Flashback: McCain supported amendment to restrict use of campaign funds on ‘clothing purchases.’
Flashback: McCain supported amendment to restrict use of campaign funds on ‘clothing purchases.’
Earlier this week, Politico reported that the RNC spent $150,000 “to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family.” Georgia10 at DailyKos notes this morning, that on the Senate floor in 1993, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) supported restrictions on the use of campaign funds for “inherently personal purposes,” specifically denouncing the use of such funds on “clothing purchases”:
MCCAIN: Madam President, the amendment before the Senate is a very simple one. It restricts the use of campaign funds for inherently personal purposes. The amendment would restrict individuals from using campaign funds for such things as home mortgage payments, clothing purchases … and vacations or other trips that are noncampaign in nature. [...]
The use of campaign funds for items which most Americans would consider to be strictly personal reasons, in my view, erodes public confidence and erodes it significantly.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 11:19 amThe use of campaign funds for items which most Americans would consider to be strictly personal reasons, in my view, erodes public confidence and erodes it significantly.
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Yes, but only for Democrats — which is why Edwards reimbursed his campaign for the cost of getting his hair cut. However, it’s a different matter when Republicans require large sums of money spent on hair, make-up, and clothing (not just for the candidates, but for the candidates’ families as well) to get them camera-ready.
IOKIYAR
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 amMy public confidence is definitely eroded.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 amBut back then we did not know about the political importance of wearing a flag pin. I mean some of that $150,000 had to have gone to Palin’s flag pin bling.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:22 amBut as we all know very well by now, John McCain does not speak for the McCain Campaign…
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 amAnother example of how McCain talks out of both corners of his mouth! He said just yesterday he doesn’t understand how he’s changed – he’s always been the same. That’s a lie!
McCain will say whatever is convenient to get people to vote for him. Palin and McCain are hypocrites who claim to be conservative christians but they lie to ALL AMERICANS.
Palin claims to be some hockey mom that’s ‘one of us’. That’s a straight up lie! ALL THIS DAYUM WASTEFUL (PORK)SPENDING BS TALK!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 amI’m actually afraid to find out exactly how much that little piece of disgusting, fascist kitsch cost…and who it was charged to…
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 am#45 on the flip flop list?
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 amBut back then we did not know about the political importance of wearing a flag pin. I mean some of that $150,000 had to have gone to Palin’s flag pin bling.
You betcha. All $1.49 of it.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 amMittuns would have been happy to give $150,000 to BE the candidate…
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 amThat was then….. This is now!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 amLast night, when Chris Matthews asked Nancy Pfotenhauer who authorized Palin’s $150,000 wardrobe, she told him to call the RNC. Matthews said, “I did call the RNC, they told me to ask the McCain campaign.”
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 amI think they got ripped off because lately IMPORTS have been quite cheap……..and they keep telling us that they are fiscally conservative,my A$$!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 amIf Barack Obama had agreed to those town hall meetings then we wouldn’t be talking about this right now! John McCain wouldn’t have had to use a soft money loophole to get around the campaign finance restrictions he passed.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 amYes, McCain, you have eroded public confidence and eroded it significantly.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 am#avchavis Says:
Another example of how McCain talks out of both corners of his mouth! He said just yesterday he doesn’t understand how he’s changed – he’s always been the same. That’s a lie!
Actually, I think you are wrong there. It’s just that McCain did a better job of disguising his true self until this campaign.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 amflippy mcspin wouldn’t make a pimple on a hook-tender’s ass.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 amWhat is it . . twelve days until he goes back to drinking bud in Arizona ?
MCCAIN: The use of campaign funds for items which most Americans would consider to be strictly personal reasons, in my view, erodes public confidence and erodes it significantly. For this reason, I will continue to have no association with the McCain campaign.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 amJK the coward writes: Can’t you f’n read??????????????????????
Can’t you? That phrase immediately followed “vacations or other trips”, moron.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 am*In sinister whisper*, “Who IS John McCain, do we really know?”
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 amI think if you want to get really technical, purchasing this clothing to be worn on the campaign trail is not something he’s arguing against there. It seems to be things completely separated from that… Hence the mention of a mortgage.
I think most people would consider work clothes, for example, a type of work expense. If you purchase things to help get a job, you can report them on your taxes for example.
