The Final Undoing of Sarah Palin

The Final Undoing of Sarah Palin by: Dan Amira -sorta says it all right? Well, just in case you do not click and read the article, here are highlights:

"With each remaining day as precious to the McCain campaign as a newborn fawn, the recent distractions coming from Sarah Palin can't be helpful. The maverick governor apologized yesterday for her remark abut the "pro-America" parts of the country. Then she gave a dubious answer to a third-grader's question about the role of the vice-president in the United States government. Meanwhile, an AP investigation found that she charged the Alaska government for her kids' travel expenses, and a new NBC/WSJ poll shows that Palin's qualifications are voters' No. 1 concern about voting for McCain. And that was all before Politico revealed that the RNC has spent $150,000 on Palin's wardrobe since late August, the kind of spending spree that doesn't mesh with the candidate's image as a regular hockey mom, nor the campaign's appeals to middle-class Joe the Plumbers."

Amira then list comments made by others, my favorites being:

• Chuck Todd and friends believe the story "could further add to the perception that Palin isn’t a serious candidate." And Andrea Mitchell wonders whether Palin is "permitted to accept these kinds of gifts under Alaska ethics laws." [First Read/MSNBC]

• Jake Tapper wonders whether Palin realizes that even if she donates the clothes to charity, as her campaign claims, she still has to pay taxes on "those fancy new duds just as if someone had written her a check for $150,000." [Political Punch/ABC News]

Naturally, I have to add my own:

Just proves yet again that Palin/McCain are not Eco-Friendly!

Gotta love their spin: "It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign" (McCain-Palin spokesperson Tracey Schmitt). What a waste of energy and natural resources. Why not just shop at a reasonably priced store and donate the MONEY to a worthy cause - like say, paying for Palin's kids to go traveling with her?