Party’s over for Palin: GOP goes to collect leftovers from her shopping spree.
Party’s over for Palin: GOP goes to collect leftovers from her shopping spree.
After controversy erupted over Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) largely unauthorized spending spree, Palin announced that she would no longer be wearing the expensive clothing: “Those clothes, they are not my property. … I’m not taking them with me.” However, it seems that a few items did make it back to Alaska with her, and the GOP is coming to reclaim them:
Sarah Palin left the national stage Wednesday, but the controversy over her role on the ticket flared as aides to John McCain disclosed new details about her expensive wardrobe purchases and revealed that a Republican Party lawyer would be dispatched to Alaska to inventory and retrieve the clothes still in her possession.
A new story in Newsweek reveals that Palin “spent ‘tens of thousands’ more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband.”
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“Those clothes, they are not my property. … I’m not taking them with me.” However, it seems that a few items did make it back to Alaska with her, and the GOP is coming to reclaim them:
Bwahahahahahahaha!
November 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pmI can’t wait for the YouTube videos of Republican lawyers walking out of Palin’s house with their arms full of clothes…
November 6th, 2008 at 3:00 pmThis is just another attempt to smear her. Have no doubt, she sucks, but she should get something out of this deal!
November 6th, 2008 at 3:00 pmshe’s giving back the clothes
but she’s keeping the hotel towels.
:)
and the bathrobe.
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November 6th, 2008 at 3:02 pmThat GOP lawyer better be careful. She has firearms and she’s a good shot.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:04 pmWill she keep Checkers the dog too?
November 6th, 2008 at 3:05 pmDoes this mean the RNC is going to have a yard sale?
November 6th, 2008 at 3:07 pmAnd will the people of Walsilla try and reclaim the materials that she stole from the sports center to build their house there?
She is just another Repukian Mafia Criminal, corrupt to the core.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:07 pmEvery actor
November 6th, 2008 at 3:07 pmKnows you must return props used
To portray fiction
She needs to return all the clothes but she has been informed that she can keep the budoir shots of Rich Lowry. Those were a gift. William Kristol has volunteered to go to Alaska personally to retrieve any of the used panties that she still has. KKKarl has dibs on Todd’s used manties.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pmGood thing she’s not a diva!
November 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pm“Those clothes, they are not my property. … I’m not taking them with me.”
You will notice she never said that until after she found out she would have to pay taxes on her wardrobe. All of a sudden it didn’t belong to her.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pmSarah the Grifter, here. You betcha. Also.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:14 pmThey might want to check her hotel room desk drawer and make sure the Bible is still there — and the infamous towels.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:14 pmIm of the opinion that Palin should go ahead and keep them… if she wants 2012 she’s gonna need them. And god we want her to run again in 2012. easiest race for Dems EVER.
I’m just saying…
November 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pmGood-bye and good riddance, well dressed or not, have a nice trip back to obscurity. If our new presidential team needs any executive or energy advise, know that you would be the last person they’d call.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:18 pmSee? The Republicans don’t care about the “little people” and are so greedy that they will steal the clothes right off your back.
Ha!
November 6th, 2008 at 3:20 pm@Nettles
To be fair, close to 60 million people thought this woman should actually be in the White House. All they’re doing here is pointing out how much of a travesty that would have been.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pmHey Nettles.
Chill. We’re only vetting her in advance of 2012.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pmNettles Says:
Kinda sad, actually.
Sad, yes.
Sad that the Rethug party perpetrated this elaborate hoax on America, presenting a vapid, vacuous shill as a credible VP candidate.
Pardon us for enjoying our Schadenfreude.
‘Cause we are!
November 6th, 2008 at 3:22 pmYes Nestles.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pm1) Glad you’re our official subject post monitor. You are doing a heckuva job, brownie-face!
2) This site is about the PROGRESSIVE movement. Failin’ Palin’s wardrobe accountability is in fact, regressive, and should be reported, as well as any other story, as she is supposedly vying for the GOP “top dog” for 2012, which, in itself, is regressive.
3) Want some cheese with that whine?
