The Republican National Committee is helping the economy doggonit!

Politco.com reported today that the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing, accessories, and beauty treatments for Sarah Palin since she was announced as John McCain's Vice-Presidental pick.

Financial disclosure statements documented the charges--all paid for by the RNC. They included:

$75,062.63 at a Minneapolis Neiman Marcus
$49,425.74 at Saks Fifth Avenues in St. Louis and New York
$4,716.49 for hair and makeup

Spokesperson Tracy Schmitt defended the spending saying,"With all of the important issues facing the country right now, it’s remarkable that we’re spending time talking about pantsuits and blouses. It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign."

That charitable purpose? The Foundation for Pissed off Republican Campaign Contributors.

In comparison, during Hillary Clinton's campaign, the Democratic National Committee saved money by buying white pantsuits from Sears and getting them dyed at Payless.

That's all she did?

Underage Drinking? ZZZZ Cocaine? Boring. Faux-lesbianism? Yawn. Paris, Lindsay, and Britney have jaded me. I was hoping for a real scandal. Like being born a man or a donkey show or something. Even an affair with Donald would have been better.

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Tara Conner was tearful and full of remorse when she attended a press conference to announce that she was set to keep her crown and fulfill her duties as Miss USA for pageant owner Donald Trump. The blonde beauty queen had had accusations of cocaine use, passionate public lesbian kisses with fellow beauty queen Miss Teen USA and several other sordid allegations hurled at her from all angles and made no denials at the morning press conference.

The soap opera has all the elements, gorgeous blondes experimenting and kissing in public, men being snuck into rooms for alleged sexual encounters, underage drinking and positive drug test results have all been reported. Talking heads filled the cable TV shows and many said they were outraged that Donald Trump could forgive the Kentucky gal just because she was blinded by the lights of Broadway.

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Here's a picture that recently surfaced of Tara getting shitfaced with actor Jay Hernandez, some other dudes, and fucking Constantine from American Idol (don't even). I wonder how that night ended.