More Palin shopping spree stuff

From AP.com: McCain has terse response on Palin shopping spree

Presidential candidate John McCain isn’t happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories.

McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they’ll be donated to charity.

So if McCain is elected President, Palin’s going to walk around the White House naked?  As Vice President, Palin doesn’t need to have her designer clothes when she’s getting hugged by the President of Pakistan?

I think the RNC is just mentioning charity to mitigate some of the embarrassment.  Exactly which charities are they planning to donate them to?

From NYTimes.com: Look Is the Same; the Labels Have Changed

The Republicans spent about $150,000 on a clothing makeover for Ms. Palin and her family, according to financial disclosure forms. But looking at the before-and-after photos, it was not readily apparent what Ms. Palin got, exactly, from her shopping spree at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.
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“My first reaction when I heard about this was, ‘Honey, I could have dressed you for a lot less than that,’ ” said Cindi Leive, the editor in chief of Glamour magazine, which asked readers on Wednesday to vote in an online poll whether the expenses were too high; 72 percent said they were. “In general, she looks terrific,” Ms. Leive said, “but if you asked me to figure out where the $150,000 went, I’m not sure I could tell you.”