As Wall Street Continues to Tumble, Palin Engages in Retail Therapy

The stories which call forth our disbelief seem to be never ending. In yet another news bit that reflects the priorities of the McCain-Palin ticket, we learned today that the GOP spent $150,000.00 on wardrobe and styling costs ( hair, make-up, etc.) for Sarah Palin during the month of September. Mrs. Palin obviously has champagne taste; the new, improved Palin was constructed at the high end store Neiman Marcus, with other expensive professional stylists rounding out her "image consulting" team. When President Reagan was in office, the first lady, Nancy Reagan, was criticized for lavish spending in the first two years of their White House tenure, with unemployment during this period edging 10 %. The shock and disgust over Mrs. Reagan's priorities, encouraging ketchup to be considered as a vegetable for young children dependent on the reduced lunch program, while lining her closet with designer clothes and stocking up on top shelf china, was palpable.

So, here we are, twenty something years later, in the same predicament. The country is either in a recession, or dancing very closely toward one, and we have another GOP fashionesta placing her own image over the needs of a struggling electorate. Only this time, there is added cause for concern; with Nancy Reagan, she was a figurehead, someone Ronald Reagan may have consulted, but only on the most superficial level. Sarah Palin wants to be vice president.... a heartbeat away from being THE president. Her claims of reducing wasteful spending for Alaskan tax payers rings hollow as we've recently discovered she's used an estimated $40,000.00 of their money to fund travel for herself and her family. Now we learn she has engaged in retail therapy of the highest order, using campaign funds to outfit herself in only the finest threads. People, please! During the course of a measly two months we've heard story after story about this woman abusing her power. How many more of these do we need to hear, especially in a time of fiscal crisis?!

With only 13 days left before the election, it is vital we apply pressure on the media to investigate all happenings in this clearly corrupt group of politicians, and demand accountability from the persons in question. Palin has been skewering Obama for his "judgment" of late.... can she really raise this issue with a straight face, as an economic down slide of dramatic proportions prevails, and she mills through the luxury clothes at Neiman's?