Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is doing her part to boost the economy. The Republican National Committee spent $150,000 just in September to clothe and accessorize Palin and her family, including nearly $50,000 at Saks Fifth Avenue and nearly $5,000 on hair and makeup. “With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it’s remarkable that we’re spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses,” a McCain spokeswoman said. Yeah, we could be talking about former 1960s radicals.
Meanwhile, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that 55 percent of voters say Palin is not qualified to be president, up from 50 percent two weeks ago.
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Same jackets, different colors? And she spent $50,000 at Saks Fifth Avenue and nearly $5,000 on hair and makeup?
Fashion is not one of her strong . . .
as biased1 would say . . .
wait for it . . .
suits.
hahahaha
sheeple.
Between her and Cindy McSame, this is a group who thinks they can connect with normal ordinary people? Same group that mocked John Edwards 400 dollar haircut.
Do you realize she could have gotten her whole face done up with plastic surgery for that amount, probably a few times over. Yeah, this is absurd. I’m equally irked at how she used taxpayer money to fly her family all over the place.
Remember, this is how they’ll spend your money.
Did you see the pic of her with the scarf on? The one that has “VOTE” printed on it (along with the donkey printed all over it)?
Someone asked if she was that stupid.
This is ALL theatre.
American Idol, Survivor:Presidential, Jerry Springer…what have you??
What is with this big deal about clothes anyway? I thought that was what mattered.
Good hair, great smile.
In a celebrity driven place like this, someone with “average” looks and superior answers gets back seat, ie; RON PAUL. But if they look good and say exactly what we want to hear (even though we know it’s a lie) they are better able to represent.
I’m waiting for President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to arrive.
(you gotta see Idiocracy).
Here’s that pic BTW,
http://nynerd.com/palin-wearing-vote-donkey-scarf/
Remember the photo-op of Palin shopping at Wal Mart? Like she was one of us? What a crock!
Just what we need…a high-maintenance vice president.
Her outfits ARE really sharp. But $150,000 IS a lot of lip-stick to put on the ……. woman.
Good a daily PDS thread. Good comedy relief. The Libs get more stupid than normal.
Are you Palin apologists really this dense?
If the shoe was on the other foot and she was a Dem pick, would she be this stinkin’ respected? I was a life-long “Republican” until I saw through this false paradigm of left/right. Now I’m glad that I’ve left this rediculous party (even if I didn’t know that there wasn’t a difference).
Palin offers NOTHING, she’s a face, a part in a play. She is far from a statesman…woman. She would crumble under a heavy crises. I know lots of hunters and they wouldn’t make good presidents of the PTA.
Obama and Biden are bad enough, but this backing of such a dumb ass shows exactly who Republicans are. Party-liner lemmings.
Good Luck.
Heckler
Posted October 23, 2008 at 6:36 am | Permalink
Good a daily PDS thread. Good comedy relief. The Libs get more stupid than normal.
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. . .and the cons get more fashion conscious, and they still look like pigs with lipstick.
Hell the Republicans could have bought a whole pig farm for that much money!
“With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it’s remarkable that we’re spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses,”
Which is exactly right Brownlee….again a pathetically cheap shot and subject.
What they have spent on Palin’s campaigning is a fraction of what ‘Obama an contemptible company’ are spending daily on his campaigning. What do you bet he flew his campaign airplane to Hawaii on campaign dollars for the personal business of visiting his grandmother, which by the way I approve of.
Palin has to be able to travel and campaign with enough cloths to not have to stop at a laundromat along the way every few days.
Come up with some worthwhile subjects.
She’s drunk with her power, thinking she can do anything and no one will question it. From abusing her office to get people fired, getting paid for staying in her own home, and jetting her kids around and staying with them in luxury hotels on someone else’s dime. Yeah, she’s really going to change the attitude in Washington with her conservative “maverick” philosophy! Sounds like she’d fit right in with the bozos we have now in office.
What if Michelle Obama was so blantantly greedy? The Republicans would be screaming about it. YOU guys must be so embarrased!
Listen to the crybaby Republican when they get spanked.
Republicans = whiney crybabies.
Thanks a lot, RNC. You Just Couldn’t Leave Her Alone, Could You?
POSTED October 22, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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?
Didn’t any of them stop and think – what happens when this hits Politico? As they had to know it would?
And then they wonder why the American people – most of whom for a dozen years looked to the GOP to fix America, as the party had been promising to do for decades – have mostly decided Republicans are no longer to be believed.
Short of a top-to-bottom transformation in leadership, ethics, intelligence and principles, it’s difficult to see a future for this bunch.
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/TapscottsCopyDesk/Thanks_a_lot_RNC_You_Just_Couldnt_Leave_Her_Alone_Could_You.html
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/22/heckuva-job-rnc/
Box, you’d be so delighted if it was Obama doing these things!
Obama is 11 points ahead in Ohio right now..the best thing to happen for Obama’s campaign is the
Republicans just being themselves.
“Yeah, we could be talking about former 1960s radicals.”- Brownlee
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Glad you brought that up Phil.
I read this stuff, but its like I am through the looking glass of something. Here, the editor of the opinion page of a good sized newspaper defends sexist stories about about how much a VP candidate spends on clothes, (on clothes!) by comparing them with concerns about a presidential candidate’s association with a domestic terrorist. Unreal.
But to take it a little further this fine morning, I don’t know about you, but I don’t personally know any domestic terrorists. In fact, I don’t know anyone who knows one. I would say that very few Americans do. But Barrack Obama does.
The question is, how influential were William Ayers political ideas on Mr. Obama’s?
Another example of willful blindness of the American media.
I wonder who financed Hillary’s wardrobe of pantsuits?
Actually, I don’t.
“. No, they had to go make her look like … one of them.”
She already WAS one of “them”. The RNC just fluffed her up some more.
The woman wears glasses that cost $700. She had a tanning bed installed in the Alaska Governor’s mansion!
THIS needs further investigation as to legality. The just plain wrongness of it is obvious.
How incredibly trivial. Each of those campaign planes use up that much fuel in a day or two. This is a non-issue…and yet one more in a long series of ‘bash Palin’ threads on this blog.
and, of course, we will all be ’surprised’ when this paper endorses Obama/Biden in a couple weeks, won’t we?
Our FOUNDING FATHERS would be considered “domestic terrorists” to you Tory types.
“Here, the editor of the opinion page of a good sized newspaper defends sexist stories about about how much a VP candidate spends on clothes…”
You are not reading carefully outlander.
It was not her money. It was the party’s money.
It was maybe even the people’s money.
Health care for poor children? Feed the hungry?
Nah, let ‘em fend for themselves! Suffering builds character!
But our Sarah and her family must be lookin’ their best!
Well, BJ, when you start contributing to the RNC, you will have standing to bitch about it. Otherwise its just piling on sexist, hateful, baseless attacks.
THEY ALL SPEND OUR MONEY ON THEIR SH….IT.
And until it doesn’t takes millions to run for President or any office for that matter, sh…it won’t never change.
I tell me kid’s to not even dream of becoming POTUS. How fu..ck..ing great is that?
Barrack Obama has spent $21,000,000 on polling! I wonder how many rec centers in blighted areas that would buy?
The Moose-Dresser’s fifteen minutes of fame remind me of that awful, post-shark, season of “Roseanne” when they supposedly won the lottery.
For the life of me, I’m running out of excuses for considering the Palins of Alaska as anything this side of trailer trash.
Piper travels on the taxpayers’ tab because she’s on “official business.”
Willow can see Russia from her tree house.
John McCain is on public finance there outlander.
Now I think some separation is going to HAVE to be shown in the money pool.
The RNC will need to PROVE that Palin’s shopping spree was not on public funds.
What if Michelle Obama was so blantantly greedy?
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uh, it would go unreported.
Pleefer
You don’t need a lot of money to become President. You just need to convince a lot of other people to spend their money for you to become President.
Bill Clinton is a good example. I don’t think any President in modern times has come from a more humble start.
And if McCain can somehow pull this election out Palin has a shot down the road.
It can be done. But go ahead, by all means, hold your kids back with your own ignorant ranting.
Hell, Barry came from little of nothing. It can be done.
pobrecita!
“What if Michelle Obama was so blantantly greedy? The Republicans would be screaming about it.”
I’m glad you brought that up Mary.
Actually, the cons HAVE been screaming about it.
Screaming lies that is.
The big story on rant radio last week was how Michelle Obama stayed at the Waldorf and ordered Iranian caviar and lobsters and other such extravagance.
Problem? Michelle Obama never stayed at the hotel in question.
Maybe last weeks lie was a backfire for this coming truth about Palin?
Hilarious! What a way to avoid talking about Joe the Plumber’s taxes. The One’s campaign is outspending McCain about 15 to 1 in most states and the libtards want to talk about how the GOP spends THEIR money.
Health care for poor children? Feed the hungry?
Nah, let ‘em fend for themselves! Suffering builds character!
Such a lemming. How about Obama’s $603,000,000.00?
How many kids could he have fed with that kind of cheddar?
Lemming.
Heckler (the smartest-guy in the world says), “Bill Clinton is a good example. I don’t think any President in modern times has come from a more humble start”.
Bill Clinton got his pay-day for unloading cocaine in Mena Arkansas for Bushco. ALL connected to the Iran-Contra Affair. Deny it all you want assmunch.
“Humble beginnings” my ass.
And I’ll “hold my kid’s back” all I want. Telling them to “go for it” to get into such a “prestigious” job…ummm not a chance. My kid’s are better than that. You gotta be a real pri.ck to be a chosen one for president.
The REALLY delicious part of this?
THIS sort of dress and high style is not what wins love to the party via Sarah Palin.
They SHOULD have put her in flannel, with a pony tail and ball cap. Throw in some mud and fake deer blood. Budget? less than a hundred bucks.
Watch her interview on NBC. You can HEAR her heavy bangle (platinum) bracelets clanking together!
Come on John, why buy dresses when you can pay ACORN for votes………….
“platinum” was meant to be followed by a quetion mark. (platinum?)
Pleefer
Calm down, dude! First you bitch that there’s no way your kids can become President, then you want to tell them they are better than that.
Zanax. Get some.
And shmuckler,
it would seem that you’re one of the ignorant ranter’s on here.
you bitch and moan when the other side does the same thing as your’s. they scratch each other’s backs and cotrol the arguments, yet you still suck on it like a baby to a bottle.
hehehe
$150,000.00?
The RNC could have bought a styrofoam Greek column with that much money! Something that would really impress the dims!
That’s it? That’s all you got?
hehehe
There was a time, when it would have been a noble job, but you party-liners have trivialized it and made it the trash it is. You all have ruined our country with the bullsh.it divide.
My kids will hopefully get into a good job, like a becoming a veternarian or something.
It’s sticking HLP it’s sticking. Your pig is sliding her own swaller.
BeeJay- They SHOULD have put her in flannel, with a pony tail and ball cap. Throw in some mud and fake deer blood. Budget? less than a hundred bucks.
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That would never work…
She might have been mistaken for…
wait for it…
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ksfartgrrl….
hehehehehehe!
I see that BrownLib has fed all the vomit-licking Lib dogs this morning.
What a surprise – not.
No big deal… they could have spent 10 times that much on an Infomercial and delayed a World Series game……… auction the stuff off on e-bay… bet it would bring twice that much .
The Bottom Line.
It is extremely telling, unprofessional, and actually a little pathetic that Phillip Brownlee would sink to perpetuate this silly little manufactured hit piece.
Wichita Eagle = National Enquirer?
Tow that line biased.
I’d rather be a “vomit licking Lib dog” than a Regular who has a tube that goes right from McCain’s butt to his throat.
Kind of hard to breath when you’re drowning in enema juice!
BlueJay
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:02 am | Permalink
Tow that line biased.
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I’m kinda busy with hoeing my roe….
mxyzprick
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:03 am | Permalink
I’d rather be a “vomit licking Lib dog” than a Regular who has a tube that goes right from McCain’s butt to his throat.
Kind of hard to breath when you’re drowning in enema juice!
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oH BURN!
It speaks to character outlander.
Palin is sold as and wants us to believe she is the every person.
Yeah. Even before this, she wore glasses that cost $700.
She’s fake. A poser. Rosie the riveter with a plastic rivet gun and well choreographed lighting and scripting.
BeeJay-
She’s fake. A poser. Rosie the riveter with a plastic rivet gun and well choreographed lighting and scripting.
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Like styrofoam column fake?
defends sexist stories about about how much a VP candidate spends on clothes
SEXIST????
Okay, I see. It wasn’t sexist when it was John Edwards’ haircut. Only when it’s a Republican candidate.
