WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Federal Election Commission dismissed a complaint on Tuesday against the Republican Party for funding a $150,000 designer wardrobe for then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the group that filed complaint, argued that political candidates aren't allowed to spend campaign donations on personal items like clothing. But the FEC dismissed the case on Tuesday, saying that the purchases were "coordinated party expenditures" because the Republican National Committee spent its own money alone on her wardrobe, and did not use donations made to the McCain-Palin campaign.
In the original complaint, CREW targeted over $150,000 spent at high-end stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus to outfit Palin and her family after she was picked as McCain's vice presidential nominee.
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I see all the conservative bloggers and I guess you losers are all the ones who havent set your bumper stickers to a new election cycle. You lost. Youre losers and if you cling to a life raft called Palin, youre just a bigger loser.
Also, CREW is gunning for Murtha, and is not a "lib" entity. It stands for ethics in Congress and sees no party line. So read something, when you can, other than the crawl on Fox News.
But most of you just listen...when not blogging while, youre kids are having unprotected sex.
can't believe this is still a story
It makes no difference how much the Republican Party spent on Gov. Sarah Palin clothes, when you put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig.
To Dutch/Bad Newz,
This pig is hot.
Deal with it.
I can't believe you democratic based news organizations can't find a real story to bash the Republicans with.
TO GLEN:
What makes you and others think that Palin SCARES Democrats? Are you kidding me? The woman is a joke and too ridiculous for words. Scared? Please!
Pretty sad when a governor of a state does not have clothes to wear on the campaign trail. Maybe she just didn't have enough class to refuse them. Maybe she didn"t have enough common sense to know how to shop for clothes. After all, she didn't know which newspaper she read. Oh I forgot, she could see Russia from her house.
HEY if idiotic Americans want to THROW their money at clothing Sarah Palin then by ALL means, knock yourselves out!!
But don't come crying the "I'm broke" blues later on down the line.
I for one fail to see anything more than hate and lies from Sarah you betcha but her brtain is the size of Barbie's.
Should put those $150 k clothes on a pig and compare these twins!!!!!!!
Why is Sarah Palin still in the news. She belongs on the cartoon page.
Dear Mississippi Mike,
Most women DO NOT love Palin, at least not the educated women I know. NONE of them love Palin. In fact, NONE of them even like Palin. They see her as an illiterate fool constantly engaged in CYA. I hope you live happily ever after in your world of dilusion. This woman lost the election for the Republican Party. Plain and simple. But, she came out of it no longer needing Republican Party dollars to buy a dress and matching jacket, shoes, purse, clothes for her children, husband, probably a collar for the family dog.....Whatever. The Republicans brought this joke on themselves.
Patricia in Las Vegas May 19th, 2009 5:56 pm ET
to all the fracking idiots who are constantly stating that the Dems are AFRAID of Ms. Palin, get a clue….it is you brainless sheep that adore her that scare us! There aught to be a law against stupidity.
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I actually agree with you about the law against stupidity. I just wish we had it on Election Day 2008!
Repugs keep asking what we are afraid of. I'm afraid for my child that there are so many people in this country that see eye to eye with this baffoon. Be afraid, be very afraid.
I hope Sarah and Bristol Palin remain in the public eye......they keep Democrats in like flint!
Patricia in Las Vegas May 19th, 2009 5:56 pm ET
to all the fracking idiots who are constantly stating that the Dems are AFRAID of Ms. Palin, get a clue….it is you brainless sheep that adore her that scare us! There aught to be a law against stupidity.
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If there were a law against stupidity, then you would not have been allowed to be born.
Sarah Palin is the best thing to ever happen to the Democratic party.
Scared of Palin? Nah. What is to be scared of – she can barely interview herself out of a paper bag. The scary thing is that you all think she's the best thing since sliced bread. Now, THAT'S scary!
Stupidity at its finest. Do you think the Obamas' wardrobe came from a garage sale? Celebrities, the media, business executives, attorneys, et al all have to look professional and spend a lot on their clothes. This is nothing more than the left continuing vicious, inane attacks in ways that are totally inappropriate and irrelevant.
Sarah Palin has not only scared the Democrats the Media is so Afraid of her,they spouted nothing but lies and Inuendos during the campaign,taking the spot light off Obama,So his Inexperience would not show,and now as President it is showing,Painfully.
To "Hope for the future"-- YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!
The FEC is a useless waste of taxpayer money. They never regulate anything, they let everyone get away with the most corrupt, most scandalous practices.
Another REDICULOUS FAR-LEFT LOONEY BIN lawsuit bit the dust. Libs are uning out of arrows in their quiver.
Can she still see Russia from her front door?
Obviously, her "15 Minutes of Fame" is NOT over judging by the number of comments!!!! The Lib's childish insecurity is on FULL display with their comments, once again.
There were five Dems that did the same thing, but CNN will not report on that.