LETTER TO EDITOR: Palin’s makeover

In “Palin’s makeover cost RNC thousands” (Nation, Oct. 23), a McCain spokesperson claims that dwelling on “pantsuits and blouses” is frivolous with all the important issues facing our nation. Even though the campaign feels that way and though it’s proclaimed that the clothes will go to a “charitable purpose” after the campaign, that’s just not the point, is it?

The point is not where these luxurious clothes will go, but where they came from. The fact that the Republican National Committee paid more than $100,000 for the look of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a mere two months is alarming when it can’t even run a TV ad in Michigan. It seems these two Republicans, Sen. John McCain and Mrs. Palin, have not been acting very fiscally conservative.

It’s just another sign that a McCain-Palin administration would be “business as usual.” Whether you’re using taxpayer money to fly your children all over the country or using donations from supporters to go the mall, the outcomes are the same: the abuse and subsequent mistrust of the American people.

We are in an economic crisis. When a citizen believes enough in a campaign to donate money, he or she wants to know it will be put to good and decent use. Donors were trusting the campaign and their candidates — and they were let down.

It makes one wonder: If you cannot trust a campaign to responsibly use donations, can you trust it to be responsible in repairing a damaged nation?

NAWAL RAJEH

Arlington