John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the entire Republican party deserves to lose it all.
BeeJay-
She’s fake. A poser. Rosie the riveter with a plastic rivet gun and well choreographed lighting and scripting.
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Like styrofoam column fake?
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Like get these muslim women out of the picture fake?
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Like if I can’t take pictures with the wounded soldiers I’m not going to visit them fake?
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Like a fake “present” vote?
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Like a fake tax cut for people that don’t pay taxes fake?
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Like don’t let anyone see me smoking fake?
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Like a fake birth certificate fake?
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Like a fake 5th grade picture fake?
oh I see.
bahhhhhhhh
bahhhhhhhh
sheeple
and, of course, we will all be ’surprised’ when this paper endorses Obama/Biden in a couple weeks, won’t we?
In a couple of weeks, Raptor, it’ll all be over, except sweeping up the confetti.
http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/MENA/mena.html
Yesterday it was $300,000 today it is $150,000 still throwing those ‘facts’ against the wall and hoping something sticks.
Pmom is case you haven’t noticed she doesn’t need several face lifts. She doesn’t even need one. What a bunch of jealous ninnies.
An unrepentent terrorist who is still sorry he didn’t do more. An admitted anarchist. A political advisor to our wanna be prez and in the 2 years Obama has been running nothing on him from the media until FOX forced the issue.
But of course it is more important to know what Palin spends on a professional wardrobe!
I just find it amazing that they are so DUMB. She could have been attractively outfitted ‘off the rack’ instead of this. She then could have played the ‘ordinary person’ card.
I’m not going to ask if it is legal or not – simply that it shows poor judgement in my view.
Shockingly, when she is suddenly in the national spotlight, whe wants to, and the RNC wants her to, look good.
Now there’s a revelation.
Wow. I’m underwhelmed.
It’s not your money, it’s RNC’s. Why do you care?
She still has more valid governing experience than the top of the Democratic ticket.
No amount of money could have “dressed up” what Palin doesn’t have on the inside.
GMC70-She still has more valid governing experience than the top of the Democratic ticket.
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But…but….her CLOTHES!!!!
and…and…moose
uh…kids
er..pig
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Ben I am saying that even if she spent more than you think she should have why is it important. Philip couldn’t think of somethink to hit her with today so lets rerun the clothing story.
We can have a prez candidate who is tied closely to several socialists and very far left mentors and friends and that isn’t as important as Palins wardrobe, a vp candidate.
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CNN’s obvious attack on Palin should make the left cring that the news media has sunk this low.
“DREW GRIFFIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Governor, you’ve been mocked in the press. The press has been pretty hard on you. The Democrats have been pretty hard on you. But also, some conservatives have been pretty hard on you, as well. “The National Review” had a story saying that, you know, I can’t tell if Sarah Palin is “incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, or all of the above.”
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E-mail the Show: ontherecord@foxnews.com Greta Van Susteren’s Bio Read the GretaWire Interview Archive Greta’s Pod Cast GOV. SARAH PALIN (R-AK), VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Who wrote that one?
GRIFFIN: That was in “The National Review.”
PALIN: Who wrote it?
GRIFFIN: I don’t have the author, but they were…
PALIN: I’d like to talk to that person.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAN SUSTEREN: Here’s the problem. The CNN reporter took the quote completely out of context. The column was actually an indictment of the media, not the governor, but of the media. Here’s the quote in context. “Watching press coverage of the Republican candidate for vice president, sometimes hard to decide whether Sarah Palin’s incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, backward or, well, all of the above.”‘
Is there anyone on the left here that still has enough sense to call this for what it is?
bth,
I can’t believe WE are so dumb.
You admitted that you watch this SOAP OPERA as reality.
You admit that you fall for appearances instead of reality.
She obviously would shop Saks instead of Wal-Mart.
She is not “one of us” nor is Obama.
THEY CARE NOTHING FOR YOU OR WHAT YOU WANT.
How much does Obama spend on suits?
For starters retards, the RNC it’s not your tax dollars, it’s thru donations.
Second, sure it seems outrageous. But let’s see some proof this is not SOP for all sides. I have a feeling it is.
After CNN’s performance last night, gonna be tough to dig yourselves out of the media bias hole. Not sure why anyone would believe a story like this now.
Governing Alaska is not experience.
Mary_Caruso Posted October 23, 2008 at 7:12 am |
“Box, you’d be so delighted if it was Obama doing these things!”
Oh but Mary, he is, he is, and trying to hide it at that. Dirty Chicago tactics, he knows them well.
Obama Campaign Spending Report Incomplete
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 — In his third-quarter financial report filed this week with the Federal Election Commission, Senator Barack Obama did not provide a full accounting for where his campaign had spent money on travel, catering or a variety of other expenses.
The report filed late Monday shows dozens of payments to credit card companies that were not accompanied by a specific explanation of what the money was spent on. As much as $1.2 million in credit card charges in July, August and September did not contain detailed information of hotels, airfare and campaign expenditures.
Campaigns are required to provide detailed information for any payments exceeding $200 to a business or individual in a year, said Robert Biersack, a spokesman for the F.E.C.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/us/politics/18obama.html?ref=todayspaper
“Yesterday it was $300,000 today it is $150,000″
Got a challenge for ya okie.
You go find any poster to this blog or any of the editors throwing around the $300,000 figure.
Find any poster or any editor LINKING to that figure.
Do that, or admit that you just lied.
They say this stuff is gonna be donated. I don’t buy that or understand the how of it.
I like the idea of putting it on ebay.
Heh, there are con men who would pay a LOT for Sarah’s clothes. Provided they are not washed.
Imagine what ONE shoe would fetch from someone like Mark Lowry.
Pay me 100k a year, put me out in a pasture and I’ll make sure the roads are clear of ice and snow. I’ll govern that nothing.
BlueJay, how much does Obama spend on suits?
Pleefer Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:42 am |
“Governing Alaska is not experience.”
And campaigning for President for over half his Senate career, if you can even call it that, is?
Certainly being an Illinois Rep. and voting ‘present’ much of the time isn’t.
Obama has NO experence, except associating with terrorists and Chicago crime people.
Phlufer
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:42 am | Permalink
Governing Alaska is not experience
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I bet she hasn’t even organized one community!
okie just wants to argue…she never contributes anything of importance…just garbage.
Linda as a woman that paints herself as a progressive – what do you think about the demand to see her complete medical records when your male candidate has only released ONE page. She is releasing hers today. What about your guy?
As for what she has on the inside. Put her experience in one column and Obamas in the other. Whose do you think will be the longest? I’ll give you a clue, it won’t be the one that Hillary listed said of him ‘he wrote a letter in 2002′.
Predestined
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:13 am | Permalink
defends sexist stories about about how much a VP candidate spends on clothes
SEXIST????
Okay, I see. It wasn’t sexist when it was John Edwards’ haircut. Only when it’s a Republican candidate.
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No, it wasn’t sexist.
But I wouldn’t expect an airhead to get that.
Apologies. It was RICH Lowry….
“I’m sure I’m not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, “Hey, I think she just winked at me.” And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can’t be learned; it’s either something you have or you don’t, and man, she’s got it.
BlueJay
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:43 am | Permalink
Heh, there are con men who would pay a LOT for Sarah’s clothes. Provided they are not washed.
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Ok that’s pretty funny.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html
I think he is talking about this. With the pettiness of the media I’d say it’s an honest mistake.
mxyzptlk
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:46 am | Permalink
okie just wants to argue…she never contributes anything of importance…just garbage.
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This from someone whose very name is garbage. Debate the points I made. A weak lib tactic is to try to marginalize the opposition. Doesn’t work for you here today and isn’t working so well for Obama anymore either. The polls show he is on a slippery slope because the people are finally seeing the real candidate and they don’t like what they see and it isn’t because he doesn’t look like the prezs on the dollarbills.
okobserver: Wow, I hadn’t heard about that one. Either CNN reporter Drew Griffin is a moron or a pathetic liar.
I wonder when he will publicly apologize to Sarah Palin?
DID you find a post or link yet with the $300,000 figure yet okie?
Waiting…
Warming up…
beejee you don’t set the playing rules. I stated the number that was going through he MSM yesterday. Of course you probably didn’t hear it because from the tenor of your posts you get all of your info from extreme left wing web sites.
Poor uneducated, underachieving left. Just can’t stand to see a strong woman. Look what they did to Hillary. Your challenge to me is really funny. Shouldn’t you be working or something?
Outlander don’t wait on that apology. It was obviously a ‘gotta question’ based on a blatant lie.
And beejee as I tell Chas I’m not your secretary. Learn to google yourself.
Re okobserver’s 8:31 AM post
BlueJay sings…
“Liar, Liar,
Oh, Liar, Liar, Liar, Liar, Oh, Liar, Liar”
I love the smell of Republican fear in the morning (or did McCain just pee his pants again?).
Hank William, Jr.
“Bocephus” tells it like it is.
The McCain/Palin tradition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S81brjpteDk
“I stated the number that was going through he MSM yesterday.”
Then link it.
Or eat it.
Ties to terrorist…………………….ignored.
Ties to terrorists fronts…………….ignored.
Ties to Anti-American church……ignored.
Ties to shady deals with a Slum lord…..ignored.
His OWN VP says he’s not qualified…….ignored.
His OWN VP says he was the wrong pick….ignored.
Sarah Palins CLOTHES!
Since this is an “economic plan” thread, how ’bout a little economics:
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Reason Online
10/22/08
Obama’s Job Fetish
Beware any politician who promises to create new jobs
Despite all the facile comparisons between the current economic situation and the conditions that preceded the Great Depression, the most recent figures show GDP continuing to grow, with unemployment at a historically modest 6.1 percent. But if, as widely expected, Barack Obama faces a recession when he takes office in January, many Americans will expect him to deliver on his promise to “create jobs.”
They probably will be disappointed, because Obama seems to view job creation not only as something the government does with taxpayers’ money but as an end in itself. That’s a recipe for wasteful spending that will divert resources from more productive uses and ultimately result in lower employment than would otherwise occur.
http://reason.com/news/show/129554.html
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Read the rest for yourself. Learn something.
ANTI
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:46 am | Permalink
how much does Obama spend on suits?
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You mean the Obama who’s not running as a hockey mom, THAT Obama?
Because if we’re talking about the same Obama then he, UNLIKE PALIN, hasn’t allowed his supporters to believe for one second that he’s just a down home former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Just another way to make a blatant lie about the right by the impotent left.
Cindy McCains dress that cost $300,000 didn’t exist.
Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000 to $25,000
Shoes, unknown designer: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Amazing the woman has some high priced jewelry. She is a millionaire after all. Just another way the left tries to bring along the dullards on the left that believe anything thrown at them.
How about the Republicans dropping finanmcial aid to Michelle Buschannon in Minnesota? Throw her under the bus so the pig can get a haircut and some new rags. Great going Pubes.
You got to ask yourself this.
Why would a supposedly honest candidate, one who’s running on impeccable integrity, why would she allow herself to be outfitted with clothing that she personally cannot afford?
That’s integrity?!?
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BlueJay
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:59 am | Permalink
“I stated the number that was going through he MSM yesterday.”
Then link it.
Or eat it.
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Eat this Junior…
Make that ELITEST millionaire okie. Truth hurts dont it?
No Pedant he is a ‘community organizer’ who kicked off his campaign for state senator in the living room of an unrepentent terrorists. He is the candidate that told a lie to over 50 million American watching the last debate when he said this wasn’t true.
Give me a hockey mom anyday of the week, especially an honest one like Sarah Palin.
heh
I bet biased is really hoping for that ebay auction.
Deeper pockets than yours have their hearts? set on Sarah’s stilleto’s there biased.
Give me a hockey mom anyday of the week, especially an honest one like Sarah Palin.
Okie you must have that tube in your throat as well. Are your eyes brown?
Palin is BlueJay’s obsession. She really sticks in your craw, doesn’t she?
Good.
“Pleefer
Posted October 23, 2008 at 8:41 am | Permalink
bth,
I can’t believe WE are so dumb.
You admitted that you watch this SOAP OPERA as reality.
You admit that you fall for appearances instead of reality.”
I never admitted any such thing. Read my post again.
I didn’t want to do this, but…
What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if McCain was still married to the first woman he said ‘I do’ to?
What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Michelle Obama was a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama was a member of the Keating Five?
What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
You are The Boss… which team would you hire?
As we look forward to this election, America faces calamitous economic prospects, unprecedented debt, two wars costing over $10 Billion per month, a health care system that doesn’t work for patients or doctors, exploding prison populations, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, and a weak dollar.
