Heckuva job, RNC
Ugh.
This is the number one story in the blogosphere right now:
Yes, Joe Biden is imploding, but Sarah Palin’s RNC-funded wardrobe budget is the headline. The libs are claiming that some unnamed Republican National Committee donors and members are “disgusted” by the expenditures.
Are you surprised? The RNC has squandered its time and money on a lot of stupid things.
I’m with Mark Tapscott:
Every time I think the campaign professionals at the Republican National Committee can’t possibly do anything else to sink the party, they do something else that simply defies logical explanation. Like taking a candidate who epitomizes Middle American values and spending $150,000 to dress her up in Saks Fifth Avenue finery.
Apparently, they just couldn’t stand the thought of a GOP candidate for vice president actually wearing the same clothes on the campaign trail that she wears in real life. No, they had to go make her look like … one of them.
Did nobody over there think it through and realize doing this would hand Obama and the Democrats the last perfect piece of evidence of how out of touch Republicans are with the real world?
Heckuva job, RNC.
Here is the real Sarah, pre-RNC makeover:
Fortunately for the party makeover consultants, it doesn’t matter what she’s wearing.
She’s got something special that money can’t buy.
SNL’s Lorne Michael acknowledges it:
“I think Palin will continue to be underestimated for a while. I watched the way she connected with people, and she’s powerful. Her politics aren’t my politics. But you can see that she’s a very powerful, very disciplined, incredibly gracious woman. This was her first time out and she’s had a huge impact. People connect to her…
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meanwhile Obama spends 4 million plus on polls and 400,000 plus on food…
I much prefer the everyman look. The power suits are fine for big events, but not every day. She needs to fire someone and fast.
If Palin ever shows up accessorized with a salmon to one of the rallies, I swear I will vote for her.
I’m so glad I ignore the almost daily emergency appeals from the RNC.
Instead I donate DIRECTLY to those candidates who share my values by voting against the bailout, against amnesty/rewards, etc.
BTW, Gov. Plain delivered a great speech in Reno yesterday, no matter what she was wearing.
So how do we know it is true? It was in the papers? Politico, HuffPro? Yawn and such.
It is when the RNC supports RINOs over Conservatives in the primaries I get upset. Not backing a Republican V Liberman was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.
Well at least they didn’t dress her in pantsuits to go after the Hillary vote.
Yeah…its sucks being competitive in so many states.
A–she looked fine in her Land’s End/Target clothes.
B–Who paid for all the designer dresses that Michelle Obama has been seen wearing “with grace and charm not seen since Jackie Kennedy”
C–Isn’t that about the same amount as Michelle Obama’s room service bill from the other day when her husband was talking about global poverty.
A just love a beautiful woman with a gun – it just does something for me!
Can we fire the RNC?
I prefer the “Before” pictures to the “After”.
“Appears”? Why perpetuate a rumor?
It’s either a fact or it isn’t.
I think she needed something in the way of wardrobe and everything. National campaigning is different than statewide, and they knew she would be spotlighted heavily every single day. Did they go overboard? I don’t know. Doesn’t bother me, but who knows? Joe Biden’s mouth is what bothers me.
I sure love her..just the way she is…
She is fine. I don’t care what she wears.
For women, it is difficult to be in the spotlight. I don’t find anything wrong with that.
How much is Michelle Obama spending on her ridiculous designer clothes? I saw her daughters wearing Prada bags!
So lay off of Sarah.
Has anyone in the msm brought up how much mo has spent on her hair, make up, or her outfits from the dnc? How much did the ‘snack’ mo had at the hotel cost the dnc? I read the outfits Sarah has gotten will be donated.
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There you go. If the Donks do it and bigger, you find a defense for them. Dude, you are starting to sound like lgm – and I hate it.
Poor lady is damed if she does and damned if she doesn’t. If she looked terrible on the trail you’d certainly hear about that.
The only thing to hate about Sara Palin is that she had a baby five months ago and isn’t still in stretchy pants.
P.S. Sara, you have my permission to spend the money I sent the RNC on shoes.
I don’t know of any, but I suspect if there is any we will know soon enough.
That story was a lie and retracted. They didn’t even bother to have MO in the right hotel.
