"Wasilla Hillbilly" Palin's spending spree was more extensive than initially reported....

[Wetzelbill]

This is from a Huff Post article referencing the Newsweek special election projexct. -WB

Highlights from the report:

o Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. 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 she 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."

o 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 but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/obama-we-cant-solve-globa_n_141358.html

[Shakespeare]

1. I cannot WAIT for all of the dirt on Palin to come out.

Because I think there'll be mountains and mountains of it.

[debatepro]

13. Wait to reveal it after she is the nominie!

:)

[seabeyond]

18. news held stuff cause they didnt want to look like they were picking on her. i

expect a lot more to come out too

[Wetzelbill]

31. oh it's open season on her

She'll never get that far. Not with Mitt and the guys looking to 2012 ready to crush her. These people working with McCain some of them were with Mitt first, and they'll use what they know to crush Palin like a grape.

[babylonsister]

2. So funny on so many levels. "Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost."

What happened to charity? This woman has many sides to her that people are not aware of. She sounds truly awful.

[prolesunited]

4. Lost?

Perhaps they ended up in her house when she went to Wasilla to vote.

[SidDithers]

10. Watch for them to show up on ebay...nt

Sid

[Wetzelbill]

20. good one, Sid!

She's saying thanks but no thanks to donating them to charity. :rofl:

[Wetzelbill]

15. Yeah lost right in the back of Sarah Palin's closet

Actually, probably not even in the back, I doubt she'd try to hide anything, like she cares.

I like the part about the wealthy Republican donor being surprised at the bill, lol. Dude got hosed! He probably wishes he got kissed before he was screwed! :rofl:

[Window]

3. More dirt, more, more, more dirt on the Republicans. LOL!

[Jennicut]

5. This is freakin hilarious-a one woman spending spree!

[Fla Dem]

6. Can't wait for all the "Tell All" books by McCain staffers to come out.

Bet there are many already in the works.

[Wetzelbill]

21. oh how good will those be!

[WA98296]

7. She was unbelievable. That was a narcissist in action.

[Wetzelbill]

23. huge narcissist!

She's the stuck up small town prom queen who has lived her life thinking she's better than everybody around her, when she's little more than dumb and mean.

[TornadoTN]

8. The floodgates are going to pour open now about this evil woman

I still find this to be offensive on so many levels.

There's going to be a massive fallout between McCain/Palin camps and it's going to be nasty when the thing finally erupts. I can't wait to see it.

[Overseas]

9. Most revealing was GOP smearing rural people with Hillbilly comment

They recruited Caribou Barbie to appeal to rural fundamentalist voters and gave her a generous clothing budget because they wanted to dress her up in little lady suits and stilettos for the right wing boys and church goers to see her in "Sunday Best".

Then they trash their precious princess when they're in private. "Wasilla Hillbilly"

Those kinds of comments are very characteristic of the GOP snobby elitist Country Club First crowd.

[Ozma]

11. Yes, Republicans eat their own. After

they throw them under the bus.

[Wetzelbill]

37. roadkill

:)

[Wetzelbill]

12. I know that's why I used it in the subject

Guess they really don't believe in the "real America" or care too much for "Joe Sixpack." lol

I'm a farm hick from a reservation in Montana. I have no choice but to be a Dem, the GOP would effing disdain me and try to make me carry their bags for them or something, lol.

[beachmom]

14. Wow. Amazing about not letting her speak.

[Wetzelbill]

16. I know, flat turned her down

Don't let the door hitchya in the ass when you leave! I bet McCain and his staff have soooo much contempt for her, omg, they have to.

[No Elephants]

17. We don't know what she spent in October, either--and I doubt we ever will. It will be buried

in the McCain and RNC reports as something else. Since when do Vice Presidential candidates give speeches when the ticket loses? She is one delusional diva.

[Wetzelbill]

19. she's a glory hound

She thinks it's about her. She acted from the beginning like she deserved to be where she was and even acted disdainful towards McCain. Like when he'd try to hug her she'd look repulsed. She's been awful from the beginning. After awhile, she acted like it was her campaign or something. Palin and her people think she should have been turned loose to do whatever she wanted, even after it was obvious she was so stupid that she was burying the campaign. She went rogue, it was a mess. McCain made a major blunder choosing her, but even then, he was ill-served by her actions. She wanted to speak so she could steal some thunder and start launching a bid for 2012.

[PatSeg]

30. It is hard to believe

that she is actually WORSE than we have imagined!

I'm sure there are a lot of Sarah stories on the horizon. Makes the victory all the sweeter.

[rainbow4321]

22. "Nasty and false accusations following a defeat ..."

Uh-huh...yet Palin had no problem with "nasty and false accusations" against OTHERS before her defeat.



"Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request". :bounce:

[Wetzelbill]

25. Palin getting shot down by Schmidt seems to be a favorite, lol

[SpiralHawk]

24. Typical 'elite' amoral republicon

Ptoooey

[medicswife]

26. Interesting to see that she brought up Ayers on the trail before it was ok'd by McCain....

The number of threats against Obama began to skyrocket after that happened too, I guess. She's disgusting and vicious. There is going to be an awful lot that comes out about this woman, and it is not going to be pretty at all.

[Wetzelbill]

28. I was just reading that!

Damn that woman is cold. Good thing McCain lost for his sake, he'd have to sleep with one eye open with her as VP.

[indie_voter]

27. let the backbiting begin! I can't wait to read more about this campaign. :) n/t

[Wetzelbill]

29. some juicy stuff for sure

It's sick, but one reason I loooooove politics is to hear about all the behind the scenes dirt and tactics. But this is like a freakin' soap opera or something.

[underpants]

32. I don't want to sound sexist but this sounds like high priced "couple of drinks"

if you know what I mean

[ROh70]

33. Palin is going to learn that you simply do not piss off wingnut freepers.

Payback is going to be a ***itch.

[Mike Daniels]

35. The Freeps love her and will probably defend her from anything the McCain camp leaks

Yeah, she wasn't vetted and that's McCain's fault.

That said, once her true colors started coming out on field I think McCain was basically stuck with her. She had been nominated at the convention and I'm not sure they could have dumped her without coming out and saying in public "yeah, we made a big old mistake and damn if we're not royally boned at this point."

Not only would that have pissed off the base it would have effectively broadsided the campaign to where they would have had to say, "We quit, Obama wins".

[madmom]

34. I'm wondering here, when referring to palin and "her" campaign staff, who

picks her staff? Aren't they an extended part of the mclame campaign staff? I just can't understand the animosity going on here.

[Wetzelbill]

36. some are her inner circle

The people closest to her. While the others are McCain people assigned to her so they could coordinate what she does within the umbrella of the campaign. So it's a mixture of her loyalists, McCain loyalists and even a few basic GOP operatives who are loyal to the party and not some diva who is sinking a presidential campaign.

[TheZug]

38. Let the circular firing squad commence!

[Wetzelbill]

39. she deserves it

McCain has some redeemable qualities. He may yet spend some productive time working with the future president and the party in power. Palin is simply reprehensible. The sooner she is politically crushed the better, we don't need people like that in politics.