PRIMPING PALIN – RNC GOES INTO CLOTHING BUSINESS

The Republican National Committee has launched into a new business – that of clothing Sarah Palin. McCain’s surprise pick apparently didn’t have the panache required to be seen on the campaign trail and left the powers-that-be wondering how to snazz up the Wasilla hockey mom.

In several high-powered and high-priced shopping sprees, the RNC whipped out over $150,000 to doll up the former Alaska beauty queen with dashing duds including a whopping $75,062 shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, one for $49,425 from Saks Fifth Avenue, $4,902 at Atelier, a stylish men’s store, and even a $92 romper and matching hat with ears for baby Trig at Pacifier, a Minneapolis baby store.

Of course, the RNC justifies the expenditures by alleging that Palin has to look vice presidential and that look requires shedding the hockey mom, Joe six-pack image and replacing it with the suave, polished image of a politician.

Didn’t take the hockey mom long to morph into the haute couture mom. Of course the other candidates spend tons of money on their appearance, but Palin has made it a crusade to project that down-home, folksy, just-your-average, hockey “mom” image.  Yep, nothing like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue to shout main street USA.

WHAT’S IN A NAME? DESPERATE REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO BLAME OBAMA FOR HIS NAME

I used to really hate my name. I was named after a friend of my mom and dad’s in South Whitley, and I just couldn’t understand why I was given an old, fuddy-duddy name. Growing up I answered to the likes of “Charles”, “Charlie”, Chuck”, “Chuckles”, and, in law school, I became “Char.” Probably about the only ones who called me “Charlotte” with any regularity were my parents and our grocery store customers.

But the one thing I did know was that I sure didn’t have anything to do with picking my name. So I find it interesting that the desperate Republican muckraking machine still tries to slam Obama for his name – and not his first name or his last name but that one squeezed in between – his middle name. Yes, that’s right – his middle name.

The tactic is classic Republican dirty politics. Distract the public with red herring issues – like a name – so as not to draw attention to the fact that the McPalin ticket is inept, uniformed, incompetent, uninspiring, and losing its luster – if it had any in the first place.

So let me ask you readers out there – how many of you helped your mommy and daddy pick your name? Any of you? None of you? So while Obama and Biden are campaigning to talk about real issues, the Republican dirty trick machine is still hard at work spewing hatred and fear – all based on a middle name that Obama was not asked to approve from the depths of the womb.

Photo Credit: Election Center 2008