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From: Brumar8910/23/2008 8:30:06 AM
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Barack's Greek columns: $140,000

Hey, who really cares about this or the candidates clothes? Ya think Michelle knits her families clothes or shops at Walmart?

Palin's wardrobe cost about $10,000 more than Obama's stupid Greek columns

Pass it on.

So, putting up a ridiculous stage set that made Obama look like a fascist jackass, and then packing it away after one night? That was fine. Money well spent. But buying enough clothes for two months on the campaign trail? That's the biggest scandal since... well, since all the other Palin scandals that weren't.

Have they made an attack on Palin yet that hasn't backfired? Do they think we won't know when it backfires, just because they don't report it on NBC?

Posted by Jim Treacher

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$140,000 Spent on DNCC Podium and the Barackopolis

With all the hullabaloo surrounding the RNC's expenditures on Sarah Palin's clothes, I thought it would be interesting to find out how much money was spent on Obama's Greek-columned stage at Invesco Field. You remember the Barackopolis--those "styrofoam Greek columns"--don't you?

It turns out that the Democratic National Convention Committee spent over $140,000 on "podium production" (you can see the individual expenditures after the jump). It would seem that the construction of the Barackopolis would be included in this amount, but I can't tell how much money was spent on the Greek-columned stage at Invesco and how much was spent on the podium at the Pepsi Center. I've sent an email to the DNC asking them to break this down and will post a response if and when I get it.

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