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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 10:59 AM
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RNC “Investigating” Party Funds Spent On Bondage-Themed Nightclub
Edited on Mon Mar-29-10 11:16 AM by cal04
The Plum LineGreg Sargent's blog
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-national-committee/rnc-investigating-party-funds-spent-on-bondage-themed-nightclub/

The Republican National Committee has undertaken an investigation in the wake of news that nearly $2,000 in party funds was spent at a bondage-themed club that features topless female dancers imitating lesbian sex, an RNC spokesperson confirms to me.

The spokesperson adamantly denies that Michael Steele was the party who spent the money at the club and says Steele strongly disavows such actions.

The Daily Caller reported today that FEC filings show that $1,946.25 in RNC funds was spent in February at Voyeur West Hollywood, which features scantily clad waitresses and writhing performers amid a decor of orgy chic.

The Daily Caller suggested that the cash outlay at the club suggests “Steele travels in style,” without saying outright that he’s the one responsible for the expenditure. But an RNC spokesman sends over a statement adamantly denying it was Steele:

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In fairness to Steele, the filings (http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00003418/457070/sb/21B/2) in question don’t specify who spent the money. It’s still unknown who the “non-committee staffer” is who spent this money, how this happened, and what the reaction of GOP donors will be to the RNC’s explanation.




http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/campaign-committees/89611-rnc-looking-into-money-spent-at-club-featuring-simulated-sex
"The chairman was never at the location in question; he had no knowledge of the expenditure, nor does he find the use of committee funds at such a location at all acceptable," the spokesperson said. "Good reporting would make that distinction crystal clear. The committee has requested that the monies be returned to the committee and that the story be corrected so that it is accurate.”
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:02 AM
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1. 2 grand for fake lesbian sex?
For 2 grand he should have the real deal. :rofl:
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:04 AM
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2. They're not investigating shit.
They'll find some low-level staffer, pin it on him, and fire him.

Then they'll announce that they've "cleaned house" and go back to preaching family values.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:46 AM
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7. Until the following Tuesday, when the next such incident hits the press
o/` It's the cirrrcle of liiiiife.. o/`
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:51 AM
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8. Oh, they're investigating.
They're searching for evidence and burying it as deeply as they can.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:06 AM
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3. They're going to spend hundreds of thousands at that club, getting to the bottom of this scandal. nt
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Walk away Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:10 AM
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4. Michael Steele, the gift that keeps on giving! nt
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:35 AM
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5. Deny Everything!
Deny, Deny, Deny!

OK, in the face of overwhelming evidence say "Maybe".

The next step is to offer tearful apologies and then go right back out and do it again (The Swaggart Doctrine).
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 11:45 AM
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6. decor of orgy chic.
maybe he is thinking of redecorating his office a/la Sarah Palin's Wasilla office makeover.

or maybe its those hot leather outfits she wears

:rofl:
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