OK, HOCKEY MOMS, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE $2500 JACKETS?

I'm a bit surprised that the conservative NY Post would run this story because it strikes a blow at the GOP's "just folks" meme. From The Raw Story:

"Hockey mom" Sarah Palin's shantung silk Valentino jacket for the Republican National Convention was worth $2,500, according to a story in the New York Post. "Insiders tell Page Six Palin has a secretive circle of stylists who dress her for events," the Post wrote Wednesday.

For her big speech in St. Paul, where she accepted the GOP's vice-presidential nod, this fashion-conscious team encouraged the Alaska governor to splurge on a $2,500 jacket from Saks Fifth Avenue designed by Valentino Garavani."