Those Democratic Elitists?
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Sep 03, 2008 8:15pm
Cindy McCain('s first night of Republican National Convention outfit)
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000-$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Wow. That's about 60 times the health care credit McCain proposes to give families for a year. And according to Huffington Post, George W. Bush helped cover the expense:
According to an analysis by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the McCains have received $313,413 thanks to George Bush's tax cut.
If John McCain were President, she might have been able to add a bracelet to the ensemble. According to the same study under McCain proposed tax cuts they would have received tax breaks of $367,788.
Maybe it's that level of elitism that caused CNN to flash a chyron saying that McCain had officially won the Democratic nomination.
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I guess if people "earn" their money honestly, they can spend it on what they want;
but for the money, that's truly one of the most hideous outfits I've seen in along time. Can't hardly wait to see what Cindy Lou will be strutting in tonight - and, I wonder if she'll take over dressing Ms. Sarah, too?
It says in the Tao:
Those who do not know when enough is enough, can never have enough.
Hey, St. McCain stayed 5 1/2 years in the Hanoi Hilten, where he didn't have a mistress with a set of $280,000 earings! So they're entitled, now. LOL.
Nicole, I've already posted about this in three other threads so far, but thanks for taking this up on its own because I think it deserves attention. How else will all those soccer moms out know what to wear to practice?
To paraphrase Charlie Daniels – “If you lose you keep that shiny dress made of gold – but if you win the country loses its soul…”
Once again: Elitism is not about rich, it's about smart. Smart, up-talkin' edjumakated, thinks-they-knows-it-all are the "elitists" the republicans get so much mileage out of demonizing, because quite frankly, edjucated, intelligent people are the minority in this country, and uneducated, short-sighted, easy-to-emotionally-manipulate people are the majority. And majorities win elections. Smart people are scary because they tell you your religion may have inconsistencies; the math proves we can't keep using our resources at our current rate and you'll have to sacrifice; and that due process means everyone gets a fair shot, not just the good people you like. Smart people are easy to resent. Smart is elite.
Aaaaargh! Pain! I'm listening to Cindy McCain and trying not to squirm as they try to paint a family picture with a home-wrecking mistress, and children who have at times not been on speaking terms with their father because of how he treated their mother. And she's talking about commitment! And not very gracefully! Grrrgh!
Auuuugh! Did she just try to claim that the republican party is the historical champion of equality and freedom?? AAAAARGH! C'mon, McCain, you're supposed to oppose torture!
-Scott
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000... four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000... sharing seven or eight homes with the crankiest white-haired dude at the convention: priceless.
Will everyone PLEASE STOp picking on brittany
AAAAAUGH! NOW SHE'S HARPING ON HIS FAMILY COMMITMENT! STOP! STOP!
LIKE A FANCY BAKED POTATO she took to the stage... it is difficult to try to look AVERAGE when you are WEALTHY.... perhaps the word i look for is
ELITE ? any woman who votes for mccain / palin.... has no idea of the 20 steps backward they will be taking.......... ABORTIONS will come down to ....1) the wealthy, who fly to europe and 2) the wire coathangers BUT WE CANT ALL BE FUNDIs
Would be great to see a comparison of the cost of Michelle Obama's outfits at the DNC vs. Cindy-Loo Who's outfits.
That photo makes them look like Barbie dolls.
How in the world is she going to eat a mooseburger in that get up?
I think this article is so stupid. If compairsons are to be made about McCain and others it would be more practical to talk about energy, jobs, health care and the fighting in Iraq.
There are millionaires and even billionaires on both side of the coin, hell look at oprah she's rolling in it. Articles like this make the Democrats seem petty. Makes it seem as if all we are interested in is women's clothes and attire.
Get with the important things. The difference in their plans for America.
Marge @ 13:
Marge, in normal times you would be absolutely right, but you must know these aren't normal times. Issues don't matter. It's like we're voting for the next "American Idol." I find it absolutely sickening. And on top of that, I think a victory for this Republican ticket would set women's issues back at least 30 years if not more.
