Hmm…I just wonder how much ‘this’ cost? http://obamawho.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/obama-dress.jpg

Well of course STYLISTS think it was money well spent… if they’d spent it in a pub BARTENDERS would think it was money well spent! It’s the hypocrisy of the amount of money dressing and putting make-up on the shill who is going around calling Obama “elitist” and talking about “real Americans”.

Looks like Palin needs someone to tell her how to think, how to dress, and how to dress her family. I guess picking someone from a podunk town in Alaska maybe wasn’t the best choice for the repbs. How low will she drag Mccain, will she be the reason he loses the election. I sure hope so.

This is just part of the transformation of politics into entertainment. Of course actors are costumed to appear to be someone they are not. It is just unusual—I think this is a first—to spend campaign funds to costume a politician to appear as someone she is not. There is probably a good opportunity for an enterprising journalist to find photos of Palin before the makeover to see if the money was well spent. I think they could have pulled it off for ten thousand dollars, but then they would have had to shop smarter. Which is the point. Do we want a leader in such grave economic times who does not shop smarter?

I don’t really care what she spends on her clothes - it’s not my money, but if I were a Republican I would be concerned that they were using money that I might have donated to the campaign to “dress” her.

OK - Now we should begin to take another look at what is really going on in these last few days before elections… 1) The incumbents\candidates are so afraid of losing not only the elections but their position of POWER! Doesn’t this all boil down to power, really? We have seen many on this site react in exactly the way the ads were intended. That is the scary part for me. 2) People’s minds are being manipulated much the same way as KR masterminded this [practice] during the 2000, 2004 elections. And, what about all the conversations I/we have had about voting without allowing fear to be a major influence. (?) If we were to take out some of the language, or images which influence us, or scare us, or prevent us from just voting with simple logic - 3) Wouldn’t it make more sense and, enable us more to be free from all the negativity? The negative ads ARE working! They are being used to mess up our thinking. They are being used to influence our thinking and our votes. It is not even so much the ads themselves, rather the subliminal messages behind them. Liza you certainly sparked a big reaction with such a tiny cartoon! It is so remarkable how such a small thing can become so huge, and reactionary. [I still want to know though, which reality am I supposed to check in?] I love that both you and Jane Wagner are able to use your artistry to make such a huge point. I love also that people actually stretch a bit to comprehend, analyze and respond to your work. Where was wowOwow in 1999?? I just love this site. I am glad more and more people are finding it, as I did - but… the down side is; it will change so dramatically over time and will never be the small, cozy, comfy, provocative, endearing, and sometimes radical site it is now. Only time will tell what happens from here. Well, time and the human factor of course. Repost from “Liza Donelly” cartoon. Thanks one last time. Obviously yours and Jane’s work has provoked me in a really good way. Well, it is good for me - anyway. (I can’t say for anyone else).

This wardrobe update sounds like the RNC insulted Palin’s choice of her own wardrobe. —— As if to say ‘If you want to solicit the elite vote, then dress the part! …i.e. get out of the discount, second-hand store, average American shopping center, and go where the rich shop.’