While attending a campaign event in Reno, Nevada, Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin was photographed wearing a scarf designed with the donkey Democratic party logo featured prominently and multiple times in patterned format, emblazoned with the word "vote." Many suggest that the scarf is a promotional device used for promoting the Democratic party, the political rivals of the Republican party. The scarf appeared at the same time as bloggers and news organizations began scrutinizing Palin's $150,000 wardrobe budget.The Huffington Post: Palin... Scarf That Encourages Voting...For Democrats (October 23, 2008)