My daughter met Mrs. Cindy McCain at her job in Minneapolis, she works at Nordstrom’s. Guess what our average joe’s wife bought? Twenty dresses, and the lowest priced dress was $3000. That’s right Obama is an elitist, but miss McCain is down to earth on her run of the mill $60,000 shopping trip.
She looks like a really dressy Carol Brady.
WE ALL LOVE A LITTLE BUSH @ 10:
I can hear McCain now, "Why, in my day women used coat hangers and liked it. They were lucky if they lived."
Yes, grandpa.
I wonder why she's holding hands with Sam Donaldson? And why is he wearing a skirt and lipstick?
Cindy's a walking homeland security color alert. She's freebase-crack-rock-gold !
Dear Supporters for Retarded National Convention,
You stupid, retarded shit-for-brains out there can't see shit. You can't see that you all are being sold out and made fools of by these sweet-talking conmen. Only when the country is totally flushed and sold to China will you see it... oh sorry I forgot, you won't even see it then, right?
Go eat shit and die, c**ksuckers. The United States of America doesn't need bottom-of-the-barrel repug asswipes like you.
Sincerely,
A Citizen of the World
john mccain votes against vets sign ............................
RNC thread got toasted.
McCain sounds old ... coincidence?
carefulwiththatAXEeugene @ 22:
Wow. Guess Fox doesn't control the pool feed tonight.
The Republicans are gonna be pissed about that.
Man, I love the green color behind him. It makes the yellow of his teeth really stand out.
McCain can't hide for long. He's been hiding behind Palin and not talking to the press. I think Rick Davis and the republican party is ashamed of his ass.
Lighten up, Marge. Let's have some catty fun and pick on Cindy and Laura.
Cindy, are you trying to look like Cruella DeVille or Judy Jetson in that tacky gold monstrosity? And Laura, my dear, maybe you should consider wearing a full-support bra.
What is it with repub women and their pearls, gaudy brooches and flag pins? Shiny things to distract the hoi-polloi, I guess.
Ugh.
is it so hard to put up another topic on the convention?
Grampa Simpson is really giving his best shot tonight ... oh! serious look now and pointing at the camera ... he's really ... stretching it ...
This god damned RNC feels like five and half years.
Marge @ 14:
The repugs have a plan?
Is McCain in front of a green screen? Steven Colbert will introduce 'Make McCain Interesting' again, and hit comedy gold.
love the protesters
Hauling out a protester ... mccain calls them 'noise' .. usa! usa! usa! usa!
I have a feeling that those "protesters" during mcsame speech it's been planned by the RNC to make it look like fools
It appears like Laura is leading Cindy. Does Cindy have Alzheimer’s too?
Roket @ 36:
She's got the same "disease" Amy Winehouse has.
calgarylady @ 27:
They wear the pearls and such to draw attention to their breasts. Some Repub men just aren't interested in women's breasts otherwise.
Notice how the camera is focusing on the very few young people.
Vicodinitis
Thank God for Ace of Cakes on Food Network so I don't have to watch Old Man Yelling at Clouds
I didn't think non-elitists had relationships with foreign families like the Bin Ladens or business deals with Halliburton and partnerships with The Carlyle Group.
Why did the Bin Ladens get special treatment after nine eleven.
Why is a Bin Laden a big investor in G.W. Bush's Carlyle Group.
Why the hell haven't we gotten the other Bin Laden brother.
Tell the truth about elitism and corruption and don't let lies linger in this society of ours.
LOL -- you know she's had exec experience!!!!!!!!
And he's got that psycho grin going again ... wicked!
Oh yes, Sarah is a Saint! What a marvelous person! Gag!
Marvin @ 43:
LOL!! I win . I bet my wife he'd do it!
Isn't change Obama's theme?
