Clothes make the woman

Why is it we never seem to get tired of talking about female politicians’ clothing?

There are a number of things people can attack Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on.

While Mayor, she charged sexual assault victims for the cost of processing their rape kits.

She wants to ban all abortion, even in cases of rape, incest or when the mother’s health is at risk.

An employee quit over her horrible record of not hiring Alaskan Natives.

She keeps using her five kids as political props.

I really could go on all day.

Now Palin is drawing fire for spending $150,000 of the Republican party’s money on clothes for the campaign.

Let’s draw the line here.

While her clothing spending is incredibly high, it’s really unfair to talk about it because we have no point for comparison.

I haven’t seen a single article on what the men in the American election race are spending on their suits. For all we know Democrat VP candidate Joe Biden could be spending twice as much.

It’s infuriating that in this day and age, women politician are still more critically viewed for what they look like and what they wear than what they believe or how they do the job. 

The point the media was likely trying to make is that Palin would be fiscally irresponsible with government money, but there are much better ways to prove it.

Take the fact that she spent $50,000 in tax payer’s money to redecorate her office... twice, while she was Mayor.

Comments

[Jennifer]

We DO have a point of comparison. Biden bought his own clothes. And her running mate, Senator McCain, helped craft and pass rules relating to this very issue --- personal items, including clothes, are not to be purchased using campaign funds.

This is NOT an issue related to the fact that she's a woman. This is an issue related to the fact that she portrays herself as an average hockey mom, to whom the average person is to relate. How does the average person relate to someone who spends the equivalent of a healthy annual salary on a designer wardrobe only to be worn for --- what? --- 8 weeks.

[Wally Keeler]

Who is it that demonstrates more concern about what a female politician wears? Men? or Women? or both equally?