At 5 million dollars, it better have a very easy to operate hook on it.
:-D Otherwise, "I want my money back!"

Wasted??????

I was thinking it might compliment something Cindy McCain may wear at the inauguration.

Between that bra and Cindy McCain's $300K outfit, we could do a lotta good!

I am totally feeling sparkly today!

Geez, BBE. Can't accept any humor? My comment was BETWEEN the 5 million dollar bra and Cindy's outfit (which would be 5 million plus 300K, or whatever her outfit cost). Oh, and thanks for adding the zeroes. My public university education must not have done the job. I guess I'll stop being a partisan hack when you stop being a troll.

Would a women wear a 5 million dollar bra if it made her look fat?

BBE, you're the one who brought politics into the discussion of a non-political post, or at least so it looks. That's kinda what trolls do.

The problem with blue eye's "analysis" is this. Obama got that money from donations. So those funds can't be used for anything other than political spending.

As for the bra, it's not going to be bought, and if it is, it's surely not going to be worn. It's one of those statement pieces retailers always make which they don't expect anyone to buy but which they showcase so they can get some buzz.

Um, which Grecian Temple set are we talking about?

Because, if it's the one used at the convention in Denver back in August, it would have been paid for by the Party and not by Obama.

Which is neither here nor there with regard to the larger point about waste in the realm of things people and businesses and governments spend money on in this country.

It's a good thing, I guess, that we're living through the worst economic downturn and financial crisis the world has seen in a half century. Imagine the kinds of things our taxes and political contributions might buy if we were all in high cotton.

Lonnie, I haven't heard the phrase being in high cotton for ages. Thanks for the reminder.

A five million dollar bra would set me for life. If anyone would like to give me one, I am not too proud to accept. I might throw in sex. yes, I have become a desperate whore. Blame George Bush.

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I'd delete that comment from "s b"--it is just annoying advertising spam. Almost exact same comment is popping up on other blogs.

At the risk of debunking weird right-wing made up talking points, here's the reference to the $5.3 million, from a Denver business journal:

In its FEC filing, the host committee said it incurred $53.67 million in operating expenses and spent $53.86 million.

Most of that money went to pay expenses of the Democratic National Convention Committee, the party organization that staged the DNC. Nine percent of the host committee’s money went to pay its own expenses, which included salaries, marketing and staging various events off the convention grounds.

Convention expenses paid by the committee included $14.1 million for construction costs, including the stage and lighting, at the Pepsi Center and $5.3 million at Invesco Field.

I happen to work for one of the companies who contracted services to the DNCC, and actually JUST finished an article about what our company did at Inesco Field and the Pepsi Center. (By the way, we got paid out of $14.1 million.)

What did my company do? Set up wireless and wired telecommunications for all of the offices and media centers at both locations. It ate up a significant chunk of that $14.1 million, I have to tell you.

So, no. Obama's people did NOT spend $5.3 million on Greek columns.

Another idiotic assertion bites the dust.

But I do want that bra now.

Whatever all. I would wear the bra and very little else. I like to feel sparkly.

Would that be the Grecian Temple set that was paid for by the funds that were donated by millions of American citizens to the Obama campaign for the express purpose of advertising, promoting and disseminating the message of the Democratic presidential candidate? Kind of like the Obamamercial? And the mass mailings? And the phone calls? In other words, the funds that were being used exactly the way their donors wanted them to be used?

Those funds?

And anyway, since Greece is considered the cradle of democracy, why shouldn't the Democrats have used a Greek temple theme?

Meh.

I like to feel sparkly too, but I'll bet that even for $5 million they still don't make my size.

Hilarious!

Jeez, Here I was bummin' abput having man-tits.... But now I feel sparkly too. If someone would like to buy *me* the bra... you could talk dirty to me in the Greek temple, take whatever you want, just don't touch the black diamond bra (apologies to CP).

Oh wait, this is all BS. Never mind.


For Stellaa, I agree, sorta. We could rest the joke to an airport lavatory and replaced the attractive young lady with, say Larry Craig, but he wouldn't put the damn bra on.

One thing more, Y'all seem truculent today and it's still morning. I'm thinking we may need to open the asylums next week for the sane to seek refuge while the partisans, victor and vanquished alike run riot across the blogosp... (sorry can't use that word) stringing up thier virtual friends right along side imaginary enemies... think 'Road Warrior', 'Cities of the Red Night' recombined by WIlliam Gibson...,
made for TV by JL Bruckheimer....

cheers,
grab-dog

BBE:
So both candidates suck. That leaves us with a choice between John McBush who promises to continue the Bush road to fascist dictatorship while ruining the middle class and implementing a bellicose foreign policy. Or we could elect someone who promises to do the opposite. I'm 67 yrs old now and I have never seen a president with whom I was in complete agreement. I have seen very many elections where the choice seemed to be between tweedle dee and tweedle dum. I used to joke about writing in Alfred E Newman. But not this time. Obama is certainly not a messiah but I firmly believe that he will do the best he can for the country.
Now since both candidates "suck" in your estimation I am curious (to say the least) to know who you would like to see elected president.