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The Republican National Committee spent about $150,000 on clothing, hair styling, makeup and other "campaign accessories" in September for the McCain campaign after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin joined the ticket as his running mate.

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Originally posted by AgentRouka:
I'm no fan of hers, but somehow this doesn't strike me as terribly reproachable, unless it really is out of proportion compared to her peers.

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It really is out of proportion. I mean...only $150,000? That seems low. Can't imagine Hillary or Obama being seen in public for less then a quarter million...and John Edwards...

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Republican National Committee spent $150,000 to clothe and accessorize Palin since she was picked by McCain in late August. According to financial disclosure records, the bills include $75,063 at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis and $49,426 at Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York. The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.

Politico also reported that its review of similar records for the campaign of Democrat Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee turned up no similar spending.

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Originally posted by SignyM:
My guess is that the Dem candidates buy their own?

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I hear they harvested Biden's Botox from Charlie Rangle's (D, NY) ass.

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I hear they harvested Biden's Botox from Charlie Rangle's (D, NY) ass.

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Or maybe from your brain?

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On a side note - has anyone noticed how limp the poor baby is ?

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Dude.....now youve dropped to making fun of a baby with Downs?

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The Sleuth has learned that Palin's high-paid traveling make-up artist is Amy Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work as head of makeup on "So You Think You Can Dance." Strozzi was paid $13,200 by the McCain-Palin campaign last month alone, according to the campaign's latest financial disclosure report filed this week.

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Originally posted by rue:
Sorry to take the thread off-topic. It's just that his severe limpness was something I noticed after the VP debate, and it shows up quite clearly in the photo. Some were looking at Palin's dress and pants - I first looked at Trig.

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Yanno, just as an out of the blue thought...

Maybe we should make our politicals wear uniforms, something like the UPS jumpsuit in a nice civil service tan with patches indicating branch and function.

Issue em on hire, and have en turned in when they're out of office.

Might also help remind the bastards that they work FOR us, not vice versa.

-Frem

It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
How come we never heard how much $$ was spent on Hillary ?

Complete and total double standard.

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Originally posted by deadlockvictim:

....don't think the DNC had to foot the bill for Hillary

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You don't seem to have a problem with double-standards when it's your guys doing it. How much bitching did the right do about Edwards' haircut? At least he actually paid the campaign back for that expense.

But really, I could care less about this. If that's how the RNC wants to spend their money, that's between them, and their contributors.

I'm much more interested in the news that Palin was useing taxpayer money to pay for her children's trips.

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Folks out there sending $$ in to the GOP cause aren't doing so to have the PALIN FAMILY VACATION stay at 5 star suites while $$ for advertising dries up. That deserves an explanation, imo.

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gawd.... this is just waaay more than i ever wanted to know about this woman...ack!

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Originally posted by AURaptor:


Where's the double standard? I thought the issue w/ MyLittlePony Edwards was his " 2 America's " b.s. that he was spouting. Clearly, he was living in 1, and pretending to care about the other one. Only later on, did we come to find out that MyLittlePony really WAS living in 2 America's . His and the one of his mistress!

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Back on point, I'm also more concerned about the whole Palin brood traveling w/ Mama when there only seems to have been a legitimate case to be made for just her traveling. If she WANTS to bring the kiddies, fine, but she should do it on HER wallet. Folks out there sending $$ in to the GOP cause aren't doing so to have the PALIN FAMILY VACATION stay at 5 star suites while $$ for advertising dries up. That deserves an explanation, imo.

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He has ABSOLUTELY ZERO experience...

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I just find it funny that the tiniest infraction, the smallest of nonsensical issues for Palin and it's blown up all over creation. Meanwhile, Obama, the ' PREZ ' wanna be , was a US Senator less than 200 days before he decided to run for the White House. He has ABSOLUTELY ZERO experience, is friends w/ socialist, terrorist, and wants to redistribute the wealth in a country which was founded on FREEDOM.

You idiots want that? Fine by me. Screw yourselves all you want.

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Originally posted by AgentRouka:


I'm no fan of hers, but somehow this doesn't strike me as terribly reproachable, unless it really is out of proportion compared to her peers.

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I'm no fan of hers, but somehow this doesn't strike me as terribly reproachable, unless it really is out of proportion compared to her peers.

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So, if they all spend that kind of money on clothes & stuff, it's okay? That's sick. What was spent on one person's clothes would feed & house 3 families for a year.
Anyone that throws money around like that while pretending to feel our pain is reprehensible IMHO.



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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

Obama, a Harvard brain, was either TOO FUCKING STUPID to know about these men, or he was TOO FUCKING AMBITIOUS to give a shit about their nefarious backgrounds.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:


By the way, what about the $ 150 MILLION DOLLARS Obama is spending just this month on his deceitful ads against McCain?

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First, the ads are no more deceitful than McCains...

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Tony Rezko, conviced felon slum lord, gave Obama his first job, gave him money for a house.

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On the defensive over the extent of multiple McCain homes, the GOP candidate strikes back. But his TV spot gives an oversimplified and misleading account of how Obama bought his own $1.6 million house in Chicago.

The ad says Chicago power broker Tony Rezko got "political favors" including "$14 million from taxpayers." But there's no evidence of any connection to the Obama home purchase. The $14 million was to build apartments for low-income seniors. Obama wrote a letter supporting the "worthy" project, but both men say Rezko didn't ask for the letter.

It says Rezko "purchased part of the property [Obama] couldn't afford." Rezko's wife did buy an adjoining tract but later sold the land at a profit. Obama paid market price for his home.

McCain launched the attack after Obama ran one capitalizing on McCain's inability to recall for an interviewer how many homes the McCains own. Obama's ad says it's seven. The best tally we've seen puts the figure at eight, counting all the apartments and homes owned by McCain's wife, Cindy, and various family trusts, for themselves and their children.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
From Rezko, Obama moved on to Bill Ayers, where together they spent $ 60 million dollars...

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UPI, Aug. 27: Reporters reviewing records in Chicago have so far found nothing startling in documents linking Sen. Barack Obama to 1960s radical William Ayers.

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