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Posted By Eagle_Eye 1 year, 1 month ago in StyleWASHINGTON - John McCain 's presidential campaign said thousands of dollars worth of clothing purchased by the Republican Party for running mate Sarah Palin will go to a "charitable purpose" after the campaign.
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Eagle_Eye1 year, 1 month ago
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FTA: "The Republican National Committee spent about $150,000 on clothing, hair styling, makeup and other "campaign accessories" in September for the McCain campaign after Palin joined the ticket as his running mate.
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The expenses include $75,062 spent at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, and $41,850 in St. Louis in early September. The committee also reported spending $4,100 for makeup and hair consulting. The expenses were first reported by Politico.com."
Hmm, wonder if they are going to give them to "Goodwill-
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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The answer to your last sentence is yes, Goodwill and other charities and in fact they already started doing just that.
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This is a non-issue at best, the reason being is that the taxpayers are not footing the bill but rather the RNC is footing the bill taken from donations, not taxes. I made a donation and what they do or did with the money is fine by me.-
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memestryker1 year, 1 month ago
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And these are the same people who use ugly sexist epithets to describe Palin rather than focusing on the issues. The same people who took up for Obama when he was a newbie who didn't sound "handled."
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I disagree with Palin on issues, but I strongly oppose bringing her gender into it, and I've seen a lot of self-proclaimed progressives and liberals attack her venomously on gender. They'll be along shortly to neg me.-
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Bruedaddy1 year, 1 month ago
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This is TOTALLY an "ISSUE".
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IT points to the lack of reasonable thinking skills by Republicans.
Are you kidding, they want to be the "reformers" and claim to "cut" government?
This doesn't say "responsible spending" to me at all.
I know it wasn't tax money, It would be different if it was HER money.
More evidence of the hipocritcal nature of McCain's campaign.
JUST like the baseball comments.....Sarah can do it 3 times at least that we KNOW about, but if Obama says ANYTHING similar then that is bad, he is bad....
The Country has seen through the two EMPTY SUITES on the Republican side...believe me.-
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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It's not an "issue" unless the RNC spent YOUR money and MY money, but they didn't. If she had appeared in bib-jeans you democraps would have been all over her trashing her looks. Get a grip. The decision, btw, to donate the wardrobe to charity was made long before the drive-by-media latched on to this story. Shame on all of youse guys.
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buckncindykill1 year, 1 month ago
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This is no issue at all. Most clothiers gladly donate their clothes to candidates, the idea being that it will be THEIR designs on display if the candidate gets elected. Which brings up Hillary Clinton. She doesn't buy her pant suits like Palin has to; as a matter of fact, Hillary's suits are worth $6350 a piece retail! Should Hillary's suits have been an issue during the primaries? By your logic, the answer is a resounding YES!
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Bruedaddy1 year, 1 month ago
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hey, F U C K Y O U...
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Last time I looked the Obamas paid for their own clothes with THEIR OWN MONEY.
perhaps it's YOUR district that needs better teachers so you can get better critical thinking skills....for that matter...any at all.
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doppich1 year, 1 month ago
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I was preparing to give a small donation to Edwards' campaign when the story broke about his charging his campaign for his $400 haircut. Since my small donation would have covered only a fraction of a haircut, I didn't send anything. I'm not sure if the GOP even has small donors, but I would sure as heck be perturbed if I found that the few bucks I could scrape together went to buy designer dresses for the candidate.
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nostalgia1 year, 1 month ago
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"I was preparing to give a small donation to Edwards' campaign when the story broke about his charging his campaign for his $400 haircut. Since my small donation would have covered only a fraction of a haircut, I didn't send anything"
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If it took that bit of news for you to realize what a sham Edwards was, I question your ability to make wise decisions
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Endoscopy1 year, 1 month ago
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REALITY CHECK
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Obama - wealthy - has high quality cloths
Biden - wealthy - has high quality clothes
McCain - Wealthy - has high quality cloths
Palin - not wealthy - has regular cloths
What did the libs complain about as far as cloths.
Early on the libs criticized her clothing saying several put downs about what she wore.
