Needless to say, this wasn't a trip to Wal-Mart. Palin spent the money in places where all well-dressed "Hockey Moms" go to shop. Stores like Saks Fifth Avenue (nearly $50,000) and Neiman Marcus ($75,000).
The explanation from spokesperson Tracey Schmitt of the McCain camp was priceless:
"With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it's remarkable that we're spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses. It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign."
Is this from the same campaign that's been going on and on about "Joe Six-Pack" and "Joe the Plumber?" Is this the same campaign that branded Obama an "elitist," and believes all real Americans live in small towns? Now all of a sudden they want to talk about "important issues?"
Well I have news for them: they don't have a Saks or Neiman Marcus in small town U.S.A., and many Americans don't spend $150,000 on clothes in their entire lifetime.
The notion that giving the clothes to charity somehow excuses such extravagant behavior shows just how disconnected the Republican Party is from those in need. It sounds a lot like Marie-Antoinette's "let them eat cake," but with designer clothes.
Maybe McCain's "trickle down" economics should be called "hand me down" economics.
Speaking of "elitists," whatever happened to the "respectable Republican cloth coat," Richard Nixon mentioned in the famous "Checkers" speech in 1952?
I'm not sure but I think Obama's wearing Nixon's old shoes.
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