for a sec? in the last 8 years we have had the largest growth in government spending and this is totally a conservative govt

just cuz 200 years ago some party had some values it does not mean they are sticking by it anymore, cuz u can see that very few influential people are for the original small fed govt intended for us by the 4 fathers among the right, they keep talking about it but in action almost everyone votes in a way that indirectly or directly has led to this gigantic and manipulative govt we got now, revoking some of our most important rights, running undeclared wars, and running big deficits

there is a reason for all the "bashing"

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oh, and just so you know, 'waist' is where you put your belt, and
'waste' is what it is reading your words

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This sort of comment is NOT cool and is considered a personal attack. FYI.
If this thread degenerates into attacking other members it is GONE so if you want to keep on arguing/debating I suggest you do it with more respect for the other people on this site.
Thank you.

Edit: Digging deeper, we have an ongoing issue.

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nice quotes, will ya get real for a sec? in the last 8 years we have had the largest growth in government spending and this is totally a conservative govt

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lol, i guess the dot-com bubble bursting, 9\11, 2 wars and the near colapse
of the entire economy don't explain some of that spending, something 'real'
you seem unable to credit.

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just cuz 200 years ago some party had some values it does not mean they are sticking by it anymore, cuz u can see that very few influential people are for the original small fed govt intended for us by the 4 fathers among the right, they keep talking about it but in action almost everyone votes in a way that indirectly or directly has led to this gigantic and manipulative govt we got now, revoking some of our most important rights, running undeclared wars, and running big deficits

there is a reason for all the "bashing"

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and, with all due 'respect', those guy's in that party 200 years ago,
with those values? those were the founding fathers of this country
and it was those values that have made this country the greatest
country on the planet, even now.

the bigger the government becomes, the less free you are, that's the reality.

"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away."
-- Barry Goldwater

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Seems funny that when it's about the RNC you find this type of thing as an "issue"

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I know it's not a REAL issue, but it is a hillarious laugh riot! She's passing herself off as a maverick reformer, out to cut wasteful spending, just an ordinary hockey mom, not one of the elites, part of the "real" America --- and she is spending $3,000 a day on haute couture!

Hypocrisy can be funny!

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it wasn't 'campaign' money dude, and it wasn't taxpayer money
either, it was money donated to the RNC by people that want America
to remain free.

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Apparently it was money donated to the RNC by people who want Valentino, Gucci, and Armani to remain free.

If you believe McCain and Palin, their support is among Joe the Plumbers across the nation, so if Joe the Plumber wants to donate to the RNC so that Sarah Palin can spend more money on clothes in a month than Joe makes in a year, that's Joe's perrogative. But if Joe resents that, I can see why.

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I know it's not a REAL issue, but it is a hillarious laugh riot! She's passing herself off as a maverick reformer, out to cut wasteful spending, just an ordinary hockey mom, not one of the elites, part of the "real" America --- and she is spending $3,000 a day on haute couture!

Hypocrisy can be funny!

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I agree that hyupocrisy can be funny like the statement cheap Joe made about giving up your money for the common good is patriotic. For somebody that gives less than MANY middle income people this dude should win an award for hypocrisy.

Have a good one!:s4:

Things have changed a bit since the time of the founding fathers. Welfare and other public assistance, for example, were not as big an issue in a young country that had not had time to become overpopulated, and where there was more work than there were people to do it. While their philosophical approach to a government for the people is timeless (ironic that one of their problems with the Monarchy was frittering away money on expensive crap, and that's how the French nobility lost their bewigged and powdered heads during THAT revolution of the same era- LET THEM EAT CAKE! *chop *thud), trying to apply that philosophy in the modern world takes a far deeper understanding of its tenets...

OBVIOUSLY the wars are a major outlet for government spending- unpopular wars, that The People are having a hard time digesting, as tehy were shoved down our throats with the lubricant of National Security and Patriotism...

Edit: Anyone remember that the early settlers of this fine country were so appalled by the excesses of the contemporary monarchy, that the wearing of something so simple as silver coat-buttons or any type of jewelry was considered scandalous in some communities?

