RNC Appears to Shell Out $150,000 For Palin Fashion

I think that Michelle Obama looks like a man in drag. You know she's so tall and all. And by all I mean she looks like a man.

Michelle could use braces. They can afford them.

Yes, she could! But I do have to say she sure looks better than she did when they first met. OMG! Talk about a mess! Barack sure didn't marry her for her looks. It must be for her socialist leanings. They had things in common. lol

I find that believable. She's so cheap. They only give 1% to charity and only began to give 6% after he started running for president. He has a half brother in Kenya who lives in a shack in a slum on a dollar a month and he doesn't even send him a dime!

"He has a half brother in Kenya who lives in a shack in a slum on a dollar a month and he doesn't even send him a dime!" http://clarusvisum.blogspot.com/2008/10/george-obama-live-well.html

Obama is reported to give money directly to people, like the people he heard about on the campaign trail who didn't have enough money to buy food for the weekend because they wouldn't get a paycheck until Monday, so Barack used his personal credit card to buy enough food for them to get them through the weekend - or a woman he met at an airport who needed $150 to get back home and he gave it to her, and that was when he was just out of college and long before he started running for public office. There are more ways to help people than just writing tax-deductible checks to charities.

Zeph, I could really use that shopping spree! As far as taking Cindy with her, while $150,000 is a fortune to spend on clothes for us I think it may be slumming it for Cindy if what I read and heard was true. Reportedly her RNC Convention outfit cost over $300,000, or something like that! Imagine having to get SEVERAL outfits for a mere $150,000...lol! Annie

AMEN!! Annie

*smiles*

Actually they did NOT do the same for Obama or his family. There have been no such expenditures reported by the DNC. I've never heard of it being done in the past for any candidate but I could be wrong. Once they're elected it's a different story possibly but I don't think their clothes are paid for by the parties. I think there is a hair stylist at the White House but I suppose that makes some sense since it's not like the First Lady can just walk into the corner salon and get her hair done before a state dinner. Annie

It has come out she does not get to keep the clothes. The RNC will probly do a charity auction or something with them once the election is over. Or they will auction them and then put the money back to replace what they spent.

Like I said in a comment below - this was paid for by the campaign, and honestly? I think it's a total non-issue. The RNC says that the clothing will be contributed to charity - and I know of several charities that solicit high-end business suits and other clothing to be given to women and men re-entering the work force who need decent interview clothing. Even better, perhaps they're planning to auction them off and donate the proceeds to charity. But again, honestly, I don't really care how much they spent on clothes for Sarah and her family. The one thing I might question is the judgment of the party that it was an appropriate use of campaign funds - but as far as it reflecting on Sarah Palin? Eh. Like I said -- if someone offered to buy me and my kids nice clothes, I wouldn't turn it down.

How is it relevant? How about her folksy talk to make us think she's just like us? Spending $150,000 for a few black skirts and jackets isn't like me or anyone else I know. I know you're going to disagree, Taskr, but I have no doubt that if there were even a small fraction of that amount spend by the DNC or the Obama campaign for Michelle's clothes and make-up it would be all over the place and would be used as "proof" of their "elitism". Annie

Once again we're going to have to agree to disagree. I don't know what news channels you watch but I sure haven't seen any free ride by Obama but there sure has been a lot about McCain the media never even touched on at all. I'll agree he's not quite the media darling he used to be recently but they really had no choice but to cover some of his flip-flops and gaffes. I know you think poor Sarah has been demonized by the evil liberal media but I don't see how. She refused to give interviews at first and has yet to have a press conference. When she did get interviews even you have to admit she did quite poorly, and I'm trying to be polite here. I know you'd prefer it legitimate stories about her such as her refusal to release her medical records, the $150,000 spent on clothes for her by the RNC, the new report of her charging Alaskan taxpayers for her children's travel expenses and all news concerning the trooper gate investigation and findings to be ignored or totally overlooked but if that happened the media wouldn't be worth a thing. She was a virtual unknown until two months ago so sure they sent reporters to Alaska to see what they could learn about her as they would about anyone else. I can't imagine anyone getting a pass on her obvious misinformation about what the V.P. is allowed to do with the Senate. My sixth grade granddaughter heard about that question and Palin's answer and she thought it was funny since she's already learned that part of the U.S. Constitution and she said, and these were her exact words, "I can't believe she thinks she can go to the Senate and change their policies. She can break a tie, that's all!" Very serious words from my 11 going on 35 Angela Renee! Annie

"I have no doubt that if there were even a small fraction of that amount spend by the DNC or the Obama campaign for Michelle's clothes and make-up it would be all over the place and would be used as "proof" of their "elitism"." Annie, you just love to pretend that the media attacks Obama the same way they do Palin, but it just doesn't happen. They aren't talking about the fact that he gave a doctors note from 2007 instead of a medical history like McCain. They aren't talking about how little he and Biden give to charity. The media gives Obama a free ride and if you weren't so ridiculously biased you'd realize that. As far as the right goes, just take a look at the elitist accusations. Obama's money and his spending habits haven't been brought up at all. It's all been about his and his wife's behavior.