Quick Fact: On Oprah, Palin repeats falsehood that media didn't criticize "other candidates" over fashion
During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin trumpeted the false claim from her memoir, Going Rogue, that criticism over reports that the Republican National Committee spent $150,000 to clothe and accessorize Palin and her family represented a "double standard," because "it wasn't a controversy with other candidates." In fact, Democratic primary candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and John Edwards were repeatedly criticized for their clothing and hair.
Palin falsely claims fashion "wasn't a controversy with other candidates
PALIN: It was, practically speaking, "Oh, good," because I don't like to shop, and that's going to be one less thing for me to have to worry about -- never thinking that it was going to a big controversy, because it wasn't a controversy with other candidates, and, "Where did they get their clothes?" and "Who's styling their hair?" and all that. That was a double standard, too, that I talk about in the book. [The Oprah Winfrey Show, 11/16/09]
Fact: Media routinely criticized Dems over fashion and "styling their hair"
Edwards, Obama, Clinton, and Biden were subjected to frequent scrutiny about their hair, makeup, or clothes. During the Democratic primary, the media devoted significant attention to Edwards' "expensive" haircuts -- which were brought up by moderators in two Democratic presidential debates in 2007 -- to Obama's clothing, including during the April 16, 2008, presidential debate and in a Washington Post article stating: "One of the most distinctive elements of Barack Obama's public style comes down to what he so often is not wearing: patriotism on his sleeve"; to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton's clothing, including linking Clinton's "bright colors" to a "likability problem" and calling attention to her neckline; and to questions over whether Biden had "taken steps to pre-empt baldness."
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by renataii
(November 16, 2009 3:39 pm ET)
2honestly the people who care about what Sarah Palin says, and there are not enough to worry about, none of them will be swayed by the truth. Less about Palin and Rush,et al.Reply Report Abuse-
by terrapin53
(November 16, 2009 4:52 pm ET)
2renatail, you are spot on. They will believe every word in her book just liek the believe every word of Rush. I seriously question whether thay have any kind of independent thought process at all.Reply Report Abuse-
by Major Tom
(November 16, 2009 6:15 pm ET)
2It's telling how everythiing that Beck reads and learns only serves to reinforce what he already believes.Reply Report Abuse
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by Marge
(November 16, 2009 10:18 pm ET)
2Does she have Reagan's disease. How could she forgot the all out war on Hillary Clinton because she had a button on her blouse unbuttoned and they were afraid she would show clevage. They complained it should be buttoned to the neck maybe. I tought Fox News would never let go of that. But then they started on the color, no less, of her pantsuits.Reply Report Abuse-
by Tbone Slickens
(November 17, 2009 8:42 am ET)
I think you're think of Hill's own handlers. I don't remember any on the right caring if she was showing cleavage (OH GOD...get THAT image out of my head!), in fact it would have been something to laugh at for a week!Reply Report Abuse
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