The Empress's New Clothes

I wanted you know that, in order to keep up with the current political campaigns--especially the Republican campaign-- I have persuaded Sirius Radio to set up a $150,000 dollar tab at Neiman Marcus and Brooks Brothers... The great rigors and variables of this long, hard campaign require clothes that are stylish, well-made and suited to every part of the country where campaigning takes place... True, I only sit in a radio studio in mid-town Manhattan and nobody ever sees me when I talk except my engineer. But these are minor details--the kind, in fact, with which only anti-Americans would find fault.
With my new wardrobe (which I will donate to charity after the election), I feel much better equipped to handle anything the campaign might throw at me...

Now that I've had my joke, I actually don't find it so terribly outrageous that Sarah Palin (and, probably, her husband and baby) were given all that money for new clothes by the Republican National Committee. She is, by far, (certainly compared to McCain) the least wealthy one in the President/VP race. The other guys all have a lot of expensive coats, suits, ties, shirts and shoes. So, let poor little hockey mom get dressed up already! In the context of obscence amounts of money "required" these days for campaigning and the real fact that she comes from a relatively frozen place, she probably should have a whole lot of new clothes.
If she had a few heavy coats, ski-jackets, boots, a couple of governor-type suits... well, that is definitely not going to work in Florida, New Mexico, etc. etc. Also, America is sodden to the bone with the culture of celebrity and mere looks. Haven't the Republicans pointed that out about their opponent, Mr. GQ Hussein Obama? Its simply intelligent and culture- appropriate for the Repubs. to buy her a lot of fancy, well-tailored stuff... Obviously the amount is probably about $75,000 too high (that's judging by my middle-class standards) And, of course, the real hypocrisy--in a Republican campaign that has scaled the highest peaks of hypocrisy-- is that Ms. Palin never shuts up about "the little guy", the small-town kinda folks--the ones who shop in Walmart and can hardly dress their kids for the cold weather-- REAL Americans.... So, she makes these phony, faux-emotional speeches about her understanding and being one of the great mass of small-town, struggling voters while she is now wearing $3,000 dollars suits and $600 dollar tailored leather jackets.
And I say, let her keep the clothes. She's really only playing a game show called: "Maybe You Can Be Vice-President!" On other game shows, if you get close and don't win, at least you get to keep some of the other prizes...

Mike mikefeder@nyc.rr.com