Palintology

Newsweek is reporting that things weren’t quite so rosy at Camp McCain once Sarah Palin became his ticketmate.

• Palin’s shopping spree was larger than originally thought at McCain’s team fumed at her “outrageous profligacy.”

• She was told to buy three suits and get a stylist, but she went way beyond that with purchases of clothes and accessories for her family at high-end stores.  The bill was “tens of thousands” more than the $150,000 previously reported, with $20,000 to $40,000 spent on Todd Palin.

• A wealthy donor was shocked when he saw the bill.

• Low-level staffers were asked to charge items to their credit cards.

• McCain rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and his aides didn’t want him to know about her spending.

• Palin wanted to speak Tuesday night but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed that idea.

• In St. Paul at the convention, McCain advisers Mark Salter and Steve Schmidt went to Palin’s room to brief her and she met them wearing only a towel.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.