>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/23/america/23murphy.php >"Indeed, Murphy on Wednesday seized on the disclosure that the >Republican National Committee had paid about $150,000 for clothes and >accessories for Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican >vice-presidential candidate, and her family."
It gets better. The Reliable Source, a Washington Post column in the Style section did a great price comparison between the 150,000 spent on Palin and getting almost the same thing by a bit more budget conscious shopping: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/ Here's their summary: -- After hearing that the GOP dropped $75,062.63 at Neiman Marcus to outfit Sarah Palin, The Reliable Source raced up there yesterday for a shopping spree of our own: something expensive, tasteful and, well, vice-presidential. (Yes, you can spend $75K in a couple hours.) Then we went across the street to Loehmann's to see if we could find something similar for a hockey mom's budget. Neiman's total (with tax): $11,965.63 vs. Loehmann's total (with tax): $438.81 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276219 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
