My mom and I have been watching the news of Sarah Palin's spending sprees with a combination of outrage, horror and serious amusement these past couple days.
My mother is especially horrified at the amount of GOP money spent by Sarah Palin, reminding me that even Barbara Bush got all her clothing off the rack from Talbot's (though clearly she could have afforded to shop anywhere).
But the tipping point that made Mom ask me to post something on Kos was hearing the Republican spin that the Palin expense is somehow justified because the campaign intends to donate the clothes to charity after Sarah Palin's done wearing them.
As Mom says:
Nobody just tosses clothes in the trash when they're done with them -- we all donate our clothes to charity.
As ever, the Republican excuses are insulting and meaningless. Still, I guess it's nice of the GOP to give SNL and Tina Fey this week's material.