the rix mix

I don't begrudge Sarah Palin her $150,000 wardrobe / beauty upgrade paid for by the RNC. She's the star, & she isn't rich. Always sneaking family expenditures into her governor's expense account. Sarah speaks at political fundraisers where other women are wearing at least that much money head to toe total. Why should she play the proletariat beggar, a trailer trash mouthpiece for billionaire war profiteers? In the event Sarah loses this race & concludes she can't be President of the United States, or it'd be too much of a hassle to try, it's possible she won't even run for reelection as governor, keep everybody guessing about her national political future to maintain her celebrity status, & when money from the book deal, FOX TV contract, & speaking fees roll in, she'll move to the lower 48 & own more shoes than Imelda. Because that's what she originally wanted before she ran for mayor: media celebrity, the all-purpose, I'll do or say almost anything for money celebrity that encompasses personalities as distinctly different as Anne Coulter, Pamela Anderson, Rachel Ray, Paris Hilton, & Marie Osmond. She'll be charging $25 grand just to say grace at prayer breakfasts.

What disappoints is that Sarah didn't choose her new wardrobe. It was purchased for her by a Repug operative named Jeff Larson. Could anything be more frustrating for Sarah than to be denied shopping sprees at Neiman Marcus, Saks, & Barney's? (Barney's men's section is also popular with wealthy dykes, so I've heard.) If you're old enough, you'll recall the grand prizes of 15, 10, & 5 minute toy store shopping sprees Mickey Mouse Club used to have, those winning kids knew exactly what they were looking for, & which aisle; all high end toys. Sarah would have done the same kind of research. But everybody wants to see Sarah & hardly anyone wants to see John, so they got her running around nonstop.

Still, we're a long way from VP candidate Dick Nixon's 1952 "Checkers" speech:

Well, in addition to the mortgage, the 20,000 dollar mortgage on the house in Washington, the 10,000 dollar one on the house in Whittier, I owe 4500 dollars to the Riggs Bank in Washington, D.C., with interest 4 and 1/2 percent. I owe 3500 dollars to my parents, and the interest on that loan, which I pay regularly, because it's the part of the savings they made through the years they were working so hard -- I pay regularly 4 percent interest. And then I have a 500 dollar loan, which I have on my life insurance.

Well, that's about it. That's what we have. And that's what we owe. It isn't very much. But Pat and I have the satisfaction that every dime that we've got is honestly ours. I should say this, that Pat doesn't have a mink coat. But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat, and I always tell her she'd look good in anything.

Any aspiring male politician who needs to look good in a conservative suit should invest in good conservative suits, & own at least two better than he can afford, & take that attitude as far as he can. Which reminds me of the guy I knew whose fiance advised him to get a fine suit, so he did, but it was a fantastic Italian design completely inappropriate for employment interviews. We all agreed he looked terrific. He didn't really want a corporate job, & eventually started a screen printing business out of their garage.

Labels: Grandma Palin, THE election