I don't know how John Sidney McCain III gets by......
government social healthcare his entire life
wealthy wife who will be wealthier soon BUD is boughtout
John gets SOCIAL SECURITY payments of $1,930.00 per
month....he calls the ss system a disgraced except when that check arrives
what a crap load of shit ... this is a bumper-sticker speech
"She knows who she works for." He forgot that the end of the sentence was "big oil and earmarks"
maverick my ass...what a myth
P.D. @ 46:
In the forward direction. They're change is backwards....like circa 19th century.
StirFry @ 45:
Whaddya win???? *wink wink*
This is a poor speech so far. And I am trying to be objective......my friends.
i work for you........on my private jet paid for by monopoly booze
i'm in a'cone of silence'.....i couldn't take it
I'm glad I missed the first half of McCain's speech. I'd probably drink Drian-o by now.
Rank hypocrisy of calling the black son of a single mother from Chicago an "elitist": Priceless!
"And you will know their names!!"
Was that anger?
wow!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ....
huh???
he's really got the crowd going no....
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
he hired lobbyists who stole
John Sidney McCain III 72.5 yo NEOCON
I can't beleive he brought up Indian tribes! Isn't that what Abramoff was convicted for? Balls!
liar
I'd rather see my country not go to war in the first place, JOHN!
Drifty, start another RNC thread, stat!
We win! What did we win?
Geez ... I feel like I'm in a grade 9 assembly ... and not an interesting one.
What's with the OBEY banners for? Total submission?
No. 44 @ 66:
the war silly
Where's Barney Smith when you need him ....
P.D. @ 62:
I'll bet he doesn't bring up savings and loans.
Thank you ...my friends for the $1,930.00 i get per month
from that disgraceful social security system....and thank you for the social healthcare i have but you can't you
must have elitist membership first.
Now the sob stories. I need some booze!
Those hecklers are awesome!!! The crowd doesn't know what to do except chant USA....hilarious!
OK, so far we are 1/3 through the speech and there is no headline quote.
By this time, Obama had already said "Enough!" and "It is time for them to own their failure."
P.D. @ 73:
Just run an IV ... I did.
Ron@71, Or Keating Five.
Marvin @ 34:
The weird thing is he called it "static and black noise". What? BLACK noise?
I hear Palin for president ......
I can change, honey, honest I can......
"Some Republicans" gave-in to the temptations of corruption...we're going to change that.
Yeah.....'some people' ruined it for us!
Anonymous Hussein @ 78:
was it black or 'ground' ... i'm watching via internet ...
Back to basics: enormous military spending.
Our first headline quote:
"Back to basics"
i knew it was going to be centrist, but he will exit on red meat.....for the crowd roar
Marvin@76, But they are going to change that! I just heard Reagan's name again! We are all Americans! Please.
all the dough spent on that outfit and she still looked dowdy.
"Same ole Bush-shit"
legislate from the bench like bush selections
gah! culture of life
Service or Community Planners? Tell me the difference.
don't worry my friends if i can't finish my term your in good hands with vice president sarah palin. she knows nothing about the federal government and foreign relations.....trust me i'm a POW i know it doesn't matter.
Hahah...all this means is another Bush term.
The speech has sunken into NyQuil land again. Zzzzzzzzz.
P.D. @ 86:
okay wait a second i thought we were all Georgians
This is his standard stump speech. Boring.
Marvin @ 82:
Oh, it may have been "ground", actually. Short for background? Or perhaps groundlings. Lol.
T-minus 20 minutes, John. Does he have the stamina?
P.D. @ 46:
They're so busy jacking the Obama campaign, they can't keep their shit straight. If everything's so honky dory under GW, why do we need change?
I need some meth now.
Boo! Boo! What a bunch of cretins! Say good-bye to S.S. You ain't gonnahaveit!
P.D. @ 101:
That's change.
We will trap people in community colleges so they don't go to real colleges where they will learn to criticize me!
StirFry@100, Don't I gave up on that long ago. But I'm really tempted to do the same. I'll just turn into a lush.
Didn't Bush already promise all of this shit?
Wow! why is it some people of power just seem to have no taste.
This speech needs more cowbell.
