NYT: Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch?
Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staffer. It was Amy Strozzi, Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night.
Ms. Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy award for her makeup work on the television show “So You Think You Can Dance?”, was paid $22,800 for the first two weeks of October alone, according to the records. The campaign categorized Ms. Strozzi’s payment as “Personnel Svc/Equipment.”
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Palin's Makeup Artist Highest Paid McCain Staffer
What a metaphor for the sorry state of the McCain campaign. No amount of "branding" or makeup is going to help. If any one doubted the superficiality of the McCain camp, which has no platform to stand on, check this out:
