The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[falafel]

I think she dresses like a clown (even by business standards) and spends way too much of her donor's money on her wardrobe. I think many of her supporters would be appalled to learn how much she spends on clothes. It is way over the top. $12,000 for one outfit?

She's just dressing for the job she wants. She's going to need to waste a lot more money than $12k if she's President.

[Topper]

Trump speaking directly to Topper with his supreme court justice nominations.

That is not enough to vote for him.

If he were by some cosmic joke to end up president, he might do okay in judicial appointments and maybe keeping us out of another Middle East war that Clinton seems hell bent on causing. Other than that, he would be a disaster. Clinton will be a disaster but will get the media clean bill of health because they think as she does.

[falafel]

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[Topper]

She's just dressing for the job she wants. She's going to need to waste a lot more money than $12k if she's President.

$12,000 for one outfit? How the fuck do you spend that much money on one business attire?

[Uncle Ted]

She's just dressing for the job she wants. She's going to need to waste a lot more money than $12k if she's President.

What? Is she running to be Queen of England?

[Topper]

What? Is she running to be Queen of England?

Empress of the Universe, the possessor of total and absolute power to crush his head.

[falafel]

$12,000 for one outfit? How the fuck do you spend that much money on one business attire?

On one... business attire? Anyway, you seem to be a bit behind the times. Clinton's wardrobe spending is not all that unusual in politics, especially for women. From Ted's article:

It’s a tough spot to be in, but Clinton follows a long line of politicians who’ve spent big bucks on a campaign wardrobe. The Republican National Committee infamously shelled out $150,000 for new clothes for Sarah Palin in the 2008 election. Michelle Obama is known for wearing designer labels from Jason Wu to Prabal Gurung, and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has a penchant for Brioni suits, which cost upward of $7,000 each.

$12k is a lot of money, but its not as if every outfit she wears is $12k. That's the high water mark, not the average.

[Uncle Ted]

On one... business attire? Anyway, you seem to be a bit behind the times. Clinton's wardrobe spending is not all that unusual in politics, especially for women. From Ted's article:



$12k is a lot of money, but its not as if every outfit she wears is $12k. That's the high water mark, not the average.

Yeah, I didn't vote for any of those republican sh*theads either.

[falafel]

Yeah, I didn't vote for any of those republican sh*theads either.

I wonder how much Gary Johnson paid to peek under the skirt of Mt. Everest?

[Uncle Ted]

I wonder how much Gary Johnson paid to peek under the skirt of Mt. Everest?

Not as much as RMoney paid this guy...

[Topper]

Yeah, I didn't vote for any of those republican sh*theads either.

That is fucking incredible.

I can get two custom suits in Hong Kong for $800.00 in total. Or at least I did 12 years ago. $12,000 would be my entire lifetime spent on wardrobe. It is not how expensive the clothing but how fit you are that makes the clothing.

As an aside, I was sitting with a young attorney who is entertaining marriage to a "princess." He confided that her monthly clothing allowance paid for by her parents is $10,000. I am dumbstruck by the amount of waste people engage in. As falafel notes, I am not much of a follower of fashion but who pays retail for that stuff?

[falafel]

$12,000 for one outfit? How the fuck do you spend that much money on one business attire?

That is fucking incredible.

I can get two custom suits in Hong Kong for $800.00 in total. Or at least I did 12 years ago. $12,000 would be my entire lifetime spent on wardrobe. It is not how expensive the clothing but how fit you are that makes the clothing.

As an aside, I was sitting with a young attorney who is entertaining marriage to a "princess." He confided that her monthly clothing allowance paid for by her parents is $10,000. I am dumbstruck by the amount of waste people engage in. As falafel notes, I am not much of a follower of fashion but who pays retail for that stuff?

Wardrobe spending sure seems to bring out the passion in you. Were you forced to endure hand-me-downs as a child?

[Uncle Ted]

Wardrobe spending sure seems to bring out the passion in you. Were you forced to endure hand-me-downs as a child?

Matter of fact I did... Sears "tuffskins" with patches on the knees. It helped me to judge people by their actions and not the clothes they wear.

[Topper]

Wardrobe spending sure seems to bring out the passion in you. Were you forced to endure hand-me-downs as a child?

No I had an ex who had closets full of clothes with tags on them because they were never worn. She bought them because she might wear them some day. That was no small part why she is an ex-spouse. So overspending on attire is a sore spot with me. I despise spendthrifts.

[Topper]

Matter of fact I did... Sears "tuffskins" with patches on the knees. It helped me to judge people by their actions and not the clothes they wear.

I wore jeans and t-shirts. Of course, I grew up during the ugly days when dressing ugly was an art form. Remember shorts where the pockets hug low below the cut off and you wore boxers that showed?

The fancy dressers were the lying sacks of shit.