Nettles Says: Nothing Much
Yes you are a sad being.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pmNot sad, Nettles. Just funny. Sarah’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Hey, don’t blame us. YOU GUYS are the ones who nominated her.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pmThis entire episode was an indicatation of the disdain the GOP has for women. As far as I could tell, and I am an older man, they abused this woman for their political gain. When it didn’t work out, they kicked her to the curb. She was a terrible choice for the VP slot and the reason it didn’t work was the fact that McSame never vetted her. He demonstrated poor judgement.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:29 pmNettles Says:
I think someone forgot to tell you that your candidate won.
Call it a public service: pointing out hypocrisy when it rears its toweled head.
Unfortunately for the Senate, she may just be joining the group, as soon as they give Ted Stevens the boot.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:33 pmlet me make it real easy for the goopers…anything that doesn’t have a wal-mart label in her closet, take it with you! trailer park trash like palin can’t pronounce “chanel” nevermind buy it.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:34 pmHey Nestles, if I may also add. It just goes to show, that this site, even with America’s progressive victory, is still going to move… (are you ready?)… FORWARD!
We are not going to let are guard down.
It was a long, hard fight. It will continue to be so.
We will not become complacent. Complacency among the center and right is what caused this mess the last 8 years.
“Times, they are a changin’”
November 6th, 2008 at 3:36 pmBut it’s a slow change. So, relax hershey-face! You’re now free to go about your mental fantasy of showered Failin’ Palin in a body towel!
Joe Cantwell; according to reporters, the hotel towels WAS her bathrobe.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:42 pmThis is much less about Palin, although the whole puerile interest is just so satisfying given her abundant arrogance, and much much more about McCain and the judgment of his senior campaign handlers, Rick (Simpson-Face Cartoon Mouth) Davis and Steve Schmidt. Obviously, those two were thinking with their little heads and not their big heads (although they are Republicans, so the little head is likely way more intelligent). McCain should apologize to the American people for running a most unserious campaign (see Palin and Joe the Plumber) for serious times. He needs to reconsider his self-righteous platitudes of “country first” in light of the Frankenstein monster he proposed to unleash on the American people.
As for Davis and Schmidt, they should be prohibited from running a lemonade stand based on their breathtaking incompetence in some of their decision making for the McCain. Each of them need to reflect on exactly the depths each dove over the past 5 months.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:45 pmThrow in some criminal prosecution and Palin will have a hat trick so few politicians actively strive for.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:49 pmYeah, but Nettles, ya gotta admit, she’s got some BIG titties, nest paw? She leaves behind a large bra to fill…
November 6th, 2008 at 3:55 pmraynman; I can’t wait for those u-tube vids. ROFLMFAO! Popcorn time!
November 6th, 2008 at 3:57 pmSo what are they going to do – give the clothes to the next airhead moron that the republiscum pick as Veep?
November 6th, 2008 at 4:00 pmAre the GOPers going to take that little girl’s designer purse away from her? Meanies!
I’m still trying to figure out what you do with $150,000-$200,000 worth of used clothing. Are they going to drop all that off at Goodwill?
November 6th, 2008 at 4:04 pmDon’t forget the clothes Todd and the kids got. What a witch!
November 6th, 2008 at 4:05 pmNettles Says:
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6 of the last 12 stories here were about Sarah Palin, the Thursday after Election Day. I think someone forgot to tell you that your candidate won. Guess y’all gotta stick with whomever butters your bread.
Kinda sad, actually.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Know what’s really sad ?
That you actually believed she was qualified to be VP , and cast a vote for McDepends ; now that’s truly sad ……….
November 6th, 2008 at 4:05 pmPalin is the type to steal your wallet and then help you look for it.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:06 pmI’m pretty sure that some of the clothes they will have to retrieve were on her back when she made her way back to Wasillia. Have you guys checked out mudflats today?
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/sarah-palin-lands-in-anchorage-i-almost-freeze-to-death/
November 6th, 2008 at 4:08 pmgummitch Says:
Are they going to drop all that off at Goodwill?
Ooh, I smell an eBay Auction!!
Really, auction it all off – there’s folks creepy enough out there to pay top dollar for something that reeks of desperation and ignorance.
