Or so the RNC/Palin promoters think as they spent more than $150,000 on clothes and other accessories on Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin recently.
According to politico.com, the amounts included:
· Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74;
· a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September; and
· $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.
I guess one could argue she must “look the part” and we all know if she didn’t look well she would be trashed by the media and commentators as they have other women public figures in the past (just ask Hilary). However, she does claim to be of common folk, so you have to wonder if she couldn’t look as good buying from JCPenny’s.
However, as reported on the all the morning news shows and in the New York Times, then there were all those costs she claims as expenses incurred as Governor, which include:
· 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. She also has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls.
It’s up to Alaska and their citizens to determine if any law was broken or she stretched the boundaries. Many a politician has enjoyed the “bennies” of their position, and one can always hope the accounting and ethics departments keep watch–although from what I can tell, that’s certainly a hit or miss proposition. To me, it’s whether one practices what one preaches. . .
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It’s all about image, or is it?
Posted in Political Commentary, tagged clothes, expenses, Palin, RNC on October 22, 2008| 2 Comments »
Or so the RNC/Palin promoters think as they spent more than $150,000 on clothes and other accessories on Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin recently.
According to politico.com, the amounts included:
· Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74;
· a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September; and
· $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.
I guess one could argue she must “look the part” and we all know if she didn’t look well she would be trashed by the media and commentators as they have other women public figures in the past (just ask Hilary). However, she does claim to be of common folk, so you have to wonder if she couldn’t look as good buying from JCPenny’s.
However, as reported on the all the morning news shows and in the New York Times, then there were all those costs she claims as expenses incurred as Governor, which include:
· 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. She also has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls.
It’s up to Alaska and their citizens to determine if any law was broken or she stretched the boundaries. Many a politician has enjoyed the “bennies” of their position, and one can always hope the accounting and ethics departments keep watch–although from what I can tell, that’s certainly a hit or miss proposition. To me, it’s whether one practices what one preaches. . .
Read Full Post »