This is supposed to be the best part of his speech and he's not delivering. It is 10:45pm. 15 minutes, John.
Who created these crappy graphics. Didn't they realize that when televised it would just be blue screen?
Is he hitting on the Palin daughters. Drill, drill now.
Is this 1988? He's pushing SS privatization and school vouchers. I'm having George H.W. Bush flashbacks.
The Republican Party headline. "Drill. Baby. Drill." (Exxon-Mobil would be proud)
This is like John Carpenter's "They Live". Put the glasses on and they all look like "formaldehyde-faces" , and the signs say shit like "Obey" , "Sleep" , "War is Good", "Charlie Daniels is Cool"
"We're going to stop sending $700 Billion dollars to countries that don't like us very much."
Dare I say this speech is wimpy / soggy?
Ahhh! The be afraid, be afraid part.
I want to be an elitist too. Will George give me 3 carat diamond earrings?
I can't stand when people use that "see-I'm-so-reasonable" smarmy voice.
Be afraid, very afraid!
This speech is awful. There's 10 minutes left. There's still time for something that comes close to the punches landed by Palin last night.
P.D. @ 104:
yikes. quit watching! :) We all need to be sober right now. ....well, not right now. I'm doing tequila shots.
The military has been donating overwhelmingly more to Obama than McCain this election.
From the expressions, I think he's hypnotized half of them. Maybe there was something in the "KOOL-AID."
I could easily live more than 10 years on the $ Cindy spent on that outfit.
Yep, get this over with already. Send out Santanico Pandemonium (Palin) for fucks sake.
Marge @ 14:
You don't get it, do ya? They accuse the Dem ticket, specifically Obama -- of being an "elitist." Juxtapose that with the article.
Now do you get it?
C*ntry Fist
watching all the repigcum splatterd upturned faces asking for more of mccains rapidly depleting spunk!usa usa 911
One thing about watching this at home. We know what's in our drinks.
Even C&L gave up on another official RNC open thread. I don't blame them.
StirFry @ 129:
nevermind , there is one. I didn't refresh. Gramps speech put me in an angel-dust coma.
John McCain may have fought for our country some 30 years ago, but he has forgotten to defend our U.S. Constitution AGAINST all enemies domestic and foreign in the past 8 years. To defend YOUR country is NO different from defending AMERICA against a CORRUPT PRESIDENT and Vice PRESIDENT from turning our government infiltrated from coup d' tat.
AMERICA has been RAPED for the past eight years AND his POLITICS comes before his COUNTRY.
HE HAS YET TO PROVE his LOYalty TO his cOUNTRY AGAINST HIS LOYALTY TO HIS party'S product OF A LAWLESS BUSH PRESIDENCY.
GET REAL AMERICA. Even a BLIND MAN can SEE WHAT damages has been DONE to AMERICA by the FAILURES of CORPORATE back BUSH REGIME.
Don't be allure by those flashy, glitzy promises......WHEN JOHN McCain loses the election, there is no one more to blame than his LORD BUSH, his highness CHENEY.
HE WOULD BE ONE MORE PERSON damaged by his OWN "BUSH party."
HIS LAST CHANCE is TO PROMISE AND HOLD HIS predecessor accountable for their crimes. He either stand WITH AMERICA or ONLY STAND with the Republican Party he serves. He must demonstrate soon or face a failed election.
Talk about polishing a turd.
My girlfriend can spend $20 on an entire outfit and she'll look knockout stunning. $250,000. . ? Sick sick sick sick sick. For so many reasons! Sick!
I've seen cartoon shows which feel more real than this world does at times.
Cindy McCain's dress was so expensive because it came from the future.
As I go through my day, I do my own little impromptu polling, just to try to see where the pendulem is swinging, in the vast sampling of people I come in contact with. Hate to say it, but anyone with any sort of decent incomes are diehard, hardcore, no if's, ands, or buts, ALL OUT for McCain. It's "exactly" like listening to Fox News.
