Jeez, Palin again

[fff]

Taxpayers paid for her high dollar make up artist and hair stylist! No wonder she looked so good. Good pay, if you can get it. Was it money well spent, you think?

McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin's Stylists

Gov. Sarah Palin's traveling makeup artist was paid $68,400 and her hair stylist received more than $42,000 for roughly two months of work, according to a new campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Ms. Palin's makeup artist, Amy Strozzi — who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance?" — was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain's presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission.

This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had already been paid in previous reports, dating back to September.

In addition, Ms. Palin's traveling hair stylist, Angela Lew, was paid a total of $42,225, with $23,400 coming during the period covered by the latest reports to the commission, which were due at midnight on Thursday.

Much attention has been paid to the $150,000 the Republican National Committee spent on outfitting Ms. Palin in September at high-end department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, as well as on makeup services.

Republican officials said this week that additional clothing charges would appear on the Republican National Committee's campaign finance report totaling less than $30,000. But the committee's report, which was due at midnight on Thursday, was not yet available as of late evening.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/mccain-campaign-spent-110000-on-palin-stylists/

 

[TexasBred]

Taxpayers paid for her high dollar make up artist and hair stylist! No wonder she looked so good. Good pay, if you can get it. Was it money well spent, you think?

McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin's Stylists

Gov. Sarah Palin's traveling makeup artist was paid $68,400 and her hair stylist received more than $42,000 for roughly two months of work, according to a new campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Ms. Palin's makeup artist, Amy Strozzi — who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance?" — was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain's presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission.

This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had already been paid in previous reports, dating back to September.

In addition, Ms. Palin's traveling hair stylist, Angela Lew, was paid a total of $42,225, with $23,400 coming during the period covered by the latest reports to the commission, which were due at midnight on Thursday.

Much attention has been paid to the $150,000 the Republican National Committee spent on outfitting Ms. Palin in September at high-end department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, as well as on makeup services.

Republican officials said this week that additional clothing charges would appear on the Republican National Committee's campaign finance report totaling less than $30,000. But the committee's report, which was due at midnight on Thursday, was not yet available as of late evening.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/mccain-campaign-spent-110000-on-palin-stylists/

No...only contributors to the John McCain campaign paid for this. It didn't cost you one red cent.

 

[fff]

Taxpayers paid for her high dollar make up artist and hair stylist! No wonder she looked so good. Good pay, if you can get it. Was it money well spent, you think?

McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin's Stylists

Gov. Sarah Palin's traveling makeup artist was paid $68,400 and her hair stylist received more than $42,000 for roughly two months of work, according to a new campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Ms. Palin's makeup artist, Amy Strozzi — who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance?" — was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain's presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission.

This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had already been paid in previous reports, dating back to September.

In addition, Ms. Palin's traveling hair stylist, Angela Lew, was paid a total of $42,225, with $23,400 coming during the period covered by the latest reports to the commission, which were due at midnight on Thursday.

Much attention has been paid to the $150,000 the Republican National Committee spent on outfitting Ms. Palin in September at high-end department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, as well as on makeup services.

Republican officials said this week that additional clothing charges would appear on the Republican National Committee's campaign finance report totaling less than $30,000. But the committee's report, which was due at midnight on Thursday, was not yet available as of late evening.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/mccain-campaign-spent-110000-on-palin-stylists/

No...only contributors to the John McCain campaign paid for this. It didn't cost you one red cent.

John McCain took public financing for his campaign.

 

[aplusmnt]

Was you as concerned about the spending on Hillary? Or anyone else for that matter. Fact is you are bitter hateful person that has no balance on evaluation of facts.

 

[TexasBred]

ffff....and the latest news is that Obama spent almost a billion to get elected President and that doesn't bother you??? Much of it nobody has a clue where it came from. Who paid for the plane trip to see his dieing mother?? It wasn't part of the campaign...at least I don't remember him making any speeches.

 

[VanC]

Taxpayers paid for her high dollar make up artist and hair stylist! No wonder she looked so good. Good pay, if you can get it. Was it money well spent, you think?

McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin's Stylists

Gov. Sarah Palin's traveling makeup artist was paid $68,400 and her hair stylist received more than $42,000 for roughly two months of work, according to a new campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Ms. Palin's makeup artist, Amy Strozzi — who was nominated for an Emmy award for her cosmetics work on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance?" — was paid $32,400 by Senator John McCain's presidential campaign between Oct. 16 and Nov. 24, the period covered by the most recent reports filed with the commission.

This amount came on top of the $36,000 she had already been paid in previous reports, dating back to September.

In addition, Ms. Palin's traveling hair stylist, Angela Lew, was paid a total of $42,225, with $23,400 coming during the period covered by the latest reports to the commission, which were due at midnight on Thursday.

Much attention has been paid to the $150,000 the Republican National Committee spent on outfitting Ms. Palin in September at high-end department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, as well as on makeup services.

Republican officials said this week that additional clothing charges would appear on the Republican National Committee's campaign finance report totaling less than $30,000. But the committee's report, which was due at midnight on Thursday, was not yet available as of late evening.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/mccain-campaign-spent-110000-on-palin-stylists/

First of all, you're ongoing obsession with Sarah Palin is at best, getting old, and at worst, unhealthy. You might want to talk to someone about it, or at least give it a rest for awhile.

Second, everything I've ever read says that the money spent on Palin's appearance came from voluntary campaign donors, not from public financing. And even if it did come from public financing that, too, is voluntary. No one is forced to give to the presidential campaign fund. Haven't you ever filed a tax return?

Third, this is another example of the shameful bias of the NY Times. If McCain had raised almost a billion dollars as Obama did, much of it unaccounted for, and much of it proven to have come from overseas (which I believe is illegal), they would be screaming bloody murder. Instead they're breathlessly ranting about a few thousand dollars spent on Palin's appearance. :roll:

Palin's pricey wardrobe defended

Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin spent $75,062 US on a shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis and $49,425 from Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. (Christopher Tomlinson/Grand Junction Daily/Associated Press)While the $150,000 US price tag for Sarah Palin's new wardrobe and styling continues to generate controversy, some are coming to the defence of the Republican vice-presidential candidate.

The expenses for Palin's wardrobe, hairstyling and accessories have caused a stir following a Wednesday report in Politico.com. which revealed that in two months Republican party purchases included $75,062 on a shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis and $49,425 from Saks Fifth Avenue in New York.

Some have complained the price tag is excessive and have accused Palin of hypocrisy, having cultivated an image as a "regular hockey mom," and boasted of having saved Alaska's taxpayers "over-the-top" expenditures.

But some are defending the purchases, blaming it on how society treats image differently for men and women.

Writing in Vanity Fair, Dee Dee Myers, the former press secretary for Bill Clinton, said there's a "durable double standard" women face because men aren't judged by appearances like women.

"I don't know what Hillary Clinton spent on her clothes, hair, makeup and accessories over the course of her campaign, or where the money came from. But there is no question that it was tens of thousands of dollars. Not because Hillary is vain or frivolous. But because she learned from sometimes painful experience that if women don't get their appearance right, people can't stop talking about it."

However, Myers said the Alaska governor's wardrobe price tag is pretty staggering and that even a male candidate would have taken heat for the expenses, especially in these economic times.

"But at the end of the day, it's just another example of a difficult double standard that so many women still face. If you don't get the appearance thing right, it's a story. And if you do get the appearance thing right, it's still a story."

Plenty of focus on looks
CNN host Campbell Brown echoed Myers's remarks, pointing out there was a lot of focus on Clinton's looks, hair and pantsuits.

"Compare that with the attention given to Senator Barack Obama's $1,500 suits or Senator John McCain's $520 Ferragamo shoes. There is no comparison," she said.

Brown said women do get scrutinized more than men for appearance.

"I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously. When Wolf Blitzer wears a not-so-great tie, how much e-mail do you think he gets? My point is for women, unfortunately, appearance is part of the job."

