In her defense, she's not in hollywood and she's a mother of like 15. She looks dayum good imo.
But beauty has its price. Apparently its around $150k
"The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August."more at link
People will say a lot of shit about this. Here is what I have to say: I would have known better. I would have known that since I was running as an everday Jane - the hockey mom, the wal-mart mom, buying european suits would be a bad decision. I would have said, "no. but iknow a few places we can get some decent looking suits that don't cost thousands each, let's go there".
Why didn't she know? Because she's exactly what she comes off as - an arrogant dope. And instead of thinking "uh oh, this seems like it could be trouble" she thought "FINALLY - i've been reconized as the superstar I always knew I was.
She made a dumb decision.