Stick a fork in her, she's done. No 2012. GOP war on.

[girl gone mad]

NEWSWEEK has also learned that 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, the vice presidential nominee 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."

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 Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

ETA link: http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581

[wishlist]

1. Good riddance to such a brazen liar and opportunist

She couldn't open her mouth for more than a few seconds without telling a boldfaced lie. There are many more unpleasant facts yet to emerge about her that were withheld from general public.

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. Like we needed more of that shit at the federal level.

[JI7]

2. i soooooooo look forward to reading more about that disastrous campaign

[localroger]

3. As Jon Stewart said, Palins == grifters. /nt

[Naturyl]

4. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

I believe McCain's camp really had no idea what they were getting into with this woman. She is going to end up costing the Republican party in every sense of the word.

[mnhtnbb]

5. Thank goodness she can go back to Alaska.

[bdamomma]

9. yes, Amen.

[MadrasT]

6. ...

"Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast" :rofl:

Buh-bye, Palins!

[KayLaw]

7. Wasilla hillbillies!

What a little crook she is.

[tanyev]

8. Now that makes a lot more sense.

See ya, Sarah.

[crispini]

10. Weehee!

Won't be sorry to see the backside of THAT one. "Wasilla hillbillies," hee.

[KG]

11. her 15 min of fame are over.

they'll try, but she's a nobody from nowhere. she's got no juice. politics is a quid pro quo game. she's got no quid.

[dynasaw]

12. Even if . . .

"the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books" Moose Barbie will claim she'll be exonerated. Psychos live in their own world. Let's just say good riddance to Sarah and her bunch.

[deminks]

13. K&R

Opportunist indeed. And the rethugs could not recognize one of their own.

[quiet.american]

14. I'll tell you right now, I won't be able to get enough of this type of stuff in the coming weeks.

:popcorn: :rofl: :woohoo:

[Cass]

16. If McCain would have exercised due diligence by vetting her properly he might

have saved himself some grief.

The 'barracuda' label fits her well. She's a political opportunist and admitted as much when she told an interviewer she wasn't doing this for naught. I'd be surprised if she has any future in national politics by the time McCain is done with her. They didn't wait long before throwing her under the Straight Talk Express, did they?

[ShortnFiery]

17. "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,"

:spray:

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

51. And the used to call the Clinton's hillbillies from Arkansas...

:rofl:

[girl gone mad]

55. I hear she might be offered her own show.

Maybe it should be a reality series, like the Osbournes. The Wasilla Hillbillies.

[adamuu]

18. she asked to speak at the CONCESSION? the only reason for that would be 2012

How rude.

[liberalla]

24. I don't remember which channel it was on, but one of the

political correspondents said (with a little giggle) that long after McCain had left the Phoenix Biltmore, Palin was still in there having conversations and working the crowd.

[BREMPRO]

19. wasilla hillbillies! hahahah! a campaign to nowhere.

[Alpharetta]

20. Good move McCain, not letting her ruin your concession speech

[wroberts189]

21. Thx for the post ...unbelievable. eom

[chill_wind]

22. A lot can be forgotten by jaded media by 2012.

Now that Imelda Palin's acquired an addicting taste for national politics and the ultimate royal lifestyle on the taxpayers' tab, she terrifies me more than ever. We need to follow her every screw up for a long time to come.
She's a very bad nightmare with a long life ahead of her yet. The loonies who loved her really really loved her, and they are with us always, just waiting in the wings. Just look at the Bush Cabal who bided their time from the Nixon regime for 40 years-- and what they managed to destroy as a result of their patience. The collective amnesia of the MSM is a very bizarre phenomenon.

Never again!

[malaise]

23. The Palins are classic grifters

Don't rule out a future in prison for these two hustlers.

[populistdriven]

25. hahahaha excellent!

[donco]

26. Goodbye Sarah, don’t

let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, oh by the way if you don’t mind, take Joe with you….. OK?

[southernyankeebelle]

27. Wow

I hope this gets out in the next month. It should nail her coffin. Moose momma hillbilly

[Dukkha]

28. time for that slow drive back to Alaska

[malletgirl02]

29. Poor staffers

She made junior staffers pay for her clothes with their credit cards? I hope they got reinbursed. It would suck more for them if they didn't; they probably don't make that much.

[gatorboy]

30. I think it's hilarious that they wouldn't let her speak.

Fitting, actually.

[lonestarnot]

31. GRIFTERS! BE GONE!

[bkcc]

32. So glad this woman is out of the spotlight.

My only regret is that we won't get to see Tina Fey make fun of her anymore. Although something tells me that SNL will have one last hurrah with the campaign this weekend.