So they say, after the fact.
Michelle,
Digital Journal is covering it and I got a lecture from lensman67/for trying to change the topic.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/261473
My reply
Sarah Palin’s wardrobe? Yeah that is a really big issue lensman67/sarc. Talk about a distraction, that is what Progressives do…lookee here, I am trying to bash Sarah Palin for dressing like a VP candidate. Am I criticizing anyone else for spending money? Well that’s right you all bashed Hillary Clinton too, haircuts, and make up, Pant suits. hmm a pattern no one is discussing, Women candidates being targeted, for their apparel and grooming… cricket, chirp, chirp, chirp. What is there to comment on, even if she dresses herself at Walmart the loopy left attack her.
Hot Air seems to think McCain Interview was significant too maybe Chris will put this on his list, for articles he is writing. The specter of Rev Jeremiah Wright, returns just in time for Halloween. Feel free to borrow that Chris
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/22/audio-imus-hits-obama-for-his-double-standar
I don’t get it, wouldn’t people rather discuss something that actually has to do with Barack Obama’s character, he is running for the highest office in the land? Sarah Palin’s wardrobe, sorry leftys, it isn’t blowing my skirt up BIG GRIN!
OK, so they spent $150K. So what.
And you’re going to tell me that Michelle Obama didn’t get her clothes from various designers for FREE?
How about the millions $$$$ of questionable donations (probably from foreign funds = illegal) to the Obama campaign? Isn’t that something a little more substantial to worry about?
I am so sick and tired of the media claiming that Palin is dragging down the McCain and GOP campaign.
It’s simply not true, but they want you to believe otherwise.
What is there to justify? He has a huge staff (who I am guessing occasionally eat) and spends a lot on polling because he has a huge operation spread out over many more states than McCain.
How are these not legitimate expenses?
Txskirt,
This actually had the reverse effect on me… I donated more money today. There is simply to much at stake here… need I remind?
Guess it was an Attempt to attract the Upper east side of Manhattan Woman’s vote.
Don’t think it worked.. Reagan and his Image of Jeans working on his Farm, was one that made a whole lot of Americans (No matter their Polical Leanings) feel comfortable and inspired everyday folks to have trust, he was ONE of US..not an elitist.
Meanwhile back in Gotham.
http://imustimes.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/imus-mccain-talks-wright-and-palin/
Who is that stupid “style” columnist in the WaComPost? You know if Sarah was campaigning in L.L. Bean clothes there would be endless celebrity mocking from all the fashionistas in NY-DC-LA. I’m no fashion expert, but Sarah wears these new clothes very well.
I like the fact that she doesn’t do the pantsuit-Hillary uniform, she has her own look. Lots of other women are digging the style Sarah’s got. So it’s working to some degree. Maybe that’s what prompted this silly article?
What does it matter what she wears? She could show up naked and…and…
Sorry, what were we talking about?
I am convinced, that win lose or draw, we the conservative members of the electorate must begin to organize and elevate conservative candidates at the local level.
No matter the outcome of this election, it should now be apparent how outmatched we are at the local level by the liberals.
There is much to be learned from this election.
Do not give up, GET UP!
So Obama spending millions on his campaign is good, Palin spending hundreds of thousands on her campaign is bad. How you dress is part of the campiagn as well.
You have been schooled, you are dismissed.
Obama the fraudulent candidate.
doesn’t bother me…… the coronation of the One was a bigger waste, if you will recall…… and even if it”is after the fact”, it appears she won’t be keeping the stuff. Are certain people’s memories so short they don’t remember a White House couple that kept the People’s property for their home in NY? Oh, I’m sorry, Palin is a conservative.,,, she doesn’t get the same pass. BTW what’s with Tony Rezko these days, hmmm Obammy? wanna talk about big gifts?
If you read the “story” it says that the RNC “appeared” to spend that on her and her family.
Looks like the usual standard of journalism by the drive-by media. I wonder how their search for Obama’s lost college transcripts is progressing ….
Gimme a break! If she wore less expensive clothes or *gasp* the same outfits over and over, the libs would be gloating that the RNC couldn’t spare a few bucks to dress her up.
You can’t win with these people, don’t even bother.
