You know how that goes. you buy the clothes, wear them to the big event and then return them to the store the next day and get your money back. This surprises you how?
lucky hussein
· 1 year ago
wheels. coming. off. unfit. for. any. office.
tippinpoint
· 1 year ago
Lucky, the wheels don't even have to come off.. They have been off for quite some time.. The 4th cannot get here soon enough for me, or the rest of America..
Indigo
· 1 year ago
Give back. Pass it forward. Say a prayer. Light a candle. Chant a mantra. Release a dove. Whatever. I don't believe a word of it.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
lipstick, meet pig.
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
So McCain is no longer donating them to charity, just take the clothes back to the store and get the RNC's money back. The money is still just a tainted as the clothes.
NYCRaf
· 1 year ago
Such redistribution of clothing wealth is nothing but socialism. SOCIALISM!!!
sukabi1
· 1 year ago
Given back??? are they pulling the credit card scam??? paid with plastic, returned for cash?? and the credit bill will be sent to collections after they refuse to pay it???
Cpeterka
· 1 year ago
HOW DO YOU GIVE BACK MAKEUP ? Did she UNBRUSH the foundation off ??
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Yeah, $100K is so frugal, it's 9 years of SS for me. And has it occurred to anyone that Palin must have had to try these clothes on, that she knew what she was getting and accepted everything wholeheartedly?
Say, can I have the Thriller jacket?
RevDrBillyBob
· 1 year ago
Who did she give those clothes to . . . Rudy Giuliani ?
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
That's Funny
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
All this and we probably won't even get to observe a wardrobe malfunction.
Jim Olson
· 1 year ago
um, eew.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
""It's kind of painful to be criticized for something when all the facts are not out there and are not reported," she said."
No, it sucks getting caught being a Smuck.
AngelaChanning
· 1 year ago
In our neck of the woods, getting $150K worth of high end clothes makes one a Smuck and a "Grabbenheimer". LOL.
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
No, its kinda painful to have to listen to her period.
sherifffruitfly
· 1 year ago
Somebody needs to tell them to just stop talking. lolol!
Fireblazes(CheetohsandCatfood)
· 1 year ago
Maybe they saved the receipts!
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
I wonder what low level intern had to embarrass themselves and take the clothes back and what excuse was given for the return. I also wonder if the salesperson was working on any type of commission?
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
I heard Joe Scarborough had to shop for then return the clothes.
UncleGlenny
· 1 year ago
The question is, did they have to returnthe clothes to the original store, or did someone have to take an expensive plane ride to return them?
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
I want to know if they "gave back" the $300 baby stroller for Trig and the $92 dollar baby outfit. If they didn't give it back are they going to donate it?
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Incidentally, "Trig" is supposed to be Norse (actually the correct spelling is "Trygg"). Obviously, they can't spell, either. But it does fit in with their fascist philosophy. There's a pic online I saw (can't remember the site now) where the Palins are in full Norse gear posing for a group picture--all very Aryan.
tippinpoint
· 1 year ago
So tired of the poor me routine.. Who they hell is responsible for what goes on in the campaign? Doesn't the buck stop here, or are we seeing the same old Bush bullshit all over again.
zavlin
· 1 year ago
Hmm the more i think about the less sense "given back" makes. Does that mean the clothing stores gave money back to the campaign? Does it mean sarah ponied up 50k? Or that mccain and wifey paid it? If people think about it beyond just "given back", none of these scenarios are very appealing.
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
This makes more sense...(from the article):
McCain strategist Mark Salter said "about a third of it was returned immediately" because they were the wrong size, or for other reasons.
That would be the fur coat (wasn't polar bear, damn it) and the alligator shoes (they did pinch, after all).
So it wasn't about the expenditure itself, it was about size (or other reasons).
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
she's keeping the knee-high go go boots...you betcha.
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
McCain's campaign cannot even keep a consistent strategy on Palin's clothes, first keep it quiet, then she needed clothes, next give them to charity, now return some of them, next it will probably be an Obama supporter stole the clothes.
Kathryn_Cramer
· 1 year ago
It would be interesting to see a video of the fifty-thousand dollar return. Show up in a moving van. Stand at the return desk clutching 300 pp. of receipts. Explain that you want them to give you fifty grand. Would make a great YouTube flick.
I bet what they returned were the clothes intended for her first year of office.
Barbara917
· 1 year ago
I don't have any difficulty believing that $50,000 worth of merchandise was returned. Women return clothing to the store all the time. What I have difficulty believing. What I cannot wrap my mind around is the $150,000 price tag. How could she possibley where that many clothes in a month? I think it likely that they returned as many clothes as were not worn. I am just surprised they weren't able to return more
cole3244
· 1 year ago
me thinks, the lady, the candidate, and the campaign do protest too much, so much so as to not believe a false or lying word they all utter, but this is par for the course for a flailing campaign searching for anything that might stop the tide that is relentlessly pushing them toward defeat, a defeat very much earned i might add.
gwpriester
· 1 year ago
I sent this letter to editor of my hometown paper, the Albuquerque Journal
The High Cost of Being Average
It's astonishing to read how much money the McCain campaign and the GOP have spent to turn Governor Sarah Palin into an aw shucks, Joe Six-packs, Soccer/Hockey mom, who is just like you and me. $150,000 for Ms. Palin's campaign wardrobe ($75 K at Neiman Marcus and $50 K at Saks Fifth Avenue!). $22,800 for her make-up and $10,000 for her hair (these last two expenses are just for October!) That's more than most average, middle class Americans make in a year! Not exactly your average soccer/hockey mom, is it?