Senior New Yorker editor Hendrik Hertzberg said he was glad to see "the Soccer Mom" caught in hypocrisy. But he said there's nothing wrong with her wardrobe expense.

"Clothes are superficial. Clothes are about image, about — literally —appearances. But then so is most of what campaigns spend money on."

Hertzberg said all of her clothes cost less than showing a single 30-second spot a single time on a single network during prime time.

"Forking a little dough over to Nieman Marcus is no worse than forking a lot of dough over to NBC, or, for that matter, to some polling firm so it can focus-group the emotional valence of phrases like 'too risky' and 'not ready.'"

'Wearing repeats is a no-no'
Over at New York Magazine, Amy Odell, writing in the Fashion blog, calculated that 10 outfit possibilities from Nieman Marcus and Saks could roughly come out to $42,000.

With the remaining money, Palin could have purchased around four more outfits at Saks and 20 more at Neiman Marcus, Odell said.

But considering she's had 67 days of campaigning, and she's giving televised speeches daily and being photographed, "wearing repeats is a no-no."

Her conclusion?

"A $150,000 clothes budget might not be the wisest use of campaign money. But given the demands of Palin's job, the figure is not as outrageous as it seems at first."

The campaign has said it will donate the clothes to charity after the Nov. 4 election is over.

 

[malice]

Someone so obsessed with Palin and how the Republicans spent their money can best be described as possibly an ugly jealous person.

 

[hopalong]

fff=foolish fanatical female
should change her nickname to CF=clueless frankie

 

[jigs]

imagine how much would be spent on Hillary to make her as hot as Palin is...... there is not enough money or Mary Kay in the WORLD to make that old bitch look half way decent. Palin, on her worst day, is hotter than Hillery on her best.

 

[aplusmnt]

imagine how much would be spent on Hillary to make her as hot as Palin is...... there is not enough money or Mary Kay in the WORLD to make that old bitch look half way decent. Palin, on her worst day, is hotter than Hillery on her best.

I think Hillary is a Handsome fella! :lol:

 

[CattleArmy]

For those men here that had the *crush* on Palin see her beauty comes with a high price!

 

[fff]

Was you as concerned about the spending on Hillary? Or anyone else for that matter. Fact is you are bitter hateful person that has no balance on evaluation of facts.

Hillary spent her own money or money contributed by her supporters, not taxpayers money.

 

[jigs]

For those men here that had the *crush* on Palin see her beauty comes with a high price!

beauty is just a light switch away!

however, it can not get dark enough for Hillery to look good.

 

[aplusmnt]

Was you as concerned about the spending on Hillary? Or anyone else for that matter. Fact is you are bitter hateful person that has no balance on evaluation of facts.

Hillary spent her own money or money contributed by her supporters, not taxpayers money.

Campaign finance money is Campaign finance money! If she spent her supporters money as you say, then their is no difference in the two!

You are an unbalanced bias loon! :roll:

 

[fff]

ffff....and the latest news is that Obama spent almost a billion to get elected President and that doesn't bother you??? Much of it nobody has a clue where it came from. Who paid for the plane trip to see his dieing mother?? It wasn't part of the campaign...at least I don't remember him making any speeches.

The plane trip to see his dying grandmother :roll: was paid, I assume, for by his campaign. You can breath easy knowing that you didn't buy a single gallon of fuel. Hawaii is a state and he did make campaign stops.

No, it doesn't bother me and it shouldn't bother you that he spent so much. Did it bother you when Bush received a quarter of his donations under the same circumstances? Knowing what a fair, open minded individual you are, I feel sure that you want to be fair. :roll:

Overall, the institute found that Obama collected about 26 percent of his total haul from people who gave less than $200 — about the same as President George W. Bush did in his 2004 campaign.

So, were you upset when Bush was elected with monies donated in less than $200 increments? Or is it only because Obama is black and a Democrat that suddenly it's dangerous, mysterious, wrong, illegal for thousands of people to donate money to his campaign. Isn't that what McCain wanted when he helped write and pass the McCain-Feingold (or was it the Feingold-McCain?) campaign finance reform bill?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28070544/

 

[fff]

Was you as concerned about the spending on Hillary? Or anyone else for that matter. Fact is you are bitter hateful person that has no balance on evaluation of facts.

