Republicans spend $150,000 on outfits for Palin
Thursday, 23 October 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (AFP): Financial records show that the Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than 150,000 dollars on clothes for vice presidential pick Sarah Palin, Politico reported late Tuesday.
The Republicans' main campaign and fundraising organ spent tens of thousands at high-end stores, such as Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York (49,425 dollars) and Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis (75,062 dollars), the Politico website said. The RNC also spent 4,716 dollars on hair and makeup through September, Politico said.
Those kinds of expenditures did not appear in the RNC's financial disclosure records before the Alaska governor was named to John McCain's ticket in August, it added.
Politico said it reviewed the RNC's September monthly financial disclosure report and found a new category, "campaign accessories," included in the report of "itemized coordinated expenditures."
The McCain-Palin campaign issued a statement shortly after the report appeared online.
Palin gave birth to a son, her fifth child, earlier this year.
Another 4,902 dollars were "spent at Atelier, a high-class shopping destination for men," the report noted.
The Republicans' main campaign and fundraising organ spent tens of thousands at high-end stores, such as Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York (49,425 dollars) and Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis (75,062 dollars), the Politico website said. The RNC also spent 4,716 dollars on hair and makeup through September, Politico said.
Those kinds of expenditures did not appear in the RNC's financial disclosure records before the Alaska governor was named to John McCain's ticket in August, it added.
Politico said it reviewed the RNC's September monthly financial disclosure report and found a new category, "campaign accessories," included in the report of "itemized coordinated expenditures."
The McCain-Palin campaign issued a statement shortly after the report appeared online.
Palin gave birth to a son, her fifth child, earlier this year.
Another 4,902 dollars were "spent at Atelier, a high-class shopping destination for men," the report noted.