Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit

DAMN ! I could buy enough clothes to last me 5 years for the price of their fricken shoes !

Well, at least you're leaving Sarah alone.

Maybe you haven't gone and lived the working middle class life and notice how little in the way they have to spend....I think that what Alan was pointing out but seems like they want to kill the messenger first....typical...

What are you trying to say? That Cindy McCain is rich? No kidding. Anyone who did 30 seconds worth of homework would know that Cindy McCain is heiress to her father's company, Hensley & Company - one of the largest stockholders in Anheuser-Busch. It has been played up numerous times. What does that have to do with anything. I guarantee you that Barack Obama & Joe Biden are not in the common person's tax bracket. Nor do they dress like it - did you say anything about their designer suits or their wives' dresses? And if not, why not? Let's face it - none of them shop at Wal-Mart - or even Target, Sears, Penney's or Kohl's for that matter. So what do ANY of them have to do with teh common person & our clothing? What does this article have to do with anything except a snipe shot at the McCains?

Anyone who has any sense of realism to them at all understands that EVERYONE in Washington is an elitist that wants one thing - to take our money. Period. Their rich cronies on both sides are the beneficiaries of politicians' largess - with OUR money. There are NO EXCEPTIONS.

What it boils down to is this: once that is all said and done, do they represent my personal values? Do they support the traditional American values of nuclear family, personal countability (with consequences for one's actions) and fiscal responsibility with what is left over, or do they they support a hedonistic, permissive, anything-goes view that fosters intolerance toward traditional values, specifically and particularly Christianity? That is what the entire election boils down to. Because they will ALL raise taxes. They will ALL take care of their rich elitist friends. And the common citizen will ALWAYS be at the bottom of everyone's priorities - until it's time to get elected again.

I don't know where you all priced diamonds but to say that 3 carat diamond ear studs cost $280,000 is stupid. I know, I have a dear friend who is a jeweler. And as for the pearls, that's another exaggeration.

Furthermore, what IS your point??

I personally think that Laura Bush and Cindy McCain looked simply "mahvelous" sweetie.

They all dress well.....but I do know now that Mrs. Obama shops at the same place I do-- White/Black

Love that store!

Well they can't show up to something like that looking like the girl next door.

What is the point he is making? Can you read?

One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans

The point is in the very first paragrah.

Call it hypocrisy. A farce. Whatever. That's the point.

The point is this people are all theatrics about how they are the typical family when the top middle class barely has an annual salary that matches her outfit she will never wear again.

All of you screaming what is the point don't even react when McCain and his campaign feed you the bullshit of we are like any other American family.

Besides, this is a Vanity Fair article. Don't shoot the messenger (Alan).

GREAT SHARE ALAN

They call it SHARE for a reason. You see something you like you SHARE IT. Don't like it. Move on. There is no point to polemic a banal thing such as this is how much what she wears costs.

Offended? LOL. Please. They are rich. They are the elite. Their only problem is if anybody else wears such a thing, they jump all over the place. In other words, they are hypocrites.

I see. Now that's it's not a $400 haircut it's no longer important. Got it. ;)

I could care less how accurate the figures are, it makes a good point. Then again they may have gotten $8 haircuts from Supercuts to balance it all out, right?? :P

Laura Bush's clothes always look like they come from Penney's.

Why do these people want to be president? Man, if I had that kind of money and I was in my 70s, I'd go live on an island some place.

"God, republicans are hypocrites. Shameless, flaming, monumental hypocrites, beyond compare. Pathetic. "

Yeah. Imagine what they would have done if Chelsea Clinton became pregnant as an unwed teen? I'm SURE they would have run all over the place saying keep the kid out of this. HAHAHAhahahaaa!

How can it be possible that some people still have no idea what kind of pond scum we're dealing with here?

Yeah. Imagine what they would have done if Chelsea Clinton became pregnant as an unwed teen?

Imagine that. And this whole crap about kids off limit. Tell that to John McCain who made jokes on then teen Chelsea.

Suddenly talking about the cost of the McCain dress is ridiculous. These people talk about $400 haircuts but McCain's $520 are just fine. McCain's 7 homes that he can't remember is just fine.

Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter is off limit. Why did she release a public statement? If that is nobody's business (and I think it's none of mine but that's a personal decision that I made) why rush the boyfriend from Alaska to the convention podium.

These imbeciles are hypocrites to top it off.

They're all a bunch of hypocrites as we well know.

Joe W., I would really love to see you back up the rhetoric you've spouted above with FACTS and SOURCES.