[bvar22]

33. !

[nickgutierrez]

34. She'll be the Rudy Giuliani of 2012.

You betcha she's gonna run, as she might say, but she's going to be "unexpectedly" crushed early, and quickly made a national joke along the lines of our new VP-elect's "noun, verb, and 9/11".

[Virginia Dare]

39. Rudy will tear her into little pieces and eat her...n/t

[SidDithers]

35. I take no joy in her downfall..

Oh, wait. Yes I do.

Nevermind.

Sid

[bvar22]

36. !

[October]

37. "...they were sure he'd be offended..." Yeah, right when his wife spends $300k on one outfit?

Please. I wish the press would stop trying to make it sound like McCain has principles.

[arcadian]

48. How much you want to bet, McCain banged her.

n/t

[the blues]

56. You betcha!

;-)

[ljm2002]

38. "Palin asked to speak along with McCain..."

"...at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request."

In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, I would like to personally congratulate Steve Schmidt. Good call, man! Props! America thanks you. America elected our first black president, and we were treated to a truly gracious concession speech by McCain after what can only be described as a nasty campaign. Who knows what Sarah Palin would have come up with, but I think we can safely say it would have taken some of the graciousness away. I for one am truly thankful to you, Mr. Schmidt!

[Virginia Dare]

40. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall..

when Schmidt told her to STFU. I bet some really ugly words were hurled at her, ones we haven't even thought of here.

[Mike Daniels]

46. Campaigns are ugly but in the end slates are wiped clean, hands are shaken and...

the participants go on with their lives. McCain and Obama will continue to interact with each other for the next 2 years (remaining time on McCain's term) and you need to clear off the campaign in order to do that.

I have a feeling that Schmidt knew that Palin would either try to launch her campaign or would unleash some truly repugnant shit that would turn the crowd into a frenzied mob.

Palin's going to find herself running against Huckabee and Romney in 2012 and both of those guys have a better chance of pulling the moderate/independent voter than Palin can ever hope to have. I guess there's some chance she could get elected to the House or Senate but that's about if for any future achievable ambition.

[TexasObserver]

41. The Grifters II - Sarah cons a wealthy man out of a no limit credit card

Taaahd buys himself a new snowmobile, and the teens celebrate by all getting pregnant.

[onefreespiritedchick]

42. What an opportunist!

I've always thought of her and family as hilbilly trash.

[JCMach1]

43. Opportunist... yes 100%- Sen. Palin comes to Washington VERY soon

:(

[depakid]

44. She'll get Steven's seat

Just watch.

[Dennis Donovan]

45. Check out the rest of the article - more gems:

- The Obama campaign was provided with reports from the Secret Service showing a sharp and disturbing increase in threats to Obama in September and early October, at the same time that many crowds at Palin rallies became more frenzied. Michelle Obama was shaken by the vituperative crowds and the hot rhetoric from the GOP candidates. "Why would they try to make people hate us?" Michelle asked a top campaign aide.

- Palin launched her attack on Obama's association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain's advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.

- At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I'll be just a minute," she said.

That last one...:wow:

[arcadian]

49. I'm thinking McCain banged her.

That's why she was on the ticket. He already had a Tina Fey fetish going on and he's a known womanizer.

[wryter2000]

47. 2012

I'd love to see her try to run in 2012. She'd get a major league smack-down from the R party before she ever confronted a Dem. I'd pay to watch that.

[earth mom]

50. Palins greed did her in and I LOVE IT!

:rofl:

[Liberal_in_LA]

52. wow.

[CoopersMom]

53. Nah - She'll Appoint Herself to Replace Ted Stevens

Just like Cheney named himself the Veep candidate. Harry Reid has already said that Stevens will not be allowed back in the senate following his conviction. Stevens will soon be sentenced and Palin will have to name a replacement. She'll pick herself.

[knitter4democracy]

54. You know, I can't remember seeing her in the same outfit twice.

The blue suit she wore to the announcement was pretty, but I never saw it again. She had several pretty suits I only ever saw once. Crazy. I don't know of any campaigner who doesn't repeat outfits. Look at Hillary if you want lessons in how to campaign with class as a woman.

[pinniped]

57. Well, if these repuke dumbasses didn't cap her expenses, at least they....

learned something.

* ran up the country's credit cards. Sarah was just emulating him.

* did tell people to go out and spend, spend, spend!

[agentS]

58. Ah, the long night of the long knives has begun

And thus the truth comes out!
Tell me more, tell me more!