She’s like a breath of fresh air..
She’s the type of Change we need in Washington….
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – 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.
Tags: 2008 Election, Sarah Palin
RNC forked out 150k for Palin’s (and her family’s) wardrobe.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html
it’s like we watch the same show
We are in sync!
So, do I get it now? We’ve been watching Extreme Makeover instead of a political campaign?
Xtreme Makeover: Hockey Mom Edition
She is power mad! There seems to be no perk too petty for her to take advantage of.
She loves spending other people’s money.
OMG! Have you guys seen this? It was just on Rachel Maddow:
http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/mccain-thinks-western-pennsylvania-is.html
McCain is very confused.
That is an obscene amount of money to spend on clothes. When she loses in November, at least she will walk away with a first-class wardrobe.
I wonder if that included clothes for the prop-baby.
“prop-baby”
I love it.
I think this is a nail in the coffin. A regular gal doesn’t rack up a record like this:
“According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74.
The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September.”
Seventy-five grand in one day? Some of the gals here, please, tell me — how much is the most expensive outfit at one of these places? A couple of grand?
She’s trailer trash with someone else’s credit card. I’m surprised she didn’t get a tattoo.
OOOOHHHH! maybe she did.
Where and what do you think it was?
Obama logo. Middle of the lower back just above the thong line.
Classy sexy.
Here you go Al,
Standard Woman’s suit (skirt and top) 498.00
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod66240071&parentId=cat18540742&masterId=cat12110765&index=0&cmCat=cat000000cat000001cat17740747cat000127cat12110765cat18540742
That’s a lot of suits. Thought she had bought for her family as well. Still… a lot of dough.
Magical unicorn as a tramp stamp.
Come on!
You know the tramp stamp says:
Drill Here!
Drill Now!
🙄
One of the easiest lines and no one here (or any blog) came up with it until now. We should all hang our heads in shame…while giving VC some mad props. Very freaking good one, VC!!!
thankyouverymuch.
Awesome.
“When she loses in November, at least she will walk away with a first-class wardrobe.”
I think Bob Barker would call that the consolation prize. With a lifetime supply of pit bull lip- gloss. Thanks for playing!
VC – Brilliant
VC – LOL
To the DL Editors – I dunno if you did something, but the threads have been much better in the last few days, if you know what I mean. So if you did do something, I’d like to say thanks.
Did she buy enough clothes so that she doesn’t have to wear the same thing every day?
Look just a normal Repuk pig sucking at the tit
Pssst–Prop Baby–may want to reconsider–the child does have Down’s–and I no none of you, would want to be associated with a cruel mocking. VC–not directed at you–I know it was the quick wit of yours, before the first mug of JoeBama. But we can save that one for Bristol’s baby OK?
But tramp stamp? Never heard of it–I’m all over it–wait till those teens get home!! Love it!
And I say it’s antlers at the bikini line–which read “Drill Baby Drill”.
Joanne-
I am quite sure that prop-baby isn’t reading this blog. If Sarah is, maybe she’ll think about putting her baby’s health ahead of noisy late night phot0-ops.
BTW, it is Down syndrome, not “Down’s” or “Down’s Syndrome.”
Anon1-Knew I could count on you to find a mitigating reason to keep up the insensitivity.
JC: A “tramp stamp” is the common name for the tattoo young women get on their backs at the panty line.
Thank you Geezer–I would be more broad stroked with it–but I’m probably older than you.
JC, I look at “tramp stamps” like an invitation and RSVP all rolled into one! 😉
Steve Clemons over at the Washington Note is calling her Alaska’s Evita.
If my parents are any indicator of the “base”, they deem this expense as a “right” since she’s running for office… She has to look Vice Presidential… AND, they see this article as the media “picking” on her… Liberal media bias and blah, blah blah…
Well, I will have to say that it’s great forwarding this stuff to them though and hearing the backlash… Now that I’ve been officially banned from coming to the house since we have car stickers on both of our cars and they don’t want to have anyone parked in front of their house with an Obama sticker, I have to rub it in somehow…
This would not be a story if not for the rivers of BS about what a “real American” regular working class hockey mom Evita was the GOP has been laying down.
Once again, it is not the crime but the cover up.
That’s true. Nothing signifies Heartland cred more than Saks Fifth Avenue and Nieman Marcus (called Needless Markup in my house).
Thanks, JC. 🙂
Ambinder reports that his GOP sources are disgusted or livid about these expenditures.
They did buy clothes for the prop-baby! Hmmm, so much for keeping the kids out of it.
“Since her selection as John McCain’s running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, it was reported on Tuesday evening.”