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Seriously? "Republican Party Spent Thousands At Lavish Hotels, Bondage-Themed Club"

by: Danny the Red (hair)

Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 11:37:07 AM MDT

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Pols Update: How's the view from under that bus, random RNC staffer? From The Associated Press:

The Republican National Committee has fired a staffer who helped organize a $1,946 visit last month to a sex-themed Hollywood club, and the GOP says it will recoup the money from a donor who also participated.
The episode is the latest in a string of questionable spending by the RNC as Republicans prepare for a costly election season in which they hope to take dozens of House and Senate seats from Democrats.
An RNC memo says the Jan. 31 outing to Voyeur West Hollywood involved several members of the "Young Eagles" GOP group who had been in Los Angeles for a meeting. An unnamed staffer, who had been warned that such activities did not qualify for reimbursement, has been fired, said the memo from RNC chief of staff Ken McKay...
...The conservative group Concerned Women for America said the RNC should disclose more about the episode.
"Did they really agree to reimburse nearly $2,000 for a bondage-themed night club?" group president Penny Nance asked in a statement. "Why would a staffer believe that this is acceptable, and has this kind of thing been approved in the past?"

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

The Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong has basically won the morning with a story about RNC Chairman Michael Steele's lavish lifestyle on the road. Strong reports that Steele "once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel," and has run up some substantial tabs at some of our nation's nicest hotels. But if you ask me, he sort of buried the lede... probably strategically! Because look what awaits you in paragraph six:
Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons, and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.

I'm not one to judge other people's "family values," but I do not think that the rank & file of the GOP would appreciate this.

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Has he commented on this yet?

If not, perhaps he's been tied up.

(Thank you, I'll be here all week. Don't tell my boss that last bit.)

We'll miss you, Gabby.

by: ProgressiveCowgirl @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 17:44:19 PM UTC

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That should bring anyone down. If true, lets see how it plays out.

This kind of business would handcuff even the best bullshitter.

by: Libertad @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 17:46:16 PM UTC

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Staffer fired, now let us see the leadership

communicate the closure ....

Maybe the staffer was trying to score the cost of pre-existing augmentation conditions. ;)

by: Libertad @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 20:30:03 PM UTC

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The national GOP

is the gift that keeps on giving.

Sometimes, I guess, you have to let the inner bitch out.

by: gertie97 @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 17:48:15 PM UTC

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Thank you Sir.....

may I have another? and another? and another?

It's only class warfare if you fight back

by: allyncooper @ Wed Mar 31, 2010 at 18:06:08 PM UTC

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Could this be their way out? Or forward as everyone likes to say?

Up until now they didn't dare get rid of him for mere incompetence since he's about all they have to point to to counter constant blow ups over racist e-mail jokes eminating from the party and it's elected officials, racist signs at rallies, cartoons portraying the president as a rapist and the first lady as a chimp, etc.

by: BlueCat @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:07:44 PM UTC

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What's the problem? Did he not tip?

Seriously - they were naked women, right?

"Why do Republicans get to be stupid and win while whenever we're stupid, we're just stupid?" sufimarie Feb 2010

by: BICora @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:18:09 PM UTC

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Nothing gets you outed faster than poot tipping....

It's only class warfare if you fight back

by: allyncooper @ Wed Mar 31, 2010 at 18:07:47 PM UTC

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So, 9k and 6k at hotels...

But $2000 at a strip club!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

by: bluemountains @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:24:15 PM UTC

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Should have been titled

"At Least It's Not Your National Party Chair - Or Maybe It Is..."

I guess since it wasn't Las Vegas, it didn't stay there.

"We're below sharks and contract killers." -- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), speaking on Congress's 9% approval rating

by: Phoenix Rising @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:26:39 PM UTC

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He is pretty tied up

hanging upside down...

he is pretty tied gop,, and you can ride her

... new republican theme...

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by: Froward69 @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:27:29 PM UTC

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Does this mean the GOP is rethinking

it's position on lesbians?

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!

by: DavidThi808 @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:31:05 PM UTC

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Probably Not

Those guys always talk like they are on top of the situation and ready to whip things around if necessary.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. Edmund Burke

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by: Pam Bennett @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:37:28 PM UTC

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the GOP never really had a problem with Lesbians

naw thats "Girly" stuff.

it is GAY MEN the GOP wants to meet in airport restrooms.
Make and keep the act/connection Illegal to heighten the sexual risk/experience.

