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

Seriously, guys I thought Current was more mature than the major news networks, but I guess I'm wrong. Who the hell cares if she wears an expensive dress. Politicians=rich people, 70% of them probably are, I bet none of them live in the barrio or even lower-middle class houses.

Since when is being rich a crime??? Everytime someone posts an asinine, stupid, POINTLESS story like this on Current we move further and further away from the real issues and the pov's of the candidates. Don't add fuel to the fire by responding to these "news items" with comments like "let the rich get richer" blah blah! We all feed into the media exploitation and worship of mindless filthy rich celebritys, and say nothing about the extravagant ridiculous way they spend their underserved money, yet we're all willing to rip cindy mccain and michelle obama apart the first chance we get! these are both intelligent, professional women who WORKED for their money, so who gives a damn how they spend it!!

They are not even trying to identify with the middle class.

Just keep footing that tab, pay your taxes and send your childern to serve in the military. The rich will get richer and everybody else can go fuck themselves.

You idiot liberals do know the FDR was rich . . . RIGHT? Oh . . . and the Kennedys. The McCain family was a military family. I guarantee they weren't rich. So basically what McCain is guilty of is marrying well. I don't seem to recall a whole bunch of you being worried about that when John Kerry was running. I certainly don't remember any of you saying that it should disqualify him from being President. For the love . . . do any of you people ever think about what you write before you post?

McCain even said it last night that the dems are trying to increase our Government to take more of our money from our pockets. The Repubs want less Government so that we can spend our hard earned money on anything we please - including dresses. That's American. That's capitalist.

If you would rather the Government tell Cindy where shes needs to spend her money then yes you better vote blue this year.

oh. my god. who cares.

personally, i don't care who you are, spending that much money on any article of clothing is just silly to me...but thats me personally...me who doesn't spend more than $15 on a pair of jeans...

it's just nitpicking...im sure the boys have suits that are rather pricey...because they know that image is everything in elections...

you know it's true...and maybe these things were on loan and they don't pay a dime for them...or maybe they were given to these people for free...that happens in fashion alllllll of the time...

think before you care about trivial crap...

AGAIN. WHO CARES? People with an actual life? No. I am sure everyone on tv tries to look nice. What's the big deal??

I'm full Anti-Republican but Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000 this is the most stupid Number for Sensationalizing and creating a stupid story. It's more like $28,000.

She spends more on one dress than what the average American family needs to purchase a home, while her husband talks about economic relief for Americans! Pathetic, hypocrite, pricks.

I posted a few jokes throughout this page, but I don't really care. Just having fun with it, as I suspect most others are. The only thing I find interesting, or, rather, politically relevant, is that the Republican Party and those who represent it are constantly use words like "elite" in a negative manner (look it up; 'elite' is a good thing), or they try to portray Democrats as "latte drinkin'" so-and-so's, when they're just as rich (if not more so), enjoy the same privileges, and live the same extravagant lifestyles. They're just as out of touch as the Democrats.

Language and lattes: those are the real victims here, other than the political process, that is.

She spends more then I'll make in 10 years on one outfit for the night. Fuck them.

can't she donate the money instead :D

i mean natasha bedingfield and her entire family run a childrens charity, you dont see them wearing 5000 dollar watches

If you want to follow the family money check this
http://current.com/items/89270997_republicans_pay_tribute_to_convicted_felon_at_...

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. :]

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.

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!!!!!

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.

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 $.

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.

not fair, you guys are counting the earrings

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.......

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...

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.

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

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.

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!!!'

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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