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Politico: RNC Spent $150K on Palin Wardrobe

Started by washingtonindependent · 8 months ago

Forget $400 haircuts — accessorizing the GOP vice presidential nominee requires serious cash.
Politico reports that the Republican National Committee appears to have spent $150,000 for clothes, hair and makeup for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family, following her pick as% ... Continue reading »

13 comments

Anne
8 months ago

If you can't fix what comes out of her mouth, you might as well dress her up nicely as a prop. It seems to be working for some.

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Peter
8 months ago

The absurd RNC expenditures (with the public's money) on Sarah Palin's wardrobe are simply putting lipstick on a Person Incompetent to Govern.

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Bj
8 months ago

Fabulous looks don't make up for intelligence or just plain, honest, common sense!

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bummed in oc
8 months ago

Just like Joe the Plummer's gal

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fabians
8 months ago

That is just disgusting!

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Gabe
8 months ago

Hilarious!

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Just a Mom
8 months ago

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig . . . Oh wait!
Wrong scandal. Then how come it still fits?

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John
8 months ago

Steinlauf and Stoller doesn't sell baby things and on what they do sell regular folks would have a hard time spending $295.

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Matthew DeLong
8 months ago

My bad...You are right. I misread the article. Pacifier was the high-end baby store. I should pay more attention. I have corrected the post.

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UnionMaid1377
8 months ago

It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign.’

Because like, every poor woman fits in a teeny size and needs a campaign wardrobe.

I'm going to remember that the next time I am struck with shopping lust. I'll just donate my old clothes to charity...yeah...that'll work...

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Cathianne
8 months ago

Does she have to claim this money as income on her taxes? I

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yvonne
8 months ago

So much for the POOR GUY "Joe the Plummer". I think that kind of spending is over the edge. Where did this money come from?

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