Sing it with me. Come on.
Paging watershed… You can come over here and continue your temper tantrum until your heart is content.
Who cares how much they spent? If they hadn’t dressed her up then we’d be hearing about what a backward cracker she is. There were headlines about her lipstick being tattooed on for crying out loud!!! There is no pleasing the left as far as Sarah Palin is concerned so why even bother trying?
Incidently, she just had a baby, so maybe her other business attire wasn’t fitting so well?
That is retarded and you know it. It kind of makes a difference on WHAT the campaign is spending its money on, doesn’t it? Polling and food for staff, unquestionably necessary and legit. Haute couture clothes? Maybe a little harder to justify.
But as I have said many times but will repeat here: I DON’T CARE that the RNC spent the money on clothes. Really. I. Don’t. Care.
It may have been retracted, but I doubt very much it was a “lie.” Hey, if someone else were footing your travel expenses, wouldn’t you push it to the max?
DBN. The story said she was at the Waldorf, which was so stupidly verifiably false, how can one believe anything else about it?
Gimme a break. Of course it’s not the freaking.wardrobe.budget. that’s the issue here, and you know that. Its incredible hypocrisy, the hypocrisy of savagely painting John Edwards as some sort of poverty pimp when here we see a far more grand example of the same thing.
Hey (shrug), what are ya gonna do?
But yeah, she’s sure has got that “something”, whatever that is. That’s what makes it all ok! Go “populist” party!
She’s going to get excoriated no matter what. Do you honestly think the people that have mocked her hair, her glasses, her kids, her accent, her background, her hobbies would have just accepted her everywoman wardrobe? No way. She’s damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t.
Palin-Jindal in ’12!
Politics is a tough game. My cousin’s Republican challenger donates 40K to his own campaign and my cousin takes shots over it. It’s too funny that you just shake your head and move on.
Gee, how much was it again Odopey blew with the Annenbrerg bucks????
lol, grasping at straws…..
Obama is toast and they know it.
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Image: I thought odpey was rushing home to be with “Gravely ill granny”?
Gravely ill means get here now.
The thrust of this seems to me to be to undermine Sarah’s blue collar appeal, which the Dems are obviously worried about.
Good point above, how much was the Barackopolis, and was that really necessary?
Bottom line is, Obama can do no wrong, Palin can do no right. That’s the narrative, and reality will not intrude on it.
chappy
I’m fairly certain that part of the Obama campaigns “legitimate expenses” include the clothes that Obama and his family wear.
Or are you really going to try to argue otherwise? I thought you took your effort to be “the reasonable liberal” on this site more seriously.
I’m glad she’s out there looking good and I think $150,000 is money well spent.
Those pictures of Sarah wearing vests, etc., that’s fine by me. News flash!!! People out here in the regular part of the country don’t dress in suits every day. I don’t dress in a suit ANY day.
Had they not spent $150k on her clothes, the press would have crucified her. She’s damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t.
I think she’s great regardless. I pray they win on November 4th because I don’t want her going back to Alaska!
And what a staunch feminist attitude we take here as well. The poor thing has been manhandled by the RNC? Wow. The right is imploding.
Like I said previously, the Palin kids are supporting their mom but not necessarily holding themselves out to be ridiculed by the NYT and blogosphere; the RNC is perfectly justified to soften the blows of the media by taking the Palins on a NYC shopping spree!
ummm….er…..ah…..hmmmmm….
:going to take a cold shower now:
I have no idea, but the same huffpo story said no similar expenses were found with the Obama campaign.
And again, maybe you missed the part where I have repeatedly said I DON’T CARE if the RNC spent the money on clothes.
I don’t know if that much was necessary, but you gotta look the part to a certain extent. So whatever.
Chap, I’d like to know how much those Greek columns cost, how much extra Invesco Field cost, how much the European love-fest cost, and not to mention how much the Hollywood glitterati spent per plate on the Barbra Streisand fundraiser. It doesn’t bother me that the RNC spent so much on clothing for Gov. Palin, but I am bothered by the amount of money the Dems are spending to buy this election.
Haute couture? You sure about that?
One of a kind, made to order?
Doubt it.
I believe it was off the rack. Let’s not make a big mountain out of a mole hill here.
