RNC Sex-Club Flap Only Tip Of Fundraising Iceberg

[spanone]

The Republican National Committee is busy this week doing damage control after its monthly financial report was filed with a nugget about a $1,900 tab run up by some donors at a topless nightclub. But beneath that furor lies another question: If the RNC is raising record amounts of money, why does it have so little of it left in the bank?

The RNC says one staffer went on the nightclub jaunt, submitted the bill as a committee expense, and has now been fired. But that was only the raciest bit of a West Coast trip by RNC Chairman Michael Steele and other party officials. Some other items cost considerably more than an evening watching simulated sex.

"You had more than $9,000 that was spent at a Beverly Hills hotel," said David Levinthal, communications director of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. "There was more than $6,500 that was spent at a Four Seasons hotel."

'A Risky Proposition'

These might seem like garden-variety gotchas on the expense account — except for this: The RNC is spending more money than it's raising. Since January 2009, the RNC has raised $109 million, but spent $115 million.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Oh com'on they are SUPPORTING the ARTS

and this comes from the same folks who were screaming over the Feds funding a certain Christ in urine...

Sadly I think I have just dated myself, or revealed I have a memory going back more than a week

:-)

Oh and the RNC is like irony challenged.

[lolly]

3. Big egos, sense of entitlement

They're all a bunch of Sean Hannitys.

I don't think Hannity really set out to fleece the rubes, but I believe he truly sees himself as utterly entitled to the most expensive hotel suites, luxury transportation, etc. for himself and his entourage. These are legitimate expenses for his "charity."

Same with these guys. Their selfishness and utter lack of ability to see beyond their own egos is not just limited to their political decisions. Carries over into their personal lifestyle.

[opihimoimoi]

2. How Strange to see the GOP slowly twist in the wind unable to extricate from the WEB spun by MASTERS

Locked in almost defenseless positions using nothing but BS Crap hoping to slip past the Good idea filter...the current GOP crop is so INEPT its staggering..

Now ...caught in a ...a pinch .....The Free Spending GOP is at once stricken with Excuses and "They did too"...standard comment in these predicts..

Watch for records to disappear or be altered

[samplegirl]

4. Strip Club taste...............

on a hooters budget!!!!

:Rofl: