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<p class=MsoPlainText>The Atlantic<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The Daily Dish<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Andrew Sullivan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>24 Oct 2008 09:46 am<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XX: The Clothes, The Clothes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>It might appear to you and me
as if the factual basis for the $150,000 luxury Neiman Marcus clothing budget
is solid. But that would be missing Sarah Palin's ability to <a
href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-sarah-palin-1023,0,7917021.story">deny
reality</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;background:#E9E9E9'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin insisted in an interview with the Tribune on Thursday that she
did not accept $150,000 worth of designer clothes from the Republican Party and
"that is not who we are."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;background:#E9E9E9'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>"That
whole thing is just, bad!" she said. "Oh, if people only knew how
frugal we are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%;background:#E9E9E9'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>"It's
kind of painful to be criticized for something when all the facts are not out
there and are not reported," said Palin, saying the clothes are not worth
$150,000 and were bought for the Republican National Convention. Still, she has
been wearing pricey clothes at campaign events this fall. She said they will be
given back, auctioned off or sent to charity. Most of them, she said, haven't
even left the belly of her campaign plane.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>What facts exactly have not
been reported? Is she saying she has not worn the clothes? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Is she saying they are not
worth $150,000? Is she saying they were bought at a second-hand charity shop?
Or that they were hers to begin with? Is she saying that these clothes were all
bought before the convention and only worn then? Is she saying that they have
actually remained on the airplane the entire time and we have been
hallucinating her wearing them at every occasion? Is she saying that the RNC
did not buy them, or that no campaign money was spent on them? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Or is she weirdly lying again
because the truth is something she cannot handle? At this point, all I know is
that a public figure who can simply deny reality should not be directly in line
to be president of the United States. Whatever your politics, it is not a
reasonable proposition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a
href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-odd-lies--6.html#more">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-odd-lies--6.html#more</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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