I was astounded and dismayed, when this issue exploded, that the supposed conservative/republican mouthpieces of the media also ran this as a "front page" item. After all the discussion and hullabaloo, it turned out that none of it made a whit's worth of difference anyway. The liberal media got the story out that they wanted to get out and, since most of the American population's brains were on hold at the time (under the Obamarama spell), this was merely one more thing to hold against Governor Palin to substantiate claims of Governor Palin's supposedly being unqualified for the office of VP.
I include this here because there was a blurb today on AOL (and no, I did not actually read the piece) that the RNC apparently does not know what's become of the clothes originally purchased for Governor Palin. Maybe someone should remind the AOL writer the clothes were supposed to have been donated . . . and that maybe they were? Maybe that should be the first line of inquiry, if it was not?
Anyway, I am well aware that too often, the goal of blurbs and headlines and "teases" from media is to merely entice and attract, not necessarily to inform. Every single piece of "mainstream" media "information" must be taken with a large, and sometimes enormous, grain of salt.
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Clothes Make the Man?
My husband and I were watching Huckabee the other night and one of the "issues" brought up with guest Janine Turner was the flap (no pun intended) over Governor Palin’s wardrobe on the campaign trail.
The headlines blazed – of course – over the supposed cost of the clothes: $150,000.00 or some such "outrageous" sum. Of course, this was a lead story on all the so-called "major" networks. Of course, this was the front page story on all the so-called "major" newspapers.
Of course, as often occurs when the Fourth Estate is dishonest in their "representations," the truth finally emerged (and probably already known at the time of the "broadcast"):
• Governor Palin did not purchase the clothes herself.
• Governor Palin did not request the purchase of the clothes.
• Governor Palin did not have any input into the decision.
• The clothes were purchased by the Republican Committee to be lent to Governor for her use on the campaign trail.
The crux of the matter is, of course, yet another example of the supposedly "open-minded and fair" network press and broadcasting . . . like the New York Times, for example.
Other than John Kerry’s shoes and haircut, and all the hoopla over Jackie Kennedy’s designer clothes, I have never heard such a plethora of nonsense regarding any candidate’s clothes.
Do the clothes make the man – or woman, as the case may be? Of course not!
So, then, why all the hullabaloo being made over Governor Palin’s wardrobe?
I would bet that the greater majority of the Republicans and others who have donated to the McCain-Palin campaign more than likely don’t care a hoot about any portion of contribution money that may have been spent on Governor Palin’s clothes.
The fact that she could not reach into her own closet and drag out a Givenchy or Armani or Versace or whatever other "name" is tops among the clothes-horses these days merely proves to me – as it should to everyone – that she really is just like one of us, the regular people, the "Joes" of the world – also known as "We the People."
As Janine Turner astutely points out, "It’s not about the fiber that she wears. It’s about the moral fiber that she has."
And that’s one of the only characteristics that matter in a Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate.
John McCain and Sarah Palin have both proven they have all the moral rectitude and character needed for the positions for which they are applying.
Originally published October 26, 2008 by Mczwz. All Rights Reserved