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Louie XVI's girlfriend gave good head....:thumbsup:

film at eleven

the clothes thing is getting a little old. bottom line, it wasn't any or our money (unless you donated).

we should spend more time worrying about the issues at hand. like the TAXPAYER money the government used to bail all of these people that bought houses they couldn't afford or signed mortgages that were ridiculous in the rhetoric.

for everyone out there who thinks obama has a plan, for the economy and for taxes, wake up. he has a plan, sure. they all do to get elected. but they either change there mind onece they get elected or they can't get it passed in congress. you must realize the president doesn't have that much power. all of this must go through the congress. so he can have wonderful ideas. so what. the bottom line is they must be real world ideas. ones that will actualy work.

for all the mccain haters out there you need to show that man some respect. he spent 7 years in a cage so you can type your rants on this forum. not to mention he's beaten cancer like 4 times. he is a real american hero. i'm not saying that should make you voter for him but show him some respect. when you sign up for the military you basically sign your life away. you do what your told whether you like it or not. so don't argue about "i don't stand for that war, blah blah blah". bottom line is there are 17, 18, and 19+ year old kids dying everyday. and your congress voted for war. and we are worrying about $150,000. come one. what did barack ever do? get harrassed for being half black? whoa!

-shake

edit: and you guys do realize that if obama gets elected and blows it how much that is gonna set minorities in politics back? sure he's a slick talker, but so is the devil! (and i'm not calling him the devil.)

and you can get suits tailor made in thailand for $100 US.

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and don't kid yourself, those suits cost at least $2000.00, ask any guy
who's ever shopped for a suit.

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Suits can be expensive, that is true. The most expensive piece of clothing I ever bought was a suit. I got it at Men's Wearhouse. It was about $300. Then I paid them to have it altered and also bought 3 shirts, 3 ties, a belt, a tie clip, and a pailr of shoes, so by the time I was out the door with a full outfit for three occaisions, I was up to about $700, which completely blew my mind. It seemed like too much, because I was paying for it with my own money, not donations. But my wife really liked it, so it was unavoidable at that point. That was 7 years ago, and I've had a few occaisions a year to wear it, so it amortizes out OK, maybe $30 per event.

But that's just me out here in the "real America." If you are one of the "elite" in politics you really do have to look your best, and maybe the suits do cost $2000. I don't know. In the case of Obama and Biden, they pay for their own clothes, so I guess we could ask them how much. But since they do pay for it themselves, whose business is it anyway?

And I do have to concede the point that if the Palins cannot afford to look like a presidential family, then it makes sense that the RNC pay to make them presentable. Seems to me though that they could do it for less than $150,000, especially if their entire theme is cutting wasteful spending. I'm pretty sure that if anyone is spending $3000 every single day on clothes, there is some wasteful spending in there, and maybe a maverick costcutter should get in there and shake up those fatcats! You betcha!

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the Hanoi Hilton was better than a "tiger cage" POW. Those poor souls never made it out alive. (example..."Deer Hunter")

The idea that if they were to buy cheaper clothes for the Palin family, they would be exposed or laughed at by the media is really funny. Here's why.

1. Politicians spin and here is how this could be spun. First off why not make it public before they buy the clothes that they are spending X amount of dollars, for X amount of reasons, and are auctioning them off after the race and donating the money to charity. Why that actually sounds like a nice way to race some money for the less fortunate.

2. Why not dress her in 300 dollar suits and when the media supposedly laughs and exposes her, respond by saying that this is a spending cut, which us repubs are all about. Now that would be a unique and i believe positive move for the republicans.

In conclusion i believe that they are full of shit on the donation part. Well yeah now they will, but the "plan all along", bullcoughsh*t.
In the hard to imagine chance that Sarah Palin is VP after this election, is she going to donate all these clothes and then wear her Gov. rags to meet with all the world leaders?

Maybe Sarah palin should do a stump speech from Neiman Marcus:

"I just love getting out here in the Real America and meeting with all the Real Americans, here at Neiman Marcus, away from all those elites. I love meeting with people like Joe the Tailor, Suzy the Stylist, and Pam the Personal Shopper.