It all seems to boil down to nothing but the taxes and tax cuts. Nothing else matters whatsoever. Not the wars, genocides, MORE wars elsewhere or whose going to pay for ANY of it, not the law breaking, prices skyrocketing, old age, inexperience, sex, NOTHING! Just the TAXES THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY.
It's ALL about the "have's" wanting to never part with any of it, and they will do anything they have to do to keep it. ANYTHING! Including voting for PURE OUTRAGIOUS, LYING, THEIVING, OUT OF TOUCH, HIPPOCRYTES.
God help us!
And yet Candi Crowley et al at CNN are saying this was the speech of "Agents of Change". Ummm...NO! When one outfit is worth more than 3 times the poverty line, it just doesn't sell...
hilarious to visit a democratic blog. I can't believe how much you all judge those of wealth. The funny thing is, wealth is the american dream for many who come here...they come from nothing. They come to america for the opportunity to better their lives, homes, family, etc. And when people do this and exceed expectations...they are chastized. Interesting. Sorry, not be be real but If I had a pile of money sitting on my lap, I'd probably buy some shiney earings. Or maybe I'd accept the gift from friends. Maybe a big screen TV. Especially if I dedicated my life to sacrifice, helping others, and rescuing people. And maybe after being tortured....I'd think...just maybe...it would be nice to have something nice. Ever hear...what goes around comes around. I am happy for their joy, and happy for their success. It's sad to hear you all have so much hate for others happiness and fortune. It's one thing to inherit billions and spend it all on booze and plastic surgery, it's another thing to serve people and then enjoy the benifits. Stop being haters!!
I like her fashion.....it's her. And it's nice to see someone wear what they like, not what people tell them wear. Come on Democrates...isn't that what you like. We must be all soooo bored to pick on fashion. so petty. And then for those to some how tie it into peoples intelligence. Boy o boy.
Natas @ 133:
EVEN A WELL DRESS PERSON WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HIDE THE CORE CHARACTER OF A PERSON.
Perfect example: GEORGE AND LAURA BUSH......well dressed but soiled characters.
curiousbob @ 135:
You're absolutely correct...........
Hah, beat ya, mine from earlier today.....
http://gopnot4me.blogspot.com/2008/09/by-their-dresses-ye-shall-know-the...
Makes ya shake your head in wonder, don't it...
Anybody else think Cindy McCain looks a bit like Ming the Merciless in that outfit?
And by golly you're right hdog, marrying into wealth is the lazy ass American underachiever dream and McCain pulled it off. I guess that makes him a gigolo just like John Kerry.
Natas @ 133:
in lieu of open thread part II...
i absolutely would not wear clothes that cost that much and anyone who would is a sociopath.
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Only in a country where ignorance is now fashionable, would the definition of Elitist be changed from the Rich to the Educated.
6-7 figure incomes and speaking with a "let them eat cake" attitude. Elitist? No!
Focusing on issues, speaking intelligently and in an educated manner to your audience, while treating them as grown ups?
Now that's Elitist!
Scott @ 5:
Actually, it is about rich, as well.
but but but... that's what the american dream is...
barack osama obama isn't what it is... he worked for it...
you know, who dreams of actually WORKING for your
riches when your daddy can just cut you a check?
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I have to post this here because the comments are closed again on the convention thread:
Fritz @ 556:
I would, but there was no way in hell my blood pressure could have taken the hit of watching this charade after last night. I owe my health to skipping the entire thing tonight.
Golly ... maxed out another thread.
That's it for this Canuck.
Good Luck America and Thanks C&L for being here and giving us some hope.
Cheers!
Natas @ 148:
Hillary wore $300,000,000?
When?
Natas @ 148:
Hey tatas, what do you think about Tom Ridge calling McCain "John Bush" . HAHAHAHAHA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ZnHTWWErM
What do you and lyle (your cornhole buddy) think ? Funny ey!!
Cindy McCain's obscene purchase of a $300,000 outfit (just clothes, fer Christ's sake) make Arugula seem like plain old Spinach.
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