Annual average US household spend on clothing and services in 2006: $1874

Annual average cost of dressing Sarah Palin: $900,000

Hockey mums shop at Target, not Neiman Marcus & Saks 5th Ave.

…but it’s cool, all of the clothes are going to charity after Palin has worn them… once. three times.

But have the RNC broken a law that McC himself sponsored?

[…]the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance law that McCain sponsored specifically prohibits any funds that “are donated for the purpose of supporting the activities of a federal or state office holder” from being used for personal expenses including clothing.

On the topic of Palin’s wardrobe, a friend of my daughter’s commented that, “The empress has no clothes!”.