Although our economy is tanking, the Republican campaign has spent over $150k in designer duds for Sarah Palin. I don’t know about you, but that seems very excessive. Is it really necessary? Also, why is John McCain using donations to the Presidential campaign to buy designer clothes not only for Sarah Palin, but her husband as well. Weird! What’s wrong with her own clothes. Who’s dressing her Cindy McCain?

Times Online Reports:

The Republican Party has spent $150,000 in upmarket designer stores on dressing Sarah Palin for the part of vice-president.

During September, more than $75,000 was spent in a single shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, and another $9,500 at Macy’s in the same city – scene of the Republican party convention where John McCain introduced Ms Palin as his running mate. Another $5,000 was spent at Atelier, a classy men’s boutique, suggesting that Ms Palin’s husband Todd, jocularly known in Alaska as the First Dude, may also have come in for some sprucing up.

Maria Comella, another spokeswoman, declined to say whether it was necessary to spend $5,000 a day on clothes for Ms Palin.

“The campaign does not comment on strategic decisions regarding how financial resources available to the campaign are spent,” said Ms Comella, in a statement to the US political website Politico which first noticed the coyly named entry in the Republicans’ accounts.

The Republicans have declined to say whether the shopping sprees have continued into October. Disclosure of their campaign accounts for this month is not expected until after the presidential election is over.

I wonder what Joe the Plumber would say? Sarah Palin spent $75k in one day on a shopping spree. That’s more than twice what he makes in one year! If I were a Republican and donated money to the campaign, I would be steaming mad if it was spent on dressing Sarah Palin or her hubby. Completely RIDICULOUS! Sarah sure loves those freebies.