Then the proceeds can go to Battered Women’s Shelters, or Special Olympics, or Public Libraries, or the law suits against Prop 8…
Just sayin’…
November 6th, 2008 at 4:09 pmCheeseFlap Says:
Every actor
Knows you must return props used
To portray fiction
November 6th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
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I take it you pronounce “every” as ev-er-ee, then? Cos otherwise that first line is only four syllables. ;)
November 6th, 2008 at 4:09 pmOh, my. This schadenfreude is so very delicious!!
Yummmmmmmm-O! ;o)
November 6th, 2008 at 4:11 pmWhat? Do they think they’ll be returning them?
Let her keep them — and pay taxes on them.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:15 pmi still maintain shady sarah’s plan was donate her used clothing to an “unwed pregnant mother charity” namely her daughter. wouldn’t put it past these yokels
November 6th, 2008 at 4:15 pmI’m going to be VERY interested to see what happens when they try to take the Louis Vuitton handbag back from Palin’s 7-year-old.
That’s going to be priceless video.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:15 pmgummitch Says:
Are the GOPers going to take that little girl’s designer purse away from her? Meanies!
I’m still trying to figure out what you do with $150,000-$200,000 worth of used clothing. Are they going to drop all that off at Goodwill?
My guess is that all the worn women’s and girl’s clothes will be auctioned internally. Sarah Palin’s name might be a dirty word, but she is still a pleasant thought to many of the GOP male elite. Plus deviancy is a persistent in the party, so the Palin girl’s garbs will also fetch enough money to make the coffers rebound and people like Billo and Rush look forward to Friday’s by themselves.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:17 pmThe GOP could sell her clothes booty on ebay!!!!
November 6th, 2008 at 4:17 pm“6 of the last 12 stories here were about Sarah Palin, the Thursday after Election Day. I think someone forgot to tell you that your candidate won. Guess y’all gotta stick with whomever butters your bread.
Kinda sad, actually.”
No, its not sad…shining a light on this frighteningly ignorant hillybilly biblehumping piece of cult trash is a necessity…this is someone that 55 percent of white folks voted for, to be a 72 year old cancer patients heart beat away from the presidency..white people, usually pretty sensible, if not the best dancers, certainly did NOT vote their best interests this time, unless by “best interests” you mean “dying in a nuclear holocaust”….
Unless this woman is exposed, humiliated, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for every money grubbing crime she has commited in office, her, or others like her, will be encouraged to try for the presidencey again…that needs to be discouraged by any legal means necessary….
Cancer…a word used by one of your guys.. is just the best way to describe her…and just because the cancer goes away, no doctor would say to stop treatment..the treatment must continue until there is no viable chance of return…glad to see some on the GOP are realizing that..
November 6th, 2008 at 4:17 pmNettles Says: “There’s a tear in my beer”
November 6th, 2008 at 4:19 pmi am sure julie annie would KILL at a chance to wear a slightly used flailin palin outfit when he appears on faux noise.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:20 pmbarracks9 Says:
Ooh, I smell an eBay Auction!!
Really, auction it all off – there’s folks creepy enough out there to pay top dollar for something that reeks of desperation and ignorance.
You’re starting to really creep me out. Ick.
But you’re right; undoubtedly get more money for the clothes she actually wore than the outfits she was saving for the inauguration.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:21 pm>Let her keep them — and pay taxes on them.
Yeah, this is probably what will happen if she claims she “lost” them….I’m more than happy to have her pay 15-25 percent of 150,000 $ to keep the clothes..
November 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pmthe part of this story that always makes me smile is this whole mess is coming from the party of “fiscal responsibility”
November 6th, 2008 at 4:23 pmWhat I remember about the additional $20K or whatever was that the Palins put it on the credit card of some GOP contributor — and that he flipped out when he got the bill.
Like Jon Stewart said: grifters.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:28 pmLet’s not be badmouthing witches. Unlike the biblical portrayal of witches, they are, by far and large, quite Earth-centered, frequently environmentalists, and never “drill, baby, drill.”
November 6th, 2008 at 4:30 pmI, too, would be interested in knowing which charity will benefit from the RNC’s largess in providing Caribou Barbie such finery.
