The Year in Political Fashion. And some obvious observations by moi.

The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart has put up his picks for "The Year in Political Fashion."

There were a number of obvious choices such as Santorum's sweater vest, Chris Christie's omnipresent fleece, and Mitt Romney's Costco purchased mom jeans.

There were also a few that became internet memes, such as this picture of Hillary.

And this picture of Paul Ryan.

I am certainly by NO means an expert on fashion (Understatement of the year), and I disagree with some of Capehart's choices. However with one example I think he was dead on.

Here is how Capehart described this look: 

Sarah Palin was all over the place with this outfit, worn while stumping for Missouri Senate candidate Sarah Steelman. The superman t-shirt screamed: “laundry day!” The Capri pants were fine, even with that belt. Don’t get me started on her wedges. Any taller and they’d qualify as stilts.

Yes indeed Palin's choice to just throw on any old thing laying on the Palin recreational vehicle floor certainly sent the message that either she simply did not give a shit about dressing professionally anymore, or she had no idea HOW to dress herself. (Guess which one I am leaning toward.)

However it occurs to me that there were other, earlier examples that she had some form of "dressing yourself dyslexia" as well.

Wearing a see thru top and drenched in sweat in July.

In Wasilla voting during GOP primary in March

Sweaty and bitchy in Iowa wearing Piper's t-shirt during straw poll in February.

Sporting her vagina crucifix during screening of "The Undefeated" in Pella.

 And I am not even going to bother with post pictures of ALL of the bizarre wigs that Palin has stapled to her head in the last few years. Those pretty much speak for themselves.

(And I believe I mean that quite literally.)

However, to be fair, was there EVER really a time that when Palin was forced to dress herself that she WASN'T adorned in trailer park chic?

You know I think that SOME people actually bought into the image of the perfectly coiffed, professionally dressed politician that the McCain campaign spent $150,000 trying to create.

But let's face it, Palin was ALWAYS that poor mentally challenged girl in the corner with the mismatched clothes and the bike helmet on her head to keep her from running into sharp corners. Yet people saw what they WANTED to see in her and THEY were the ones who were surprised that she could not live up to their expectations.

Alaskans? Yeah, not so much.

Update: I almost forgot to include this last photograph which I think succinctly drives home my point.