5 posts tagged “palin”
In the aftermath of Tuesday's defeat, it looks like the RNC, the McCain camp or -- well, take your GOP pick -- are out to field dress Sarah Palin:
NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.
A Palin aide said: "Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin."
"I am rubber and you are glue?" I guess it's true what they say about politics, that it's just high school writ large
You don't need $150,000 to dress Sarah Palin -- just the paper dolls from this week's Indy. Joe Biden included:
We went to hear obama today at the political rally in Raleigh ... couldn't see him because of the size of
the crowd (25,000+) and because of the layout of the rally (it was obviously very TV centric, with the small stage surrounded by bleachers and flags). Here's a look at the crowd and the closing pitch from Barack:
Palin is supposed to be in the area on Saturday, and we're both thinking of going to that so we can compare crowds (both size and disposition)
Is YouTube trying to tell us something about the McCain/Palin ticket?
Whenever someone loads a video to youtube, the site picks a random image from the upload to act as a poster placeholder -- but just look at these two undoctored screengrabs from youtube links on Talking Points Memo and the unfortunate cropping of the ticker text underneath the interview ID.
Talk about your robo-smear campaigns!
Talk about "palin' around" ... From Salon:
“My government is my worst enemy. I’m going to fight them with any means at hand.”
This was former revolutionary terrorist Bill Ayers back in his old Weather Underground days, right? Imagine what Sarah Palin is going to do with this incendiary quote as she tears into Barack Obama this week.
Only one problem. The quote is from Joe Vogler, the raging anti-American who founded the Alaska Independence Party. Inconveniently for Palin, that’s the very same secessionist party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for seven years and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier this year. (“Keep up the good work,” Palin told AIP members. “And God bless you.”)
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/07/palins_unamerican/