Hillary spent her own money or money contributed by her supporters, not taxpayers money.

Campaign finance money is Campaign finance money! If she spent her supporters money as you say, then their is no difference in the two!

You are an unbalanced bias loon! :roll:

I'm a loon? :lol: :lol:

Let's take this slowly, I know you have some sort of comprehension problem:

The Republican National Committee (RNC) spent thousands of dollars on Sarah Palin. It's illegal to spend political donations on clothes. Yet they bought her clothes. They spent more money than we've previously been told.

Hillary Clinton spent money donated to her campaign by supporters and her own money. There's no report that she bought clothes with any of the donated money. The Democratic National Committee {DNC} did not spend money on her.

Got that?

 

[aplusmnt]

You know I am not even sure buying clothes is illegal in the first place! Here is how the law is stated.

(b) Prohibited use

(1) In general
A contribution or donation described in subsection (a) of this section shall not be converted by any person to personal use.

(2) Conversion
For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contribution or donation shall be considered to be converted to personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would exist irrespective of the candidate's election campaign or individual's duties as a holder of Federal office, including-

(A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment;
(B) a clothing purchase;
(C) a noncampaign-related automobile expense;
(D) a country club membership;
(E) a vacation or other noncampaign-related trip;
(F) a household food item;
(G) a tuition payment;
(H) admission to a sporting event, concert, theater, or other form of entertainment not associated with an election campaign; and
(I) dues, fees, and other payments to a health club or recreational facility

When you look at example B it does say clothes, but these are just examples of the above mentioned rules in 1 and 2, they are not separated listings.

If the clothes were never converted over to personal use as stated in section 1. It could be argued that she needed a type of clothes for television that she would not normally have, and if she did not keep them for personal use afterwards then the expense would be justified!

In Summary section 1 lays it all out on the table, none of these things can be converted into personal use!

[/i]

 

[backhoeboogie]

The Republican National Committee (RNC) spent thousands of dollars on Sarah Palin. It's illegal to spend political donations on clothes. Yet they bought her clothes.

Since when did democrats worry about what's legal?

How many people did the "I feel your pain" Clintons have bumped off?

 

[hopalong]

The Republican National Committee (RNC) spent thousands of dollars on Sarah Palin. It's illegal to spend political donations on clothes. Yet they bought her clothes. They spent more money than we've previously been told.



Could you post a lnk where you got that information, also one where it is illigal to buy clothes that are later donated to charity?

Or is this another case where you can't see daylight because your head is in the dark recess

 

[TexasBred]

ffff....and the latest news is that Obama spent almost a billion to get elected President and that doesn't bother you??? Much of it nobody has a clue where it came from. Who paid for the plane trip to see his dieing mother?? It wasn't part of the campaign...at least I don't remember him making any speeches.

The plane trip to see his dying grandmother :roll: was paid, I assume, for by his campaign. You can breath easy knowing that you didn't buy a single gallon of fuel. Hawaii is a state and he did make campaign stops.

No, it doesn't bother me and it shouldn't bother you that he spent so much. Did it bother you when Bush received a quarter of his donations under the same circumstances? Knowing what a fair, open minded individual you are, I feel sure that you want to be fair. :roll:

Overall, the institute found that Obama collected about 26 percent of his total haul from people who gave less than $200 — about the same as President George W. Bush did in his 2004 campaign.

So, were you upset when Bush was elected with monies donated in less than $200 increments? Or is it only because Obama is black and a Democrat that suddenly it's dangerous, mysterious, wrong, illegal for thousands of people to donate money to his campaign. Isn't that what McCain wanted when he helped write and pass the McCain-Feingold (or was it the Feingold-McCain?) campaign finance reform bill?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28070544/

fff...Overseas donations with no records and no way to trace them. ....from Arab countries... millions.... and a compaign that cost almost one billion. This is our Pres. Elect. By the way....where did he campaign in Hawaii?? The airport??