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Remember the Palin shoe auction on eBay?
It ended, and the shoes sold for $2,025:
As part of the purchase agreement, the governor is supposed to autograph the shoes for the winning bidder, whose identity was not revealed on the eBay site.
Now, let’s see if the RNC will get around to auctioning those clothes that The New Majority claims are sitting in trash bags. The Republican party needs the fundraiser!
Hat tip Sissy Willis, who’s pounding the shoe beat!
The ladies from the Cotillion are wearing red shoes today in support of Sarah Palin. Since it’ll be a long day (with a fair amount of walking) I won’t be wearing these; instead I’m wearing these, the Geox New Alexa, in red:
And red lipstick, too!
Via Conservative Belle,
David sent a link to this tempest in a teapot from those who have much to gain from class struggle. The woman needs to look picture-perfect every moment of the day, which requires someone to do her hair and makeup, and a dresser. If she can look that good on only $150,000 by all means she has my blessing.
UPDATE
Clothes and shoes
More Palin shoes here.
I wasn’t quite awake when I read this headline, Palin Met With Boos at Flyers’ Opener, so my first question was “who’s Boos?”
So much for early-morning mental acuity.
The NYT heading was foreshadowed by a Sportswriter Overcome by Palin Derangement Syndrome. Sister Toldjah has more on the hockey game. John Hinderaker has a great hockey story.
Here’s the video, and all I can hear is the usual noise, mostly cheers,
Judith sent this video comparing Palin’s experience to Obama:
Roger Kimball writes about his disagreement with Christopher Buckley,
Opinion about Palin’s merits is sharply divided, even among conservatives. I acknowledge that she has performed poorly in some recent interviews. Nonetheless, I place myself firmly in the utterly besotted camp. In brief, I think she is the best thing to happen to conservatives since Ronald Reagan. I would feel far safer with her in the White House than I would were Joe Biden or Barack Obama presiding over the canapés at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Why? Well, I enumerated some reasons in a couple of posts last month (here and here.) As it happens, these pieces took off from Bill Buckley’s famous mot about preferring to be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston telephone directory rather than the 2000 members of the Harvard faculty. Why would he have said that?
In a similar vein, The Media’s Vendetta Against Palin
Playing Palin. The one good thing about the article is this photo:
She autographed the camera “I am not Tina Fey.”
Palin criticizes obama on abortion at PA rally
And the shoes, of course:
No Palin roundup would be complete without a mention of her shoes.
The news services have a shoe fetish with Sara Palin’s shoes, and Mary‘s keeping track. I have been making a modest profit from posting Amazon associates links to Palin’s shoes. Like Palin, I favor red shoes, and bought myself a pair of these for my birthday last month.
By the way, any woman with legs like Palin’s would be crazy to hide them in pantsuits. Eat your heart out, Hillary.
How about the Palin tote bag? We’ve got your tote bag right here.
Last but not least,
Via Baldilocks, ‘Zo’s latest:
“Ooh, the Obama supporters are going to foam at the mouth for that comment!”
UPDATE
Video: Palin hits Obama on abortion
Governor Palin visited with Alvaro Uribe and Hanid Karzai yesterday.
She wore classic high heel pumps:
Classic, basic, perfect for the ocassion.
I just had the pleasure of being interviewed by Footwear Plus for an article on Sarah Palin’s shoes. Isn’t that great?
In other Palin stories, Neo watched the First interview with the unflappable First Dude, and she liked what she saw. So did I – he is a most attractive man.
UPDATE
SARAH HAS SECRET STYLE TEAM, says the Post. And they’re doing an excellent job. She looks completely comfortable in her style.
