Originally Posted by
JessTD
it's an image thing though
i doubt obama personally pays for his makeup people though :dunno:
i dont know i guess i just dont see the big deal as long as its campaign money being spent not tax dollars. i understand needing to project a certain image and that stuff isnt cheap. i havent seen an uproar, except media reporting and liberals pointing it out but then i could care less myself like i said
although i will say palin does seem to like to have the govt foot whatever bills she can, she was good at doin it in alaska too
I don't think he pays for his own makeup people though, that's more than likely footed by the DNC. I mean it's fair to say that image is a big thing to politicians, just the biggest uproar I can understand is if you donate to a cause you don't necessarily think that your money be spent on the clothing for the cause. I do agree with you that if it's money spent by their campaign group it's fair game but some people don't like to see their donations spent that way. I wouldn't but I understand the necessity.
Here's the article I was talking about Jesse:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politic...side23.article
Anyways I don't think it was a good idea to spend that much money, since it's campaign money it has to be itemized and logged. If it were her own money I don't believe anyone would care. It's really a non-issue but since people are hurting now with the economy it makes big news.