It's like Pretty Woman...

....like when a girl is pulled up from obscurity and is given lots of attention and gifts, even though she makes some faux pas and is often shown to be lacking the necessary intelligence for the social position, she makes up for those short comings with street attitude and know-how. Except she's not that pretty.

It seems that, according to Politico, that VP candidate and self-proclaimed fiscal conservative Sarah Palin has received over $150,000 worth of clothes from the Republican National Convention.

According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74.

The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September.

The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.

Awesome. That's more than the median family income in America. But wait! There's more!

The cash expenditures immediately raised questions among campaign finance experts about their legality under the Federal Election Commission's long-standing advisory opinions on using campaign cash to purchase items for personal use.

Not really that surprising I guess. I'm glad though that this stuff is being picked up. It really shows that the reason she was picked was that she'd rally the base and maybe pick up some men who care more about the appearance of a woman than her abilities.

Way to chatter that glass ceiling.