Educational Background:
Obama:
Columbia University – B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.
Harvard – Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude (and President of Harvard Law Review)
Biden:
University of Delaware – B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain:
United States Naval Academy – Class rank: 894 of 899
Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester
North Idaho College – 2 semesters – general study
University of Idaho – 2 semesters – journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester
University of Idaho – 3 semesters – B.A. in Journalism
Now, which team are you going to hire ?
p.s. What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter …
okobserver
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:02 am | Permalink
Give me a hockey mom anyday of the week, especially an honest one like Sarah Palin.
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Is she the One?
LOL
mxyzptlk
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:02 am | Permalink
Make that ELITEST millionaire okie. Truth hurts dont it?
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as soon as I hear this from the left I will let you know
Come on guys, Barack Hussein Obama has been doing some pretty important stuff…..WAAAAAAYYY more important than running a state!
Here is what he has been up to in the Senate
–S. 1790: Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007
–S. 1713: A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
–S. 1513: Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007
–S.Con.Res. 5: A concurrent resolution honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of organic chemistry and the first and only African-American chemist to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
–S.Con.Res. 46: A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.
–S.Res. 383: A resolution honoring and recognizing the achievements of Carl Stokes, the first African-American mayor of a major American city, in the 40th year since his election as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
–S.Res. 600: A resolution commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has become known as “Freedom Summer”.
Sarahs CLOTHES!!!
ANTI?
Palin is the gift that keeps on giving.
GO back and look. I predicted she would not survive the convention. I am so happy I was wrong.
I also said she would sink McCain.
Get back to me when the water reaches your lower lip.
B.J. absolutely HAUNTS these PDS threads. I think B.J.’s got some unresolved issues. A former teacher? A little friends mommy perhaps?
Too funny.
She has her staff edit expense reports, after they’ve been turned in, and now she’s caught wearing stuff that she personally can’t afford — that’s “honest?”
My, my, how the GOP has fallen…
Obama has as much experience as Palin.
And yeah, bth, when you say that “you can’t believe they are so dumb”. You’re implying that you are okay with the image and cult of personality and not the substance and command of the issues.
So you buy into the whole “show”.
So those bashing are all for the re-distribution of wealth yes?
SFreader
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:06 am | Permalink
I didn’t want to do this, but…
What if John McCain…
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Hypotheticals are Hypotheticals, mostly worthless and opinionated trash from undisciplined minds.
Let’s see, Presidents – education – Harry Truman (high school graduate.)
Yes… where were we before Mr. Simpleton entered the blog?
The GOP lowered standards willy nilly to keep George W Bush in the fold, and it sure don’t seem THAT’s going to change any time soon!
LOL
Palin’s GOP: lowering standards faster’n you can discover shyster crap about her!
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
LOL
“B.J. absolutely HAUNTS these PDS threads. I think B.J.’s got some unresolved issues. A former teacher? A little friends mommy perhaps?”
Your entire party obsessed on Hillary Clinton for a decade.
Project much?
SFreader
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:06 am | Permalink
I didn’t want to do this, but…
What if John McCain…
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What if John McCain was still $hittin’ yellow in his diapers, being raised as a muslim in a foriegn country, While Husein Obama was being tortured in a Viet Cong prison.
Age and Citizenship requirements – US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
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Let’s see, that’s age 35 – check
Natural born citizen – check
Fourteen years a resident within the U.S. – check
There you have it, the qualifications to be President of the United States.
It’s simple when you know what you’re talking about, unlike SFreader.
…and now she’s caught wearing stuff that she personally can’t afford — that’s “honest?”
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She probably didn’t have a lot of nice clothes Pedant. What is wrong with looking good? Is there a law against that? Sounds more than a little catty, Pedant. Sharpening those claws?
What do you bet that Hillary bought those pantsuits with campaign funds?
Double standard?
Of course!
Heckler
Posted October 23, 2008 at 7:09 am | Permalink
Thanks a lot, RNC. You Just Couldn’t Leave Her Alone, Could You?
POSTED October 22, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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Can’t blame this on the RNC.
Palin’s leadin’ the party now, right?
Where was her personal integrity here? Why didn’t Sarah Palin say STOP, NO, THAT’S NOT ME.
That’s real “hockey mom” behavior?
outlander
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:17 am | Permalink
What is wrong with looking good?
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Not a thing, as long as:
1. It’s honest, and
2. You aren’t trying to convince all of America that you’re some kind of downhome, “real” hockey mom who’s an American everybody.
Say it ain’t so, Sarah!
Regular, you can disagree, but most of the country is looking forward to a President who actually knows the Constitution.
The education and experience I listed is NOT hypothetical. Obama was first in his class, President of the Harvard Law Review, and taught Constitutional Law. I’m tired of the anti-intellectualism rampant in the Republican Party, as if they don’t want smart people running the country, or having any voice in government at all.
Just do me a favor and stop complaining about “elitists” now if you’re going to vote for someone who spends $18,000 a week on clothes.
Republicans were against $400 haircuts before they were for them!
“So you buy into the whole “show”.”
Let me try again for you pleefer. I do not buy her BS but I recognize that many do buy it. So my comment about “dumb” was meant politically – that is if she played the middle class hockey mom and bought her cloths at K-Mart or whatever she could then SELL herself that way. I didn’t say I would buy it.
Note my comment “She then could have played the ‘ordinary person’ card.”
In other words – the RNC did something dumb in that it makes it harder for them to sell the ILLUSION that she is an “ordinary person”. I never said I was buying it in the first place.
OK so we can judge by one’s appearance but not by the company they keep?
Got it.
I’m sorry once again.
I’m sorry that I didn’t see the brilliance of Palins’ shopping spree.
She is just carrying on the Bush advice of shopping to defeat terrorism.
I’m ashamed that I didn’t see it.
She is a real American.
Please, somebody do an investigation on how much Michelle Obama spends on clothes. It is SO vitally important.
My two cents worth.
This is a nonstory
RNC should never have been stupid enough to make an opening for such a story.
But, please, go ahead. Do an investigative report. How much does Michelle Obama spend on clothing? Enquireing minds want to know.
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SFreader
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:20 am | Permalink
Regular, you can disagree, but most of the country is looking forward to a President who actually knows the Constitution.
The education and experience I listed is NOT hypothetical. Obama was first in his class, President of the Harvard Law Review, and taught Constitutional Law. I’m tired of the anti-intellectualism rampant in the Republican Party, as if they don’t want smart people running the country, or having any voice in government at all.
Just do me a favor and stop complaining about “elitists” now if you’re going to vote for someone who spends $18,000 a week on clothes.
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Barack Hussein Obama got appointed to the Harvard Law Review because of racial quotas. He wrote one paper, that’s it one paper. Even a smooth-brained dunce could get such an appointment if there was a dunce quota.
Remember the last attorneys we had in office, the Clinton’s? We don’t need that kind in office, especially if they have their own interpretation of the Constitution and use it to weasel out of situations.
My IQ is higher than Biden’s, should I run for President?
Try feeling yourself under your crystal pyramid, I hear that leftist Libs like that sort of thing.
Sarah Palin: extremely limited governing ability approaching ineptness, incurious, killer political instincts, infinite ambition.
Where have we seen this before?
Oh yeah, George W Bush.
I wonder how much of her wardrobe is European. Especially (gasp!) FRENCH!
Ahh, then I apologize bth.
You do get it. It’s just miserable that there are folks that think that our leader’s need to “play these roles” and accepting that they hide behind curtains.
Honesty and integrity are sadly, passe now.
littlejohn
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:25 am | Permalink
Please, somebody do an investigation on how much Michelle Obama spends on clothes. It is SO vitally important.
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“What do U.S. women feel about a potential first lady who wears an inexpensive, off-the-rack dress to co-host “The View?”
Pretty darn enthusiastic.
After Michelle Obama mentioned on “The View” on Wednesday that she bought her B&W sundress at a store called White House/Black Market, women started pouring into the retail chain’s stores, clamoring for the $148 dress designed by Donna Ricco.
“Women literally were snatching (that dress) up,” Jessica Wells, a spokeswoman for the White House/Black Market, which has 322 stores across the country, told the Wall Street Journal. …”
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/06/what-do-us-wome.html
To me, this is “much ado about nothing”. If the RNC wants to use donors’ money to acquire a suitable wardrobe for the GOP VP candidate, so long as this is not prohibited by campaign finance rules (the application of which to these facts I am ignorant), so be it. It then becomes an issue between the RNC and its donors.
I would note that I am of the opinion that Gov. Palin has $150,000 of income to be reported on her 2008 income tax return. I understand that she will donate the apparel to a charitable organization following the campaign, and she would be allowed a deduction for the then-existing FMV of the same to offset the income.
“OK so we can judge by one’s appearance but not by the company they keep?
Got it.”
Ah yes, very very good Mr. Kia!
beejee I can honestly say that I wish Hillary had been the candidate of the left. She at least has some experience to draw on. I don’t agree with her about the core issues but I do think that she has the accumen to grasp the hard issues and make changes if need be.
Obama has one direction and that is towards socialism. His entire history and associates show that very clearly. The next four years under Obana would be a disaster because you can’t take from the rich to give to the ‘poor and loving it’ and expect the economy to thrive. Raising taxes where we are now would damage us for years to come. Those are truths. They have been tested. Verifiable results are available.
Read something besides DEmoUG or daily cos.
avtolle
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:34 am | Permalink
I would note that I am of the opinion that Gov. Palin has $150,000 of income to be reported on her 2008 income tax return.
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I’d love to be a fly on her accountant’s wall this spring. Something tells me that, if she’s actually going to have to report $150K in gross income over this, she’s going to be tellin’ Todd “dang, we shoulda shopped at White House/Black Market instead!”
I’m thinking that any real hockey mom would be sick to her stomach if she handed her family a big fat tax liability over her new French wardrobe.
Hockey moms across the country can relate to the wardrobe and bucks for hair fixin, you betcha.
“I bet she hasn’t even organized one community!”
biased1,
And look how well ‘The One’ has…Chicago, high crime, high taxes, low performing schools. Yeah, Obama sure help organize.
pleefer – way back in 1960 it was noted that if you listened on radio or read transcripts Nixon won the dabates with JFK. But if you watched on TV JFK won.
FMV of a dress: would that be depreciated due to use or perhaps even APPRECIATED as a collectors item?
I’m convinced biASSED is bigotbox. He/she has the same constant hots for me as bigotbox.
My own personal troll. I’m so GLAD I can get under both their scales, er, skin!
It still doesnt help Bible Spice. She’s sinking like cement overshoes. And taking mcCoot with her.
Good question, bth; one I hadn’t considered. That would complicate things a bit, if the FMV had appreciated (the gain would need to be recognized, IIRC).
“beejee I can honestly say that I wish Hillary had been the candidate of the left. She at least has some experience to draw on. I don’t agree with her about the core issues but I do think that she has the accumen to grasp the hard issues and make changes if need be.”
That sure as HELL wasnt what you were saying during the primaries.
One of the reasons no one cares what the obamas spend on clothing is because, uh, they spend THEIR OWN money for their own clothes.
Wasnt the big whine about edward’s haircut was that it was campaign money he was using? And Mitt’s thousand dollar makeup jobs?
Geez. You people.
oh such a short memory that abounds within this space………….how much was Michelle Obamas wardrobe she wore to the DNC. I believe the flowered dress package was quoted at being around 80 thou!
Pedant are you going to go after Michelle Obama over the $437,000 in foods like lobster, caviar, and other such food items. Straight out of the campaign coffers.
If you are honest denouce that now or be smart enough to stop digging.
Wasnt the big whine about edward’s haircut was that it was campaign money he was using?
Geez. You people.
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Yeah, I think so. And wasn;t the big whine about “let’s concentrate on issues that matter, like the illegal war in Iraq or (insert here)”
Geez. You people.
Folks, you have to know that none of these people live like most of the country. Their fallacy and lies is that they try to make us think they do.
ksfarmgrrl
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:45 am | Permalink
“beejee I can honestly say that I wish Hillary had been the candidate of the left. She at least has some experience to draw on. I don’t agree with her about the core issues but I do think that she has the accumen to grasp the hard issues and make changes if need be.”
That sure as HELL wasnt what you were saying during the primaries.
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No KFG during the primaries I was trying to get Romney in as our choice. He has the expertise on the economy that we need now. I vocalized support for Obama for a while. His is charasmatic, great smile, gets down with the common folk or hangs in with super elite. What a man!
It was only after I started seeing the story the MSM wouldn’t publish that I realized who the real Barack Hussein Obama was. He lost my support.