When the new cloths were bought that stopped.
Now libs have to go ballistic because the RNC did the nice thing and bought cloths that matched the quantity and quality of the other candidates.
Such compassion.
Why do you have a problem with this. It is the Republican party giving her the ability to look as good as Obama and Biden. I guess you think she should wear the cloths you enjoyed criticizing. That is probably the problem.-
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GWHayduke1 year, 1 month ago
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Soooo Lipstick wearing pitbull candidate Palin spends about three times what Joe the Plumber earns in a year on her wardrobe?
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Shes in touch, or will she merely be charging incidentals to the public once again should she take office?
And THIS is your candidate who knows how to spend?
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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"She" didn't spend anything, didn't charge anything to the public, etc. ad nauseum. Yes, this is MY candidate that put on the best appearance than any OTHER candidate. And when she's the VP, she'll do the same for the heads of state, leaders, etc. around the planet. Much better than showing up in bib-jeans.
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memestryker1 year, 1 month ago
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Nothing Palin does will change these people's views. We have the misogynists, who hate her just because she's female, we have some extreme members of the far left, who hate her because of her socially conservative and economically liberal beliefs and positions, we have the juvenile, who think she's attractive enough to Photoshop her head onto nude bodies and call her typical female derogatory terms, and we have ordinary democrats who simply disagree with her platform and won't vote for her.
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The clothes are going to be sold for charity after the election. It's done all the time. But for those who already hate her, for whatever reason, it's another excuse to attack her.
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not2needy1 year, 1 month ago
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From what i've heard, the GOP spent more money on Palin's families wardrobes than old Joe the Plumber makes in years! Seems that she could have afforded herself some clothes in light of the fact that she was charging the state of Alaska to stay home!
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Endoscopy1 year, 1 month ago
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There is that Christian charity again n2n. The official residence of the governor is the building provided for her. Travel to and from that and expences when away from her residence is what EVERY governor gets. She did not charge as much as she could have charged. But you have to do the put her down don't you. Anything negative about Palin even if what she did is ethical and in keeping with what EVERY other governor does.
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Why have the Liberals put her under such a magnifying glass. Why were hundreds of reporters sent to Wassilla? Why were all the lies that you gleefully posted on put on Propeller? Why has absolutely everything and anything been twisted to belittle her. And you gleefully go along with it.-
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lfergie8121 year, 1 month ago
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Even if the DNC was "running the least known and at this point least qualified person for president since Jimmy Carter" as you claim (which they are not),.he is still head and shoulders better than the RNC poor excuse of a presidential candidate. Egotistical hotheaded son of an Admiral that barely made it through the Naval Academy at the bottom of his class. ROFLMAO At least Obama worked his way to the top.
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"If they don't attack Palin here they might actually have to report on their own candidate."
Don't worry. The Republican mudslinging machine is working full time now digging in vain for ANYTHING that could help them but all they're doing is digging themselves deeper in a hole. As the saying goes, if you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.
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GehlLady1 year, 1 month ago
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Perhaps when they averaged out all the costs of moving her family to the mansion, costs of all that security she declined, the costs maintaining the family in the mansion, the caterers, decorators, etc. they decided they were getting a bargan for her to commute.
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Teech1 year, 1 month ago
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Yup, just your average Suzie six pack soccer mom blowing a mere $150,000 on some baubles and incidentals.
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She needs to look nice when she goes home to visit her new sports complex or her bridge to nowhere.
Sarah knows how to reign in spending like McLame knows how to win a war! These two lying sacks of sh*t were made for each other!-
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BB641 year, 1 month ago
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First, I don't understand this at all. How many of your major contributors pee money like this away daily? How much money was spent by the movie star, trial attorney, mortgage banker and insurance executives on Obama's campaign alone? While I think the costs are high, I am not offended but the investment. I am a contributor. Talking about investments, how much did the Obama camp spend on repainting the planes and buses? Especially repainting the "new" presidential seal.
