[Rhodes22-list] Palin stylist draws higher pay than policy adviser

[Rik Sandberg]

Rob,

Old and useless news. Has anybody bothered to ask the price of one of 
those fancy suits that the teflon man (Obama) wears??

Rik

Will Rogers often said, "There's nothing quite like money in the bank." He went on to say, "I'm not so concerned about the return on my money as I am about the return of my money."



Lowe, Rob wrote:
> Is this what you would call style over substance? - rob
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> By JIM KUHNHENN
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> The Associated Press 
> Friday, October 24, 2008; 3:57 PM 
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> WASHINGTON -- An acclaimed celebrity makeup artist for Republican vice
> presidential candidate Sarah Palin collected more money from John McCain
> <http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000303/> 's
> campaign than his foreign policy adviser. Amy Strozzi, who works on the
> reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" and has been Palin's traveling
> stylist, was paid $22,800, according to campaign finance reports for the
> first two weeks in October. In contrast, McCain's foreign policy
> adviser, Randy Scheunemann, was paid $12,500, the report showed. 
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> McCain's campaign said the payment covered a portion of her work in
> September and a portion of October. An earlier campaign finance report
> showed Strozzi was paid $13,200 for a portion of September. 
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> In recent days, McCain and his running mate have tried to douse a furor
> over how their side spent their money. The Republican National Committee
> came under scrutiny after the party committee reported earlier this week
> that it had spent about $150,000 in September on wardrobe and cosmetics
> after Palin joined the GOP ticket. 
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> In an interview with the Chicago Tribune and Fox News on Thursday, Palin
> said the clothes bought for the Republican National Convention were not
> worth $150,000 and said most have not left her campaign plane. She also
> said the family shops frugally. 
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> "Those clothes are not my property. We had three days of using clothes
> that the RNC purchased," Palin told Fox News in an interview that aired
> Thursday night. 
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> There was no evidence of additional clothing purchases in the most
> recent reports. 
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