You have my permission to look back at my posts to see if I was honest with what I just said.
okobserver
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:49 am | Permalink
If you are honest denouce that now or be smart enough to stop digging.
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No idea what you’re talking about. I assume you’re trying to assign blame to Michelle Obama for a DNC campaign expense?
Ok, let’s assume it’s true. All of it. Hell, let’s assume Michelle Obama spent $1 million of DNC funds on her fingernails. Just for kicks, ok?
Isn’t Palin the hockey mom here? Isn’t she supposed to be ABOVE that kind of thing?
You betcha she is, so if it’s honesty you’re after you might start by admitting that Palin has far more pit bull in her than hockey mom.
You guys don’t remember the old charge of “moral relativism” at all, do you? My my, how the GOP has fallen…
My only problem is that the rw just loved to scream about Edward’s 400 dollar haircut and couldn’t stop talkin about it, but want to ignore Palin’s wardrobe and hair expenses.
And, Kerry’s service record was deserving (and even demanded) by the repubs to be revisited and gone over with a fine tooth comb. But Mccain, being involved in one of the worst naval disasters in naval history while his father was in charge of the fleet, is off limits. NO to mention his time as a pow, which he refers to on almost a daily occurence, should be off limits, and not subject to investigation, again while his father was in command.
ksfarmgrrl
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:48 am | Permalink
One of the reasons no one cares what the obamas spend on clothing is because, uh, they spend THEIR OWN money for their own clothes.
Wasnt the big whine about edward’s haircut was that it was campaign money he was using? And Mitt’s thousand dollar makeup jobs?
Geez. You people.
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And you know this because…? No records have ever been released on this topic. We have the gatekeepers in the MSM still protecting their candidate. When there is fairness in the press I might get excited about this story – until then it is just leftist rumbling because that is all they can do. They sure can’t defend their candidate on the issues or his associations.
Maybe Goodwill could do a commercial for real hockey moms. “Want this little red dress? You can only find it at our stores (after Nov. 4th).”
I Kerry had been a POW, I would have respected him for going through that, but It still would not have, like it does not for McCain, qualify him for the job of President. And from the link provided open thread, apparently Rolling Stone didn’t find that McCain was responsible for the fire on USS FOREST FIRE, sorry USS FORESTAll, either.
Sarah Palin is to a hockey mom what George W Bush is to a cowboy.
Just because you were a small town mayor in Alaska who attends hockey matches does NOT mean you embody the values of hockey moms.
Sarah Palin is as fake as a $2 bill.
152 comments in 4 hours.
About clothes.
The definition of pathetic.
The military is notarious for taking care of their own, how much more so if your father’s in charge of the fleet?
Heheheh. AHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks JR and Monkeyhawk for directing me to the fried chicken thread.
And if you need evidence of bigotbox’s obsession with me, my partner, and our lives… heheheh….look no further. This was on the open thread yesterday.
Boxlock
Posted October 22, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Jesus WEPT!!!!!
Look, bigotbox and biassed, I’m in love with someone else. Please look elsewhere for your fantasy fulfillment.
Or another obsession.
You guys need a hobby.
Sarah Palin is as fake as a $2 bill.
You mean like the government note I have in my wallet?
Surely Sarah Palin as a governor had suitable clothes to wear for 2 months of campaigning?
Is spending $150,000 for campaign clothes a valid expense when McCain is trying to convince the Americans he is for getting rid of pork barrel spending?
Where was McCain’s little black pen to cross out that unnecessary expenditure and make their names famous?
McCain would have made more political points if he would have announced that he did not know about this expense beforehand and had ordered Sarah Palin to give them to charity NOW.
As for Cindy McCain, every time I have seen her she looks like a different neon fruit – but that banana outfit at the convention had to be the tackiest.
Just goes to show, you cannot buy class.
Clothes-unimportant. Hypocrisy-should always be called out.
Sarah Palin is as fake as a $2 bill.
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Uh, $2 bills are real, you can get them at any bank.
Check into it Pedant.
SolDevVB
Posted October 23, 2008 at 10:03 am | Permalink
152 comments in 4 hours.
About clothes.
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Not about clothes really. What it’s about is how clothes expose Palin as a phony.
$3 bill then.
Happier?
Pedant
Posted October 23, 2008 at 10:06 am | Permalink
$3 bill then.
Happier?
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Actually, that has Bill Clinton’s face on it.
Karma’s a bitch.
$3 bill then.
You mean like this one then…
http://www.wackywit.com/photobill.html
Phantom actually there were worse naval disasters that we haven’t heard about. For ten years my son was a nuclear engineer on a Trident fast attack sub. The commander was the son-in-law of an admiral and he got the promotion because of this. He was always trying to tell the tech guys what needed to happen with the nuck part of the sub. On this they outranked him and just ignored him. One day he actually grounded the sub. Ran it onto a sandbar.
Now the way the crews on these subs work is that they are in port for 3 months and out to sea for 3 months. On their first shore duty after this happened every crew member took turns putting a pile of sand in the commanders parking place. He ordered them to stop and wanted the culprit to fess up. No one came forward. He then ordered the entire crew to show up on base for a ship wide meeting. He told them no one would eat, sleep or leave until the bad guy came forward. After 38 hours and no one confessed he once again ordered the guilty person to step forward. The entire crew walked to the front of the room. He turned around and left the room. Next thing they knew he had requested a transfer to another ship and had to leave his beloved Hawaii.
I still laugh every time my son tells this story.
ANTI
Posted October 23, 2008 at 10:08 am | Permalink
Pedant
Posted October 23, 2008 at 10:06 am | Permalink
$3 bill then.
Happier?
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Actually, that has Bill Clinton’s face on it.
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More moral relativism.
Isn’t Palin supposed to be an improvement on Clinton’s brand of phoniness?
Or are you guys just happy that she’s no better than Clinton?
Okie – it has been reported that Michelle Obama buys most of her clothes off the rack – of which she has been laughed at by Republicans.
I’m willing to bet there are more women who relate to buying off the rack than buying designer clothes.
I wonder how many of those women will be wiping out all the white male votes on November 4th?
There truly is a shortage of attacks on Sarah Palin.
Please Eagle, pick up the pace a little.
“That Sarah Palin, she’s no WORSE than Bill Clinton!!!”
How rousing. Color me less than enthused on that one.
A smart move would be to auction them off with proceeds to charity.
When is the stoning? Will refreshments be served?
Mom if you live in Alaska I can tell you that your wardrobe wouldn’t be adequate for touring the lower 48 or is that 57? Anyway as a woman I would think you would know this.
Anyway life is calling and this has been a real waste of time.
ANTI
Posted October 23, 2008 at 10:13 am | Permalink
When is the stoning? Will refreshments be served?
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It ain’t THAT bad. Did anybody really believe, in their heart of hearts, that Sarah Palin and all her naked ambition was anything but a typical pol? That she was the real ONE?
Surely not.
Sarah Palin’s novelty is that she’s a better than average hustler from Alaska. That’s it in a nutshell.
okobserver
Posted October 23, 2008 at 10:14 am | Permalink
Mom if you live in Alaska I can tell you that your wardrobe wouldn’t be adequate for touring the lower 48 or is that 57? Anyway as a woman I would think you would know this.
Anyway life is calling and this has been a real waste of time.
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Oh come now, okie. You make it sound like Alaskans wear their parkas all the time around the igloo. They don’t wear ordinary clothese like the rest of us? You know, shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, blouses, jackets, etc?
But Sarah Palin has tried to convince everyone she is just an average hockey mom. Well, what hockey moms do you know that spend $150,000 on their designer clothes in one month?
My own personal Troll. Maybe I need a biASSED doll and call it My Little Troll.
nitwit
I’m thinking we should dress kfg’s chickens in little pumpkin suits for Halloween.
While conspicuous consumption with campaign dollars may raise a few eyebrows, I care more about the issues.
I wonder, though, how many people who regard 150g of wardrobe spending as nothing went apesh*it over John Edwards (and Mitt Romney’s) $400 haircuts.
http://action.credomobile.com/comics/2008/10/mccains_reasons_to_vote_for_mc.html
okobserver
Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:49 am | Permalink
Pedant are you going to go after Michelle Obama over the $437,000 in foods like lobster, caviar, and other such food items. Straight out of the campaign coffers.
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Good point, except that it is 100% false. Not true. Never happened. A lie.
biased1
Posted October 23, 2008 at 7:42 am | Permalink
Hilarious! What a way to avoid talking about Joe the Plumber’s taxes. The One’s campaign is outspending McCain about 15 to 1 in most states and the libtards want to talk about how the GOP spends THEIR money.
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Funny you should bring up Joe the Plumber’s taxes – has he ever paid his delinquent taxes yet?
If and when Joe the Plumber does decide to buy the business, does he plan on using any government loan programs for the financing? If so, then he will have to take care of those nasty delinquent taxes – huh?
And if I were a bank loan officer, I would have to question why Joe the Plumber wants to borrow alot of money to buy a plumbing business but yet cannot seem to pay his delinquent taxes.
Joe the Plumber is a tactic that backfired on McCain. I think the Republicans would not want to be talking about him either – but McCain keeps right spouting the same old talking points, doesn’t he?
As for Obama spending money – he is spending his donors money. McCain is spending public financing money – that is taxpayer money!
Pedant you are absolutely right she isn’t the “One”. Obama has that position sewed up. She however is the one bringing a new slant to the Washington ‘politics as usual machine’ and this is what scares the career politicans to death.
Man- Joe the Plumber is a tactic that backfired on McCain. I think the Republicans would not want to be talking about him either – but McCain keeps right spouting the same old talking points, doesn’t he?
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As long as the One is going to “spread” Joes tax money around…..
Thats a “good” thing….
The news media just can’t leave Palin alone. They work their butts off trying to find something that will help her not get elected. Of course, not one mention what the dems are spending for clothes. When I first saw this appear on the web. I knew it would be just a short time that the lib WE would put it on the blog. Palin gets more coverage than blooper Joe the other VP candidate.
Chas even though you are ‘cleverly’ disguised as SFreader you are so transparent. Prove it wrong on shut up. Just like chass would talk. AMazing. Are you having lunch today with taz, ::, squarepeg, candy, and on and on and on?
Have you seen the movie Sybil? There is help for you outthere.
Joe the senator has been put in the deep freeze. Poor man he just can’t keep his foot out of his mouth. What a qualified guy!
The libs have nothing of substance on their prez candidate so they have to talk about Palins clothes, health report, kids, husband, job qualifications, etc.. It would be nice if these items were addressed by the press about the ‘One’.
Chas I forgot to tell you how I know you and SFreader are the same person. There couldn’t possibly be two people in this world who are as dumb as you are so you must be the same person.
SFreader
Posted October 23, 2008 at 10:41 am | Permalink
Michelle Obama spent over the $437,000 in foods like lobster, caviar, and other such food items. Straight out of the campaign coffers.
“biased1
…As long as the One is going to “spread” Joes tax money around…..
Thats a “good” thing….”
no one can spread Joes tax money around because apparently he has not paid it.
I was going to say that rather than a high-dollar wardrobe, all Palin would need would be a nice studded black leather collar and leash. Then it occurred to me that she probably already has a few, to go with her black corset and fishnets.
brains- no one can spread Joes tax money around because apparently he has not paid it.
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Of course! Thats how you win an arguement! Destroy Joe!
Mr. Husein, will your tax plan indeed raise Joe’s taxes?
uh, er, What my plan..er $250,000.00 uh, well…
Joe is a liar…
“Barack Hussein Obama got appointed to the Harvard Law Review because of racial quotas.”
A pure, unadulterated falsehood from James McCluer.
The real story here:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/28/at_harvard_law_a_unifying_voice/
Regular, if you want to back up that assertion with some evidence, then I’ll be happy to debunk it.
Funny how the one who’s been talking about how she’s a regular joe from “real america” goes and spends $18,000 a week at the fanciest shops in NYC.
Those you call elitists actually wear re-soled shoes and off-the-rack clothes.
Kind of like how it’s always the least populated states that claim to be “mainstream.” Sorry Joe, it just ain’t so.
Maybe we’ve finally reached a point where calling your opponent a traitor and a terrorist and a communist and elitist just isn’t going to fly. I hope.
biased1
Posted October 23, 2008 at 11:15 am | Permalink
brains- no one can spread Joes tax money around because apparently he has not paid it.
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Of course! Thats how you win an arguement! Destroy Joe!
Mr. Husein, will your tax plan indeed raise Joe’s taxes?
uh, er, What my plan..er $250,000.00 uh, well…
Joe is a liar…
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Mr Hussein, how do you respond to those that say Sarah Palin has MORE experience than you.
uh, er, my experience..er, uh organizer, uh and senate, uh rosa stamp..well
Palin spends alot on clothes!
