Cindy McCain's $300, 000 Outfit

[Leslie]

by Vanity Fair September 4, 2008, 10:29 AM
One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans like Levi “F-in’ Redneck” Johnston.

It caught our attention, then, when First Lady Laura Bush and would-be First Lady Cindy McCain took the stage Tuesday night wearing some rather fancy designer clothes. So we asked our fashion department to price out their outfits.

Laura Bush
Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500
Stuart Weitzman heels: $325
Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500
Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.

(All prices except Laura’s shoes and Cindy’s watch are estimates, and the jewelry prices are based on the assumption that the pieces are real.)



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Link (http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html)

Does anyone think they were wearin' knockoffs? :lmao:

[AnnEsthesia]

I am sure the people who decried Michelle Obama's $600 earrings comment as being offensive to the middle class will be along to decry this ostentatious display. /sarcasm

[piratemonkey]

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Hillarious!

[PostmodernProphet]

dang....just think of all the styrofoam greek columns they could have bought with that much money....

[lily]

dang....just think of all the styrofoam greek columns they could have bought with that much money....

I don't think they were styrofoam as the convention was green.


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I'm sorry, $3,000.00 for Cindy's dress......she definately needs a refund. Laura's was nice.....but then she does have a sense on how a First Lady should dress.

I'm also not up on these things, as I simply can't afford them.....was everything they were wearing American made?

[ECW]

Everyone wants to be a beauty queen so they can dress up in nice clothes!

Even Rudy!

http://blogs.news.com.au/images/uploads/giuliani_drag.jpg

[suedanim]

dang....just think of all the styrofoam greek columns they could have bought with that much money....

Democrats were just trying to make good use of George Bush's Greek column backdrop from the Republican Convention of 2004 by recycling them for an MLK tribute.

That kind of thing is lost on the likes of Palin and the rest.

[NIOSA]

I thought Cindy looked lovely. If i was as rich as Cindy, I'd spend a lot of $$$$$ on an outfit like that.
Class envy rearing it's ugly ahead here?
As for Michelles $600 earrings, gosh, that's news, all I had heard about was her $149 sun dress she wore on the view. I wondered why the cost of her dress was even of interest, now I know why, "Michelle is one of us, awwwww"

[Truth_and_Power]

I thought Cindy looked lovely. If i was as rich as Cindy, I'd spend a lot of $$$$$ on an outfit like that.
Class envy rearing it's ugly ahead here?
As for Michelles $600 earrings, gosh, that's news, all I had heard about was her $149 sun dress she wore on the view. I wondered why the cost of her dress was even of interest, now I know why, "Michelle is one of us, awwwww"

The republicans picked this fight with their nonstop parroting of "elitist". Don't start no shit won't be no shit..

[December]

How much? 300.000? Wow....
You can buy a house with this sort of money.




http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080904/capt.cps.nmj73.040908125751.photo00.photo.default-359x512.jpg

A sign hangs outside a foreclosed home in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2008. The economy may be the number one issue in the White House race, but the Republican National Convention has yet to dwell on the troubles of Americans trying to make ends meet.
(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)


ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - The economy may be the number one issue in the White House race, but the Republican National Convention has yet to dwell on the troubles of Americans trying to make ends meet.

Vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin and party stalwarts Wednesday argued Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would swamp hopes of growth by dumping a massive tax burden on the slowing US economy.

"Taxes are too high ... he wants to raise them," said Palin, governor of resource-rich Alaska who Republicans say introduced trailblazing reforms which busted corruption in her home state.
"His tax increases are the fine print in his economic plan -- raise income taxes, payroll taxes, investment income taxes, the death tax, business taxes, the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars," she said.

With oil prices still high, the US economy is sputtering amid a weak housing market, squeezed credit and lackluster consumer spending, while inflation pressures are high, the Federal Reserve said in a report Wednesday.
While much of the convention rhetoric focused on patriotism and attacking Obama, Mitt Romney -- a multi-millionaire former chief executive and ex-Massachusetts governor -- reminded delegates about the economic slowdown this year but did not set out a policy prescription.

"Mortgage money was handed out like candy, speculators bought homes for free -- when this mortgage mania finally broke, it slammed the economy. And stratospheric gas prices made things even worse," he said.

"When gasoline costs four dollars a gallon, it makes it tough if you're a single mom to get to your job each day in the used car you drive. You want something to change," he said.

"If you're a flight attendant or baggage handler and you're asked to take a pay cut to keep your job, you want something to change.
"If you're a young couple losing your house, your credit rating, and your American dream, you want something to change," said Huckabee, who enjoys support from conservative Christian voters who disdained McCain.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080904/pl_afp/usvoterepublicaneconomy

[brien]

Just like Communists, Socialists, and malcontents to sow the seeds of discontent when it comes to money and material things.

Let's not bother talking about all of the Folleywood types who suppport those candidates and wear all of those expensive clothes during the Oscars. Let's not call to the red carpet all of the politicians in DC, of BOTH PARTIES, who wear expensive clothes and expensive jewelry and have expensive cars and 7 figure homes.

