palin's waist of $$$$

[JaySin]

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.

JaySin Reviewed by JaySin on 10-24-2008. palin's waist of $$$$ Palin bunch travel at Alaska expense Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:34:18 GMT The State of Alaska paid for the Palin children to watch their father in a snowmachine race. Republican running mate Sarah Palin has reportedly charged the State of Alaska more than $20,000 to cover her children's travel expenses. An investigative report by the Associated Press reveals that the State of Alaska paid $21,012 for 64 commercial flights and hotel accommodation for Governor Palin's three daughters after she took Rating: 5

[dragonrider]

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

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!

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.

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....

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

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?

[dragonrider]

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

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.

[stinkyattic]

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?

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...

[dragonrider]

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...

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!

[FakeBoobsRule]

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.

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

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.

[texas grass]

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

[maladroit]

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.