170 vs.150............Where is the outrage? (page 2)

MissingLink

People are working. Isn't that a good thing?

Awakened at Gilead

The end of white racial hegemony in politics in this country is definitely worth celebrating!

Is the 170M going into Obama's pocket? Were Palin's duds just for her? As already pointed out, apples and oranges

besty

I wouldn't characterize the reactions as OUTRAGE v SILENCE

The issue with Palin's wardrobe bill was her being caught between running on the hockey mom ticket and the American public requiring their public domain figures to project a certain look - and for a woman that costs $$$$ to do it properly, which the Palin household didn't have.

Outrage v silence is an attempt at polarization where a grasp of the issues would serve better.

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Sarah Palin's wardrobe= $150,000.
NOTHING BUT OUTRAGE.

Actually, the Democrats aren't outraged. They think it's freakin' hilarious that all that Republican money was spent on clothes.

Obama's Inauguration= 170 MILLION.
NOTHING BUT SILENCE.

Uh, check your TV or radio, I wouldn't call that "silence". Millions of people around the world are celebrating.

Even the local republicans in my area acknowledged that this is a celebration for democracy. Obama won the electoral and popular vote. When was the last time that happened?

He's the new president. And I hope he proves to be the best president ever. We need it.

B the X

BurnTheShips

I remember how the press chastised the expenses for the Bush 2nd term inauguration in 2005. How it was a bad idea to spend a whole 40 million with the national mood being what it was with terrorism and a war on. Hipocrisy and bias. I guess 170 million is not too much to spend on the Second Coming.

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

BTS

BurnTheShips

Obama won the electoral and popular vote. When was the last time that happened?

2004.

BTS

sammielee24

Maybe because that's a FOXFABLE...again. Those figures got tossed out by FOX and the Daily Mail...channelled through MSNBC..but in reality, the Obama inaugural campaign has brought in more donations for it than Bush did. In order to make it appear extreme in cost, they added security costs to the actual cost of the inauguration - and then compared it to Bush's costs of the ceremony only. Adding in the cost of Bush security the figure rises to well over 100 MILLION dollars. So let's compare apples and apples.

Palin is nothing - at this point she's been abandoned by her own party. She won't be at the inauguration with McCain because he's dumped her.

Oh - and let's not forget - just a month before the Bush's left office they got their set of dishes delivered. The cost??? $500,000. Half a million bucks. Yessirree. Half a million friggin bucks!

Lets look to the real wastrals and morons that have decimated the country - the Bush administration, and let's hope we see them get justice for what they have done. sammieswife.

However, buried in a recent New York Times article published one week before the controversy erupted over the cost of Obama's inauguration, the newspaper reported that in 2005, "the federal government and the District of Columbia spent a combined $115.5 million, most of it for security, the swearing-in ceremony, cleanup and for a holiday for federal workers" [emphasis added].

You read that correctly. The federal government spent $115 million dollars for the 2005 inauguration. Keep in mind, that $115 million price tag was separate from the money Bush backers bundled to put on the inauguration festivities. For that, they raised $42 million. So the bottom line for Bush's 2005 inauguration, including the cost of security? That's right, $157 million.

Unless the Obama inauguration tab (including security) ends up costing $630 million, we can safely say it certainly won't cost four times what the Bush bash did in 2005. And unless the Obama inauguration tab (including security) runs to $257 million, we can safely say the event won't cost $100 million more than Bush's, as Fox & Friends claimed.

So, for now, can the press and partisans please stop peddling this malignant myth?

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Very good Burn... but not in 2000.

I guess 170 million isn't too much to get him OUT of office.

snowbird

The end of white racial hegemony in politics in this country is definitely worth celebrating!

Amen.

The gig is up.

Sylvia

Warlock

The end of white racial hegemony in politics in this country is definitely worth celebrating!

You are really blind if you believe that.

Warlock

170 vs.150............Where is the outrage?

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