Cindy McCain’s $300,000 Outfit.. ...and WE are the "elitists"?

[SoCalDem]

Cindy McCain’s $300,000 Outfit
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html
by Vanity Fair

One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans like Levi “F-in’ Redneck” Johnston.

It caught our attention, then, when First Lady Laura Bush and would-be First Lady Cindy McCain took the stage Tuesday night wearing some rather fancy designer clothes. So we asked our fashion department to price out their outfits.

Laura Bush
Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500
Stuart Weitzman heels: $325
Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500
Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.

(All prices except Laura’s shoes and Cindy’s watch are estimates, and the jewelry prices are based on the assumption that the pieces are real.)

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Actually, someone here earlier suggested Cindy's watch is in the $70k range because

it's a limited edition version.

[DogPoundPup]

2. Nancy Reagan Wanna' Be

[liberal renegade]

3. FUGLY!

[madrchsod]

6. i finally figured out that picture..........

[DogPoundPup]

8. : )

[madrchsod]

4. she actually makes pickles look good!

after years of dissing pickles we have some one who dresses worse.


but 2500 dollar oscar is off the rack..

[TomClash]

5. As David Fascist Brooks would say

It's "cultural."

Screw culture if you can't pay the bills.

[DemoTex]

7. Things will be different after the revolution.

Know what I mean, Vern?

[K8-EEE]

9. Elitist to them means, you have a brain enough to see through their bullcrap

That's why the Obamas are "elitist" and the McCains are just rich.

[Gregorian]

10. Irony fails on boneheads.

I think conservatism is a form of blindness.

Fear. Terror. We live in dangerous times.

[magellan]

11. Repubs aren't afraid of money

They're afraid of independent thinkers, those who prefer facts to opinion.

[Texasgal]

12. Oh hush and

eat your arugula! :sarcasm: