“So You Think You Can Dance?” - Palin’s Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary in 2-Week Period (NYT)

Palin’s Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary in 2-Week Period
By Michael Luo

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 staff member. 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.”

The payment on Oct. 10 made Ms. Strozzi the single highest-paid individual in the campaign for that two-week period. (There were more than two dozen companies that got larger payments than Ms. Strozzi). She easily beat out Mr. Scheunemann, who received $12,500 in the first half of October, and Ms. Wallace, who got $12,000.

In September, Ms. Strozzi was also paid $13,200 for “communications consulting.” But several individuals were paid more by the McCain campaign that month, including Mike DuHaime, the political director, who received $25,000 for “GOTV CONSULTING,” and Mark Salter, one of Mr. McCain’s senior advisers, who got $13,224 in salary.

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If the repugs were pissed about the wardrobe, they'll be triple pissed by this.

The Republicans went berserk over Arianna Huffington declaring about $23,000 for make up and hair in an entire year of television and speaking engagments. What Palin spent in two weeks. They went insane over it.

Its not like she is ugly or anything, just throw on some concealor, eyeshadow, lipstick and mascara. How hard is that?

11 grand a week for slapping some paint on a face