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Those Wasilla Hillbillies sure know how to blow money. Most of us spend, what, a couple of thousand dollars a year on clothing? Well, apparently $20,000-$25,000 for a 3-month clothing budget just wasn't enough for Sarah Palin and her husband. That's the amount they were originally budgeted by the RNC for clothing during the campaign. But Palin went on a shopping spree, sticking a Republican donor with a $150,000 clothing bill.


A Republican donor who agreed to foot a majority of the expenses was stunned when he received the bill, Newsweek reported. Both the Times and Newsweek report that the budget for the clothing was expected to be between $20,000 and $25,000. Instead, the amount reported by the Republican National Committee was $150,000.


$150,000 for clothing? Even $20,000 for clothing is ridiculous...most people in America spend less than $20,000 on housing...in a year. I live in one of the most expensive cities in the country and I spend only marginally more than that on housing. Then we have Cindy McCain calling Barack Obama an elitist...while wearing a $250,000 outfit. I wonder if she has one expensive outfit for each of her seven houses? The rest of us, who didn't have the good sense to be born into a wealthy family, will have to make do with our cheap, made-in-Sri-Lanka wardrobes while we work for a living. Oh, and we'll also have to make do with a President with a first-class intellect and no upper class pretensions...a President who watches Sportscenter and shoots hoops...a President any one of us would be proud to have a beer with.