{"id":2257,"date":"2009-05-27T19:36:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T23:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2010-02-16T16:10:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:10:54","slug":"fec-clears-palin-rnc-on-campaign-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/27\/fec-clears-palin-rnc-on-campaign-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"FEC Clears Palin, RNC on Campaign Clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the media fueled brouhaha about Sarah Palin&#8217;s campaign wardrobe? Remember how the media and lefty bloggers gleefully reported that those purchases must have somehow been illegal?<\/p>\n<p>Umm, well they weren&#8217;t&#8230; The Federal Elections Commission has dismissed a complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) saying the purchases were legal:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Republican National Committee\u2019s (RNC) campaign clothing spending spree for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was legal, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has ruled.<\/p>\n<p>The FEC dismissed a complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) against Palin and the RNC, ruling that the approximately $150,000 spent on clothing for the governor and her family was permitted as coordinated party expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>A Palin spokeswoman said the governor and her supporters are \u201cpleased\u201d to learn that the purchases were in compliance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe clothes in this campaign were treated just like the many stages upon which the governor stood and the hundreds of lights used to illuminate them; all were used during the campaign and returned upon its conclusion,\u201d Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton also railed against the media\u2019s \u201cobsessive\u201d fixation on Palin\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is difficult to reconcile the obsessive reference to clothing on the campaign trail with any legitimate political issue and that leaves the unsettling conclusion that Governor Palin is the single national political figure who is critiqued on policy, family and clothing,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen people start asking details about the personal effects of other candidates, then maybe the double standard will be eliminated.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The FEC&#8217;s ruling shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise to anyone with more than two working brain cells and modicum of commonsense&#8230; The RNC&#8217;s clothing purchases may have been ill-advised and badly handled but they weren&#8217;t illegal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"page-title\">P<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/warner-todd-huston\/2009\/05\/27\/palin-campaign-clothes-complaint-dismissed-little-coverage-old-m\" target=\"_blank\">alin Campaign Clothes Complaint Dismissed: Little Coverage in Old Media<\/a> &#8211; NewsBusters<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the media fueled brouhaha about Sarah Palin&#8217;s campaign wardrobe? Remember how the media and lefty bloggers gleefully reported that those purchases must have somehow been illegal? Umm, well they weren&#8217;t&#8230; The Federal Elections Commission has dismissed a complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) saying the purchases were legal: The Republican [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[47,337,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-2257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-2008-elections","8":"tag-rnc","9":"tag-sarah-palin","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Ap","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2273,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/30\/upi-dismissed-palin-complaints-rack-up-costs\/","url_meta":{"origin":2257,"position":0},"title":"UPI: Dismissed Palin Complaints Rack up Costs","author":"Jeff","date":"May 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"All those frivolous ethics complaints filed against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are starting to add up the UPI reports they've cost taxpayer nearly \"a third of a million dollars.\" JUNEAU, Alaska, May 28 (UPI) -- The ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. 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She has a proven record as a reformer; she's battled corruption and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":952,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/05\/election-postmortem\/","url_meta":{"origin":2257,"position":2},"title":"Election Postmortem","author":"Jeff","date":"November 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Let the finger pointing begin... Beltway Republicans will undoubtedly blame John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate as the reason for his loss. Palin may not have been the most qualified candidate available and her disastrous interview with Katie Couric certainly didn't help her or John McCain.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3658,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/04\/2010-election-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":2257,"position":3},"title":"2010 Election Wrap-up","author":"Jeff","date":"November 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Well now that the dust has settled a little I thought I'd wade in with my thoughts on the outcome of Tuesday's election. 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