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See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad

by: Froward69 @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 19:30:03 PM UTC

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Maybe Republicans are more fun than I thought

by: Leonard Smalls @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:33:36 PM UTC

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You haven't been paying attention

Republicans just don't want to seem like they're fun. Behind the scenes...

"We're below sharks and contract killers." -- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), speaking on Congress's 9% approval rating

by: Phoenix Rising @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:38:50 PM UTC

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I don't know about fun

creepy and self loathing, maybe.

by: BlueCat @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 19:03:38 PM UTC

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Face palm.

Goodbye, Michael Steele.

by: Laughing Boy @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:50:06 PM UTC

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He expensed EVERYTHING?

Maybe the old Voyeur West Hollywood club would have been a better charge for the personal credit card, eh?

by: Colorado Pols @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 18:57:42 PM UTC

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Hubris....the GOP's middle name

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble and reclaim the commons. Stop the militarization of America.

by: Sir Robin @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 19:20:49 PM UTC

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It would be funnier

if Michael Steele was wearing a blue dress.

by: ColoDem Di @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 02:50:17 AM UTC

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Cash is the way to go.

by: Earnest @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 23:27:38 PM UTC

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Damn,,,,

Why don't I ever get this kind of invitation?

Denver Broncos... Still Suck!

by: Go Raiders* @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 19:14:05 PM UTC

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This really, really, seriously, sucks

I want Michael Steele to stay right where he is.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same. Which one will it be? --Joseph V. Paterno

by: Ralphie @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 19:28:52 PM UTC

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Toast.

Between this (it's a staffer, not Steele) and that idiotic fundraising powerpoint, I think that's about it.

I like Steele, but he's just said some really dumb stuff and seems to have very little control over there.

by: Laughing Boy @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 19:35:28 PM UTC

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Do you have a copy of the power point n/t?

by: Danny the Red (hair) @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 22:45:16 PM UTC

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No.

It was all over the blogs. Stupid stuff.

by: Laughing Boy @ Mon Mar 29, 2010 at 23:44:39 PM UTC

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powerpoint

I wasn't going to bring it up, but since it's up -

http://www.politico.com/static...

It's only occasionally racist and overtly stupid (pp30 & 31). I did find it interesting that there really is no policy strategy. Political strategy- sure. But not based on policy. And they raised a ton of cash. Also, a concise RNC summary of Citizens v FEC (pp70 & 71)

by: MADCO @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 23:07:12 PM UTC

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Excellent

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble and reclaim the commons. Stop the militarization of America.

by: Sir Robin @ Wed Mar 31, 2010 at 01:56:40 AM UTC

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My bet:

The Alice in Wonderland sound bite of "Repeal and Replace" Senator Graham couldn't stop repeating on Sunday will now be applied to Steele.

by: WritterWrocks @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 00:45:35 AM UTC

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Another rogue staffer w/ tire tracks on his back.

Poor bastard.

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork

by: Middle of the Road @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 20:08:00 PM UTC

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And if he'd been warned about the expense...

Then how was it that the accountants responsible approved it? And what about those expenses to Congressional Liquors delivered to the RNC?

"We're below sharks and contract killers." -- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), speaking on Congress's 9% approval rating

by: Phoenix Rising @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 20:12:23 PM UTC

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I should clarify...

They're the ones marked "Office Supplies".

"We're below sharks and contract killers." -- Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), speaking on Congress's 9% approval rating

by: Phoenix Rising @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 20:14:20 PM UTC

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Weirdly enough,

this just makes the Republican Party more appealing to me.

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork

by: Middle of the Road @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 20:19:09 PM UTC

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Her back, as it turns out

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpoin...

by: Old Time Dem @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 20:34:07 PM UTC

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Wow

What a topsy turvy republican world we live in. Soaring with the eagles at the nudie bar one day, choking on bus fumes the next.

Rogue staffer is a tough gig these days.

" The webinar is free, however, there are only 250 spaces available "

Some douche

by: Fidel's dirt nap @ Tue Mar 30, 2010 at 21:51:25 PM UTC

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A mooch

We ought to get rid of the mooch. The sex charges are not as outrageous as the hotels (not as much $). At a max he should abide by the travel allowed for government employees.

by: Old Rep @ Wed Mar 31, 2010 at 02:35:18 AM UTC

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