Phillip,
Do you even see the complete stupidity and hypocrisy from you liberals and the media?
You mock Palin/McCain for bringing up Ayers (for being a non-issue according to you) while you are bringing up Palin buying clothing.
What backwards leftist hypocrisy.
biased1 you obviously didn’t watch the video of that exchange. Go watch it.
And did someone say racial quotas? Seriously? The President of the Harvard Law Review? Was he first in his class because of racial quotas? Why can’t you admit he’s a smart guy who worked hard and earned his success, just like you’re supposed to in America?
SFreader
Posted October 23, 2008 at 11:22 am | Permalink
biased1 you obviously didn’t watch the video of that exchange. Go watch it.
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YOU go watch it nit.
Nathanial, Palin brought up the “regular joe” thing as her primary qualification. That makes it fair game. “Washington Elits” “Media Elites” and “Big City Elites” have been a central theme of their campaign, along with greed — ahem — greed, and corruption, like for example spending $150k on your own fashion in big city stores. I don’t think Palin’s small town donors had that in mind when they wrote their checks to the RNC. This is an attack on their campaign platform, not their fashion sense.
Fair game. There’s no crying in politics.
I saw Fox News this morning. The anchor woman was apoplectic, practically screaming about Ayers. Hannity is flummoxed as to why voters still favor Obama. Don’t they know he “pals around with terrorists?” Maybe if you scream about it more… heh heh
Funny how spending money on a job interview (I spend more money on suits for jobs than the rest of my wardrobe, and the job she is interviewing for is much higher profile then mine!!) is getting more press than actual issues. This post alone has 193 replies. Why is there not more coverage on Obama’s connections with Ayers or Wright, seems to me to be more relevent than Sarah’s clothes. Not much press about Biden being hidden from the public for over 55 days now, the last time he had his foot in his mouth.
Nathan,
There are many, including myself, who think Ayers is a non-issue due to the fact Obama has already said what Ayers did was dispicable. Also, Ayers today is a respected teacher who has garnered praise from even Republicans for the way he handles himself. Plus the fact he was never tried nor convicted of anything. While I fully disagree with everything he stood for in the sixties, it is now the Twenty-first century. Get over it.
You want to get into a flame war over who influenced whom, be my guest, but take a serious look at McCains past, and you will find some very slinky critters in his closet. Hell, remember the Chigago seven? How many of them are now respected members of society?
As for Palin . . . I just find it rather funny she claims hockey mom status, but wears high society clothes. What ever happened to her shopping at Walmart, with the real Americans? Just something to pass the time during the silly-season leading up to the election.
SFReader,
You obviously didn’t understand my comments very well.
I don’t mind the attack, I think it is petty, but oh well.
What I was pointing out was the hypocrisy and stupidity of those of you in the media and on the left.
You go on and on about how talking about Ayers is not going to solve our economic problems and that it is not talking about the issues or that it is etc…
Meanwhile, here you are bringing up how much money was spend on some clothing for the campaign?
It is a glaring example of the stupidity of you liberals and complete set of double standards you live your lives by.
biased1, I watched last night. I saw Obama explain his tax plan, and Joe the Plumber nodded in agreement that he might actually pay lower taxes under Obama’s plan.
I don’t think McCain actually wants to be President. It seems he’s sinking his own campaign with dishonesty, erratic behavior, and bad judgment.
Junkie,
“Funny how spending money on a job interview (I spend more money on suits for jobs than the rest of my wardrobe, and the job she is interviewing for is much higher profile then mine!!)”
The difference is that you spent your money on your wardrobe; she spent our money on hers.
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StevenEDavis
Posted October 23, 2008 at 11:15 am | Permalink
“Barack Hussein Obama got appointed to the Harvard Law Review because of racial quotas.”
A pure, unadulterated falsehood from James McCluer.
The real story here:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/28/at_harvard_law_a_unifying_voice/
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Were you trying to dazzle me with lack of brilliance?
There was nothing in that article that refutes my claim.
Nathaniel, one could make the point that personal spending habits are an indication of money management skills. Especially when the candidate in question is spending someone else’s money. That’s above and beyond the “regular joe” argument, which needs to be debunked.
Also relevant is how she left a town of 6,000 people with $22 million in debt. That is a serious economic issue.
The woman who could be President. How will she handle America’s budget?
JM Walker,
Yes, I would hope that we could all agree that what Ayers did was bad.
When did he ever apologize for it? Change his attitude about it?
What about what Ayers conintues to say in the present?
Merely saying that what someone did in the past was dispicable doesn’t explain why you continue to associate with the guy. If anything that only proves that you knew what a dirt ball the guy is and still continued to associate with him.
An honest intelligent person who wasn’t a complete partisan hack would actually see a bit deeper into the issue than dismissing it at face value because Obama said so.
Obama has not refuted one thing about his association with Ayers yet.
What Republicans are praising Ayers?
He was not tried or convicted because while he was HIDING from authorities he got off on a technicality.
The fact that you gloss over that only proves what a partisan hack you have become JM Walker.
There is no evidence that I know of that what Ayers stood for in the 60’s has ever changed. The only difference now is that he is not actively trying to attack our government and killing people.
Yeah, your right. Next time a Jew brings up how bad Hitler was I will tell them to get over it.
This is the 21st centry, slavery happened and is over, get over you black people!
Words to live by, by JM Walker.
I think all of you “Libs” and all of you “Cons” are ALL hypocrites. Each defending yourselves for the same offense that you condemn the other one for.
Man, it’s like watching a tennis match.
SF Reader,
Perhaps you missed the entire start of the thread too.
The RNC paid for the clothing. Palin didn’t.
If those supporting the campaign have a problem with it, then lets hear it from them.
I don’t need a liberal hack like you complaining on their behalf when I have yet to see any of them care.
Regular, offer a shred of proof for your outrageous claim and maybe someone will do you the honor of debunking it.
Or don’t. Maybe you don’t know how delusional and racist you sound. Maybe you don’t realize that saying those things actually hurts the McCain campaign, and causes undecided voters to turn away in disgust?
You want people to believe there’s no other way a guy who’s first in his class at Harvard can get a job like that?
Clearly you want a President who was at the bottom of his class. Explain why.
Anyone know where Biden is located? Did he fall off of the face of the Earth?
Nathanial, it’s not her money, and that’s exactly my point. Palin spends other people’s money like a drunken sailor. NOT what we need in government right now!
Nobody criticized Cindy McCain for spending her own millions. And nobody donated money to the RNC after checking the box, “for fancy NYC designer clothing.”
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SFreader
Posted October 23, 2008 at 11:44 am | Permalink
Regular, offer a shred of proof for your outrageous claim and maybe someone will do you the honor of debunking it.
Or don’t. Maybe you don’t know how delusional and racist you sound. Maybe you don’t realize that saying those things actually hurts the McCain campaign, and causes undecided voters to turn away in disgust?
You want people to believe there’s no other way a guy who’s first in his class at Harvard can get a job like that?
Clearly you want a President who was at the bottom of his class. Explain why.
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Refute it then, you have zero evidence to disprove my claim, because Osama Obama refuses to talk about his time at Columbia and Harvard to the press and his records won’t be released to the public by the Universities.
You have nothing but flailing appendages.
“Obama has not refuted one thing about his association with Ayers yet.”
Actually he has. He said he served on a board with him along with Republicans, and that was the extent of their relationship. I looked up “refute” in the dictionary and that’s it.
Now perhaps Republicans can provide a shred of supporting evidence that the two “pal around” together. So far I only see Fox News phrase their relationship in the form of a question. If that’s their #1 issue and they can’t even say definitively what the relationship is, then they may as well concede the election now.
Regular, if you don’t have access to the records, how can you know racial quotas were involved?
You just refuted yourself. Congrats.
Now perhaps Republicans can provide a shred of supporting evidence that the two “pal around” together.
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They sit and chat enjoying a designer coffee every Tuesday afternoon. (before the campaign)
SFReader,
If someone is giving you the money for a specific reason and then you use it for said reason, you are not spending their money like a drunken sailor.
Part of any campaigns success is making sure that the candidates do not look like crap in public.
Because then liberals like you would be pointing out how they look like crap.
So, in your typical no win argument style you attack her for trying to look good.
Can you show me where any actual Republican is upset with their donations being used this way by the RNC?
Jed
Posted October 23, 2008 at 11:38 am | Permalink
Junkie,
“Funny how spending money on a job interview (I spend more money on suits for jobs than the rest of my wardrobe, and the job she is interviewing for is much higher profile then mine!!)”
The difference is that you spent your money on your wardrobe; she spent our money on hers.
So, you contributed to the RNC?
littlejohn,
What is this “our” money?
Are you even voting Republican in this election?
This just in. Sarah Palin paid $129.98 US for a flannel thong. We are still trying to determine the pattern of the plaid. Updates at 5:00PM
It is battery powered. We do not yet know if the power source is for heating or vibrating. News at 5:00 PM
Nathaniel, that was my point.
Before you ask questions, pleas read the entire post. Jed statd it was “our money” I only quoted Jed.
I fondly recall Nixon’s speech about his wife’s “cloth coat”, no Democratic Mink Coat for her…
How the worm turns….
Stolen from a blog:
Re: FIRESTORM OVER PALIN’S $150,000 MAKEOVER!…paid for by RNC!
Indeed, the story could not come at a more inopportune time for the McCain campaign. During a week in which the Republican ticket is trying to highlight its connection to the working class – and, by extension, promoting its newest campaign tool, Joe the Plumber – it was revealed that Palin’s fashion budget for several weeks was more than four times the median salary of an American plumber ($37,514). To put it another way: Palin received more valuable clothes in one month than the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years. A Democrat put it in even blunter terms: her clothes were the cost of health care for 15 or so people.
Littlejohn,
I didn’t see the quotes. I have no problem reading, you have a problem quoting.
And I missed your point.
An sorry, I don;t vot REPUBLICAN or DEMOCRAT. I vote for the candidate. Many times that is the Republican candidate. Sometime it is not.
For President, I do not plan on voting Relublican, or Democratic. Neither candidate is worthy of my vote. And I no longer care about the “lesser of two evils”
Yeah, Nathan. You are right. I should have highlighted where it was a cut and paste. My bad.
You win.
LMFAO !!!!!
DEMOCRATS are offended by someone spending SOME ONE ELSE’S MONEY!!!!!
this part of my post obviously made it my words.
Jed
Posted October 23, 2008 at 11:38 am | Permalink
Now, to be fair, I should have put quotation marks around the whole thing, or given some sort of indication. I agree. My bad. However, you could have read the whole post, or even the post referenced. It probably would have given you a clue.
Palin’s clothes have gained more traction as a negative story than millions of dollars spent on the Republican lies about Obama.
Why?
Because its true!
It’s hard for middle America Joe and Jill 6 pack to see Palin fighting for them when she’s obviously one of the billionaire ELITE.
That’s why the story is working. The pig has revealed herself to be a REAL pig. She doesn’t care about the working class.
She’s a master not a slave.
“Nathaniel
Posted October 23, 2008 at 12:08 pm | Permalink
And I missed your point.”
So you understand my point, Jed was complaining about Palin spending “our money” his words. So I asked him if he gave to the RNC. The Point: Unless he gave to the RNC, it wasn;t his money. DOes that clarify it enough for you?
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“It’s hard for middle America Joe and Jill 6 pack to see Palin fighting for them when she’s obviously one of the billionaire ELITE.
That’s why the story is working. The pig has revealed herself to be a REAL pig. She doesn’t care about the working class. ”
And according to tax records, THe caring Obama family, in spite of an income of around a million dollars during the time 2000-2004, gave less than 1% to charity. Obviously, he cares.
And Kerry isn;tone of the BIllionaire ELite? OR Gore? AN BIden isn;t worth as much or more than Palin? Oh. Okay.
mxyzptlk
Posted October 23, 2008 at 12:12 pm | Permalink
Palin’s clothes have gained more traction as a negative story than millions of dollars spent on the Republican lies about Obama.
Why?
Because its true!
It’s hard for middle America Joe and Jill 6 pack to see Palin fighting for them when she’s obviously one of the billionaire ELITE.
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“Billionarie elite” Chuckle… That’s why the RNC had to buy her some clothes.
The scary part about this thread is how hard the the RWers are defending Kodiak Barbie’s shopping spree and jumping all over the messengers. They know the impact it is having.
