Sarah Palin's beauty supplies
The RNC has apparently spent nearly $150 thousand on them since her selection as John McCain’s running mate. I bring this up not to remark how much they are spending to clothe a woman—I’m sure many thousands have been spent on Barack Obama’s suits—but rather because I enjoyed reading which businesses were patronized with the cash:
“According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York [as well as] a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September.”
Aren’t those the stores where the liberal-elite members of the media and urbanite Democrats shop? Surely there was a Bass Pro Shops or a Cabelas en route to one of her Pro-American destinations in Pennsylvania or Ohio?
It suits me fine, I guess. That’s less money for their ad buys.
*Ezra Klein also has some fun with Ms. Palin’s fashion budget:
“Update: Jesse Taylor estimates that “if John Edwards’ legendarily elitist haircuts ($400 a pop!) were a weekly thing, he’d spend $4,000 on haircuts over the course of ten weeks. John Edwards could get 7.2 years of haircuts for what it costs to keep Sarah Palin it high-necked jackets for ten weeks.” Indeed, over e-mail he notes that it’s costing “$2,142.86 per day to clothe her.” That’s a lot of money, but give Palin some credit: She’s not hoarding it all to herself. She’s spreading it around to luxury clothing outlets.”