But Zooey, your suggestion is priceless!
November 6th, 2008 at 4:32 pmFritz Says:
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So what are they going to do – give the clothes to the next airhead moron that the republiscum pick as Veep?
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Yeah, Their primary vetting question will be “what size are you?” If the clothes fit…she’s it!
November 6th, 2008 at 4:51 pmDidHeJustSayThat Says:
This is just another attempt to smear her. Have no doubt, she sucks, but she should get something out of this deal!
What should she get? She should keep the clothes that don’t belong to her?? She should be happy that McCain’s inability to discern capable from incapable led to her being the VP pick. Had the vetting process actually worked, she wouldn’t have been touched by a 10 foot poll.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:58 pmI just loves me a nasty, public, break-up.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pmI really don’t care, I wouldn’t mind seeing her without clothes on at all
November 6th, 2008 at 5:30 pmIf she handled the GOP funds with such alacrity, how would she have handled the American budget and funds ?
Of course, there is a side of me that wants to donate a moose costume to Palin, drop her off in the snowfields, and let marksmen hunt her from helicopters. It would be Karma.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:41 pmThe RNC is also dispatching another team to try to locate somebody who gives a rodent’s rectum about this.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:54 pmI don’t know who all you people are but you are all very cruel people. You should be ashamed of yourselves for treating another person this way. She is a much better, smarter and caring person than any of you will ever be.
November 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pmjlux, I don’t know whether Sarah Palin is a better, smart, caring person than anyone else, or just a low-caliber local AK politico who got thrust (with no little help from her owndamnself, however) into a situation in which she was doomed to become a laughingstock/scapegoat in the end, because she was just not ready, or able to assume the office which John McCain, to his everlasting abomination, saw fit to offer her — and in doing so, sold out the “Country” that he supposedly put “First”.
As far as I am concerned, she can keep the damned clothes! After all, folks, this is RNC money we are talking about here, not public funds. Every dime they spent on Barbie and Ken makeovers was a dime they didn’t have to push slimy attack ads over the airwaves against progressive candidates. Any bucks the RNC can recover by repo-ing the wardrobe and hawking it to GOPervs on eBay will be used for that purpose, or else for funding kerning research projects in Kenya/Indonesia/etc.
So Barbie, Ken & Co.: keep all the fancy threads, if you can afford the tax hit (unfortunately, that is one issue that has become too high profile to be finessed away!)
Otherwise they are just going to become pricey joyrags in the bottom drawers of the Rich Lowry/Rush Limpbaugh contingent of the God’s Onanism Party, you betcha!
November 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pmSo, what did the ‘first dude’ get? Armani?
November 6th, 2008 at 7:23 pmjlux @ 64
why can’t you just leave Sarah
November 6th, 2008 at 7:31 pmaloooooooone !!!
youtube video @ 11:
Looks they’re just beginning to get started, ripping her to pieces. Sarah, welcome to your party.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmI guess it’s back to Mitch McConnel’s “GET BACK IN THE CLOSET” consignment shop for winky barracuda.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:36 pmCheck the kid’s closets too you snarky GOOP basturds.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:35 pmjlux Says:
I don’t know who all you people are but you are all very cruel people. You should be ashamed of yourselves for treating another person this way. She is a much better, smarter and caring person than any of you will ever be.
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Thats right you DONT know us so your stupid statement ABOUT us is meaningless except to show how stupid you are. I mean you dont even put a whole two sentences between your contradictory statements and no she is NOT smarter than virtually anyone here. I for instance actually DID know that Africa was a CONTINENT not a NATION and what the countries in NAFTA WERE. She also proved herself to be a liar, arrogant and hateful. No she is ignorant and hateful. Kind of like YOU. You can show yourself out in disgrace moron.
November 7th, 2008 at 5:08 amI’m still trying to figure out what you do with $150,000-$200,000 worth of used clothing. Are they going to drop all that off at Goodwill?
I’m not sure that I would want to wear the negative energy (that she generated while wearing those clothes) that might still be attached to the clothes. At least not withour a good smudging.
November 7th, 2008 at 11:04 am