Despite campaign promise, Palin's $180,000 wardrobe sitting in "trash bags" at RNC headquarters
By SilentPatriot Friday Jan 23, 2009 11:05am
When it was revealed in October that the Republican National Committee spent a whopping $180,000 on new clothes for Sarah Palin and her family, the McCain/Palin campaign promised that all the clothes would be donated to charity after Election Day. (McCain said on October 26 that 1/3 of the clothes had already been returned). Well, according to the NewMajority website, the clothes are sitting in trash bags at RNC headquarters in D.C.
But for reasons that remain mysterious, the clothes remain stashed at the RNC's Washington, D.C., headquarters. A source close to the issue told NewMajority that the clothes are "in the process" of being donated, and an RNC spokesman corroborated, saying the clothes have indeed been returned from Palin, "inventoried and will be appropriately dispersed to various charities." Attempts for an explanation of when and where the clothes will be donated went unanswered, and the governor's Alaska office does not comment on campaign issues.
The fact that the clothes have not been donated or publicly accounted for, however, has angered some big donors - who want to know exactly how their money was spent, and who are already enraged by the extravagant wardrobe figure. They say it's time for the RNC to air its dirty laundry, if you will.
This should really come as no surprise, being that we're talking about the disastrous McCain/Palin campaign. I just never thought that we would still be hearing stories like this three months after the election. Sheesh. Looks like those RNC lawyers dispatched to Alaska to retrieve Palin's clothes forgot to "donate" them.
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I've donated clothes before: you clean 'em; you drop 'em off; and I suppose in this case you get a receipt.
That's it; that's all.
I say stay on top of this "issue". We'll want it in 2012 when she runs for Prez!
hellooooo...take the clothes...give em to an intern...have him/her walk down the street to the church...and put them in the donated clothes bin.
Ya know...these people CAN'T be this clueless...or are they really so out of touch with the REAL world...that they simply don't know this shit exists.
Or is some white trash GOPer hoping to steal away the clothes in the middle of the nite?
of both.
... is for tax purposes. But, hell, if you KNEW you were going to buy the wardrobe solely for the campaign, you'd have kept the receipts, right?
Unless you burned/shredded them to hide the fact that you spent $150,000 on clothes to gussy up a pig when people are losing their homes and life savings ...
If the GOP was smart, they would put each individual item on EBay for bid to get the highest dollar amount possible, then take the proceeds and donate that to a charitable oganization like the homeless or food for needy families or such.
Despite whether you love her or hate her, there is some historical value associated with said wardrobe and I would think demand would be high, plus the PR would help somewhat in repairing their reputation in the eyes of the public.
Of course we are talking Republicans here, so I see no chance of this ever happening.
That is just too perfect.
but people have the poor taste to keep bringing her up. Can't she just go away and stay gone already???
No, she's their new Saint Ronnie Reagan, the sugar-coated version of Jeb.
Keep her around. She is a living, walking, talking reminder of GWB, and she represents conservatives quite well. :)
GWB has left a myriad of disasters to remind us of him for years to come. Why remind ourselves on purpose???
'Wall, y'see, I knew people'd fergit, that they hafta be remin'ed why we fight, y'know."
"hehehehehe"
That's irony
Give them to Rudy.
Give them to repugs in prison.
LazyCosmos ladies and gents.
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the ass for them.
neither did she. (snark)
You know...the consignment shop in Wasila, Alaska that she always goes to....
Yuh I could see some old bag lady wearing those clothes.
Great minds think alike...
Sounds to me like we'll have some hott looking bag ladies hanging around the RNC HQ.
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Taking out the trash has a new meaning...
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"They say it's time for the RNC to air its dirty laundry, if you will."
They want sarah's hashed panties?
In Japan, maybe. If only she could see it from her house...
tight wad dour old pricks, they'll probably save them for her til 2012
Leave poor Bible Spice alone. Can't you see she's busy juggling an America hating secessionist husband, a high school drop out son trying to get his GED while trying to curry favors to get him a job, trying to arrange a shotgun wedding for her unwed teenage baby momma daughter, re-acclimating her kids back from being political campaign props, and dealing with drug dealing potential in-laws in the family to be concerned about keeping campaign promises? Why won't the librul media cut her some slack? She's a victim poor thing! Leave her alone!
