Thursday, October 23, 2008
Money
"the Republican National Committee spent $150,000 on makeup consultations and clothes at high-end department stores such as Neiman Marcus and Saks in New York and St. Louis."
Obviously the Obama folks are looking for any kind of dirt to throw McCain's way. Equally obviously, the McCain folks should've seen this coming. I would guess that for something with the stature of the Republican convention, spending a bunch on clothes and makeup could be justified. Equally, however, in these days of economic downturns and the painting of Palin as "Mrs. Joe Six-Pack" and hockey mom extradinaire, you'd think they'd have had more sense than to spend the price of a home on dresses and lipstick.
And speaking of money, I think Obama has now raised something like $600+ million for his campaign! That means, to my cynical way of thinking, that a bunch of people have paid a bunch of money to Obama in the hopes that stuff he does will pay them back for all the money they've sent him. (and really, how do you say NO to someone who just handed you $1,000,000) I'll tell you what Mr. Obama, you send me just .0165% of that, about $100,000, and I'll be more than happy to vote for you and you don't even have to do me any favors in the future.
P.S. Do you realize that as much as Obama's $600,000,000 seems, it's only .075% of what Bush has us paying out to bail out the banks and loan companies - who seem to be spending at least some of it on $400,000 vacations and "executive retreats."
P.P.S. If any of my math - especially the percentages - are wrong, please let me know. Dealing with millions, billions and trillions has always been a bit confusing for me.
P.P.P.S. Did you know that the list price of a nice six-piece set of Sorby lathe chisels is just over $300 which is about .00005% of Obama's war chest?
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