Is it any wonder John McCain thinks the economy is strong? Take a look at the price tag for one outfit worn by his wife Cindy.
Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.
5 comments:
Interesting.! These outfits are a symbol of strong economy.
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She has earned those outfits. With her charity work over the many, many years. With how much she and McCain gives to charity (not for tax reasons but because she truly believes in the causes). She has also raised (saved) a child from the third world (the slums of India).
But in typical liberal fashion you want everyone to have the same outfits monetarily. Redistribution of outfits. Go to the poorest neighborhoods and go into a Pentecostal church and put the price of those dresses and hats cost and you will have an almost equal amount (if comparing money made) spent.
So for instance, if you compared how much Obama spent on his house verses how much it was worth would be somewhat of an example.... compared to how much the taxpayers reimbursed his political crony for the house.
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I just thought it was a bit much, given the job losses, the ever increasing unemployment, people unable to afford health insurance, and in the middle of hurricane season, for which there will certainly be monetary losses.
Sends the wrong message.
Has she indeed, earned it? Given that she got her cash through her birth right, as opposed to clawing her way up from the bottom, I would say no.
Of course, nary a mention of the economy, struggles of the lower to middle class, or any of the miriad of issues facing Americans today at the convention.
It was merely a little trivia. I certainly do not begrudge her being wealthy. This is after all, a government ruled over by the rich.
Of course, if I thought for a minute her outfit was paid for by the ludicrous Bush tax cuts, then I would be appauled. Hopefully, some of that $300,000.00 trickled down to the cashiers at Walmart and they were able to afford their monthly rent, as we know the tax cuts certainly did.
But, given her considerable beauty, couldn't she have gone to K-mart for the Jaclyn Smith collection and still looked fetching?
In all seriousness, I have warmed to Cindy. I have no idea how she ever stayed with her egotistical, temper tantrum throwing, lout of a husband, but being an old softy, I fell for the GOP tactics of having her sit next to the Palin kids and holding the down syndrome baby. A touch of genius, that.
And, of course, I have been aware of her work at Mother Teresa's orphanage, and her adoption of a child from there.
It doesn't matter what your income bracket is, or how bad the economy is - if someone wants the latest thing in fashion, they will find a way. According to the Sept. 4 issue of USA Today, people are already clamoring for Sarah Palin's eyeglasses, which start at $375 for the frames, and up to an additional $325 for the lenses. I was in the mall yesterday - the clothing stores were deserted because everyone, and I mean huge crowds of people, were in the Apple store shelling out hundreds of dollars for iPhones and related accoutrements. These are the same people who are complaining (as well they should) about the price of gas and food, so I just don't get it. The guy in the Apple store (and no, I wasn't in there buying an iPhone - just an iTunes gift card for a friend's birthday) told me that with the war, the economy, and the hurricanes, it's all about escapism.
I have been reading that jewelry stores are clammering to reproduce the peace sign earrings worn by some of the Olympics gymnastics team.
Speaking of sheep.....anything....any rediculous item Oprah puts on her "my favorite things" show goes through the roof. That's why the manufacturers rush to give her all the free stuff she wants.
We have a friend that has to have the latest electronics gear, like the first I-phone. And he really didn't care when they dropped the price down $200 bucks, because for those precious two to three weeks, he was the only one around with one.
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