Fri, 01/23/2009 - 11:27 — Gunsandbigots
"Leave poor Bible Spice alone. Can't you see she's busy juggling..."
I thought for a moment palin had taken up braless jogging.
Dry milkshakes.
There is now a NEW WORD in the English Language:
Palinize (pa'-lin-iz)v, To continue talking about a subject when everyone else has lost interest.
I thought Palinizing was making yourself out to be an undeserving victim after putting yourself in the spotlight showcasing you're ignorance and falling on your face while at the same time falsely attacking others?
"Palinizing" is what the media does when it constantly dredges up this stupid bitch and parades her or her trailer-trash family around for us to gawk at...we have lost interest.
On the other hand, "Palinating" is "making yourself out to be an undeserving victim after putting yourself in the spotlight showcasing you're ignorance and falling on your face while at the same time falsely attacking others"
Kinda Palinesque, doncha think?
... a verb, meaning to completely mangle a simple answer into an incoherent babble, where does it go?
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_re_...
in political clothing really is nothing. Celebs wear gowns worth more than that once and toss them. Don't see the big deal here. Ever seen the price of just a normal bra? What's in those bags, two pant suits and the undergarments? Non story.
The homeless need a push up bra, and a pair of granny undies?
This should really come as no surprise; look who we're talking about!
Who knew the RNC still had a DC headquarters?
How about sending them to the PTA S&M club?
Obama sends missiles into Pakistan and you guys are all incensed at Palins wardrobe?
Obama just joined the serial killers club.
he's been dead on the nuts as to what he said he was going to do during the campaign
I only take advice from World B Free
At its core the problem is simply explained. Re-Thugs have no concept of the word "charity" -- so -- they're still trying to figure that out.
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RNC: "We'll donate to charity as soon as we find a way to profit from it."
No. That's just being a Republican.
The evidently intellectual branch of the republican party, The Panty Sniffer League, is none too happy about this situation. One RNC Panty Sniffer was heard saying; “Some people say the RNC is sitting on a gold mine. Shucks, I’d pay $1,000 for a pair of them there panties and I’d pay good money for one of them there dresses just so’s I could put my semen stain on it”. And so it goes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSZw1_lDcxo
... Actaeon, who happened upon the goddess Diana whilst she was bathing in the nude?
Lowry should remember that Diana transformed Actaeon into a stag, whereupon he was torn to death by his own hunting dogs.
donation of clothes to the needy through her church every Tuesday here in Chicago. It's simple: the clothing is dropped off, sent to another church member who owns a dry cleaners(unless they are new), then distributed to various schools here on the west side, retirement homes, battered women's shelters, etc...it's simple.
Palin is full of shit...of course.
Maybe the RNC needs Obama to organize it.
Why not? he's already reorganizing everything else they've had their greedy little hands in for the past eight years.
... stop by any church, any Goodwill, any Salvation Army. Find a frackin' collection barrel for 'One Warm Coat,' or other charities. Donate them to consignment stores that re-sell them for lower income people looking for a business wardrobe for an interview.
will end up on eBay. They are just waiting until the heat is off, so to speak.
was a lie. The only truthful statement they could ever have made was:
"I'm lying to you."
Other than that...
h/t to Harcourt Fenton Mudd
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The clothes are all stained.
Are they WHITE TRASH bags, or green trash bags?
with undisclosed contents carried on private planes by agents dispatched to Wasilla Alaska. Who cares what color the bags are.
Isn't somebody going to break out the stash and taste the product.
Any of Levi's mommas cookies in there? Does Rush know his care package is at RNC HQ?
white trash white trash white trash.
I think it was a joke. If only 'trailer' was a colour...
In his defense, I'm sure Ricky would say "I KNOW 'jalapena' is a flavor!"
see he was writing in all CAPS. Or that I thought he was internet SHOUTING? I get 99.76% of most jokes. Even mine. It ain't like I asked Pericles what grade he is in.
Good one Pericles!!
That's what Palin's been since August.
