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CHEAPSKATES

May 14, 2009

Republicans Need To Buy Their Own Damn Clothes

by Sara K. Smith  

And their own jewelry, tooThe number one problem facing everyone in the Republican party right now is that they cannot bring themselves to foot the bill for their own clothing, and this ends them up in terrible scrapes. Like Sarah Palin, the amiable Alaskan parasite whose popularity plunged after it turned out the money-soaked Republican National Committee was paying for all her suddenly tasteful clothes.

Now Norm Coleman and his wife find themselves in similarly difficult straits, except worse because the FBI is looking into it, because some guy allegedly bought him a suit and stuff:

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the “main topic” of the two agents’ questions surrounded an allegation that Bloomington financier Nasser Kazeminy paid for suits and other items Coleman and his wife shopped for at Neiman-Marcus in Minneapolis.

Jesus Christ people stay away from that Nieman-Marcus place, it is a Republican graveyard of the damned.

This Kazeminy character is also the guy whom lawsuits allege tried to direct $100,000 to Coleman via Laurie Coleman’s employer.

Last semi-humorous comedy note: Laurie Coleman’s lawyer is named “Earl Gray.” Teabagging!

FBI inquiry on Coleman reportedly expanding [Pioneer Press]

{ 51 comments }

ManchuCandidate May 14, 2009 at 10:59 am

All Normie needs is to be caught in a gay tryst with a underaged teenager wearing a diaper for $20 bucks then he’ll have a piece of every GOP scandal for the last 5 years.

chascates May 14, 2009 at 11:01 am

Links not working for twincities.com!

BillyClubb May 14, 2009 at 11:01 am

You don’t understand. It’s a lot easier to get teabagged when you’re wearing a nice, expensive suit.

Mr Blifil May 14, 2009 at 11:03 am

I’m really starting to worry what Norm will do for money once his appeals are exhausted sometime around 2015.

Unlearned Hand May 14, 2009 at 11:04 am

It’s not the GOP’s fault! Can’t you see – it’s all a Jewish plot to bring down the Republican Party and establish Socialism! Glenn Beck was right!

momus May 14, 2009 at 11:09 am

Whatever happened to good, Republican cloth coats?

Crank Tango May 14, 2009 at 11:11 am

Where is Michele Bachmann when you need her? OK, I will jump in for her, Norm Coleman used to be a hippie democrat, and now he is making the goopers look like shit, what with his worse fake teeth than Joe Biden. Coincidence? I’m just saying.

Mahousu May 14, 2009 at 11:12 am

Is Earl Gray hot?

hobospacejunkie May 14, 2009 at 11:12 am

I ain’t yo bitch, nigga. Buy your own damn clothes.

Decker May 14, 2009 at 11:13 am

I’m thinking if Norm got fitted for a nice orange jumpsuit and grew his hair out again, he could have it all: cigarettes, ice creams, escorts through the yard to keep away the shivs…

SayItWithWookies May 14, 2009 at 11:16 am

The kilo of iocaine and powdered baby skulls sewn into the lining of each coat probably didn’t help either.

Naked Bunny with a Whip May 14, 2009 at 11:18 am

I was going to suggest that Republicans just go naked, but then I thought, eww.

SmutBoffin May 14, 2009 at 11:18 am

It was a fursuit, right? Lemme guess, Norm’s fursona is a small, burrowing creature — perhaps a raccoon?

Lascauxcaveman May 14, 2009 at 11:21 am

[re=316431]Mahousu[/re]: Mine is. I’m enjoying it even as I chuckle at the particulars of good ol’ bumbling Norm’s “Suitgate.”

Two things that make me feel human in the morning: A nice hot cuppa tea and an icy cold splash of Wonkette. I can now face the day.

Naked Bunny with a Whip May 14, 2009 at 11:23 am

*shakes his fuzzy little fist at those damned Republican raccoons*

Judas Peckerwood May 14, 2009 at 11:24 am

[re=316436]SmutBoffin[/re]: I’d say a ferret.

BillyClubb May 14, 2009 at 11:25 am

[re=316432]hobospacejunkie[/re]: Ha, I made the original into a ringtone.

Come here a minute May 14, 2009 at 11:26 am

Norm’s good enough, he’s smart enough, and gosh darnit people buy him stuff.

hobospacejunkie May 14, 2009 at 11:32 am

[re=316440]BillyClubb[/re]: I hope you don’t spend too much trying to explain it’s context. Especially to those annoying and clueless do-gooder liberal types.

charlesdegoal May 14, 2009 at 11:33 am

Nasser Kazeminy? Sounds suspiciously Muslim to me.

queeraselvis v 2.0 May 14, 2009 at 11:37 am

Damn, Norm. For $100K you could’ve racked up at the Men’s Wearhouse. I guarantee it!

WhatTheHeck May 14, 2009 at 11:45 am

What, with all these closeted repubs, you’d think these guys would shop for their own, tastefully tailored suits.

Monsieur Grumpe May 14, 2009 at 11:45 am

Also! Norm refinanced his house 12 times in the last 14 years. Who the hell does that?

CockedAle May 14, 2009 at 11:46 am

The rumor that Sarah and Norm have the same Iranian Me-man Mucus Sugar Daddy has been around for awhile
http://phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/did-norm-colemans-sugar-daddy-finance-sarah-palins-shopping-spree/

Yes You Can Own A Piece of History May 14, 2009 at 11:49 am

[re=316436]SmutBoffin[/re]: Hopefully he took the furry personality test to be sure. And I love the blingee.

