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How she shoulda responded
SP, to the whole clothing flap. This could've been perfect for her if she had played it right:
Shock & outrage that her own party would spend money like that, at a time like this. Remind everyone how she's gonna have to get her maverick on and take on the good ol' boys in her party who think it's right to spend indecent amounts of money at such high falutin stores. Especially when this outfit [she does a twirl here, or maybe a nice pageant girl pivot] she got at her good ol' Wasilla Wal-Mart is good enough for her hockey mom friends. It sure looks like Washington desperately needs some Wasilla common sense.
I don't get why she dropped the ball. It wasn't her mistake but the RNC's.
Re: How she shoulda responded
ITA that it is the GOP that looks worse here. Although, a real maverick would have protested first not monday morning quarterbacked later. In any case, I think the reason we didn't hear a response from her earlier is because she has been so tightly held. She is now only "finding her voice." I really think the stream of response to this situation was handled poorly by all.
Here is a chronological run down of the GOP response
First: No comment.
Second: We are donating everything to charity.
Third: She needed the clothes; she is poor.
Fourth: This is sexist.
Fifth: I didn't wear most of them anyway; they are still on the plane! Here, check out my new second hand threads!
Such piss-poor message management going on in MPC land.
I agree somewhat but honestly, her clothing would be a topic of conversation whatever she chose to wear. I know male politicians have gotten crap for expensive haircuts, etc. but I am tired of Yahoo posting photos of female politician's shoes, and body parts. Or of news articles with the first line reading something like: In a stylish green suit with matching accessories, :::Insert female politician's name::: spoke about global warming today........
That just doesn't happen with men. Who cares how much she spent on clothes?
You know what? You're right! That would have been a much better response!
I read somewhere (probably here somewhere) that she's back in her own clothes now. L.A.M.E! She may as well own it at this point. I'd be even more pissed as an R donor is she a) spent that much $$ on clothes, and then b) stopped wearing them!
Anything you can achieve through hard work, you could also just buy.
I completely agree, but I honestly think the best way to combat this is simplicity. Stop wearing the brightly colored jackets. The more decorative you get, the more you give people something to talk about. I thought HRC finally nailed fashion at a speech she gave near the end (I don't remember which one), when she wore a basic black suit with a turquoise-y shell underneath the jacket.
Basic solid and pinstripe suits with different shells or blouses would really shut people up. At the very least, it would put a woman in a perfect position to call out the sexism. Oh you want to talk about me wearing a black suit two days in a row? Have you asked how many days Barack Obama and John McCain have worn blue suits? No? Really? Then STFU. Basically, give them nothing to talk about. As it is, when female candidates wear such varied stuff, there is something to discuss, even if it's irrelevant. I mean, I try not to make an issue of a candidate's clothes because I don't want to fall into that trap, but I couldn't stop staring at that giant polar bear pin she was wearing the other day.
Yes, and no. ?
Yes, the media spends an inordinate amount of time on women's clothing and looks, and that's wrong. ?
But, no, that amount of money is not necessary to combat it. ?One can look phenominally good for far less.
And, yes, I do care how much she spent, and I'm betting those who donated to the campaign care even more than I do at that misspent waste. ?It's an insane amount of money, and it really pisses me off. ?I'm not sure why b/c it's not my money wasted, and any wasted money from an opposing campaign should be a good thing, but on principle I'm pissed.?
Agreed, Lisa.
It's hard to buy the "I'm a regular gal who cuts luxuries out of the budget and will fight wasteful spending," when she's been prancing around in luxurious clothing that the RNC wastefully bought with donor funds.
I do think there's a double standard for women, but $150k is a ton of money for two months of campaigning. A few columnists have done bits where they've shopped around on Neimans, trying to spend that much and they can't do it. Someone at the Post suggested that if they bought 35 outfits, that would work out to over $4000 an outfit. Even with the double standard, that is an INSANE amount of money. Nobody would notice if she wore the same shoes a few times, or the same black skirt once a week. If the number were smaller...say $20k or something, it would be easier to swallow. But $150k?! Really?
It's a serious misuse of donor funds. If she and McCain can't seem to recognize that, how exactly are they going to fight wasteful spending in Washington?
I also am loving her latest Ted-Stevensesque line that the clothes aren't hers, she is just using them. Uh, Stevens was indicted for that kind of logic.