Hey, $15,000, $20,000 even, people know Saks is expensive, they can see spending that much. But even deep in their panicked hearts, the RW knows that $150,000 is waaaay too big a number for Joe and Janet Sixpack.
Dennis
Keep spinning Pubes!
The truth is your party has thrown all of you under the bus. They don’t care about you and never have.
I think her lack of a wardrobe IS more of a reflection of her middle class. I consider myself part of the middle class, and I too would have to buy new clothes if I were in that position. So the issue is the fact she spent RNC money, which I don’t have a problem as this is a fraction of the RNC (or DEM) campaign budgets. What did Obama spend to rent Mile High to present himself? Pretty sure it was more than $150k.
The absurdity of this story.
It is like attacking Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman because Richard Gere wanted to buy her some nice clothes.
How dare she? Doesn’t she know that she came from the streets?
Palin still comes from Alaska. Nothing has changed.
She just got dressed up for the election.
And the truly sad thing is that you hypocrites on the left have spent the last 2 weeks crying about how we should be talking about the economy instead of Obama’s association with Ayers and then this is what you focus on now?
What a joke you liberals are.
I can see the next SNL skit, Sarah comes out dressed like the Queen of England, while giving her ‘maverick’, and ‘Joe Plumber’ spill.
Come on nojunk,
You know that’s irrelevant. He was just making himself “available” to more people. That’s all. hehe
Is Nathan ready to declare he decried the mockery of the ‘400 dollar haircut’? Just wonderin?
I heard on the tube, most of the criticism is being put forth by repubs! (RW’ers excluded). LMAO
“SolDevVB
Posted October 23, 2008 at 12:03 pm | Permalink
This just in. Sarah Palin paid $129.98 US for a flannel thong. We are still trying to determine the pattern of the plaid. Updates at 5:00PM”
Let me know when the pictures are released
Sarah’s so damn poor she has to have the State of Alaska pick up the tab when she flys the kids to watch Todd in his snowmobile race.
It’s not Richard Gere buying the clothes.
But she participated in a beauty pageant, she’s vain.
And,
“Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others”-dunno
Good point nojunk. The RNC can spend their money how they want. Just as the savior Obama can spend the money on the stadium and the phony columns.
It seems the the criticism her though is mostly from catty women with their claws out.
Meowwrrrr!
Clothes, Baby, Clothes!
NEWS FLASH
The battery pack on the flannel thong is for heat and vibrate!!!
brian_nuevo
http://images.productserve.com/preview/1035/24402721.jpg
Sol,
Her hubby is going to like that purchase
“SolDevVB
Posted October 23, 2008 at 12:41 pm | Permalink
brian_nuevo
http://images.productserve.com/preview/1035/24402721.jpg”
I had better not open that one at work :)
CNNs Campbell Brown has a message for you catty women (maybe you are men, but it would be hard to beleive)making a big deal about Gov Palin’s wardrobe.
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(CNN) — There’s been a lot of sniping and a lot of stories Wednesday about Gov. Sarah Palin’s clothes.
Politico.com reports that the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothes, hair and make-up for Palin on the campaign trail. Now, these are not your tax dollars.
This is money given by Republican donors to the RNC. But the report questions whether it is legal to use campaign cash for quote “personal use.”
My issue? There is an incredible double-standard here, and we are ignoring a very simple reality.
Women are judged based on their appearance far, far more than men. That is a statement of fact.
‘No bias, no bull’
There has been plenty of talk and plenty written about Sarah Palin’s jackets, her hair and her looks. Sound familiar?
There was plenty of talk and plenty written about Sen. Hillary Clinton’s looks, hair and pantsuits.
Compare that with the attention given to Sen. Barack Obama’s $1,500 suits or Sen. John McCain’s $520 Ferragamo shoes. There is no comparison.
Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
When Wolf Blitzer wears a not-so-great tie, how much e-mail do you think he gets? My point is for women, unfortunately, appearance is part of the job.
If Wolf or Anderson Cooper shows up on the air without makeup, you think you would even notice? I show up without makeup? Trust me, you’ll notice.
This doesn’t just apply to TV. All women in the public eye deal with this issue. And it is for this reason that I think the RNC should help Palin pay for clothes, hair and makeup. It is part of the job.
Now, you may think, that’s an awful lot of money to spend on clothes, hair and makeup.
Or you may complain, as some have, that it’s hypocritical to sell yourself as a “small-town hockey mom” when you are wearing designer clothes. That’s fine, just don’t ignore the fact that there is a double-standard here.
And personally I think in this campaign, with so much at stake, this is a peripheral issue.
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I, myself, have raised plenty of questions about Sarah Palin, much to the annoyance of the McCain campaign. But those questions have been about her qualifications and experience, never her appearance.
Let’s keep the focus on what really matters here.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Campbell Brown.
What a joke you liberals are. – Nathaniel
What a bunch of whiney crybabies you are. Marine? Are they all whiney crybabies like you Nathaniel?
“Compare that with the attention given to Sen. Barack Obama’s $1,500 suits ”
My GAWD, that’s more than I paid for the car I dive back and forth to work!!!! MORE THAN I paid for my entire wardrobe!!! (Feigns interest)
“mxyzptlk
Posted October 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm | Permalink
What a joke you liberals are. – Nathaniel
What a bunch of whiney crybabies you are. Marine? Are they all whiney crybabies like you Nathaniel?”
Burn!
I respect Campbell Brown’s opinion but this isn’t about her appearance. It’s about her character. No one would begrudge Palin a makeover but Palin showed extremely poor judgement in not limiting the spending.
Is Palin so out of touch and erratic that she didn;t know what a stir this would cause?
Not fit for VP, bad judgement, no character.
“Palin showed extremely poor judgement in not limiting the spending.”
Yep.
“Is Palin so out of touch and erratic that she didn;t know what a stir this would cause?”
The whole RNC should known what a manufactured stir this would cause.
“Not fit for VP, bad judgement”.
Agreed.
How is Palin/McCain going to rein in government spending when $150,000 in clothes is considered “normal”.
McCain/Palin = out of touch with hard working Joe & Jill 6 pack.
By the way where are Palin’s medical records?
Another lie, another coverup. Paternity test for Trig- let Trig know who his father is!!!
“By the way where are Palin’s medical records?
Another lie, another coverup. Paternity test for Trig- let Trig know who his father is!!!”
Sorry mxyzptlk, I have to disagree with you on this one. WHO CARES?!
“By the way where are Palin’s medical records?”
And Obama’s?
“Ya know the difference between a Hockey Mom and a V.P. candidate?” “Clothes.”
If I was contributor to the RNC I would certainly wonder if spending 150,000 dollars for dresses for Mrs Palin is the best way to spend money. 150 G’s about a weeks worth of ads in say Colorado or North Carolina or giving extra help to Liddy Dole or Norm Coleman who are trailing. And 5000 for Hair and Makeup and we used to make fun of John Edwards for his $400 haircut?
“How is Palin/McCain going to rein in government spending when $150,000 in clothes is considered “normal”.”-mxyzptlk
THAT is the issue at hand with this.
Just like Clinton running in the red on her campaign and Obama asking folks to chip in and help her out of debt.
Not good ways to show that they can handle our money.
Don’t worry Sarah’s going to cut out the excesses just like she did in Alaska! What a hoot.
“Liddy Dole or Norm Coleman who are trailing”
Dole is trailing???
You betcha!
Outie,
I think we all know some domestic terrorists–Bruce Sherman comes quickly to my mind.
All you have to do is look at the Eagle to see that this man–and all those who act like him–are a clearer and more present danger to our liberty and security than Osama bin Laden could ever hope to be.
Outie,
I think we all know some domestic terrorists–Bruce Sherman comes quickly to my mind.
All you have to do is look at the Eagle to see that this man–and all those who act like him–are a clearer and more present danger to our liberty and security than Osama bin Laden could ever hope to be.
Oops, the dreaded double post!
A political advisor to our wanna be prez
Assuming the poster was referring to Bill Ayers, please provide a link that verifies Ayers is a political advisor…to anyone.
“Predestined
Posted October 23, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
A political advisor to our wanna be prez
Assuming the poster was referring to Bill Ayers, please provide a link that verifies Ayers is a political advisor…to anyone.”
Sorry Predestined, ‘okobserver’ does not verify her sources
She (Palin) is being trained as well.
“You can have all of this and more, just do what we say”, says Bushco.
NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The New York Times Co (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) posted a quarterly loss from continuing operations on Thursday, hurt by charges for job cuts and said it is looking for ways to reduce debt.
The company, which reported a 16 percent drop in advertising revenue at its news media group, also said it may write down the value of its New England operations by up to $150 million, underscoring the dismal state of newspaper advertising. Shares fell 2.5 percent at mid-day.
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Study: Coverage of McCain Much More Negative Than That of Obama
By Howard Kurtz
Media coverage of John McCain has been heavily unfavorable since the political conventions, more than three times as negative as the portrayal of Barack Obama, a new study says.
Fifty-seven percent of the print and broadcast stories about the Republican nominee were decidedly negative, the Project for Excellence in Journalism says in a report out today, while 14 percent were positive. The McCain campaign has repeatedly complained that the mainstream media are biased toward the senator from Illinois.
Obama’s coverage was more balanced during the six-week period from Sept. 8 through last Thursday, with 36 percent of the stories clearly positive, 35 percent neutral or mixed and 29 percent negative.
McCain has struggled during this period and slipped in the polls, which is one of the reasons for the more negative assessments by the 48 news outlets studied by the Washington-based group. But the imbalance is striking nonetheless.
Sarah Palin’s coverage ricocheted from quite positive to very negative to more mixed, the study says. Overall, 39 percent of the Palin stories were negative, 28 percent were positive and 33 percent neutral. Only 5 percent of the coverage was about her personal life. But McCain’s running mate remains a media magnet, drawing three times as much coverage as the Democrats’ VP nominee, Joe Biden. He was “nearly the invisible man,” the group says, and his coverage was far more negative than Palin’s. That may be because Biden tends to make news primarily when he commits gaffes.
This article and two above show the sorry state of leftwing journalism.
Good read even if a little long.
Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?
By Orson Scott Card
Editor’s note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism.
An open letter to the local daily paper — almost every local daily paper in America:
I remember reading All the President’s Men and thinking: That’s journalism. You do what it takes to get the truth and you lay it before the public, because the public has a right to know.
This housing crisis didn’t come out of nowhere. It was not a vague emanation of the evil Bush administration.
It was a direct result of the political decision, back in the late 1990s, to loosen the rules of lending so that home loans would be more accessible to poor people. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were authorized to approve risky loans.
What is a risky loan? It’s a loan that the recipient is likely not to be able to repay.
The goal of this rule change was to help the poor — which especially would help members of minority groups. But how does it help these people to give them a loan that they can’t repay? They get into a house, yes, but when they can’t make the payments, they lose the house — along with their credit rating.
They end up worse off than before.
This was completely foreseeable and in fact many people did foresee it. One political party, in Congress and in the executive branch, tried repeatedly to tighten up the rules. The other party blocked every such attempt and tried to loosen them.
Furthermore, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were making political contributions to the very members of Congress who were allowing them to make irresponsible loans. (Though why quasi-federal agencies were allowed to do so baffles me. It’s as if the Pentagon were allowed to contribute to the political campaigns of Congressmen who support increasing their budget.)
Isn’t there a story here? Doesn’t journalism require that you who produce our daily paper tell the truth about who brought us to a position where the only way to keep confidence in our economy was a $700 billion bailout? Aren’t you supposed to follow the money and see which politicians were benefiting personally from the deregulation of mortgage lending?
I have no doubt that if these facts had pointed to the Republican Party or to John McCain as the guilty parties, you would be treating it as a vast scandal. “Housing-gate,” no doubt. Or “Fannie-gate.”
Instead, it was Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, both Democrats, who denied that there were any problems, who refused Bush administration requests to set up a regulatory agency to watch over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and who were still pushing for these agencies to go even further in promoting sub-prime mortgage loans almost up to the minute they failed.
As Thomas Sowell points out in a TownHall.com essay entitled “Do Facts Matter?” ( http://snipurl.com/457townhall_com ): “Alan Greenspan warned them four years ago. So did the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President. So did Bush’s Secretary of the Treasury.”
These are facts. This financial crisis was completely preventable. The party that blocked any attempt to prevent it was … the Democratic Party. The party that tried to prevent it was … the Republican Party.
Yet when Nancy Pelosi accused the Bush administration and Republican deregulation of causing the crisis, you in the press did not hold her to account for her lie. Instead, you criticized Republicans who took offense at this lie and refused to vote for the bailout!
What? It’s not the liar, but the victims of the lie who are to blame?
