Remember John Edwards $250 Haircut?
October 22nd, 2008 by 
Steven Gould
The Republican National Committee apparently spent one hundred and fifty thousand dollars on clothes for Sarah Palin and her family in the month of September.
John Edwards didn’t get a pass for his ‘spensive stylin’ but the RNC says that media attention on this is inappropriate.
“With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it’s remarkable that we’re spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses,” said Tracey Schmitt, a party spokeswoman.
(Laura remembered it as a $400 haircut but I checked. It was over $400 for TWO haircuts. Remember kids, shop in volume for big savings!)
Meanwhile, even Republicans are unhappy.
The Democrats are going to have a lot more fun with this than is prudent, but the heat for this story will come from Republicans who cannot understand how their party would do something this stupid … particularly (and, it must be said, viewed retroactively) during the collapse of the financial system and the probable beginning of a recession.
–The Atlantic
Paris Hilton was heard to say, “Ohmighod. In one month? What a bargain. She’s a shopping genius!” Steve (not a plumber and not a hockey mom) Gould was heard to comment, “This is twice my average annual income.”
The only thing I can say is the RNC doesn’t have to worry about zombies. They are the Coke Zero of brains.
Addendum:I thought, okay, this is her RNC handlers making sure she looks good on camera. But then I saw this:
AP INVESTIGATION: Alaska funded Palin kids’ travel
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business.
The charges included costs for hotel and commercial flights for three daughters to join Palin to watch their father in a snowmobile race, and a trip to New York, where the governor attended a five-hour conference and stayed with 17-year-old Bristol for five days and four nights in a luxury hotel.
In all, Palin has charged the state $21,012 for her three daughters’ 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office in December 2006. In some other cases, she has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls.
Laura pointed out that even if someone else is holding onto the credit cards, you can’t buy that many outfits without some idea what they cost.
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4 Comments »
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 am
Which begs the question: what does Ms. Palin have in her closets that was so ucky the RNC couldn’t let her dress herself?
Target track suits?
MILF minis?
Mukluks?
T-shirts with catchy sayings? (“KISS THE COOK”; DADDY’S PRINCESS? WILL GOVERN FOR BEER”?)
I think the American public has a right to know, don’t you? Closet-gate! Sic that bubble head Michelle Bachmann on it.
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
I bet she looks good in a parka.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:53 am
I guess she had moose skirts and
wolf jackets, oh no, you can’t
wear that on the campaign trail.
Of course Palin doesn’t spend her own money on clothing, only
the public’s money, she probably
does it to the people in Alaska
also, check her closet.
October 29th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Having seen some of the old pics of her around the web recently, they probably needed to spend the money.
Btw, Steve you’re technically wrong: the “two haircuts” included (and most of the money was for) makeup for two separate television appearances. Iirc, the actual “haircut” money (trimming all those hairs that Males Of A Certain Age get in places that don’t look good hairy on camera) was less than $75.