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lfergie8121 year, 1 month ago
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What I think you fail to understand is the fact that using campaign contribution for personal use is against the election laws.
http://law.justia.com/rhodeisland/codes/title17/17...
http://www.fec.gov/pages/bcra/bcra_update.shtml
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Eagle_Eye1 year, 1 month ago
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It is one thing to give speeches about wasteful spending, government reform and being a down to earth hockey mom, but this is totally hypocritical.
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I hope the Republican voters with any kind of brain are seeing the party for what it really is, deception, dishonest and corrupt. I wonder what they think about their contributions being used to cloth and accessories this family??
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Endoscopy1 year, 1 month ago
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You people were the ones complaining about her dowdy cloths. She is not wealthy like Obama and Biden. She did not have an equivalent wardrobe etc. to theirs. So you liberals can get angry that the RNC put her on equal footing with those families.
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Cry babies.
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Tcaros1 year, 1 month ago
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The hockey mom shops at Neiman Marcus?
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Nah, say it aint so. She spent how much on her makeup- $14,000? She spent that much on powder and lipstick? I guess she doesn't know that people are paying $4 for a gallon of gas and a recession looming.-
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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I remember here when it was almost $5 / gallon and I am twice your age and I can remember when it was 19cents / gallon. Average price here is about the same as your WI for premium, so what's your point? I didn't say it was cheap, just relating what I experienced lately.
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GehlLady1 year, 1 month ago
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Then you are old enough as I am to remember the gas wars, when stations across the street from one another would drop their prices sometimes down to almost nothing. The 'good ole days', eh?
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We're also old enough to remember when people wanted real news, not this cr*p that gets blown up as though it matters.-
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lfergie8121 year, 1 month ago
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If you really feel that way you probably should go out and do something enjoyable with what time you have left. I too remember the gas wars with a service station on every corner that went out of business while Nixon was president. Bank sprang up like dandelions in their place to con people to get credit for easy money that they didn't need. I'm also old enough to remember the minimum wage of $1.25 that the Republicans fought against raising that would be equal to about $12.50 in today's money compared to the minimum wage of only $6.55 today because of the Republicans. That minimum wage then would sometimes buy 5 gallon of gas. How much can you buy now with $6.55?
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GehlLady1 year, 1 month ago
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What the heck does all that have to do with my post? I had a 'good old days' memory of when gas could be found for less than a dime, and I don't care how much private money was spent on Palins clothes. Wooo hooo. Doesn't take much to get you riled up, does it?
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Tcaros1 year, 1 month ago
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So, Sarah Palin gets in front of crowds in Pennsylvania and uses that "excited voice" with the "crescendo" to say she's just like us.
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She stands there with her Neiman Marcus clothes and expensive hair and makeup job and appeals to our "American spirit." She attempts to fire her sister's ex-husband while governer.
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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She didn't attempt to have the trooper fired, Todd did. And her explanation of that has been fully explained, was legal, broke no laws and followed the already established protocol.
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This Friday - tomorrow - She and Todd are going to be deposed at HER request by an attorney representing the Personnel Board which, btw, is the proper venue, not the political and personal vendetta sponsored legislative panel. Please stop your mouth from cashing a check your butt can't cash.-
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50Mhz1 year, 1 month ago
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Picture's worth a thousand words
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Eagle_Eye1 year, 1 month ago
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This would be a non issue if she stayed with in the reality of the people she is portraying, i.e. the Hockey Moms, Joe Six Pack, the Middle America. If she had gone to Sears, JC Penny, The Gap, etc. then she wouldn't of exposed herself to being nothing more than a fraud, i.e. a pig wearing NM and Saks.
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She should of stood her ground and said I am good enough as I am, if I change now then I am no longer who I am.-
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nostalgia1 year, 1 month ago
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Who is Michelle Obama portraying?? I keep hearing about her middle class upbringing
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But she wore a designer dress at the convention. Her 2 daughters also wore dresses by the same Chicago designer
If course the cost of the clothing was never mentioned that I could find
Now I'm absolutely certain that most middle class families buy designer dresses for the young daughters, aren't you??
