So let me get this right.  Folks are upset that the RNC spent $150,000 on clothes and stuff for Palin, but had nothing to say over how much Obama spent on building his stage at Investco field?  I guess only Democrats are allowed to spend money on props.

If elected though, I hope Obama will take care of the country more than he does his family.

So let me get this right.  Folks are upset that the RNC spent $150,000 on clothes and stuff for Palin, but had nothing to say over how much Obama spent on building his stage at Investco field?  I guess only Democrats are allowed to spend money on props.

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Yeah. That's what we said. I consider the building of a stage quite different than $180,000 spent on clothes, hair and makeup in one month. Especially when the stage was built by the DNC, not the Obama campaign. The money spent on it was raised for that purpose specifically.

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/10/13/daily43 .html

Here is some information from the Republican National Convention and how much it cost.

http://www.minneapolis.org/page/1/mpls-2008-republican-natio nal-convention.jsp

The Democratic convention cost approx. 54 million and the Republican convention cost 82 million. Now it doesn't matter to me what either party spent. They raised the money for their conventions to do with as they saw fit. The whole point being raised about Palin and the money spent on clothes and makeup, is that she walks around trumpeting about how she's one of us. When you're spending 5 to 6 times what I make in a year on clothes and hair, you are most definitely not like me.

The fact you don't see the difference between money spent by the DNC for the nomination ceremony and the amount the RNC spent on Palins wardrobe is just sad. I have no problem with what the RNC spent on their convention. Short of winning the Presidency, it's the biggest night of the year for them.

I do have a problem with a woman who claims she's just like me and then spends that amount of money in a month on clothes. I would feel the same way if the DNC spent that much to outfit Obama and Biden.

I honestly don't see a difference between Palin's wardrobe budget and the parties spending millions to stage a campaign, buy TV ads, put up billboards and yard signs, etc.

All are part of campaign expenses and visual imagery is important. Palin is constantly on TV and in front of crowds and she needs nice clothes. It has nothing to do with her being "one of us" or not.

I mean, I'm sure Barack Obama isn't buying his suits off the rack at KMart.