Here Joe W., I'll give you help with one FACT

He has a net worth between $59,000 and $366,000, not much for the millionaire's club known as the Senate.

"He's still one of the poorest members of the Senate," said Anita Dunn, a senior advisor to Obama's campaign. "He came to Washington to do good, not to do well for himself."

Will someone please let me know when they find a point to all this??

Common sense, Richard - common sense. Look at the voting record to see which of the four of the has NOT raised taxes. I'll give you a hint - NONE. All four have sponsored or supported tax increases. So my point is made by their own record. They all want our money. The only difference between the two sides is who they want to give our money away to. You can support our elected officials as they serve PAC's, businesses, unions, and every other rich special interest in America. You may see a difference - I see that they want to take my money and give it to their friends and special interests.

Which brings me to my point and I reiterate - despite all the blow hard feel-good rah rah Knute Rockne speeches by both sides (note that I said both sides), all they want is to get info office to fund their own ego-driven private legacies. They will reappropriate it to different people, but raising taxes to hand it out to anyone is still reaching into our pockets and taking our money. You can dispute that all you want, but it is what it is. I know that the idealists here will disagree with that but the record of Washington reeks of this behavior. Any attempt to overlook that is denial.

So let's come back to the article at hand. Cindy McCain is rich. Big dea. Why was it reported here as if that was unknown & unheard of? Is Obama as rich as McCain's wife (who made her husband sign an air-tight prenup, BTW)? It doesn't matter. Maybe Obama isn't a millionaire. So what? The $170k/year all three Senators make is a WHOLE lot more than I do. The average US income in 2007 was $43k. For those who are counting that is approx. 25% of the paycheck earned by each of the Senators. Even when taking the median income into account, it is still only $50k - a less than 1/3 of the Senators' income. And that's not counting perks and other sources of income. Do you suppose they ever they wonder how they are going to afford to pay their bills? Do they shop for clothes at Wal-Mart, Kohl's or Target? Do their children attend public schools? What do any of these people have in common with the common person? So there is my point yet again - all of them have as much in common with the averaged American as a spider does a fly. Both sides say they speak for the common person, yet they are so far removed ofrm teh common person how can they even know what the common person wants/feels/needs/believes?

Let me be crystal clear - I do not see any difference between the parties. Politicians are by definition corrupt spendthrifts. So I am not picking on the Democans or defending the Republicrats. I am simply pointing out the naivete that allows one to make a statement knocking one while elevating the others, especially for using such a trivial issue to do so with. With everything else - all the supposed "issues" that will be swept under the rug no matter who enters the White House in January, one would think you could find something with more substance to complain about.

One last thing - one side's supporters get indignant when their champion is raked over the coals for a minor issue (read: John Edwards' haircut, Obama's arugula, etc.) then do the same thing to the other side and justify it like an 8-year-old n a playground. Hmm - seems that might be more than just a little hypocritical. Just like the candidates.

Cindy has a prenuptial agreement , her money is sole and separate. She can more than buy what she wants with her own money.

There's a lot of people in this country who don't have a pot to p*ss in who will trip over each other to vote for these rich, pompous b*stards.

Like I said in an earlier post if people think McCain is more like the average Joe than Barack Obama, they are badly mistaken. Obama knows what it's like to be busted. His mom went on food stamps just to feed the family.

"...if people think McCain is more like the average Joe than Barack Obama..."

The point is that neither of them has anything in common with their constituents. Yes, he may have had some hardship as he grew up, but very few haven't. It's not like Obama grew up in Cabrini Green. And while he may at one time have identified with those who struggle to make ends meet it is obvious by his lifestyle and actions that this is no longer the case. He is no different than millions of others who escaped poverty or need and ran to the suburbs once they had the means available to do so. And once out of sight, then assuredly out of mind (except at election time).

Politicians, especially those at the national level, stand beside entertainers in our culture as American royalty & elite. And the sweet nothings they whisper in our ears as they woo and court our votes are just that - sweet and empty nothingness that will fade by next February.

One last idea - and I'm sure I'll take no end of criticism about it but I'm going to ask it anyway because ti's been on my mind for some time - if Obama is so interested in national inclusion and a unified society, why does he refer to himself as an African-American and not biracial or multiracial? Seems to me that if he truly wants to change and unite our society, he would be in a unique position to so do by reaching out to both sides of his heritage. Or it could be that he is riding this wave of support and doesn't want to upset the apple cart before November's elections. If that's the case, it makes him just another politician and drives my point home perfectly. Just wondering.

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