That doesn’t excuse the types of money spent on these things, but I don’t think it’s really an example of his numerous contradictions in this case.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 amI hope JK was one of the morons who wasted their money by donating it to the RNC.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 amYes, but this was long before he selected a person known for wearing an American flag bikini and jogging suits as his running mate.
And here I’ve been thinking that Cindy got stuck with the bill for all the Palin Family Finery. As if…
PEACE
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 amI agree with JKerry — it is essential that any candidate that wishes to appear truly viable SHOULD spend thousands and thousands of dollars on makeup, and 150,000 on wardrobe for the campaign. It is essential that the public see the canddates just as the campaign wants them to be seen, and not as they are. It’s about appearances, not the issues. Who cares about issues? Republicans don’t — party is all that matters: you are “with us or again’ us”. And what’s the big deal about 150,000 for wardrobe? Bush has not said we are in recession, so we most certainly are not because Bush is NEVER wrong. In fact, republicans are NEVER wrong about anything. Its the Dems who mess up the perfect plans of the republicans, those anti-american liberal traitors. And how much did Clinton spend on wardrobe? And Obama spent 500,000 of campaign money on a communist teaset — Tracy’s Goldfish told me so.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 amMcPutz says: Do as I say, not as I do, you %*#&^)$ twits!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 amSo campaigners don’t have to wear clothes except when they’re campaigning? Even actors don’t get to deduct clothes they wear to an audition on their taxes because they NEED to wear clothes anyway.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 amAnd Michelle Obama spent $148 on a dress to wear on the Today Show. What a contrast. I heard that dipstick skinhead, Joe the Plumber, actually donated $100 to McSame’s campaign. He’s probably wondering if his money might have bought some of Palin’s panties.
And by the way, I have not appreciated Palin using my moniker in her speeches. BTY, I hope the Republicans getting as sick and tired of hearing “Joe the Plumber” every five minutes out of McSame and Palin’s whiney mouth as I am that it backfires.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 amI guess we can see why the McCain folks were so upset about the Newsweek cover that showed Palin’s flaws since they’ve been spending so much money for the fake veneer.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 amBut that was way before the TWO mavericks teamed up. See two mavericks equals a positive.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 amThe evolution of the differences between McCain 2000 and McCain 2008 would make a fascinating study.
And how can he keep from imploding from the cognitive dissonance. (or should I say un-cognitive / anti-cognitive / etc.)
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 amAnd the McCain talking heads today are complaining that Obama is taking his plane to Hawaii instead of flying commercial. Of course he’s taking some press and the Secret Service and his family and for all we know he is reimbursing expenses.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 amSorry, the teaset comment was most certainly a joke: I’m lacking on caffene today.
margerine Says
Fair points, I suppose, however there is a difference: purchasing work/interview clothes with your own money and writing that off your personal taxes at years end is one thing: spending taxpayer money to buy overpriced top of the line fashion designer clothes…. well… I have issue with that. What is wrong with the clothes in the GOVERNOR’S closet? She’s NOT a poor, working, hockey-mom just getting by while working two crappy jobs who can’t afford to eat out much less buy a business suit.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 amShayne – you’ve gotta be kidding. Hitting the guy because he’s visiting his seriously sick parent ?
Compasionate Conservatism strikes again.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 amSo Sairahead is donating these clothes to charity after she loses.
I’m guessing the Troll John Kerry would pay a $150,000 for her used panties, if he had any money.
It could be worse, though…Ghoulini would wear the used panties.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:59 amMcWorse: “Get off my lawn, you little Bustards!”
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:59 amPalin is essentially flying around the country applying for a job. (Even if she doesn’t exactly know what the job entails and all she seems to know is that she’ll need to expand the job’s power.)
Does this mean that I can go out and buy a new wardrobe so I can really wow them at my next job interview and claim it as a tax-deductible expense? I hope so because I could use a couple of new suits, a new coat, some new shoes and boots. And I’d be helping out the economy with all that spending! It’s a win-win situation!
Oh, and don’t worry – as soon as I get that plum job I promise to donate all the clothes to charity.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 pmJoe Sixpack Says:
BTY, I hope the Republicans getting as sick and tired of hearing “Joe the Plumber” every five minutes out of McSame and Palin’s whiney mouth as I am that it backfires.
After seeing today’s middle-america state polls, I’d say MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pmTruly a IOKIYAR moment.
Does Palin have to pay TAXES on those GIFTS?
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pmmargerine Says:
I think most people would consider work clothes, for example, a type of work expense. If you purchase things to help get a job, you can report them on your taxes for example.
