I am not obsessed with Gov. Sarah Palin.
No. Rather, the persistent disturbing preoccupation is with the Phew! material Palin keeps offerin' up up there in Alaska far from that east coast mainstream media yet so tightly fitted to Russia you can smell the borscht heatin' up when you're standin' right there also.
Washingtonpost.com reports that the RNC wasn't the only organization whippin' out credits cards for the Governor's new apparel.
The elite east coast mainstream media that filters stuff before it gets to good hard workin' American people like Joe bought her some new clothes, also.
For a CNBC interview, Palin dressed herself. When CNBC wanted to conclude the interview in the oil fields, where all that energy independence is busy bein' made, CNBC ran out to buy Palin a new jacket and hiking shoes. (If CNBC had time to shop before the camera rolled, didn't Palin?)
$300 gift from CNBC. Palin reported it on a disclosure form.
Anybody would need a nice warm jacket for an Alaskan oil field photo opp. And a sensible pair of shoes. Can't be walkin' through 'em in red pumps, shiverin'.
But, this is the Governor of ALASKA. If I were the Governor of ALASKA, my mother's first order of business before even declaring pride would be to place a homely, fat in a wonderful way, sub-zero, down, go-ahead-get-stuck-on-the-side-of-the-road-until-AAA-shows-up jacket in my office.
Failing that sort of wild pre-planning for life in the tundra, call the first dude. The first dude/snow machine champion is, incidentally, not afraid of state troopers. He would be there as fast as the snow piles.
If not this, what do they make first dudes for, anyway?
Assuming the value of CNBC's gift to Palin is within the legal limits, there is no bone worth picking.
The issue is simply this: buy your own damn clothes.
Particularly if you want to posture yourself as a hard workin', self-sufficient, contributin', cuttin' to the chase, plain speakin', callin' 'em like ya see 'em American, do what we do: buy your own damn clothes
And, even if you never ask for new clothes to be purchased for your benefit, when people offer you new clothes say no and tell them you: buy your own damn clothes.
Oh and yes also, that must have been the CNBC jacket she was wearing when she went to the slaughter house to pardon the hapless turkey instead of doing it at the Governors back yard, you betcha.
Posted by: David | November 28, 2008 at 10:20 AM