The RNC could recoup some of that money that their wealthy donors are incensed about, by selling the clothes on eBay. And then donating the proceeds to a charity. I suggest to the battered women's shelter in Wasilla, or a fund to pay for rape kits there.
Or how about donating it to pay down the massive DEBT she left Wasilla in after it had to pay all those legal bills left over from the lawsuits that resulted from her building that sports facility on land the city didn't own, and eventually took by force, by clubbing the owner over the head with EMINENT DOMAIN? (You know...the EMINENT DOMAIN that she later said she was against, as an example of a bad Supreme Court decision? After Rick Davis reminded her what the Supreme Court actually IS?)
I've seen bald-faced political liars before, but Palin is in a class all by herself.
But yes, much like the Governor's private jet, I assume they're planning to put it on Ebay, and eventually sell it for a "fiscally conservative" loss of about 95%, or thereabouts.
Palin would probably bid and get all those great clothes back. I want someone to check and see if the Louis Vuitton women's handbag--(that was supposedly bought for 7 year old Piper) is in one of those bags. Think of it...a 1200.00 grown up handbag for a 7 year old.
Funny that Palin's name should come up here. I just heard today on tv that she and McCain are planning to have a meet-up or something. McCain is still saying he is so proud of his choice and all that bs. Also heard that she is planning to write a book.
Maybe they are saving the clothes so she will have something decent to wear when she and McCain get together again.
Stow that shit. I'd ban the book on the grounds that it's detrimental to young minds.
She could wear little black cocktail dresses like other conservanards.
william f buckley looked soooo cute in his.
Why's mcgramps giving a Nazi salute?
... whirr ... My friends ... whirr ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joDjwtjIQS8
now that those two boys have found out something more fun to do with their hands.
member of the Lollipop Guild following her at a rally.
for KEEPING his campaign promises.
I guess they figure if they didn't win, King's X, they don't have to keep no steenking promises. Not that they ever did anyway.
I bet when they open the bags they won't find any panties. I think Jonah, Sean and Rush have taken them home to sniff.
Wanker's. No, I mean it literally - WANKER'S!!!
Ewwwwwww.
Send the damn clothes to me and next week when I make my food donation to the local food bank, I'll leave them there at the thift shop.
It's not that hard to do.
Or a Wasilla hillbilly.
I have to admit, I'm puzzled. I bought a suit at Nordstrom's, and it came in a garment bag. I would think such is the standard at Needless Markup and other such stores. Garment bags would certainly be useful for the campaign trail ...
So why is everything in trash bags?
Really! Sounds like the police went in her house and cleared out the clothes in bags like they do when they search someone's house looking for evidence.
Levi's mama's home cooking.
The RNC just wants to keep them out of sight until people forget about them - then they will probably give them back to palin and her dysfunctional family..
Exactly. Plus they have the added benefit of being able to say they went to help unwed teenage mothers.
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Sarah Palin is still held in high regard by many right wingers. Why not AUCTION her wardrobe off on Ebay and DONATE THE PROCEEDS to charities. Rush Limbaugh auctioned off a letter by Harry Reid and got over $1 million for it, which he gave to charity.
I was just thinking that. There are enough fools or collectors that would buy that stuff. Then again why would they do something that made sense.
The John Thain Reckless Indulgence and Seriously Defective Leadership Model Fund perhaps?
In Sarah's family, they call that "luggage".
the "good luggage."
:D
it's one of the good ones!
:D All right you two, knock it off! I'm LOLing a little too much here!
The good bags can't have holes in them
But the good panties have a good hole in the crotch.
Just like Palin and the Republican party's reputation.
The clothes were on a White Trash Bag when Palin was wearing them and now they are in green trash bags waiting to be recycled...back into Palin's collection once everyone forgets about them.
while the rest of us hoped the wearer would.
Too bad Palin wasn't in them at the time.
Anyone see the LA Time article "Sarah Palin may be shopping a book"?
It's so much better if you add a well placed "for".
Also.
If the RNC donates the clothes to a charity it would kind of ruin one of their favorite themes about the poor
who need to "just pull themselves up by their own bootstraps". That can't happen if you give the poor the boots.
How long can it take them to find the local office for Dress for Success? I'll bet the DOS would even be willing to take care of the dry cleaning.
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