Joe Six Pack does not shop at Neiman Marcus

... nor does the majority of soccer (hockey, baseball .. insert suburban sport here) moms. They shop at JC Penny's, Sears, Macy's and unfortunately, Wal-Mart (gag).

Republican National Committee has popped for more than $150,000 worth of clothes and accessories for Palin and her family since John McCain tapped her as his VP pick in late August. -- read more

How is this reaching out to the common man? Fancy wardrobe, 7 houses, so much fancy lipstick that there's spare make-up for pigs? Really? (did I mention my 401k is two-thirds what it used to be?) It all reminds me of a tune ...

"You'll never do what common people do. You'll never fail like common people. You'll never watch your life slide out of view and dance and drink and screw because there's nothing else to do. You will never understand how it feels to live your life with no meaning or control and with nowhere left to go.
You're amazed that they exist and they burn so bright, while you can only wonder why.
Rent a flat above a shop. Cut your hair and get a job. Smoke some fags and play some pool. Pretend you never went to school.
But still, you'll never get it right. 'Cause When you're lying in bed at night
watching roaches climb the wall, if you called your Dad he could stop it all. "