Sarah Palin's personal economic stimulus plan

People have accused Caribou Barbie and her Eskimo Ken of being nothing more than "Wasilla Hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast."  First of all, I think they prefer the term "snowbilly." Second of all, it's now clear that Sarah Palin was just doing her part to try and prevent the collapse of the American economy the best way she knew how--a spending spree fueled by other people's money.

In rugged, independent Alaska, they are used to getting things paid for. Between Sen. Ted "the Hulk" Stevens and Rep. Don "Not Indicted Quite Yet" Young, Alaskans were able to make the rest of us taxpayers foot the bill for every last bridge, ice road, pipeline, and sidewalk to nowhere--all while they pay no state income tax at all. Sarah Palin then mastered the art of making the oil companies foot the rest of the bill--upping each Alaskan's "permannent fund" dividend check to more than $2,000 last year.  

With a going rate that high, it's no wonder she (or someone in her family anyway) was squeezing out all of those kids. (Don't forget those fat per diems either.)  You say welfare queen, I say maverick.  Potato, potato.

So when she saw the economy in trouble, she did what was natural and implemented a stimulus plan of her own (courtesy of the generous, if misguided folks who donated hard dollars to the Republican National Committee).  It's no $700 billion bailout, but her plan was still very ambitious:

• $55,000 on a general purpose stylist 
• $110,000 on a traveling hair stylist/make-up artist of American Idol (the highest paid member of theMcCain campaign, incidentally).
• $180,000 (yes, more spending above the original $150,000 was revealed just yesterday) on clothes and accessories for her, her husband, and her ankle-biters.

You can't blame the poor gal, compare Palin with and without the help of stylists:

With, sporting a lovely Valentino jacket during her acceptance speech:

Without, post-election poolside in Miami sporting a large mimosa and even larger t-shirt:

It's worse than when the Goreacle lost in 2000, got fat, and grew that terrible beard:

Anyhoo, like most things Sarah Palin tried, her economic stimulus plan didn't work out so well. And then GDP2 caused the price of her state's beloved Black Gold to collapse, bankrupting Alaska, and thus causing the whole state to subsist solely off of mooseburgers and Todd's snowmachine winnings.