Remember Cindy McCain's $300,000 outfit that she displayed at the Republican Convention? OK $280,000 was for the 3 carat (per ear I believe) diamond earrings, but still and all, that's a lot of money. And let's not forget the McCain's 8 houses, 13 cars, and private jet. And while the Palin's assets are a more modest $2.1 million, they are still very well off. And these people have the audacity to call Barrack Obama an elitist and claim he is out of touch!
John McCain and Sarah Palin are two very financially fortunate Republicans who claim they feel our pain and can identify with our fears and anxieties. But c'mon, now. McCain and Palin are not afraid of losing their homes, or their jobs, or seeing their life savings and 401k go down the drain, are they? The only thing the maverick and his sidekick, the newly invented hockey/soccer mom are afraid of is losing this election. And they'll say anything, do anything, and yes, spend anything to keep that from happening.
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
YOU BETCHA.
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
Yes, but they didn't mention they LICKED everything before they gave all the clothes back!
red_dwarf
· 1 year ago
McShank is such a lying rat bastard. I hope he gets his ass kicked next week. What a pathetic scumbag.
And that goes for you right wing trolls droping by - I hope you not only eat sh** next week, but you're eating it for the next 2 generations. You are lying, facist rat bastard bottom feeding scum, all of you, and don't you ever forget what a friend of mine told me years ago - and yes I'm talking to you, you right wing knuckle dragging asswipes - don't you ever forget that we are a Nation of Laws and that no one - NO ONE - is above the
How have they "given back" the clothing? Have you ever tried to return clothing? Did she wear this stuff? If they are returning clothing that she wore, they are ripping off the stores. Even if they gave back the clothing, it doesn't diminish the fact that they tried to dress up Caribou Barbie to fill their needs.
Plisko
· 1 year ago
I've worked on TV commercials and it is standard procedure for the wardrobe stylist to go out and spend big bucks at high end stores. They usually overbuy so that they can have flexibility in putting together outfits and then they return most of it after the shoot is done. The whole point in shopping high end clothes is that most of those stores accept returns no questions asked. I always thought it was cheating to get free clothing rentals this way but the stores put up with it and it is done every day for MTV type shoots and TV commercials.
I'm not excusing anything. It is still treating a VP candidate like a Barbi doll. . but let's not get carried away with the details of this story. Makeup people are also standard for any media person but the one they hired was a bit over the top. . . which also feeds the Barbi narrative.
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unfit. for. any. office.
Did she UNBRUSH the foundation off ??
Say, can I have the Thriller jacket?
No, it sucks getting caught being a Smuck.
McCain strategist Mark Salter said "about a third of it was returned immediately" because they were the wrong size, or for other reasons.
That would be the fur coat (wasn't polar bear, damn it) and the alligator shoes (they did pinch, after all).
So it wasn't about the expenditure itself, it was about size (or other reasons).
I bet what they returned were the clothes intended for her first year of office.
The High Cost of Being Average
It's astonishing to read how much money the McCain campaign and the GOP have spent to turn Governor Sarah Palin into an aw shucks, Joe Six-packs, Soccer/Hockey mom, who is just like you and me. $150,000 for Ms. Palin's campaign wardrobe ($75 K at Neiman Marcus and $50 K at Saks Fifth Avenue!). $22,800 for her make-up and $10,000 for her hair (these last two expenses are just for October!) That's more than most average, middle class Americans make in a year! Not exactly your average soccer/hockey mom, is it?
Remember Cindy McCain's $300,000 outfit that she displayed at the Republican Convention? OK $280,000 was for the 3 carat (per ear I believe) diamond earrings, but still and all, that's a lot of money. And let's not forget the McCain's 8 houses, 13 cars, and private jet. And while the Palin's assets are a more modest $2.1 million, they are still very well off. And these people have the audacity to call Barrack Obama an elitist and claim he is out of touch!
John McCain and Sarah Palin are two very financially fortunate Republicans who claim they feel our pain and can identify with our fears and anxieties. But c'mon, now. McCain and Palin are not afraid of losing their homes, or their jobs, or seeing their life savings and 401k go down the drain, are they? The only thing the maverick and his sidekick, the newly invented hockey/soccer mom are afraid of is losing this election. And they'll say anything, do anything, and yes, spend anything to keep that from happening.
And that goes for you right wing trolls droping by - I hope you not only eat sh** next week, but you're eating it for the next 2 generations. You are lying, facist rat bastard bottom feeding scum, all of you, and don't you ever forget what a friend of mine told me years ago - and yes I'm talking to you, you right wing knuckle dragging asswipes - don't you ever forget that we are a Nation of Laws and that no one - NO ONE - is above the
Rule of Law (Clinton's cock)
...we shall never forget. NEVER.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/w...
I'm not excusing anything. It is still treating a VP candidate like a Barbi doll. . but let's not get carried away with the details of this story. Makeup people are also standard for any media person but the one they hired was a bit over the top. . . which also feeds the Barbi narrative.