I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at the neverending hypocrisy and lies of the GOP. But man, the gall of these people. Even as “clothesgate” unfolded and the McCain campaign made some noises of contrition, they just kept running up the bills.
Despite the furor over a $150,000 campaign shopping spree for GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the Republican Party continued to spend money on clothing and accessories for her in the contest’s final weeks, new campaign reports show.
The party also paid $55,700 in “consulting” fees to Lisa Kline & Co., a New York fashion stylist. And the McCain-Palin presidential campaign, which was funded with $84 million in tax dollars under the presidential public campaign financing system, dispensed $34,384 to Amy Strozzi, a celebrity makeup artist. The campaign had previously paid Strozzi $36,000, disclosed in earlier campaign finance reports.
The latest buys ranged from $4,383 at Saks Fifth Avenue and $2,130 at Nieman Marcus, to $148 at Victoria’s Secret locations in Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Another $430 was spent at Aldo, a shoe store. The buys were listed under the heading of “campaign accessories.”
