WE ARE DROWNING IN BS
McCain Has Terse Response on Palin Shopping Spree
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 23, 2008
Filed at 12:12 p.m. ET
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Presidential candidate John McCain isn’t happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories.
McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they’ll be donated to charity.
McCain offered no further comment, except to say that the Republican National Committee doesn’t buy his clothes.
News of the purchases, largely from upscale Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, contrasts with the image Palin has crafted as a typical hockey mom.
Asked Wednesday who had paid for the suit he was wearing, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Va.: ‘’I pay for my suits. I pay for all of my own clothing.'’