Nine News Organizations Sent a Letter to Romney Campaign Challenging Expenses
Six weeks after the election, nine news outlets are questioning the financial propriety of the Romney campaign after receiving several exorbitant bills. The news organizations, which include the New York Times, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed and the Los Angeles Times, wrote a letter to the campaign, asking for detailed price breakdowns of any event that cost them $200 or more. While it's normal for campaigns to bill media outlets for various expenses, including food and travel costs, the Romney campaign's charges seem excessive by almost any standard.
As BuzzFeed reported last week, each reporter was charged $812 on October 11 for a single meal and a spot in a rented "holding place," a spot for the press to wait before the next event. The letter cites similar charges of "$461 for a meal and hold the next day; $345 for food and hold Oct. 30." The Romney campaign also billed news outlets $745 per reporter for a "viewing party," which included massage tables and fresh cut flowers, during the first vice-presidential debate.
While it's easy to assume the bills were artificially inflated, sources told BuzzFeed the high prices were due to the overall horrible management of the campaign, which was so poorly run, apparently, that staffers had to resort to stealing the press's overpriced food. As the letter states: "... it was clear to all present that the campaign's paid staff frequently consumed the food and drinks ostensibly produced for the media."
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should be surprised that the fucking is second nature and continues to this day. 
What greedy Mammon-obsessed wankers they all are..Chickenhawk Willard Rmoney was the perfect candidate to represent the true desiccated degenerate money-grubbing soul of Republicanism.
