Palin's Makeup artist paid $22,800 for TWO WEEKS

[central scrutinizer]

Who knew putting lipstick on a pig was so lucrative? Pays even better than picking lettuce at $50/hour

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/pains-makeup-stylist-fetches-highest-salary-in-2-week-period/

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, who was identified by the Washington Post this week as 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.”

In addition, Angela Lew, who is Ms. Palin’s traveling hair stylist, got $10,000 for “Communications Consulting” in the first half of October. Ms. Lew’s address listed in F.E.C. records traces to an Angela M. Lew in Thousands Oaks, Calif., which matches with a license issued by the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. The board said Ms. Lew works at a salon called Hair Grove in Westlake Village, Calif.

[gblady]

1. 32,000 + bucks....

for hair and makeup for two weeks...
you have got to be shi--ing me.

that is more $$ than I have ever made in a year, my whole 60 years of life.

I thought there was an economic problem in this country...
not for all people, apparently...

[Desertrose]

2. Bingo!

"I thought there was an economic problem in this country...
not for all people, apparently..."

God forbid they share the wealth.....

[Ilsa]

3. I wish the rest of us could come in and dun them for some services.

The RNC apparently likes to overpay people for stuff like this. (yeah, I don't think it was worth it for them.) I love that it is happening, though. They are pissing off alot of their donors with this stuff. Other GOP candidates further down on the list are pissed as well because they could have used this money for alot of advertising.