Now let’s follow the money … right to the presidential candidate who is the number-two recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae.
And after Freddie Raines, the CEO of Fannie Mae who made $90 million while running it into the ground, was fired for his incompetence, one presidential candidate’s campaign actually consulted him for advice on housing.
If that presidential candidate had been John McCain, you would have called it a major scandal and we would be getting stories in your paper every day about how incompetent and corrupt he was.
But instead, that candidate was Barack Obama, and so you have buried this story, and when the McCain campaign dared to call Raines an “adviser” to the Obama campaign — because that campaign had sought his advice — you actually let Obama’s people get away with accusing McCain of lying, merely because Raines wasn’t listed as an official adviser to the Obama campaign.
You would never tolerate such weasely nit-picking from a Republican.
If you who produce our local daily paper actually had any principles, you would be pounding this story, because the prosperity of all Americans was put at risk by the foolish, short-sighted, politically selfish, and possibly corrupt actions of leading Democrats, including Obama.
If you who produce our local daily paper had any personal honor, you would find it unbearable to let the American people believe that somehow Republicans were to blame for this crisis.
There are precedents. Even though President Bush and his administration never said that Iraq sponsored or was linked to 9/11, you could not stand the fact that Americans had that misapprehension — so you pounded us with the fact that there was no such link. (Along the way, you created the false impression that Bush had lied to them and said that there was a connection.)
If you had any principles, then surely right now, when the American people are set to blame President Bush and John McCain for a crisis they tried to prevent, and are actually shifting to approve of Barack Obama because of a crisis he helped cause, you would be laboring at least as hard to correct that false impression.
Your job, as journalists, is to tell the truth. That’s what you claim you do, when you accept people’s money to buy or subscribe to your paper.
But right now, you are consenting to or actively promoting a big fat lie — that the housing crisis should somehow be blamed on Bush, McCain, and the Republicans. You have trained the American people to blame everything bad — even bad weather — on Bush, and they are responding as you have taught them to.
If you had any personal honor, each reporter and editor would be insisting on telling the truth — even if it hurts the election chances of your favorite candidate.
Because that’s what honorable people do. Honest people tell the truth even when they don’t like the probable consequences. That’s what honesty means . That’s how trust is earned.
Barack Obama is just another politician, and not a very wise one. He has revealed his ignorance and naivete time after time — and you have swept it under the rug, treated it as nothing.
Meanwhile, you have participated in the borking of Sarah Palin, reporting savage attacks on her for the pregnancy of her unmarried daughter — while you ignored the story of John Edwards’s own adultery for many months.
So I ask you now: Do you have any standards at all? Do you even know what honesty means?
Is getting people to vote for Barack Obama so important that you will throw away everything that journalism is supposed to stand for?
You might want to remember the way the National Organization of Women threw away their integrity by supporting Bill Clinton despite his well-known pattern of sexual exploitation of powerless women. Who listens to NOW anymore? We know they stand for nothing; they have no principles.
That’s where you are right now.
It’s not too late. You know that if the situation were reversed, and the truth would damage McCain and help Obama, you would be moving heaven and earth to get the true story out there.
If you want to redeem your honor, you will swallow hard and make a list of all the stories you would print if it were McCain who had been getting money from Fannie Mae, McCain whose campaign had consulted with its discredited former CEO, McCain who had voted against tightening its lending practices.
Then you will print them, even though every one of those true stories will point the finger of blame at the reckless Democratic Party, which put our nation’s prosperity at risk so they could feel good about helping the poor, and lay a fair share of the blame at Obama’s door.
You will also tell the truth about John McCain: that he tried, as a Senator, to do what it took to prevent this crisis. You will tell the truth about President Bush: that his administration tried more than once to get Congress to regulate lending in a responsible way.
This was a Congress-caused crisis, beginning during the Clinton administration, with Democrats leading the way into the crisis and blocking every effort to get out of it in a timely fashion.
If you at our local daily newspaper continue to let Americans believe — and vote as if — President Bush and the Republicans caused the crisis, then you are joining in that lie.
If you do not tell the truth about the Democrats — including Barack Obama — and do so with the same energy you would use if the miscreants were Republicans — then you are not journalists by any standard.
You’re just the public relations machine of the Democratic Party, and it’s time you were all fired and real journalists brought in, so that we can actually have a news paper in our city.
This article first appeared in The Rhinoceros Times of Greensboro, North Carolina, and is used here by permission.
Brian I posted the link that told the story of how his career was launched in Ayers living room. If you were too lazy to read it then don’t lay the blame at my feet. I don’t have to educate you everyday do I. When will you start to do something for yourselfs. The left is the handicapped branch of politics right now. Saying that is unfair to the truly handicapped but it is accurate.
Frank Marshall Davis, William Ayers, Sol Allenski, and on and on and on. Did he ever get advise from anyone close to the middle?
Brian I challenge you and the other left winger on this blog to read the above article written by a democrat reporter. Let me know what you think.
“okobserver
Posted October 23, 2008 at 1:55 pm | Permalink
..The left is the handicapped branch of politics right now. Saying that is unfair to the truly handicapped but it is accurate.”
You mean the right right, or did you get left when the right went left and you stayed right? Or was that left right at the left of the right?
All this turning gets so confusing, I am just going to go forward.
“okobserver
Posted October 23, 2008 at 2:02 pm | Permalink
Brian I challenge you and the other left winger on this blog to read the above article written by a democrat reporter. Let me know what you think.”
BTW, which one is the other left winger?
I will read it and let you know what I think.
For future reference, it is not necessary to post the whole article here, though. Just a link to it (and maybe the title if you want). Otherwise, the threads get too damn long. Thanks for being considerate.
Just checked back, tryin to find Nathan’s denial he ever mocked Edwards 400 buck haircut, still waiting. Heck, I’ll even extend the challenge to all the con posters.
okobserver posted October 23, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Brian I posted the link that told the story of how his career was launched in Ayers living room.
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No, you posted that Alice Parmer arranged a small meeting at Ayer’s home in Hyde Park.
Obama also had other small meetings, at other homes of influential people in Hyde Park.
Obama “launched” his career at a Ramada Inn, with 200 of his supporters.
okobserver, if that is what you consider a good read, I have some books I can lend you to help with your continuing education.
While there were some valid points in it, it was mostly and angry letter without continuity or good logical structure.
How can a newspaper columnist preach about the ‘media’ not researching the truth or running one-sided stories? Does Mr. Card not realize he himself is a journalist (hence, he is the media) and that he has a venue to do the type of reporting he is saying needs to be done?
If there is merit to the things Mr. Card is implying, I would love for him to research them and print them. I do not believe that there is some sort of mainstream media conspiracy aimed to suppress negative press about Obama. I think if his allegations were valid and he wrote a good, well substatiated story on them he would probably get a Pulitzer.
Women are judged based on their appearance far, far more than men. That is a statement of fact.
‘No bias, no bull’
Oh! I see! Well, that makes it all right with me. Obviously, Sarah Palin is such a slouch, the RNC and McCain campaign needed to do a makeover for her. Maybe it would’ve been cheaper if she had appeared on TLC’s What Not to Wear. She must need the help.
Did Sarah really need the “Extreme Makeover?”
Pleefer
Posted October 23, 2008 at 7:23 am | Permalink
Our FOUNDING FATHERS would be considered “domestic terrorists” to you Tory types.
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SO glad you mentioned that…. Realy, I am…
See, one of the pivotal events of the Revolutionary War that led to the founding of our great nation, was… get this….
An Act of Domestic Terrorism!!! When I was much younger, a student in High School… This Act of Terrorism was almost “celebrated” as part of our US History courses… It was called >>>>
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY!!
Think about it….
Whose is a ‘terrorist’ in the eyes of history is usually determined by who won the war.
hehehe
You guys probably don’t want to know what my Luchese full quill ostrich hide cowboy boots cost. Or my various Stetson cowboy hats.
Trust me, $150,000.00 doesn’t go as far as it use to! Wouldn’t even begin to pay for Obama’s suits the past few months!
Cassidy: Palin’s wardrobe malfunction
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10795224
“As the credit card commercial says (sort of): spending spree at Neiman Marcus, Barney’s, Atelier and Macy’s? $150,000.
Dressing your Joan the Plumber in designer duds? Clueless.”
I wasn’t arguing that, Chas. I know what it was, I’m relating it to today. If those same people did the tea dumping, they would be tortured into a confession and sent to a prison forever without trial, or anything.
I’m not sure if you were trying to “instruct” me or not. I took it that you were. Thanks anyway though.
No, Pleefer, I wasnt… what you said rang a little bell…. and it brought the Tea Party to mind…. Gee, its a good thing Obama cant be traced back to one of the leaders of the Tea Party, or he would be castigated for that too!! LOL
Just looking back at the Kent State issue, is a pretty good background for understanding how the Weather Underground came into being…
Things were extremely TENSE in those years… Some day, those turbulent times might even be looked on as a “Revolution that Didnt”…. Hey, sounds like a good book title…. :-)
Ahhh, gotcha!
Yeah I got to thinking about what I had said and the better way for me to have stated it was that (according to the New Tories way of thinking), was that from the get-go we were all just criminals and terrorists that should be brought to trial by the Crown. We should all be hung as traitors.
While I don’t agree with all of the philosophies of most of the Weather Undergrounds’ member’s, I agree that what they were trying to achieve was noble and valid.
They knew back then that we had had a rogue government. After JFK (excuse this) was removed, the flood gates were opened. The hubris was abundant and rightfully so (”they” had just killed Kennedy in broad daylight in front of the world). After JFK, Johnson escalated the war bringing more profits and heroin into our country. JFK, RFK and MLK were ALL terrorists in our rogue governments eyes.
Sorry for the tin-foil rambling.
I watched the Chicago 8 last night (pretty good, brought back alot of memories). It was Daly that turned on the violence, not the protestors. You can see/read about it on Independenlens.com.
One thing that struck me was that one of the reasons their convictions were overturned was because the prosecution/fbi/ and the presiding judge were involved in bugging the defense meeting rooms! Today, such a thing would be legal because of bush, we’ve descended a long ways since then.
After reviewing/refreshing the background of the times, Ayers doesn’t bother me for what he did back then.
Reminded me of a march I participated in on the White House, we were just having a good time, going to march to the W.H. gates, out comes the police on horseback swinging batons and shooting canisters. Party poopers.
He didn’t kill anyone and when it got close to the point that someone other than their group was going to be killed, he made a conscious effort to keep people from getting hurt. He was making a statement. Much like the “terror” that was The Boston Tea Party.
And yeah, I’m comparing the two.
I believe in my heart that every MAJOR terror attack in the world, let alone our beloved nation is provocatuered. The Kent State massacre and most all protests back then.
The WTO riots in Seattle were provocatuered.
It’s well known that the first attack on the WTC was financed by and the bomb built by the FBI. Fact.
Google “Emad Salem WTC attack FBI”
McVeigh…patsy.
The only problem was that OKC didn’t produce the numbers nor outrage that was required to allow the passage of the legislation that is the USAPAtriot Act back then.
We sure got it on 9-11.
check this old news footage:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/rare-1993-news-report-showing-fbi-involvement-in-wtc-bombing/3250323860
Bushco has had its hands in everything that has gone wrong in this country over the last 100 years. And prior to that it was the Harriman’s (still Bushco) and all of those old pirates.
Brownlee,
#1 research Ayers yourself. He is currently a radical.
#2 research how much Hilary spent on all her suits and who paid for them.
#3 research how much Pelosi has spent on her clothing.
#4 research how much Biden has spent on his clothing and who paid for them
Apparently Deb is too lazy to do her own homework.
Tony Hawk is a radical too.
I’d love to be called a “radical”, I’d wear it like a badge of honor if I were Ayers.
If you’re not being radical, you’re doing nothing.
Rush Limbaugh has this to say about Palins clothes and the Dems with their excess clothes. Oh yes, Palin will be donating her clothes back to charity she does not plan to keep them.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_102308/content/01125107.guest.html
Man, that’s pretty trite.
How about spending $50 for a dress that nobody would have a problem with her keeping?
I guess I just hate the “Madison Avenue” attitude that no one is ever good enough until they wear the Luis Vitton dog bags.
I loathe vanity and especially vanity from such a “good Christian” like herself.
Somebody needs to start digging this crap on all of them, expose Obama and McCain. Let these people show us who they are.
Rush says it’s against campaign laws to have free clothes, like Hillary for example.