Posh Beckham may wear haute couture, but certainly not Palin.
And I do love the rationalizations of commenters here who would gladly throw some scorn, mockery, and derision even now at John Edwards’ haircut. Please, let’s see more of that! It’s, well, awesome to read.
The RNC is garbage. That’s why these Democrat clowns are actually beating them. The GOP needs to implode and remake itself into something resembling an alternative to the nanny state socialism of the Democratic party.
But that was proven true, and by Edwards himself!
Maybe if Sarah had thrown away $150 million on an Anti-American racially focused education project there would be strange new respect among the media types.
Oh, look, waterdrop is back doing his lgm impression.
What are you blubbering on about? Edwards was worth several hundred million dollars, but his campaign person was to try to act like some blue collar worker.
There is no “same thing”. Not unless the dumpster diving journos discover that Palin is secretly worth as much as Ted Kennedy or Nancy Pelosi or any of those other faux champions of the poor.
Recently she’s been tailored, but I look way past that stuff. She’s so much more than how she looks. Conservative, honest, passionate, loves her family and sacrifices for it; the proper temperment of an executive, which is to concentrate on a few issues and push them through. Principled. Willing to take on her party. Fearless, or maybe just forging ahead despite the fear, and hiding it from us. Smart. Happy with her life. Blessed. She loves others so she wants to help them help themselves, not do it for him. Not about her vision of how things should be, but to let people imagine and then pursue and live out their own dreams.
‘savagely painting’ oh you mean criticizing his highness johnny boy…
Edwards was the one who ‘cared’ about the poor, and did nothing to help them, and who ‘cared’ about global warming while living in that big house..
there is no hypocrisy here, just stupidity on your part.
Consider the new clothing as reward for all the negative intrusive lying crapweasel stunts the left and the lame stream media has pulled. I wish it was a cool million, it would still be about 10 million less than Obama and his crooked friend mayor nagin have spent on wardrobe…
Holy God, how many times do I have to say it doesn’t bother me either?
I am more bothered by how ACORN (Obama’s right hand organization) is STEALING the election as we know it.
Amazing that all the investigations and fraud is happening in the battleground states isn’t it?
I don’t see any investigations going on here in CA, do you?
Oh yeah, that’s right. All the idiots and illegals are already voting for him, no criminal work needed here…they were all exported to NV so they can steal that state too.
I recommend everyone read Blankley’s latest article:
here
Gentleman John is finished; good riddance.
Gov Palin is the future of this party, but we all will have a lot of work to do over the next four years.
She’ll be criticized no matter what she wears. Nature of the beast.
Her own clothes make her a hick or a ‘snowbilly.’ We’ll never know what else they would have said.
The Pretty Woman shopping spree makes her a hick or a ‘snowbilly’ with an elitist, wasteful makeover.
She’s still the only ‘heartbeat away’ that doesn’t give me heart failure.
They are men. I wouldn’t expect for their wardrobe budget to equal a woman’s. I’m sure your wife spends more money on clothes than you do. I know that it certainly is the case in my household. It is also part of the reason why we laughed so hard at Edwards’ $400 haircut. Dudes aren’t supposed to care that much….
Third Post from Politico, today, on John McCain’s interview by Imus this morning.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14820.html
It must be nice to be able to make uop your own reality like that. But in fact we “mocked” Edwards when he was caught on video doing his makeup, and we despised him for making money off the same poor people he pretended to be working for.
Not that that’s unsual behavior in the Democratic Party.
I was thinking those gold skin tight pants that say “Nigg_r” across the back would make he more acceptable (even liberal) but then, I am racist.
Did you forget that video of Edwards endlessly primping his hair, and the fact that the same “feminists” who are saying Sarah isn’t a woman were saying Edwards was “Woman of the Year”?
That was really funny. Has nothing to do with this story.
Love it. Love it. Yes, it’s not the same thing at ALL.
To back that up, here’s a shot of 7 year old Piper Palin and her $790 monogram Louis Vuitton handbag. Why, exactly, did the campign deem that one a necessity? Oh, and please feel free to bring up John Edwards and haircuts some more in your answers.
http://deceiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/piper_palin_lv.jpg
Er, Watershed, you are aware that Edwards dropped out?