Bzzzzt. Don’t try that with the IRS. “Work clothes” are clothes you don’t wear anywhere else, like uniforms. I have a wardrobe I purchased for work that I don’t wear anywhere else, but I could — slacks, shirts, jackets — there’s no way at all that they would be considered a work expense.
And, as someone else noted, she wasn’t exactly naked before the nomination. As a public official she presumably already had a perfectly suitable wardrobe. AND if she wanted spiffier clothes, she could have done what the other three candidates have done and spent her own damn money on them.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pmHmmm. Seems that the old McCain (as in his former incarnation rather than his current visage) had all the Democratic talking points down pat. Would have made a good VP pick for a potential Democratic presidential nominee (snark).
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Can’t you f’n read??????????????????????
I know I can, but I am not so sure about you.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 pmBuckie Boy Says:
Truly a IOKIYAR moment.
Does Palin have to pay TAXES on those GIFTS?
Probably does (as well as all those tax-payer funded trips for her kids).
The McCain campaign says “of course” the clothes would be donated to charity and that always been the plan. Haw haw. I am sure!
So when I get done wearing my work wardrobe, I will give it to GoodWill and therefore I can write it off. Except I’m not a Republican, so that would be socialism and anti-american.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmYep MapleStreet they couldn’t wait to blast Obama for traveling to Hawaii and he hasn’t even left yet. And did you see how much money Palin charged Alaska for her travel expenses when she took her children with her and for her per diem when she spent the nights at her own home? And that while Alaska gets more money back from the federal government than they pay into it. Hypocrites.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmI wonder, were the campaign workers saying “you need this and this” or, did Bible Spice and family go nuts because they won the lotto. And what will that frightening little Piper do when they give her tiara to charity? I’m not big on attacking kids but the second smallest Palin looks like she could start fires with with a glance.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pmI don’t know for certain but this $150K wardrobe has Cindy’s finger prints all over it. After all she has to be on the same stage and she can’t be hanging out with riff raff. Regular clothes stylists that work with actors and models know how to shop at Target and make it look good. Who else would have decided that Neiman Marcus was a necessity?
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:18 pmThis crime has been done openly by Sarah as Govenor in Alaska so what is the problem? This is the way the System works with Republicans in charge and it works very well. Americans see this happening and say nothing, now even our US Treasury is used for personal use by the White House with Paulson giving money out to CEO’s no problem. In the pass 7 years with that policy in place even some Democrats have gotten on board ask Pelosi and Feinstein about their husband’s big contract rewards for cooperation with the criminal acts by the White House.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:32 pmBoy, I bet that McCain really hates the Internets. Just imagine how little we would know about McCain if it weren’t for the internet!
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:33 pmShayne, Sarah had her own personal shopper and it wasn’t Cindy.
I’m guessing Cindy is snickering about this nouveau riche moosegirl going crazy with the RNC credit card.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 pmJohn Kerry would be foaming at the mouth if the DNC spent $150k on Obama…Again, his lack of principles besides IOKIYAR is strikingly clear…
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pmThe McCain Campaign IS getting Federal matching funds, so that $150,000 in new clothes practically came out of the packets of the American Taxpayers.
Do you feel your money was well spent?
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pmShayne Says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
And the McCain talking heads today are complaining that Obama is taking his plane to Hawaii instead of flying commercial. Of course he’s taking some press and the Secret Service and his family and for all we know he is reimbursing expenses.
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And if McCain had to suddenly fly somewhere to take care of a family emergency, he’d fly commercial? I can just see him lining up along the row of Southwest boarding number poles.
Here’s the reality — once you’re under Secret Service protection, it becomes a security nightmare to go on ANY kind of public transportation for any reason, whether it’s a commercial plane or a city bus. Obama has to take his Secret Service detail with him wherever he goes, and I’m sure he doesn’t have to pay for that security when he goes on a personal errand. Paying for the press? If any press are going along on what is a family matter, my guess is they are doing so on their own dime. There’s no logical reason for the Obama campaign to pay for publicity on this trip — that would be incredibly tacky. Any staffers tagging along are probably doing so to work on campaign business during time available. Which leaves the cost of the jet itself for a personal trip — something it would be reasonable for Obama to pay for out of his own pocket.
The McCain water carriers will b!tch and moan about anything, even when it’s clearly in vulgar taste — such as when an elderly woman may be dying.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pmpackets should have been pockets.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pmSheesh, I need more coffee.
