I think the answer would have to be: Not as clueless as her handlers. Seriously, does anyone in the McCain/Palin campaign have any awareness of their own surroundings? I guess you can buy $150,000 worth of lipstick, but that doesn't include having the sense as to how to use it. (clue: what animal is on this silk scarf?)

correction - I guess it only costs $13,000 for lipstick:

McCain's September payments of $8,672.55 to "American Idol" make-up artist Tifanie White, who has also worked on the reality dance show "So You Think You Can Dance," are a drop in the bucket on the campaign's beautification front compared to the GOP vice presidential nominee.

The Sleuth has learned that Palin's high-paid traveling make-up artist is Amy Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work as head of makeup on "So You Think You Can Dance." Strozzi was paid $13,200 by the McCain-Palin campaign last month alone, according to the campaign's latest financial disclosure report filed this week.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/palins-makeup-artist-even_n_136858.html