Black Jade
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Vanity Fair wrote an article on how much money the candidates'' wives clothes cost on Monday night. They estimated that Cindy McCain was wearing diamond studs that were 3 carat (they didn''t say that whether this was each, or ctw) and that the earrings, if real, cost $300,000. I looked on Blue Nile and I don''t see how this price can be right. It seems wildly inflated. If the earrings are real. Which you can''t assume that they were just on the basis that she''s rich. Remember Jackie Kennedy''s fake pearls? And the Queen of England, I think it was Queen Alexandra, who broke a pearl necklace and admitted that the pearls were fake?
What''s bothering me, though, is the hostility in the blogosphere about these earrings, with people saying all kinds of mean things about the woman and her jewelry. What if the woman WAS wearing really expensive diamond studs? I can''t afford them myself, but why the jealousy and rage? Whatever you think of her husband''s politics, why shouldn''t Cindy wear jewelry that she can well afford, if she wants to. She does a lot for other people--the list of her charities is amazing. Not even including the adopted daughter. Her parents were poor and borrowed money and went into a business that succeeded. Isn''t that the American dream? Unless we turn to communism, you can''t put a cap on how much people are allowed to make through their businesses, nor tell them how to spend it. Is that what people want?
I feel sorry to see people being so jealous. I wonder what the rest of you think especially since this a board where people do have wonderful jewelry, and from what I see, as the result of saving and planning after many years (though some may have inherited money, which is fine with me)
Please don''t turn this into a discussion of her husband''s politics or into a critique of the Republican party in general.
Black Jade
What''s bothering me, though, is the hostility in the blogosphere about these earrings, with people saying all kinds of mean things about the woman and her jewelry. What if the woman WAS wearing really expensive diamond studs? I can''t afford them myself, but why the jealousy and rage? Whatever you think of her husband''s politics, why shouldn''t Cindy wear jewelry that she can well afford, if she wants to. She does a lot for other people--the list of her charities is amazing. Not even including the adopted daughter. Her parents were poor and borrowed money and went into a business that succeeded. Isn''t that the American dream? Unless we turn to communism, you can''t put a cap on how much people are allowed to make through their businesses, nor tell them how to spend it. Is that what people want?
I feel sorry to see people being so jealous. I wonder what the rest of you think especially since this a board where people do have wonderful jewelry, and from what I see, as the result of saving and planning after many years (though some may have inherited money, which is fine with me)
Please don''t turn this into a discussion of her husband''s politics or into a critique of the Republican party in general.
Black Jade