I'm here to tell you that Barack Obama wants to tax the shirt off your back. You betcha! And with shirts going for $3,000 a pop, who can afford that?

Molly the Model and Patty the Pedicurist can't afford that. And neither can Harry the Haberdasher. That's because they are Real Americans, like hockey moms across the nation.

And you know the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? $150,000 worth of couture!"

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I also wonder how much Obama has spent on them tailored suits he's always wearing. Seems funny that when it's about the RNC you find this type of thing as an "issue" but in regards to subjects like Rev. Wright and William Ayers you don't.:wtf:

........and still no mention of "Cheap Joe Bidens" charitable contributions.

Have a good one!:s4:

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Makes one wonder just how many $1500 - $2000 Brooks Brothers and Savil Row suits Obama and Biden have in their closets then add all the $150 ties and $100 shirts.....don't forget the $1500/pr shoes.

Palin favors "small town" culture and patriotism - here's her spin on the expenses.


Palin calls herself a frugal shopper when at home

40 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) â?? Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, on whom the GOP has lavished $150,000 for designer clothes and beauty services, says her family shops frugally back home in Alaska and her favorite store is a consignment shop.

Purchases by the Republican National Committee at high-end department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus appeared in spending reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. They offered a stark contrast to Palin's image as a "hockey mom" who calls herself part of an average, middle-class American family.

"Those clothes are not my property. We had three days of using clothes that the RNC purchased," Palin told Fox News in an interview that aired Thursday night.

"If people knew how Todd and I and our kids shop so frugally. My favorite shop is a consignment shop in Anchorage, Alaska, called Out of the Closet. And my shoe store is called Shoe Fly in Juneau, Alaska. ... It's not, you know, Fifth Avenue-type of shopping."

In one shopping spree for Palin, the RNC spent $75,062 at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis. It also spent $49,425 at Saks Fifth Avenue and $4,902 at Atelier, a stylish men's store, and paid $92 for a romper and matching hat with ears for her infant son, Trig, at Pacifier, a Minneapolis baby store.

The McCain campaign reported paying $13,200 in September to celebrity makeup artist Amy Strozzi, who works on the reality show "So You Think You Can Dance." She was paid $22,800 for the first two weeks of October, nearly double what the campaign paid McCain's foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, according to a filing report.

Palin said the clothing purchased by the RNC would be returned or donated to charities.

The Associated Press: Palin calls herself a frugal shopper when at home

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Makes one wonder just how many $1500 - $2000 Brooks Brothers and Savil Row suits Obama and Biden have in their closets then add all the $150 ties and $100 shirts.....don't forget the $1500/pr shoes.

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Clothes this expensive are sort of ridiculous for anyone, but if they pay for it themselves, who cares? Palin's problem is that was not her money and it was outrageously over-the-top waste for a "maverick reformer" whose whole schtick is cutting wasteful spending.

Palin stylist draws higher pay than policy adviser

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press
Oct. 24, 2008

WASHINGTON â?? An acclaimed celebrity makeup artist for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin collected more money from John McCain's campaign than his foreign policy adviser.

Amy Strozzi, who works on the reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" and has been Palin's traveling stylist, was paid $22,800, according to campaign finance reports for the first two weeks in October. In contrast, McCain's foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, was paid $12,500, the report showed.

McCain's campaign said the payment covered a portion of her work in September and a portion of October. An earlier campaign finance report showed Strozzi was paid $13,200 for a portion of September.

In recent days, McCain and his running mate have tried to douse a furor over how their side spent their money. The Republican National Committee came under scrutiny after the party committee reported earlier this week that it had spent about $150,000 in September on wardrobe and cosmetics after Palin joined the GOP ticket.

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune and Fox News on Thursday, Palin said the clothes bought for the Republican National Convention were not worth $150,000 and said most have not left her campaign plane. She also said the family shops frugally.

"Those clothes are not my property. We had three days of using clothes that the RNC purchased," Palin told Fox News in an interview that aired Thursday night.

There was no evidence of additional clothing purchases in the most recent reports.

The Obama campaign has said it paid for hair and makeup costs associated with interviews or events, but neither the campaign nor the Democratic National Committee has paid for clothing.