“Now, one more thing about the clothes, Sarah Palin. The Drive-Bys are trying to find the scandal, Sarah Palin, $150 grand, paid for, RNC. Do you realize that it’s an illegal campaign contribution for any incorporated business to give away clothes to a candidate? Six thousand dollars the average cost of a Hillary pantsuit, a little over $6,000 is over the personal limit and is thus also illegal. So what the Republicans are trying to do is say, “Okay, we bought it, we paid for it, it’s ours, we paid for it, this is the way you do things.” To the Democrats that’s out of style, that’s out of touch, “You’re actually going to pay for it?” But the thing is if this designer is right and she’s outfitting all these candidates for nothing, then they’re violating campaign laws. Not that it will matter. Nobody will do anything about it.”
Wrong thread for this but, Greenspan fell on the sword?
Now no one today has to admit doing anything wrong, he did it all. What a trooper he is.
Typical.
Typical patsy.
They just suicided Greenspan.
mxyzptlk
Brownlee is the one who made this blog post. He is the one whose JOB it is to do the research. I am rather busy WORKING all day and much of the evening.
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Pleefer
Posted October 23, 2008 at 5:15 pm | Permalink
Tony Hawk is a radical too.
I’d love to be called a “radical”, I’d wear it like a badge of honor if I were Ayers.
If you’re not being radical, you’re doing nothing.
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Yes, let’s have radical police, military, fire fighters and health care workers.
When you call for help, they can just say, “Up yours!” :)
Rush and the rest of the con radio mouths are becoming inceasingly shrill and desperate.
I can almost SEE Hannity pulling his hair out!
Heh HEH!
We’re already headed well into a police state, so that’s not too radical, but we’ll get there.
Keeping our men over there fighting in Iraq for three and four and five tours, that is pretty radical, I must admit.
Bushco killing hundreds of firefighters on 9-11, waaay radical.
Doctors and nurses…I dunno. My wife is pretty radical (she works on hearts and stuff).
Heck, maybe she’s worked on you Reg.
There was a time when I listened to Rush, Hannity, Boortz and Savage. Oh and that other nobody…Medved.
Damn I hate Bushco.
From electoral-vote.com
“Palin’s Clothes Are Becoming a Wardrobe Malfunction
When the RNC decided to tell Sarah Palin to go shopping at its expense it was undoubtedly expecting to get a sexy hot chick who would impress the hell out of Joe Sixpack and his cousin, Joe-the-Plumber. Instead, her $150,000 shopping spree has become a news story in itself. After first appearing on Politico, it has since been reported by the Washington Post, the NY Times, the LA Times, CNN, Fox News, and thousands of other outlets. Go to Google and type: Sarah Palin $150,000. You will get over 100,000 hits. The general theme of the articles is that her claim to being just an ordinary hockey mom doesn’t fit well with buying $150,000 worth of clothes. Only a couple of outlets mention the additional bill of over $20,000 for makeup artists for September. In addition to sifting through the RNC filing (where this data came from), Politico also went through the DNC filing to see if there was anything similar. There wasn’t. Obama and Biden are wearing their own clothes. Some GOP donors are complaining that their donations have not been spent wisely. If you are a fashionista and want to know where Palin buys her clothes, here is the list. ”
Which do you suppose is worth more?
Sarah Palin’s new clothes or Joe the Plumber’a house?
Pleefer
Posted October 23, 2008 at 6:05 pm | Permalink
We’re already headed well into a police state, so that’s not too radical, but we’ll get there.
Keeping our men over there fighting in Iraq for three and four and five tours, that is pretty radical, I must admit.
Bushco killing hundreds of firefighters on 9-11, waaay radical.
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You’re not radical, you’re just a nut job.
Stating that Bush killed NYC firefighters is beyond expectations of sane thinking.
How about some ironies, re who bought some of Palin’s clothes?
‘Sarah Palin’s Personal Shopper‘
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200810u/palin-clothes
“Larson is the Karl Rove protégé who’s a principal in the robocalling firm of FLS Connect (the “FLS” stands for Tony Feather, Jeff Larson, and Tom Synhorst*, all veteran Republican political operatives).
Larson’s firm is the same one that launched the scurrilous robocalls against John McCain in 2000, and that McCain has now hired to make robocalls connecting Barack Obama to Bill Ayers.”
okobserver posted a long article, daring anyone to read it. I did.
Blaming Democrats for the whole mess is as ridiculous at best. The bill passed during Clinton’s watch was passed by a congress ruled by Republicans, who failed to stop it in the first place. So if there is any blame to pass around, it is both parties failed the American public on way too many levels.
Not only both parties, but Greenspan, who kept interest rates too low for too long, and, as he stated today, said he was shocked at the mess he helped create. Include Wall Street, who were more interested in making money, than they were about their clients.
Include in that list Joe Public, who is using credit cards as his emergency fund. Credit Jane Public, whose savings have gone from 8% in the eighties, to a -1.4% today. So who’s to blame? Damn near every American over the age of eighteen who bought into the me generation and totally forgot the all of us generation. And you don’t need a party affiliation to screw that up.
But JMWalker. . . okobserver’s author is a (Zell Miller) Democrat, which she claims proves that his opinion column has to be the truth.
Zell Miller = ally of Sean Hannity = obvious shill.
And yeah, when college kids are inundated with credit cards, they get an early taste of “the good life”.
Buy now, forever pay for it.
Patrick J. Buchanan on the MSM incredible double standard. But we all know it. Just check out this thread.
But their influence is tanking. And they brought it all on themselves, and us. Now instead of a baseline media, we have a million internet idiots. A brave new world…
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What if ‘SNL’ mocked Michelle Obama?
Posted: October 23, 2008
7:17 pm Eastern
© 2008
Perhaps the only institution in America whose approval rating is beneath that of Congress is the media.
Both have won their reputations the hard way. They earned them.
Consider the fawning indulgence shown insider Joe Biden with the dripping contempt visited on outsider Sarah Palin.
Twice last weekend, Biden grimly warned at closed-door meetings that a great crisis is coming early in the term of President Obama:
“Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. … Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said … we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”
A “generated crisis”? By whom? Moscow? Beijing? Tehran?
This is an astonishing statement from a chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee who has access to the same intelligence as George Bush. Joe was warning of a crisis like the Berlin Wall of July 1961, where JFK called for a tripling of the draft and ordered a call-up of reserves, or the missile crisis where U.S. pilots like John McCain were minutes away from bombing nuclear missile sites in Cuba and killing the Russians manning them.
Is Russia about to move on the Crimea? Is Israel about to launch air strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites? What is Joe talking about?
If one assumes Joe is a serious man, we have a right to know.
Instead, what we got was Obama’s airy dismissal of Joe’s words as a “rhetorical flourish” and a media – rather than demanding that Joe hold a press conference – acting as Obama surrogates parroting the talking points that Joe was just saying that new presidents always face tests.
Had John McCain made that hair-raising statement, he would have been accused of fear mongering about a new 9/11. The media would have run with the story rather than have smothered it.
Contrasting McCain with his hero, Joe declared a few weeks back, “When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and … said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’”
Nice historical reference. Except when the market crashed in 1929, Hoover was president, and there was no television.
Can one imagine what the press would have done to Sarah Palin had she exhibited such ignorance of history. Or Dan Quayle?
Joe gets a pass because everybody likes Joe.
Fine. But Joe also has a record of 36 years in the Senate.
Has anyone ever asked Joe about his own and his party’s role in cutting off aid to South Vietnam, leading to the greatest strategic defeat in U.S. history and the Cambodian holocaust? Has anyone ever asked Joe about the role he and his party played in working to block Reagan’s deployment of Pershing missiles in Europe, and SDI, which Gorbachev concedes broke the Soviets and won the Cold War?
In the most crucial vote he ever cast – to give Bush a blank check for war in Iraq – Joe concedes he got it wrong.
Is Joe’s record of having been wrong on Vietnam, wrong in the Cold War, wrong on the Iraq war, less important than whether Sarah Palin tried to get fired a rogue-cop brother-in-law who Tasered her 10-year-old nephew to “teach him a lesson”?
“I’ve forgotten more about foreign policy than most of my colleagues know,” says Joe humbly. Given his record, it is understandable Joe has forgotten so much of it.
Saturday, the New York Times did a takeout on Cindy McCain that delved back into her problem with prescription pills. Yet when Hillary’s campaign manager, Mark Penn, brought up Obama’s cocaine use on “Hardball,” he was savaged by folks for whom the Times is the gold standard.
The people apparently had a “right to know” of Bush’s old DUI arrest a week before the 2000 election, but no right to know about how and when Obama was engaged in the criminal use of cocaine.
The media cannot get enough of the “Saturday Night Live” impersonations of Palin as a bubblehead. News shows pick up the Tina Fey clips and run them and run them to the merriment of all.
Can one imagine “Saturday Night Live” doing weekly send-ups of Michelle Obama and her “I’ve never been proud” of my country, this “just downright mean” America, using a black comedienne to mimic and mock her voice and accent?
“Saturday Night Live” would be facing hate-crime charges.
How do we know? When the New Yorker ran a cartoon of Michelle in an Angela-Davis afro with an AK-47 slung over her shoulder, New Yorker editors had to go on national television to swear they were not mocking Michelle, but the conservatives who have so caricatured Michelle and the Messiah.
Is there a media double standard? You betcha.
Saturday Night Live’s ratings are through the roof and Tina Fey will get an EMMY for being more Palin than Palin.
Pat Buchanan is now a marginalized, joke.
Maybe old pervy Pat will bid on one of Palin’s pumps.
Hey, we might have an idea of what Sarah Palin is really like, but guess what? They don’t want us to know. Notice how she’s never interviewed alone by national media? McCain is always there, and frankly, it looks awkward to me.
She might just be better than we know, but how in the hell can you tell? We don’t get to hear her answer on her own?
” 55 percent of voters say Palin is not qualified to be president”
That’s o.k. because over 80% of Americand don’t think Congress is qualified to do their job today either.
In my eyes that makes Palin more qualified than any of them.
Oh yeah I almost forgot, can we have another Palin thread for tomorrow to give your small band of blue bloggers something to masturbate over?
Hate to think we’d get a few on old Joe.
What can I say? Wichita Eagle is fit only for fish wrapping paper anyway.
“Jane the Plumber probably can’t afford a $150,000 shopping spree at Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys and Bloomingdale’s, but professional stylists and image consultants say it’s money well spent for Sarah Palin.
The only ones not complaining: people who do this sort of thing for a living.”
“She is dressing appropriately for the job she is going after,” said Lauren Rothman, a Washington stylist and the principal in the fashion consulting firm Styleauteur.”
“Los Angeles-based image consultant Patsy Cisneros, a part owner of Political Icon, which works with candidates running for higher office, said Palin’s transformation was done well on a short timeline.
“She did come on the scene as governor for Alaska and looked appropriate as governor,” Cisneros said. Now, as the election nears and the possibility of the vice presidency looms, “She is being seen not just locally but globally, and she needs to represent our country. She has to look appropriate for that.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081023/pl_politico/14844;_ylt=Ag_dmqlPtCcP6qvUFNNwgfYEtbAF
‘Sarah Palin’s Personal Shopper‘
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200810u/palin-clothes
“Larson is the Karl Rove protégé who’s a principal in the robocalling firm of FLS Connect (the “FLS” stands for Tony Feather, Jeff Larson, and Tom Synhorst*, all veteran Republican political operatives).
Larson’s firm is the same one that launched the scurrilous robocalls against John McCain in 2000, and that McCain has now hired to make robocalls connecting Barack Obama to Bill Ayers.”
“…Second, assume that even though she was the governor of Alaska, Palin’s pre-nomination closet was nothing but North Face fleece and she needed to build a wardrobe from scratch. Assume she’s got a little over two months on the campaign trail, and her handlers said it’s simply not done to wear each outfit more than twice.
So, say, 35 outfits — jacket, skirt, shoes, the whole shebang — which seems like an awful lot. At $150,000, that would be $4,285 each. I’m on the Neiman-Marcus site now, and I’m having a hard time managing to spend that much. Here’s a lovely Armani Collezioni asymmetric jersey jacket ($1,635), white blouse ($775), and classic pencil skirt (a bargain at $475). Throw in a pair of Christian Louboutin Simple 100 Pumps — I found them on-line at Saks for $575 — and you’re still not there.
Talk about a proven capacity for executive decision-making. I’m impressed, really, that she could manage to spend so much so fast.”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/10/_i_didnt_want_to.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
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yeah, I think that when yer shoppin till yer droppin $4,285 per outfit at Neiman-Marcus, that’ll just be a free pass given to McCain/Palin by American hockey moms everywhere.
$150,000 = peanuts, after all.
LOL
What, Palin couldn’t get dolled up for a measly $100,000?
LOL