Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit

Vanity Fair | Sep. 4, 2008 (Comment)

One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans like Levi "F-in' Redneck" Johnston.

It caught our attention, then, when First Lady Laura Bush and would-be First Lady Cindy McCain took the stage Tuesday night wearing some rather fancy designer clothes. So we asked our fashion department to price out their outfits. Full Story »

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Topics: Money and Politics, John McCain
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 5, 2008 - 1:11 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The estimates of outfit costs for republican wifes suggests their worry about poor people; they don't want to be one. Then again, moose turd earings lack something in status and glamour. The story is not important as a political issue, but does present some interesting facets of the convention.

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