Nothing makes a story better than getting a homespun quote from some politician's family member. In our latest example - Chuck Heath, father of Sarah Palin. Heath was recently contacted about the sticky "Palin spent $150,000 of RNC money on clothes issue" and he had this to say:
"She was just frantically ... trying to sort stuff out," Heath said. "That's the problem, you know, the kids lose underwear, and everything has to be accounted for."
If anyone should know about losing underwear, it's a politician. Eliot Spitzer, Larry Craig ... hey, join the club.
What it comes down to is this - the RNC will get its money back, or Palin will reimburse them, or they'll go to a charity or maybe even back to the stores where they were bought.
There may be some of you who think this is a non-story and that the media is picking on Palin. Those who think this are wrong. This is a story because an exorbitant amount of cash was spent on terribly expensive clothes, and it appears the candidate splurged beyond even the wildest plutocrat's dreams. That leaves us with potentially even more stories about Saks Fifth Avenue in the coming weeks. Joy.
Why can't we be more like Chuck Heath? He seems like a pretty down-to-earth guy who keeps coming out with some zingers such as this:
"Four state troopers still guard the governor 24 hours a day, Heath said — something Palin never had before.
And in a bit of familiarity, Heath said he brought a pot of moose chili to Palin's house this past weekend."
And in a bit of familiarity, Heath said he brought a pot of moose chili to Palin's house this past weekend."
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