The whole $150K for clothes saga got murkier today as the NY Times reported that the declared transactions don't add up. Some of the shop owners couldn't find transactions that matched the amounts reported. Furthermore, the men's clothing store, Atelier, seems to focus on trendy, edgy stuff that would be inappropriate on the campaign trail. Unless the First Dude is hitting the club scene, it sounds like the Repugs were either trying to hide shady expenses under the clothing line item or some other Repugs were buying clothes for personal use and charging it to the Palin account.
McCain again said that cities are fake. This time, though, he went so far as to criticize the Georgetown cocktail party scene, of which he has been an avid member for years.
There are some cool commercials airing against the California ballot measure to ban gay marriage.
Oh, and Obama's lead continues to grow in TPM's composite of the national polls.
But, all's not rosy as apparently Mayor Daley doesn't want Barack to use Grant Park on Nov. 4, and the last time a Mayor Daley didn't want people to mass in Grant Park, it didn't end well.
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Dude, don't worry about problems with huge Democratic Party events in Grant Park dat Da Mare Daley doesn't like. The policy of his father will abide: "Gentlemen, get the thing straight once and for all – the policeman isn't there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder."
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