Oh the mendacity...oh the hypocrisy. Big Daddy, get me outta here...Brick, I think I need a drink...I'll see you and Big Daddy down in the cellar.

[NIOSA]

I don't think they were styrofoam as the convention was green.


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I'm sorry, $3,000.00 for Cindy's dress......she definately needs a refund. Laura's was nice.....but then she does have a sense on how a First Lady should dress.

I'm also not up on these things, as I simply can't afford them.....was everything they were wearing American made?

I think it was meant as a joke. As for the convention being green, well, that would depend. Did you hear about all the trash bins having to be gone through because the conventioneers either couldn't read the waste bins, "plastic & glass" or "garbage", or they. like most of us, recycle if it isn't too much trouble.
All those man hours wasted because people couldn't be bothered.

[NIOSA]

The republicans picked this fight with their nonstop parroting of "elitist". Don't start no shit won't be no shit..

Ok, &?

[NIOSA]

How much? 300.000? Wow....
You can buy a house with this sort of money.




http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080904/capt.cps.nmj73.040908125751.photo00.photo.default-359x512.jpg

A sign hangs outside a foreclosed home in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2008. The economy may be the number one issue in the White House race, but the Republican National Convention has yet to dwell on the troubles of Americans trying to make ends meet.
(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)


ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - The economy may be the number one issue in the White House race, but the Republican National Convention has yet to dwell on the troubles of Americans trying to make ends meet.

Vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin and party stalwarts Wednesday argued Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would swamp hopes of growth by dumping a massive tax burden on the slowing US economy.

"Taxes are too high ... he wants to raise them," said Palin, governor of resource-rich Alaska who Republicans say introduced trailblazing reforms which busted corruption in her home state.
"His tax increases are the fine print in his economic plan -- raise income taxes, payroll taxes, investment income taxes, the death tax, business taxes, the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars," she said.

With oil prices still high, the US economy is sputtering amid a weak housing market, squeezed credit and lackluster consumer spending, while inflation pressures are high, the Federal Reserve said in a report Wednesday.
While much of the convention rhetoric focused on patriotism and attacking Obama, Mitt Romney -- a multi-millionaire former chief executive and ex-Massachusetts governor -- reminded delegates about the economic slowdown this year but did not set out a policy prescription.

"Mortgage money was handed out like candy, speculators bought homes for free -- when this mortgage mania finally broke, it slammed the economy. And stratospheric gas prices made things even worse," he said.

"When gasoline costs four dollars a gallon, it makes it tough if you're a single mom to get to your job each day in the used car you drive. You want something to change," he said.

"If you're a flight attendant or baggage handler and you're asked to take a pay cut to keep your job, you want something to change.
"If you're a young couple losing your house, your credit rating, and your American dream, you want something to change," said Huckabee, who enjoys support from conservative Christian voters who disdained McCain.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080904/pl_afp/usvoterepublicaneconomy

Not much of a dacha for 300 K though.

[brien]

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How much? 300.000? Wow...You can buy a house with this sort of money.


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In Russia it would probably buy 300,000 homes....or still better yet, 300,000 bottles of Vodka...

[suedanim]

The republicans picked this fight with their nonstop parroting of "elitist". Don't start no shit won't be no shit..

I don't understand Republicans defending that kind of extravagance... SINCE... they condemn Democrats for similar things...

:shame: Illogical..

[Leslie]

I don't understand Republicans defending that kind of extravagance... SINCE... they condemn Democrats for similar things...

:shame: Illogical..


I think you mean hypocrisy. ;)

[brien]

I don't understand Republicans defending that kind of extravagance... SINCE... they condemn Democrats for similar things...

:shame: Illogical..

Not for nothing, but do you have any evidence of this? What is wrong with "extravagance" anyway?

[DamnYankee]

Cindy McCain's $300, 000 Outfit

Good for her. I hope she has a 364 more just like it so the leftist can whine for the rest of the year.

[NIOSA]

I don't understand Republicans defending that kind of extravagance... SINCE... they condemn Democrats for similar things...

:shame: Illogical..

Noooo, what conservatives condem dems for is that they grab OPM & spend, spend. Cindy, & other conservatives spend their own money. If ya got it flaunt it. If ya don't, then get a job.

[ECW]

Noooo, what conservatives condem dems for is that they grab OPM & spend, spend. Cindy, & other conservatives spend their own money. If ya got it flaunt it. If ya don't, then get a job.

Smells like the justification for an elitist lifestyle if you ask me.

[brien]

Originally Posted by suedanim
I don't understand Republicans defending that kind of extravagance... SINCE... they condemn Democrats for similar things...

Illogical..


Not for nothing, but do you have any evidence of this? What is wrong with "extravagance" anyway?


I didn't think so...Empty partisan barrels rattling around the warehouse of rhetoric, once again.