Cindy McCain's $300,000 outfit for the RNC!

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It caught Vanity Fair's attention when First Lady Laura Bush and would-be First Lady Cindy McCain took the stage Tuesday night wearing some rather fancy designer clothes. So they asked their fashion department to price out the outfits.

here's the breakdown:

Laura Bush
Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500
Stuart Weitzman heels: $325
Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500
Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.

(All prices except Laura’s shoes and Cindy’s watch are estimates, and the jewelry prices are based on the assumption that the pieces are real.)
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81 responses // Cindy McCain's $300,000 outfit for the RNC!

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    let's be fair and pick apart the dem's outfits.

    aschneider
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    Eh, I don't care if someone's rich and they spend their money. Just don't spend completely on yourself and others more fortunate and then say you're a patriot trying to help the people.

    VSiskos
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    Hey don't laugh 15 peoples houses got foreclosed on so these ladies could buy these dresses.

    justright
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    Yeh with all this Palin crap, don't forget the seven houses. $300,000? That's like 50 cents for every single person in Alaska.

    LarzNero
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    And they say Obama is an elitist. HAH ESAD figure it out.acronym

    sperritt
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    Damn why so much?!
    Was it made with some special sort of fabric that will time release Vicodin & Percocet?

    Her dress matches my urine after I ingest vitamins.

    VegaNerDiva
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    $300,000? The average middle-class family should be able to afford 16 of those a year, with money to spare.
    ;)

    SDLN
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    McCain says "If you don't make over $80,000, talk to the hand, you know nothing about finances."

    justright
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    i like how politics are now fashion shows! Go america fuck the world , we look great!

    benjamingon
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    start a conversation with women about a women's role in this election - please inform them
    www.informedfemalevoters.com

    carpy
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    Why do they even have so much money?
    Can't they donate it to someone who would use it to put food on the table and get school supplies for their kids?

    'Donate to the campaign, they will buy yellow jackets!!!'

    Yaemea
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    With that much spent on themselves I must say Laura Bush is still a dumpy looking porker but McCane is not bad or I should say not Dumpy anyway. She is not bad looking anyway but I always say "like attracts like" and "birds of a feather flock together". I guess that is what makes Democrats, Republicans, Liberterains, Socialists, Commies and other political groups as well. People like to be with people of the same mindset, it's normal. The evil and greedy as well as the honest and peaceful etc.

    Robroy1
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    They're probably looking for new guys to breed with them.

    justright
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    Yes lets appoint a family that knows nothing about the turmoil going on to the average american much less the world. What could possibly be wrong with that........................wait a minute.

    cheeseAndCrackers
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    asherp
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    Man, I hope those $280k diamond earrings are actually cubic zirconium. I wonder how much money the African who found those diamonds has? It makes me sick...

    satanskidney
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    haha, i love how everyone here is sitting on their high horse telling everyone else what they should do with their money. i'm assuming that all you donate half of your paychecks to charity right? cause that's what anyone who makes money should do...why should they keep their money? that's just ridiculous...

    but that aside lets look at how this issue was addressed earlier today when nobody cared about people voting based on the first ladies wardrobe.

    lets compare apples with apples...i like how you compare cindy mccains RNC dress to a dress obama wore on a stupid daytime talk show, a dress that is 1/10th the price of the dress she actually wore during the DNC at that.

    in Michelle's DNC appearance she was sporting some custom designer dress(which was reported here)
    http://current.com/items/89251569_michelle_obama_s_dnc_...

    oh did you guys forget about that? ...but hey $1300 dress, that's "smart" looking right? that's not concerned with "image" is it? 1300 is completely reasonable for a dress, why as a matter of fact i just so happen to be wearing my $1000 boxers today at my blue collar job...good ol michelle, everyday person just like you and me.......

    antiyou
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    not fair, you guys are counting the earrings

    Prijedor
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    Some people spend their money on drugs, by the thousands. Some spend it on their hobbies. Some spend it on their car. Some spend it on donations.

    However one spends their money is their choice. Looking good isn't at all a bad thing to spend money on. Better than being rundown. Of course no one would even look at a homeless person speaking because they'd be too keen on how nasty they looked.

    J_Jammer
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    Wow some of you people are a bunch of morons.

    Do these fools that are picking apart her dress realize that she came from a rich family that makes large yearly donations, she has been a business savvy woman and has founded nonprofit organizations that send medical supplies to other countries?

    Why don't you do some research on her and her job with Anheuser-Busch before you go bashing her.

    Btw. I know some aren't economists but when rich people spend their $, which means take it out of a bank, then it gets circulated throughout our economy. I know it sounds crazy but the working class needs the rich to spend $.

    walski
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    Maybe those designers sent them the clothes and accessories for free to be seen by millions of people and make a fashion statement. Designers compete to have people of high status wear their designs.

    Celebrities pay nothing for their Red Carpet gowns.

    Just a thought, but if Cindy and Laura actually paid for their outfits, we have a fashion emergency.

    Moopak
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    What is interesting to me is that I myself wear 4ct. Diamond studs... I worked my ass off so that I can afford to pay for nice things and I wear all of my designer clothes PROUDLY!!!! Why dont you get off your lazy ass and make a good living and then we'll see who judges who!!!! FYI... My studs are E color and are flawless and did not cost near as much as you are estimating!!!!!

    jdalston
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    Anybody who wears a $300,000 outfit shouldn't even be near the capital of a largely middle and lower class nation. All you need is money to get into the inner circle of the Republican Party.

    FallenMorgan
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    It seems like we're tearing down every little thing on the presidential candidates, especially the Republicans. I mean, resorting to these means, ridiculing OUTFITS? Really? That in itself is ridiculous and low! Those poor elephants... I'm a big fat dem and my heart belongs to Barack, but it seems that everywhere I look, it's either "Palin and the McCains are morons that don't get America" or "Obama is the Savior!".

    Maybe I'm just focused on the wrong media centers, but Republicans are people, too. :]

    KateLove
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