McCain top advisors fume over Palin

Written by steven hall on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 at 5:49 PM

NEWSWEEK has reported that Sarah Palin may have had quite a good time shopping in preparation for the RNC Convention:

While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

A Palin aide said: "Governor Palin was not directing staffers to put anything on their personal credit cards, and anything that staffers put on their credit cards has been reimbursed, like an expense. Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin."

McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.
There are so many things about this, if confirmed, that continue to reassure me regarding my vote. I truly believe if McCain had, all along, been as gracious and personal throughout the race as he was giving his concession speech, he may very well have been President. That notwithstanding, I am reassured about the team of Barack and Joe.

It concerns me that McCain may not have actually spoken with Palin much during the race--how wierd is that? If true, it says *volumes* about the state of that "team".

And also, if true, learning about Palin's shopping spree is alarming at best. Inconsiderate. Inappropriate. You feel in the rest of the adjectives. Having JR aides pay for things? They make like what, coal for pay? It's just not right. I love the quote, "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast". We'll see what happens when the books are audited I guess.

Sketch credit, The Huffington Post
Photo credit, "You Decide 2008"



Transcendental grade for Palin's inappropriatness if confirmed: 5/7 Suks.
yes--can't use the chakra scale, have to use the Wang Saen Suk scale for this one.

1 Responses to "McCain top advisors fume over Palin"

Comment by fairest blonde
Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 8:51:00 AM CST #  

tacky. tacky tacky tacky.
good line drawing of palin, though ;)