Uploaded October 2008 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Makeupgate: Another day, another Gov. Palin scandal. Sarah Palin's makeup artist was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain's presidential campaign during the first half of October. McCain-Palin paid Amy Strozzi, Palins traveling makeup consultant, more than senior staffers Doug Holtz-Eakin (economics), Randy Scheunemann (foreign policy) and Nicolle Wallace (communications). Contrast McCains Joe-the-Plumber, were-for-the-working-class message with the combination of the makeup expense excesses and Shopping-Gate, the lavish $150,000 shopping spree for Palins wardrobe, and you can begin to see why McCains campaign is imploding. Simple put, the campaigns message seems to be phony and McCain and Palin both appear to be hypocrites more than mavericks.
McCain has bumbled through the campaign at many turns, and picking a vice presidential nominee associated with multiple scandal Gates may not be the change that voters want.
News and opinion sources include ABC, MSNBC, Hardball with Chris Mathews, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and BuzzFlash.com.
Makeupgate: Another day, another Gov. Palin scandal. Sarah Palin's makeup artist was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain's presidential campaign during the first half of October. McCain-Palin paid Amy Strozzi, Palins traveling makeup consultant, more than senior staffers Doug Holtz-Eakin (economics), Randy Scheunemann (foreign policy) and Nicolle Wallace (communications). Contrast McCains Joe-the-Plumber, were-for-the-working-class message with the combination of the makeup expense excesses and Shopping-Gate, the lavish $150,000 shopping spree for Palins wardrobe, and you can begin to see why McCains campaign is imploding. Simple put, the campaigns message seems to be phony and McCain and Palin both appear to be hypocrites more than mavericks.
McCain has bumbled through the campaign at many turns, and picking a vice presidential nominee associated with multiple scandal Gates may not be the change that voters want.
News and opinion sources include ABC, MSNBC, Hardball with Chris Mathews, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and BuzzFlash.com.