Shayne Says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
And the McCain talking heads today are complaining that Obama is taking his plane to Hawaii instead of flying commercial. Of course he’s taking some press and the Secret Service and his family and for all we know he is reimbursing expenses.
GOSH, These scumbags have to attack Obama for visiting his ailing grandmother. Hell, where are the family values people defending him for showing “family values?” Oh I forgot, Family ValuesTM means foaming at the mouth about how gay marriage will destroy the fabric of this country…
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 pmI hope she at least billed Alaska for that time spent shopping. Apparently, the difference between this Hockey Mom and a pitbull is lipstick + 150k in clothes. HM= Her Majesty not Hockey Mom. From Seward’s Folly to McCain’s Folly. I’m glad to see all of that Executive experience is paying off. I hope she at least got the Union discount by flashing Todd’s card.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 pmThe McCain campaign says “of course” the clothes would be donated to charity and that always been the plan. Haw haw. I am sure!
What, she won’t be wearing clothes if McCain is elected?
And yeah, every homeless woman needs a nice Valentino jacket to wear to the food pantry.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm150,000! Sounds like they flew out to Paris to get the latest fashions off the runway. Then off to Italy to get leather shoes,purses and belts. I just wonder what it would be like if they win the elections.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pmMy public confidence eroded years ago.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 pmI asked my husband last night if I could spend 150 large on cloths and he said NO! When I asked him why not, he said (wait for it) – cuz you’re not a hockey mom.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:36 pmGotta wonder how many stitches this one caused in McIIIrd’s ass.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:55 pmGotta change the number of flip-flops to 45 now.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:02 pmI would have thought Republicans, being the brilliant business minds they say they are, would have gotten designers or the stores themselves to donate the clothes for attribution, as actors and the British royal family do, and Princess Diana did.
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:21 pmSet-up for a punchline:
Why didn’t the McCain campaign get a product endorsement deal for the clothing?
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 pmI continue to be speechless at McCain’s differing opinions – with himself! What can we believe from this guy, today’s version, yesterday’s version or what will come tomorrow. Speechlessness aside, I can still type, so I will comment on wardrobe. McCain is very comfortable usually wearing the blue and white checked shirt which shows me that he thinks wardrobe is just what is in your closet. McCain must be incensed at Palin’s new wardrobe controversy. (Then that Repug fool makes it worse by stating an opinion that Obama should fly commercial to see his grandmother).
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:48 pmJoe the Plumber makes $44,000 a year. Palin spent more than three years of Joe’s salary on clothes in three months. Ms. Main Street Hockey Mom spends a lot of time and money on Fifth Avenue.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:52 pmMcCain was right about that, in 1992. But, that was pre-9/11, the world changed then, you know.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:55 pmThe only clothes that I have donated to charity while in serviceable condition were the undies that I washed with my spouse’s new red blouse.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 pmWell why wouldn’t Sarah have the RNC pay for her wardrobe, makeup and shoes??? she billed the state of Alaska (taxpayer money) for airfare and hotel rooms for her daughters, to events they weren’t invited to attend, on top of other things. She knows how to take tax payers for a ride. Note to Alaska, watch her every move very carefully, you can’t trust a pitbull, eventually they attack the hands that feed them.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:05 amWith just less than one week left until we find out who will be our Commander in Chief for the next four years, there are new controversies surrounding both the Democrat and Republican camps. News sources are excited to report that the Republican National Committee spent upwards of $150,000 on new clothes for Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. While this story has been circulating, inspiring an avalanche of negative publicity, anti-Republican attacks, and the like, I am not rolling with this tide. As a matter of fact, considering that both Palin and Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama have spent large sums of money on clothing, it doesn’t make me disrespect or respect one more than the other. After all, we live in a society where looks, more than anything else, are the prime things that we judge people on. If you have one candidate in designer duds, but somebody else who looks as if they’ve gotten their entire wardrobe from the Wal-Mart clearance rack, the latter won’t be taken seriously. And, besides, look at the attention Sarah Palin is getting with her wardrobe. It doesn’t seem like such a bad political move. They spent a lot less on Sarah’s wardrobe than Obama spends on TV commercials. In the end, I really hope that the American people will judge the candidates on the issues, and vote for the candidate that supports Americans’ right to freedom for personal financial responsibility and the continued rights to no fax payday loans.
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