The reports showed that Barack Obama and McCain enter the final days of the presidential campaign amid dwindling reserves, with Obama hindered by a sudden drop in fundraising and McCain restrained by spending limits.

Obama, the Democratic nominee, spent more than $105 million during the first two weeks of October, according to campaign finance reports. He reported raising only $36 million for his campaign during that period, about half the fundraising pace he enjoyed in September.

The Illinois senator shattered records and dumbfounded Republicans and Democrats by raising $150 million in September. Obama could still do better in October. His more recent report showed he had taken no share from a joint Obama-Democratic Party victory fund that raised about $27 million during the same October period.

But with the election 11 days away, both Obama and McCain, the Republican nominee, are operating with diminishing funds.

Obama had nearly $66 million in the bank at the end of the two-week period and debts of about $2.3 million. The Democratic National Committee and the joint victory fund reported combined cash on hand of $31 million.

McCain and the Republican National Committee reported having a combined $84 million as of last week to spend before Election Day.

The reports illustrated Obama's superior financial position going into October. He spent more than $80 million on media advertising. McCain, using his resources and the Republican National Committee's, spent a combined $38 million on ads.

McCain, who has accepted public financing for his campaign, is restricted in his spending. As of Oct. 15 he had more than $25 million in hand and more than $1 million in debts. The RNC, which has been helping his candidacy, had more than $59 million in the bank.

At McCain's spending rate of $1.5 million a day, the Arizona senator likely has only $12 million to spend in the next 11 days before the Nov. 4 election. He began the fall campaign in September with $84 million in public funds.

Obama is not participating in the public finance system, a strategy he used to advantage in September with a remarkable surge of donations. His October fundraising slowed, even though Democrats had hoped that presidential and vice presidential debates held during that period would have spurred additional giving.

Obama and his wife, Michelle, issued e-mail fundraising appeals on Thursday. The candidate warned supporters that "the margins of victory in crucial battleground states will be small."

Added his wife: "It all comes down to Friday morning when we make the last, tough choices about where we can fight â?? and how hard."

McCain's major expense was advertising â?? he spent more than $19 million from Oct. 1-15 on ads. The RNC contributed an extra $10 million to help with those media buys. It also spent $8.5 million on ads on behalf of McCain that were placed independently of his campaign.

McCain still has $21 million left over from the primary elections that he cannot use in the general but can distribute to Republican Party committees. In October, he doled out $8.5 million from that account to party committees in the battleground states of Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, Nevada, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida.

Obama contributed $14 million to Democratic committees in those states and more.

I'm going to start a charitable orginization. Then with all the money I get I'm going to buy myself clothes and whatever else I want. Then as long as I auction it off when I'm done with it everything will be fine, right?

Oh, and I'm not going to skimp either. Only the most expensive things will work. Remember, I'm trying to be charitable here.

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My favorite shop is a consignment shop in Anchorage, Alaska, called Out of the Closet.

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Uh, oh. There goes the religious right --- Out of the Closet is obviously a gay-owned supporter of same-sex marriage! What would Joe the Plumber think!

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The McCain campaign reported paying $13,200 in September to celebrity makeup artist Amy Strozzi, who works on the reality show "So You Think You Can Dance." She was paid $22,800 for the first two weeks of October, nearly double what the campaign paid McCain's foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, according to a filing report.

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Ha ha! They pay the make-up artist for "So You Think You Can Dance" twice as much as they pay their foriegn policy advisor! Well you get what you pay for, and they do look MAAAAHVELOUS!

Of course, in Palin's case, they might just want to bump up the spending on policy advice just a smidge....

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Palin said the clothing purchased by the RNC would be returned or donated to charities.

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Please do not tell the that Palin is one of those sleazeballs sho returns the clothes she has worn. What does she do? Tuck in the tags for the stump speaches?

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[B][SIZE=3]In recent days, McCain and his running mate have tried to douse a furor over how their side spent their money.

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MCain campaign budget meeting: Ok, we'll spend a third of it negaitve ads and robocalls, a third on fancy clothes and shoes, and a third whining about how we don't have enough money and how Obama is outspending us.

