Sarah Palin is shooting back at criticisms and smears coming from anonymous people within John McCain’s campaign.

In an e-mail statement to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, a top aide to Palin on Thursday said:

"This is so unfortunately and, quite honestly, sickening. The accusations we are hearing and reading are not true and since we deny all these anonymous allegations, there is nothing specific to which we will respond. We have the highest regards for Sen. John McCain. Gov. Palin was honored to be chosen as McCain’s running mate and as governor of Alaska, Gov. Palin looks forward to working with President-elect Obama on securing energy independence for America."

Palin herself on Wednesday said: "They’re unnamed sources and that says it all," calling the people behind the leaks "small, bitter people."

Palin said her relationship with McCain himself was "great." "I have nothing but admiration for him, I love him."

She also blasted the media for not doing more to "correct" the misinformation that was reported over and over about her record during the last two months of the campaign.

The Los Angeles Times reported that MCain aides said a Republican Party lawyer would be dispatched to Alaska to inventory and retrieve the clothes still in her possession purchased with the party’s money. Although McCain staffers say they were surprised by the amount of money Palin was spending on clothes — and that she went overbudget and had her staff put clothing purchases on personal credit cards — Palin aides deny this.

Several close to the governor said that Palin was outraged by the amount of money being spent on her clothing and that she was naive about what the clothes cost.

"The very first day of shopping, there was a $14,000 price tag and … she was absolutely shocked," one of the Palin aides said.

Palin didn’t like some of the clothes that were chosen for her, the aide said, adding that "a lot of that stuff that was purchased was never worn by her — that was by her choice." Palin was then frustrated when the press got wind of the story, telling audiences that she wears a lot of her own clothing and hadn’t asked for the lavish purchases.

The latest on the wardrobe, The Washington Post reports today, is that on top of the $150,000 first outlined in federal filings, Palin spent "tens of thousands of dollars" on additional clothing, makeup and jewelry for herself and her family, including $40,000 in luxury goods for her husband, Todd. The campaign was charged for silk boxer shorts, spray tanners and 13 suitcases to carry all the designer clothes, according to two GOP insiders.