TeddyS May 14, 2009 at 11:55 am

And the dumb sumbitch still won’t quit with the courts. He will fight to the last drop of somebody else’s blood as long as he doesn’t have to pay for it himself.

19kevin8 May 14, 2009 at 11:58 am

I, for one, do not give a fuck who bought goddamn clothes for the former senator from Minnesota.

zenferret May 14, 2009 at 11:58 am

[re=316428]momus[/re]: Checkers peed on them all.

[re=316439]Judas Peckerwood[/re]: Hey! Lets not get personal now! Oh yeah Wonkette, never mind.

Crazybroad May 14, 2009 at 12:01 pm

[re=316448]queeraselvis v 2.0[/re]: Win!

Mad Farmer Manifest May 14, 2009 at 12:02 pm

“Jesus Christ people stay away from that Nieman-Marcus place, it is a Republican graveyard of the damned.” The Republican pary IS the party of the damned. I have free sharpened wooden stakes for all.

Mad Farmer Manifest May 14, 2009 at 12:03 pm

[re=316436]SmutBoffin[/re]: [re=316438]Naked Bunny with a Whip[/re]:
Racoons don’t burrow. And leave them out of this. Racoons are decent people.

Carrie_Okie May 14, 2009 at 12:07 pm

http://www.twincities.com/ci_12364759?nclick_check=1

I am pretty sure he is a naked mole rat.

WadISay May 14, 2009 at 12:09 pm

Charlie Crist’s personal lawyer must be Orange Pekoe.

zenferret May 14, 2009 at 12:10 pm

[re=316476]Mad Farmer Manifest[/re]: Neither do ferrets FWIW. But that bunny (maybe without a whip) would make a nice ferret lunch.

PrairiePossum May 14, 2009 at 12:14 pm

If the GOP wants to appeal to Walmart voters, perhaps they should start purchasing their clothes from Walmart.

WIDTAP May 14, 2009 at 12:16 pm

[re=316431]Mahousu[/re]: Make it so.

Actually, I am a little worried for Norm. He has a Midwest lawyer named Earl? That’s not going to go well.

Capitol Hillbilly May 14, 2009 at 12:17 pm

SORE LOSERMAN !

how quickly they forget …

Naked Bunny with a Whip May 14, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Racoons are decent people.

Even the Republican ones? Well, at least Republican raccoons are cleaner than Republicans of other species.

a nice ferret lunch.

Eaten by a ferret? Hawt.

mercure May 14, 2009 at 12:35 pm

[re=316415]ManchuCandidate[/re]: I think you need to throw in a bag of meth to make the scandal ensemble complete.

Deepthroat May 14, 2009 at 12:35 pm

mad props for tha blingee, yo

thefrontpage May 14, 2009 at 12:39 pm

United States Congress

U.S. Senate

From the desk of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania DEMOCRAT

May 14, 2009

Hey, Arlen here! Just a quick note to say that I’ve always bought all of my own clothes myself–and I’ve paid for all of them from my own pocket!

Now that I’m a Democrat, I find myself shopping at the cooler, hipper stores, like the Gaps, Old Army, and Abernathy and Felcher.

Gotta’ go vote on something!

–Arlen.

ice9 May 14, 2009 at 12:43 pm

[re=316415]ManchuCandidate[/re]: Norm’s straight, as far as anyone knows – he’s been known to get blowjobs from women on the corner of 4th and Wabasha in St. Paul from time to time…

Mahousu May 14, 2009 at 12:51 pm

[re=316428]momus[/re]: Whatever happened to good, Republican cloth coats?
I did a search at niemanmarcus.com, but alas:
We weren’t able to find any results for “cloth coat”.

That wasn’t very promising, but I followed their suggestion and checked out their Burberry collection. And there’s a nice all-cotton piped jacket for only $1,350. So don’t give up hope.

Accordion-o-rama May 14, 2009 at 1:13 pm

I guess I’m with Kazeminy here. When you pay good money for a Senator, you like to be able to dress them up and pose them. That’s what the ownership society is all about!

DangerousLiberal May 14, 2009 at 1:35 pm

[re=316415]ManchuCandidate[/re]: Only if he does this in the Larry Craig Loo at MSP.

Lascauxcaveman May 14, 2009 at 1:41 pm

[re=316452]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: Norm refinanced his house 12 times in the last 14 years. Who the hell does that?

Eh, everybody needs a hobby.

The Unfairman May 14, 2009 at 1:58 pm

[re=316415]ManchuCandidate[/re]:

9 years, even! Trying to get the courts to name him to public office is trademark Gee Dubs wackiness! Ahh…contempt for the will of the voters. GOP, I love you.

S.Luggo May 14, 2009 at 2:24 pm

[re=316428]momus[/re]: These days they’re made in Italy only from the finest Mexican.

proudgrampa May 14, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Any asswipe who claims that God wants him to be a Senator DESERVES an FBI investigation. I’m just sayin’.

arclight May 14, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Norm Coleman – hey, wasn’t he behind some sort of airplane crash in 2002? We should ask Wanda Sykes.

Bruno May 15, 2009 at 1:52 am

If a man is buying another man a suit it tells you something.

It’s kind of like buying silk undies for someone.

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