Under Obama’s Tax Plan Palin’s Clothes Would Receive A Tax Cut ( The Real* Story)

October 22, 2008 · Filed Under 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Kind of Satire, Sarah Palin · Comment 

Despite the claims by the McCain Campaign that Barack Obama’s tax plan will increase taxes on all Americans, an Obama spokesman today said that even the $150,000 worth of clothes and make-up that the Republican National Committee has purchased for Sarah Palin and her family since her selection as John McCain’s running mate, would fall under the minimum revenue level for a tax increase.

“We realize that to some people, $150,000 worth of clothes would be considered exorbitant,” said an Obama spokesman.  “But under the Obama plan, these clothes would be able to cost another $100K before they would pay more in taxes than under Bush’s tax plan.  Our plan delivers broad-based tax relief to middle class families and candidates unable to spend $250K on clothes and hair,” said Obama spokesman, David Wade. “But it goes further than Palin. Without our plan, small business owners and real Americans like Tina Fey would not be able to pay for the clothes they need to continue parodying Palin.  With Barack Obama as President, one day even Joe The Plumber might be able to afford to buy Palin’s clothes.”

McCain spokesman, Tucker Bounds, defended the expenditure under the “need to clothe” tax law.  “I don’t know if you’ve ever gone moose hunting,” said Bounds, “But you cannot get the stench Read more

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Under Obama’s Tax Plan Palin’s Clothes Would Receive A Tax Cut

October 22, 2008 · Filed Under 2008 Election, John McCain, Kind of Satire, Media, Sarah Palin · 3 Comments 

…and Other Headlines On RNC’s Purchase of Palin’s Clothes From Neiman Marcus that are making it way too easy to write satire.

News Item: Since her selection as John McCain’s running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and her kids.

I think it’s just not fair.  Satire writers spend all day trying to come up with something fairly clever, then Sarah Palin shows up, and now even the most amateur of satirists think they’re Jonathan Swift. 

I mean, the McCain campaign spends a bundle trying to build up Palin as your everyday, all-American hockey mom, then they spend more money than most NHL hockey players can afford, I’m guessing to make her look like a everyday, all-American hockey mom.

The possibilites are so obvious on this one that Read more

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