Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin $150,000 Clothing Expenses

weng — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:22:14 +0000

The United States election has become more and more interesting! The Democrats as well as some Republicans had raised their eyebrows on the spending of Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. According to a financial disclosure statement Palin had clothing and accessories expenses of more than $150,000 from high-end department stores ever since the Alaska governor was the surprise VP pick by of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Politico.com documented financial disclosure statements show the retail outlay for Palin and her family since early September included a $75,062.63 expenditure at a Minneapolis Neiman Marcus and shopping trips to Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York that resulted in a combined tab of $49,425.74, all paid by the Republican National Committee.

Hair and makeup accounted for another $4,716.49 billed to the RNC in September, with no such costs reported in August. (October expenditures will not be made public until after the Nov. 4 national election.)

McCain and Palin had been running around the US to take desperate measures on getting the presidency from the imminent winner Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The US media and other international networks had been scrutinizing and criticizing McCain’s campaign due to its violence stirring nature. And now these financial records can be another nail in the coffin for the campaign of the Republican candidates.

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Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin $150,000 Clothing Expenses