Staging and lighting same as clothing to ‘whack job’ Sarah Palin?

As many times that Sarah Palin tells us that her $150,000 Neiman Marcus/Saks wardrobe is just like staging and lighting purchase, the purchase of clothing with campaign funds is a crime.
This is what she actually said,

This whole thing with the wardrobe, I try to just ignore it because it’s so ridiculous. Those clothes, they are [...]

Taxability of reimbursement paid Palin for children’s travel is governed by federal income tax law

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwb6ekOiK0T9yFvw_WURcrdPI65QD93V4AJ82
That the State of Alaska wants to pick up the freight for Sarah Palin’s children to accompany the governor, when she is on state business, is its business, but it doesn’t determine those payments taxability for federal income taxes.
Per AP INVESTIGATION: Palin children traveled on state,
The Palins released a review by a Washington attorney who [...]