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Palin Shopping Spree OK: Feds

Commission nixes complaint that RNC's $150K in clothing purchases broke law

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(Newser) – The Federal Election Commission dismissed today a complaint that the Republican National Committee broke the law when it bought $150,000 in clothes for then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The FEC said purchases were “coordinated party expenditures” for campaign purposes, and did not violate a ban on using campaign funds for personal expenses as a watchdog group alleged.

In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, acknowledges the crowd during an election-night rally in Phoenix.
In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, acknowledges the crowd during an election-night rally in Phoenix.   (AP Photo)
In this Feb. 11, 2009, file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin listens to a question during a news conference, in Juneau, Alaska.
In this Feb. 11, 2009, file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin listens to a question during a news conference, in Juneau, Alaska.   (AP Photo)
In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin smiles as she talks to reporters after she voted at Wasilla City Hall in Wasilla, Alaska.
In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin smiles as she talks to reporters after she voted at Wasilla City Hall in Wasilla, Alaska.   (AP Photo)
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Forderon
May 19, 09 3:48 PM CDT
Not illegal, but certainly stupid to spend 150k on clothing when the economy was collapsing in front of their eyes and they were preaching fiscal responsibility. Reply
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carol
May 19, 09 4:00 PM CDT
Check you timeline Forderon. Clothes by handlers picked by the RNC purchased them before the convention.....close to a month before the collapse.
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Robert_Dada
May 19, 09 6:35 PM CDT
Carol: The US was in a recession for all of 2008 but the conservatives were either too stupid to know it or were trying to cover it up until the election was over. McCain himself was babbling that the fundamentals of the economy were 'sound'. At the same time, many economists were sounding the alarms that the economy was indeed in a huge amount of trouble.
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Forderon
May 20, 09 12:22 AM CDT
I know my timeline very well. According to economists, the recession started some time in December 2007. There were even $150B in stimulus checks mailed out that spring. You mean to tell me the Republicans didn't know about this?
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ClingingToHope
May 19, 09 3:49 PM CDT
Where's the investigation on Chairman Obama's wife wearing $450 sneakers to serve slop at a homeless shelter? Reply
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