A funny follow-up to this that I caught on Anderson Cooper last night...
Why did the RNC pay for her clothes themselves rather then the money coming out of the McCain/Palin campaign fund? Well, it turns out that presidential campaigns are forbidden from using campaign funding to purchase clothing for the candidates.
Why aren't campaigns permitted to buy clothing? A prohibition against campaigns purchasing clothing for candidates was established as part of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act.
Bwah-ha-ha.
Seriously though, I don't really have a problem with either the campaign or the RNC buying clothing for the candidates (especially now that it's known that they will be donating the outfits to charity). The bigger issue is that it's just another sign that they're out of touch with where the masses are right now economically (it joins up with McCain's 7 houses and 14 cars) and that their campaign has a serious problem managing public relations.
Overall, I'm much more bothered by the fact that Todd Palin's membership in the Alaskan Independence Party (from 1995-2002) isn't getting more play.
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Date: 2008-10-23 02:17 pm (UTC)Why did the RNC pay for her clothes themselves rather then the money coming out of the McCain/Palin campaign fund? Well, it turns out that presidential campaigns are forbidden from using campaign funding to purchase clothing for the candidates.
Why aren't campaigns permitted to buy clothing? A prohibition against campaigns purchasing clothing for candidates was established as part of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act.
Bwah-ha-ha.
Seriously though, I don't really have a problem with either the campaign or the RNC buying clothing for the candidates (especially now that it's known that they will be donating the outfits to charity). The bigger issue is that it's just another sign that they're out of touch with where the masses are right now economically (it joins up with McCain's 7 houses and 14 cars) and that their campaign has a serious problem managing public relations.
Overall, I'm much more bothered by the fact that Todd Palin's membership in the Alaskan Independence Party (from 1995-2002) isn't getting more play.
lol.