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Morning News: Palin's Had Enough of the Clothes (and John McCain!)

Posted by Madeline Holler

Republican BFF Elisabeth Hasselbeck hit the campaign trail over the weekend and, for once, got to deliver the GOP message without getting interrupted by her co-workers.

Daily Palin: Hasselbeck calls the focus on Sarah Palin's wardrobe expenditures "deliberately sexist" and then says Sarah Palin "sure is a woman who knows how to dress." And accessorize. Liz's evidence?

A flag pin, which is not in the expense report, because it's priceless. Mmmkay ... huh? Liiiiiiz, as long as it's free or priceless or whatever, it doesn't have to show up in the expense report.

Anyway, McCain says the cost to outfit his running mate isn't nearly $150K. More like, $100K, because they're returning a bunch of the stuff. (Fine. File the receipts.)

Now, McCain didn't say what the true cost of Palin is to his campaign, but his aides aren't holding back. Top level advisers are saying Palin's gone rogue. Following Hasselbeck's wardrobe comments, Palin explained to the crowd that the clothes weren't her property. A McCain campaign aide said (we can only imagine with slumped shoulders and shaking head) that those "were not the remarks we sent to her plane this morning."

That maverick thing is biting the original maverick in the ass. So while John McCain's political future implodes, Palin is trying to preserve hers for 2012, insiders say, right before they call her a diva.

Salon calls her the ultimate reality TV star (which brings us full circle back to Elisabeth!).

In Florida over the weekend, Palin criticized Barack Obama and the media and said the "coronation is already set." Wait ... she knows we don't do that in the U.S., right?

Incidentally, her hometown paper, the Anchorage Daily News, made its endorsement yesterday. They picked Obama. (Awkward.)

Some polls are reporting that Obama's lead over McCain has dropped five points (they credit the fact that McCain actually started talking about the economy). Nonetheless, some are reporting the Illinois senator will makes his closing arguments today in Canton, Ohio.

It might not matter what the polls -- or the voters! -- say. Salon's Machinist blog reports a bunch of screwed up ballots cast during early voting. The machines are vote-flipping. So if you cast your ballot for Obama, it's going to McCain (or the Green party). 

In happy news, Amy Poehler had her baby, live from New York on Saturday Night! Actually, it's kind of sad news, because she's not going back to SNL. But, wait, there's another bit of happy: she and husband Will Arnett named the boy a Morning News approved Archie Arnett. Awwwwwww.

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Comments

 

leahsmom said:

<i>That maverick thing is biting the original maverick in the ass.</i>

Priceless.

October 27, 2008 9:21 AM
 

Brett Singer said:

The fact that her hometown newspaper endorsed Obama kind of puts that whole "she's so popular in her home state" thing to rest.

October 27, 2008 9:47 AM
 

JenM said:

I remember not too long ago some criticism of McCain about his very pricey suits and shoes.  So how is that sexist?

October 27, 2008 4:08 PM
 

dandalora said:

This is left propaganda to the extreme!  Keep up the good work babble.com with your sneaky agenda luring young families here to only get their vote for Obama!

October 27, 2008 4:18 PM
 

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) said:

I just wish obama spread the wealth around to us better ... always taking it from plumbers and giving it to billionaires. When will babble get its turn, that's what I want to know!

October 27, 2008 4:30 PM
 

Obama Been Lately said:

Look, Babble, you just lose one more customer.  You run this business because of guys and gals like Joe the Plummer.  Want to pay more taxes and steal money from the 250k plus people and give them to the poor...those who have too many kids living on welfare...is that it? For me, this country was founded on a capitalism ground and judeo christian faith. Obama has no faith in anything. He opens his mouth to where ever the wind blows. change message just to get people vote for him.  That is real politics.

October 27, 2008 6:50 PM
 

Toni said:

That is one woman I cannot stand. She is some piece of work. I just want to say to the people that comment that Babble is a democratic sight with sneaky ways. If you don't like it don't read it. I am so sick of people complaining about it.

October 27, 2008 6:57 PM
 

Arrow Tech IV said:

As a "Social liberal, fiscal conservative" Texan who does not listen to TV, this is one of the only sites where I ever hear anyone saying the things that I think all of the time.  If you are trapped in a different environment and dislike Babble because they represent something you feel like you hear too often, find a Republican/Socially Conservative parenting website.  They are out there.  They might not be as good, as funny, or as timely as Babble, but they do exist.

As for me, I relax at Babble.  Most weeks, I have passed forty or fifty McCain/Palin signs in people's yards (and only a few lonely Obama signs), my students have worn "I'm voting for the Chick" t-shirts to my college classes (wrong on so many levels), my close relatives have implied that I'm close to a communist because I freely admit to thinking it's okay for homosexuals to marry (also a weird and confusing argument).  It's nice to see people who think that this country has been heading in a weird direction and they want us to return to an America where the press actually criticizes people, interviews and asks difficult questions.  They want three equal branches of government with checks and balances.  They want the US to stop torturing people.

What a relief, after all the madness I have heard around me everyday!  Doesn't "Drill, baby, drill!" seem insane to you, too?  Come on?  What are we, as parents, going to tell our children about the choices we made in terms of debt, moral choices, and protecting the environment if we continue to go on the toxic path the Republicans have beaten into the ground during the last eight years?  

October 27, 2008 11:53 PM
 

hand said:

WHAT???? No more Amy Poehler on SNL?? I am devastated.

Her Hillary Clinton ("I cannot!") still makes me laugh every time I think about it.

October 28, 2008 9:26 AM

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