Jeff Larson: Sarah Palin's Personal Shopper Is Karl Rove's Former Protégé

As news of Sarah Palin's $150,000 shopping spree unfolds, The Atlantic reveals that Sarah Palin's personal shopper, Jeff Larson, has an interesting resumé.

Does the name Jeff Larson sound familiar? It should. Larson is the Karl Rove protégé who's a principal in the robocalling firm of FLS Connect (the "FLS" stands for Tony Feather, Jeff Larson, and Tom Syndhorst, all veteran Republican political operatives). Larson's firm is the same one that launched the scurrilous robocalls against John McCain in 2000, and that McCain has now hired to make robocalls connecting Barack Obama to Bill Ayers. He's also well known in Minnesota for leasing his basement apartment at a steeply discounted rate to embattled Republican Senator Norm Coleman. Evidently, Larson also has quite the eye for women's fashion. Even hateful liberals would have to admit that Palin dresses awfully nicely.

Keep reading to see the Schedule F form that lists Larson as the purchaser of, among other things, $75,062.63 in clothes and accessories at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis.

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See a slideshow of Sarah Palin's $150,000 style transformation.

Comments

[dcjdjay]

This right wing Queen who does her shopping has good taste.

She does wear some natty clothes on the campaign trail.

And I love those hot F*** me boots!

I guess going in Sarah Palin drag on Halloween is going to cost me dearly now!!!!

[Mysticalsister]

I hope she remembered to leave the tags on so she can return everything after they lose! LOL!

[ConCreteHead]

Sarah Palin was quoted as saying "When Jeff Larson and the RNC said they were going to take me out on a fashion shopping spree ... I said THANKS, but NO-THANKS to KOHLS and JC PENNY" ...

[Lagniappe]

Butt,she said thnks to diapers at WalMart-what does this tell you?

[KOisGod]

LOL

[Biffmeister]

One might assume that someone who lives under a rock wouldn't have an eye for fashion. Perhaps the Rovians are lying to us... they wouldn't do that would they?

[SolarPowerGuy]

Oh boy, I feel a "flag as abusive" joke coming on... Nah, never mind. :^)

[Mer Mer Mer]

Minnesota Met-Polling Analysis: Obama's Coattails
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=116&ArticleName=Minnesota+Meta-Polling

How each's Nominee's Base was Won
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=114&ArticleName=How+the+Base+was+Won

[Catamount]

latest ap poll is scary; has them dead even; never underestimate middle america's death instinct and desire for mccain....

[odoreida]

"latest ap poll is scary; has them dead even; never underestimate middle america's death instinct and desire for mccain....­"

Yep.

[heartsick]

I don't believe the AP Poll. Did you read the AP response to Obama's Democratic Convention speech? It was a total lie even in terms of the length of the speech! The AP Poll is just being put up by Republicans as cover for their strategy to steal the election! However, this time it won't work!

[Stephanie71]

The AP poll had double the national average of Evangelical voters in it. Something like 44% compared to 22%. It was an uneven sample. Relax.

[Sammy00400]

Maybe he is good at women's fashions for more.... private reasons?

[simkmer]

All I can say is that I am so tired of RED!

[sherylsworld]

AP: Teenager Willow Palin is pregnant..­...

[myangeldog1]

I hope this is not true.

[Mysticalsister]

link your source

[Mysticalsister]

NOT TRUE

this is a rumor started by a comedy website that is now being spun by the right wing as a liberal smear campaign. please don't spread this lie. thanks.

[Biffmeister]

Regardless of the source, could we agree to respect Senator Obama's request that children are off limits in this campaign?

[optech007]

I got a robocall from Obama attacking McCain for using robocalls.

[BJD44]

This story is gonna sink John McCain's battleship­.....'Tita­nic' anyone???

[calimel]

I'm amazed.
We are less than two weeks from the election and you are talking about the woman's clothes???
What, there isn't any thing better to talk about?
No matter what the woman wears there will always be the critics that say "her hair isn't right", "she wore the wrong ear rings", "they didn't like her skirt." We are long past high school folks. GROW UP!
This website is absolute rubbish!

[VolvoBirkenstock]

calimel
Member Since October 2008
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Yet you took the trouble to register here, wait for confirmation, log on, come to this thread, scroll to the bottom of the page, compose a comment and click "Post."

For such a "rubbish website" you seem to have gone to a LOT of trouble.

[AmazedOne]

Calimel may be in charge of opening a Neiman Marcus in Wasilla, Alaska and would like to keep the shopping sprees... (just a thought)

[calimel]

I took the time to do it because I get so tired of seeing all the posts in websites like this.
Someone has to stand up against this crap!
And by the way, it was easy to register. And I did not have to wait for confirmation, it was instantaneous. Makes it easy to add my voice to the many on this site.

[dct1999]

S T F U

[calimel]

Just because you don't like what I'm saying doesn't mean I don't have the right to say it. Take off the blinders!

[badtimes]

It wouldn't be an issue if she'd paid for the clothes herself.

[Schmanet]

I couldn't care less about what she's wearing, but I would be outraged if the DNC was using money I donated to by clothes for the Obamas. That's what the issue is here. They used supporter money to buy clothing for their "pitbull in lipstick" when they would have been better off using it to try to get votes. At least this is a more relevant subject than Bill Ayers!

[stillfresh]

It's not about the clothes. It's how much they cost. Got it?

[calimel]

I do not care that my donation may go toward a candidates wardrobe. It's part of the image. If you were going for a job interview wouldn't you want to look sharp?
How much of what you donated went to her wardrobe?

[avraamjack]

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Attacking Palin's wardrobe is as low class as attacking someone's expensive haircut.
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[missmuffette]

not when your attacking the other candidate (and his wife) as latte-drin­king-cavia­r-eating elitists!

[thebluecrayon]

If this were an attack on Palin's clothes, I would have to agree but this article is about how the Republicans spent $150,000 on the clothes and more importantly, the person who purchased the clothes has a long history of dirty campaigning. I'm so sure a lot of down-ticket Republican candidates would've loved some of that money to use on their own campaigns.

[AmazedOne]

Has nothing to do with the wardrobe, but with the amount of dollars spent while proclaiming a) to be fiscally responsible and b) to understand all the different Joes (plumber, Six pack, etc). 150 K can clothe a lot of Joes for a very long time.

[hmmmmmer]

Hypocritical crap always has a way of turning around on the first to attack the other.

[larmarch5]

If the shoe fits . . .

[BluePride]

A 1965 Voting Rights Act national radio commercial: Things Are Changing

http://current.com/items/89434265_obama_2008_things_are_changing

[missjabez]

Wow! Who'da thunk a man would have such good taste? Although I thought Palin's skirts were too tight and her heels too high, Larson really did a pretty good job. I'm impressed. Still, it's ridiculous to spend $150,000. in roughly two months for clothes.

[ScoobyDoo269]

Then He's GAY!

[hmmmmmer]

Or a real pervert!

[ReallyNowPgh]

I guess that kind of shopping is what "real Americans" do.