I suppose I should thank David Flanders for setting me to thinking about this....
By now, you've no doubt heard that the Republican National Committee has provided Sarah Palin with a lavish new wardrobe to the tune of $150,000. Yes, if that isn't disturbing and excessive in a time when Joe Six-Pack is struggling to make ends meet, I don't know what would be. Nonetheless, Palin's a hockey mom, a real American, so far be it from me, a card-carrying member of the Liberal Elite to question her haberdashery habits. I'm not a real American, so what in the Hell do I know?
No, what I'm concerned about is wondering if I've spent $150k on clothing IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Frankly, given that my taste in clothes runs toward t-shirts and jeans, I seriously doubt that my lifetime accumulation of clothing even approaches $150k. I mean, I can spell "Armani", but nothing bearing that nametag has ever graced a hangar in my closet. Even the few suits I've owned have been off-the-rack and nothing to brag about.
$150,000?? Man, just think what I could do with that money, eh?? I could buy a house (well, probably not in Portland), buy another car, send a few kids to college, fund a food bank, replace my entire wardrobe (probably several times over), or do something else that just might make this world a better place.
Of course, the real question here is whether Palin gets to keep the clothes once the campaign is over and she slinks back to her slimepit in Alaska to lick her wounds?
Somewhere, Mr. Blackwell is snickering....