I also recall the article about a "snack" Michelle ordered - lobsters and Iranian cavier. Certain to be on the menu in most middle class homes , right?-
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Progressive1 year, 1 month ago
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You mean this one that Rupert Murdoch has already apologized for?:
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fsev411 year, 1 month ago
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First off, the reporter who wrote the lobster/caviar story has apologized for lying saying that his source lied to him. The correction was published.
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Michelle OBama did not spend anywhere near the 300,000 dollars that Cindy McCain spent on her acceptance night outfit. There is, in fact, a video circulating of an OBama family interview where wardrobe was discussed and Michell was wearing a dress from The Gap and the one daughter said "Mom shops at The Gap a lot".-
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Eagle_Eye1 year, 1 month ago
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TY Prog. and fsev!! Now what do you have to say nastalgia?????
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"Who is Michelle Obama portraying?? I keep hearing about her middle class upbringing"
She is portraying the Middle Class and also fighting for the lower class to better themselves.
Who is McCain and Palin fighting for????
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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It wasn't a designer suit but rather an Oscar de la Renta dress - $3,000. It was the 3 karat diamond earings that were $280,000. So what? It's her money, she can spend it on whatever she likes.
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You don't waste your time fighting for those that already have it, you concentrate on those that don't. Obama wants to take away from those that have it and donate it to those that don't. McCain wants to let the middle-class worker keep what they have rather than spread it around.-
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lfergie8121 year, 1 month ago
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DeauxNut said
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"Obama wants to take away from those that have it and donate it to those that don't. McCain wants to let the middle-class worker keep what they have rather than spread it around."
I sorry but you are badly misinformed. Obama has said repeatedly that his plan involves repealing the tax cut (or letting it expire would be a better way to put it) that Bush and the Repub congress gave the rich and have them pay the rate they were paying when Clinton was in office. He also has stated that he wants to give those that make under $250,000 a reduced rate of taxation. No one is getting any money from the rich as the Republicans keep saying because the middle class will still pay taxes but at a reduced rate. Isn't that what the Republicans have been screaming for people to keep more of their wages? Well, the middle class can keep more of their wages and the wealthy will revert back to the rate that existed in 2000.
***** DeauxNut . The middle class doesn't make over $250,000. Joe the plumber who claims to be middle class only makes a little over $40,000 so Obama's tax plan would help him.
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nikkibabe1 year, 1 month ago
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Today's headlines for Lipstick standing there with a $75,000 Saks Fifth Avenue pant suit fighting for the "middle class" and "poor" Americans!
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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Job Losses Accelerate, Signaling Deeper Distress
Employers are moving to aggressively cut jobs and reduce costs in the face of the nation's economic crisis, preparing for what many fear will be a long and painful recession.
If you read the fine print "reduce costs", you know what it means? Jobs will be shipped to India & China.
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nikkibabe1 year, 1 month ago
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Today's headlines for Lipstick standing there with a $75,000 Saks Fifth Avenue pant suit fighting for the "middle class" and "poor" Americans!
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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Job Losses Accelerate, Signaling Deeper Distress
Employers are moving to aggressively cut jobs and reduce costs in the face of the nation's economic crisis, preparing for what many fear will be a long and painful recession.
If you read the fine print "reduce costs", you know what it means? Jobs will be shipped to India & China.
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cleare1 year, 1 month ago
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don't we all have better issues to blog about than pain's wardrobe.
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i don't have a problem with the rnc spending its money putting lipstick on pain, i do have issues with her policies and practices. and it's $150,000 less for them to spend on vile rovian attack ads and robocalls. -
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GOP spends $150,000 for Palin's wardrobe - John McCain News -
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Is it fair to say, no matter what Cindi the budwizer self proclaimed druggie did to improve her looks, and the wasted amount of money spent on paylin's clothes results in the same result. You can put Lipstick on a PIG, but, it's still a PIG...
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memestryker1 year, 1 month ago
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They will sell them for much more after the election, for charitable purchases. This is an historic event, with a black and a female in the same election! Those clothes will be sought after by many wealthy collectors, and some will show up in museum exhibits.
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