BTW came over here to save you the trouble of going back to the other thread to apologise.
I occupy literally 1/10th of our closet space.
I wonder if she got to spend any of the money on a Beretta, you know like JoeyB has…
I think a point that is being overlooked is that before the spend-crazy Republicans (i.e. NOT true conservatives) in Washington betrayed the people who sent them there the Republicans almost always raised more money. The Dems called them greedy and said they were buying the election. Now that the Dems have figured out how to illegally channel several hundred million to Obama, out-raising your opponent is called a sign of popularity. It’s Orwellian.
That said, if conservatives are ticked at the RNC for spending $150k to glamourize the rustic Palin I say MORE POWER TO ‘EM. Hold their feet to the fire. No more wasteful spending.
When word got out that The Messiah was driving a big SUV, he went and got a Prius (or whatever), and the media went on its merry way. What’s the chances Sarah goes back to her regular clothes and the media lets it slide?
I would love this. “Hello Pennsylvaina! I got your Copper River Salmon right here to go with your Bibles and Rifles!” You and a million other Dems would vote for her just because it would rock.
Ha. I know that feeling.
Where do you hang your clothes?
BlameAmericaLast, I did see reference to a couple thousand potentially bad registrations in San Diego county.
If you search a news engine with ‘San Diego’ and Acron, you’ll see it.
They should be spreading the alleged fraud around if they want to play innocent. Look, it’s rampant everywhere because it’s not us; it’s the people we hired.
i’m not horribly unhappy with this considering its normal for a campaign to try and dress up hte candidate to impress as much as possible. I’m just not surprised this becomes the big issue
Hypocrisy is the point here. The blatant, and still ongoing (!?!) hypocrisy.
None so blind as those who will not see.
Acorn not Acron. lol
How about your clothes?
:rim shot:
Seriously, come out of the closet and be the conservative I know is in there.
Why don’t you come out of the closet so your “wife” has more space?
Sorry about the OT but I didn’t know where else to put it. There’s an update in the thread about PFC Levine and what we can send him.
I do remember that makeover consultant Al Gore hired during the 2000 campaign to turn him into an “alpha” male… lol
Walked right into that one.
…and got pounced on! LOL
Actually, it wouldn’t surprise me if Michelle O. was getting her designer duds for free. Think about it–Hollyweird designers and jewelers loan out gowns and jewelry to take advantage of the advertising opportunity presented by this or that little starlet on the red carpet. Not a great leap of the imagination to figure that they’d jump at a similar chance to hawk their wares using Michelle O. and her campaign appearances.
If there weren’t so much else going on already, I’d be curious to know if that’s what’s going on–ugly as they are, I’m sure the prices of some of her frocks would exceed campaign contribution limits.
30 pcs and Soap are just too fast to be Reckoned with.
Still not seeing the relivance of this entire topic. Whoever wins the whitehouse is going to get governement clothing for 4 years that will cost way more than 150,000.
Soap and John – too late…..
(#78)
Barry has spent closed to 1/2 billion dollars and the liberals are moaning about Sarah’s clothes. Talk about spreading around the hypocrisy!
Would it be considered a campaign contribution if I sent her a gift card from Bass Pro?
Still catching up Alohaguy. LOL
No we only have two weeks to save this country. In four years it will be too late. Michael Medved says it best.
Don’t believe him? Not even Ronald Reagan could get rid of either the Dept. of Energy or Education that Carter set up.
On October 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm, fred5676 said:
That is EXACTLY why the press is talking about her clothes. It’s a distraction because they don’t want people paying attention to what she actually said.
Do we remember shutting down a runway at LAX while Clinton waited for a Beverly Hills stylist to come and cut his hair?
Now me, I like the powder blue top with the weapon attached…
$150k on a campaign wardrobe didn’t bother me. Frankly, that’s not all that much. If she’s doing two or three events in a day, who’d begrudge her a change of clothes into something else that’s nice and suits her well? I’ve spent $500 or more on a single outfit for a special occasion, and I’m just little ol’ me.
Hillary’s spent more than $100k on a couple of dresses, I bet.
I think THIS is a distraction.