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On the one hand you have a white trash McCarthyite who has lied to the American people at every opportunity, pretending to be a middle class hockey mom while lavishing herself and her family with over $175,000 in clothing and accessories.
On the other hand you have a Presidential candidate using his campaign plane to fly home to Hawaii to see his gravely ill elderly grandmother for maybe the last time.
The only way these two events are in any similar is that both require the use of campaign funds. Where they differ is in necessity. It was not necessary to spend $175,000 to outfit Palin in Neiman Marcus’ latest styles. Indeed, I would argue that it was unnecessary. If she truly was a middle class hockey mom, Palin should wear what is in her closet. She should wear what she wore in the 2006 gubernatorial election, for it obviously worked for her, because she won that election.
Now it is necessary for Obama to use his campaign plane to travel. He has a massive Secret Service detail, made necessary because of all those racist right wing lunatics out there shouting “kill him” at McCain-Palin’s rallies. He can’t just “hump” his bags (whatever THAT is supposed to mean) onboard a commercial jet. It is also necessary for a grandson to see his grandmother on her death bed. That a Republican strategist would use these tragic circumstances to score political points is evil. And they must be repudiated by every Republican or conservative in the land.