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Please do not tell the that Palin is one of those sleazeballs sho returns the clothes she has worn. What does she do? Tuck in the tags for the stump speaches?

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I predict that Saturday Night Live picks up on that and that we see a post-election skit involving Tina Fey as Palin sheepishly trying to return a Valentino jacket, and then, refused a refund, trying to give it to charity...

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I predict that Saturday Night Live picks up on that and that we see a post-election skit involving Tina Fey as Palin sheepishly trying to return a Valentino jacket, and then, refused a refund, trying to give it to charity...

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Ha ha! Hilarious!

This whole thing is a comedic goldmine! I loved your image of the poor schmuck picking up a Valentino jacket at the thrift shop and wearing it to their crappy job bussing tables or whatever it was --- there has to be a skit in that somewhere. And there are a million ways to go with the whole "Real America," anti-elitist, Joe the Plumber, hockey mom with the $150,000 clothing allowance shopping at Saks. They must have had spontaneous orgasms over at SNL when this thing was reported. It is mind bogglingly funny!

I thought this thread was going to be about a string of money strapped to Palin's midsection.

Each side is forking out huge amounts of money during this election so to me it really is a non-issue and a low blow no matter who the candidate was.

so do people want solutions, or do they just want to keep creating unnecessary drama by electing OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES???

Think about it.

remember this thread isnt just about waisting rnc money, which a watchdog group out of washington is now saying palin's actions can be criminal, because under the election laws its illegal to spend campaign/republican money on clothes/personal items


but the other article was about palin using alaska's taxpayers money to send her kids on vacation. and that is way worse and even more criminal

what's good for the goose is good for the gander!



Edwards' haircuts cost a pretty penny
Candidate's multiple tonsorial stylings cost over $200 a clip

NBC News
updated 12:08 p.m. PT, Tues., April. 17, 2007

WASHINGTON - Looking pretty is costing John Edwards' presidential campaign a lot of pennies. The Democrat's campaign committee picked up the tab for two haircuts at $400 each by celebrity stylist Joseph Torrenueva of Beverly Hills, Calif., according to a financial report filed with the Federal Election Commission.

FEC records show Edwards also availed himself of $250 in services from a trendy salon and spa in Dubuque, Iowa, and $225 in services from the Pink Sapphire in Manchester, N.H., which is described on its Web site as "a unique boutique for the mind, body and face" that caters mostly to women.

A spokeswoman for Edwards' campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

Torrenueva - who specializes in men's haircuts - confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press that Edwards is a longtime client and friend.

"I do cut his hair and I have cut it for quite a while," Torrenueva said. "We've been friends a long time."

Referring to a picture of Edwards published Tuesday in The Los Angeles Times, Torrenueva said: "That's my cut." The stylist said he couldn't vouch for the source of Edwards' haircuts in other photos.

High priced stylings
One reason the cost of the cut was so steep even by Beverly Hills standards is that Torrenueva went to Edwards rather than the candidate coming into the stylist's salon a block off Rodeo Drive.

"I go to him wherever convenient," Torrenueva said. He declined to identify where the cuts paid for by the campaign took place.

Campaign records also show the former North Carolina senator's campaign paid $248 on March 1 to the Designworks Salon in Dubuque.

According to Designworks' Web site, the salon and spa features a wide variety of beauty and health services, including massages, facials, body polishes, self tanners, and rosemary mint and Caribbean therapy body wraps.

The salon's owners did not return a call.

Edwards, 53, who has made alleviating poverty the central theme of candidacy, has been criticized for building a 28,000-square-foot house for $5.3 million near Chapel Hill, N.C. The complex of several buildings on 102 acres includes an indoor basketball court, an indoor pool and a handball court.

Edwards, who was John Kerry's vice presidential runningmate in 2004, is also the subject of a YouTube spoof poking fun at his youthful good looks. The video shows the candidate combing his tresses to the dubbed-in tune of "I Feel Pretty."

In 1993, Cristophe gave former President Clinton a $200 haircut aboard Air Force One as it sat on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport. Late-night comedians and columnists poked fun at the president for the expensive cut.