Posted on 10/23/2008 3:09:08 PM PDT by Wegotsarah.com
CNN anchor Campbell Brown led her Election Center program on Wednesday with a critique of the “double standard” concerning the recent attention on the $150,000 that the Republican National Committee spent on vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin: “My issue: there is an incredible double standard here, and we're ignoring a very simple reality. Women are judged based on their appearance far, far more than men. This is a statement of fact. There has been plenty of talk and plenty written about Sarah Palin’s jackets, her hair, her looks....Compare that to the attention given to Barack Obama’s $1,500 suits or John McCain’s $520 Ferragamo shoes. There is no comparison.”
Brown spent more than 2 minutes on the matter, in which she related her own experience of how women “get scrutinized based on appearance” much more than men do: “...I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it, a lot of e-mail, seriously. When Wolf Blitzer wears a not-so-great tie, how much e-mail do you think he gets? My point is, for women, unfortunately, appearance is part of the job. If Wolf or Anderson shows up on the air without makeup, do you think you would even notice? I show up on the air without makeup, trust me, you’ll notice.” The CNN anchor then defended the RNC’s efforts to help Palin appear visually good: “All women in the public eye deal with this issue, and it’s for this reason that I think the RNC should help Palin pay for hair, clothes, and makeup. It is part of the job.” She concluded her commentary by labeling the attention on Palin’s clothing a “peripheral issue” in the presidential campaign.
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Where was the pic in #3 taken? Was it around Chicago?
John McCain: I'd be glad to answer this question as soon as you ask the Obama campaign to disclose the names of all the foreign donors who gave him 200 million"
Smile real big and walk away
Sarah looks fabulous! Money well spent.
Damn, she is gorgeous.
Sarah could wear a sackcloth and make it look stunning.
you should see the amount of email that cavuto gets about his appearance!
John McCain: I’d be glad to answer this question as soon as you ask the Obama campaign to disclose the names of all the foreign donors who gave him 200 million
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ABSOL-FRIGGING-LUTELY- There’s a clever guy. That’s precisely how you handle the comrades from Pravda. Look, I’m a reasonable guy, but mama didn’t raise dummies. The media is NO where fair. Treat these reporters that way. Over 1000 Google hits on this dress crap- and nothing on the serious issues that you all know about.
If the press is going to do a hit piece on Gov. Palin... they should do a much better job of turning over rocks to find how much the DNC has paid out.
Another thing... the Obamas are multi-millionaries... I don't know how much money the Palins have, but I guarantee it is no where near the Obama's net worth.
What the socialists hate about this is that people in stores have jobs because the RNC bought stuff.
Amen, and even a broken clock is right twice a day. Good for Campbell.
When you get chosen for VP, you don't buy your wardrobes at Wal-Mart.
ping
I would have been thrilled if she got her clothes from Wal-Mart. Millions of us do.
Let me just say that I thought it was honorable for the RNC to buy the clothes rather than get them for free as the Dems do.
Who the F is buying Barack’s wardrobe? Who’s paying for room service at the Waldorf? Hell, who’s paying for rooms at the Waldorf?
My wife and I contributed half a grand to McCain’s campaign. My wife remarked that she hoped some of our $ went to buy Governor Palin some shoes. I concurred.
Isn’t it amazing how Joe Biden, the “poorest member of the Senate” somehow has a full on wardrobe?
I think it says plenty that Gov. Palin hadn’t enriched herself such that she had a closet full of designer clothes. The media seems to be missing the point that she did not. I don’t think it’s much of a surprise that a candidate for national office would require a new wardrobe. Hell, Hillary got her designer clothes for free.
What a nothing issue.
Sarah ought to go to a rally in an old sweatsuit to make a point about this.
However, lots of folks on mainstreet will see such spending as elitism. The same elitism the McCain-Palin ticket is trying to label Obama-Biden with.
Take your blinders off.
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