Republican National Committee Spent Almost $2,000 At S&M Strip Club

And it probably was.

TRAMP.

Stripper's ass too! Lol

LOL

Big Daddy Steele wasn't there.

No, but he paid for it.

"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," said RNC spokeswoman Doug Heye, who added that the committee was investigating the expenditure.

Records filed with the Federal Election Commission show the RNC picked up the hefty tab at Voyeur West Hollywood, a high-end strip club that has hosted such notables as bad girl Lindsay Lohan and supermodel Heidi Klum.
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he didn't pay for it nor did he approve of it.
l'm pissed too, but let's get it right.

GOP Fires Staffer Over $1,946 Topless Club Visit

WASHINGTON — 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 internal memo says the Feb. 4 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 lawyer Ken McKay.
The club features topless dancers and bondage outfits.
RNC spokesman Doug Heye said the committee will be reimbursed by Erik Brown of Orange, Calif., the donor-vendor who billed the GOP for the club visit on behalf of the attendees.
Brown did not respond to an e-mail and phone message seeking comment.
Since November, the RNC has paid Brown's company, Dynamic Marketing Inc., about $19,000 for printing and direct-mail services, campaign spending reports show. He has contributed several thousand dollars to the party.
The most recent financial disclosure report said the RNC spent more than $17,000 for private planes in February and nearly $13,000 for car services. Heye said such services are used only when needed.
McKay's memo says the RNC is committed to using donors' funds efficiently and responsibly.
The $1,946 for meals at Voyeur West Hollywood was the most eye-catching item in the monthly report. RNC Chairman Michael Steele, whose spending decisions have angered some donors in this midterm election year, had nothing to do with the nightclub expenditure, Heye said.
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?"
Much of the most lavish spending by the major political parties is associated with fundraisers, which often target wealthy people.
The RNC spent $144,549 for rooms at the Four Seasons Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyo., in 2009. On March 19, 2009, it spent $31,980 for catering by the Breakers Palm Beach in Florida.
The RNC paid $18,361 over the past several months to the "Tiny Jewel Box" in Washington for "office supplies," which may have included trinkets or gifts for big donors. It spent $13,622 at Dylan's Candy Bar in New York City.
Some Republican officials and donors have complained about Steele's spending decisions, saying the party should devote every available dollar to trying to win House and Senate races this fall. He held this year's four-day winter meeting at a beachfront hotel in Hawaii, although it often takes place in Washington.
Some donors grumbled when Steele spent more than $18,000 to redecorate his office. Steele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor, also has received substantial fees for making speeches, even though the RNC pays him a full-time salary.
Steele's supporters say he has brought a refreshing frankness and energy to the party's leadership.

These frauds do their dirt on the road with hookers, high priced whores and boys then they meet their soccer Mom wives at the airports, go to church singing 'How Great Thou Art, then return to work on Capitol Hill ,as if everything is business as usual.

What do you mean: "As if"?

No. I meant what l said.

My point was, I think it is business as usual. I think that was your point too.

I guess, if you say so.

Psst... we don't all love pussy. :)

Not enough to cheat on my wife.

...lol...you beat me to that one...

wait you mean the dude who BALANCED THE BUDGET?

Stick with the conversation. BTW - Budget was balanced by Congress.

Bill Clinton didn't have to *pay*.

Not at the time but he sure paid later.

Wrong. The president proposes the budget and congress votes on it. That's the process...and yes, Clinton did balance the budget.

1993 balanced budget package:
"The great budget battle finally ended in August, with the passage of Clinton's economic plan. In the end, not a single Republican voted for the balanced budget package. It squeaked through the House by one vote, and Vice President Gore in his official role as President of the Senate had to vote to break a 50-50 vote tie. Several courageous Democrats, who did what they believed to be in America's long-term interests, lost in the next election."

Balanced Budget? The President makes Reccomendations for a Budget, but Congress writes it. If they do not, then they are shirking their responsibilities.

For the record we have not had a Balanced Budget since Andrew Jackson.

Check to see if the National Debt increased in those "surplus" years.

Research the debt yourself at the Treasury Department. http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/NPGateway Remember to calculate using the FISCAL year, and not the Jan to Jan year. You will see the debt has never decreased. It's not rocket science.

Again...if you read the link I posted, you would have seen that this is addressed. Balancing the budget and eliminating the National Debt are two different things. Here's what is says:

Update, Feb. 11: Some readers wrote to us saying we should have made clear the difference between the federal deficit and the federal debt. A deficit occurs when the government takes in less money than it spends in a given year. The debt is the total amount the government owes at any given time. So the debt goes up in any given year by the amount of the deficit, or it decreases by the amount of any surplus. The debt the government owes to the public decreased for a while under Clinton, but the debt was by no means erased.

Other readers have noted a USA Today story stating that, under an alternative type of accounting, the final four years of the Clinton administration taken together would have shown a deficit. This is based on an annual document called the "Financial Report of the U.S. Government," which reports what the governments books would look like if kept on an accrual basis like those of most corporations, rather than the cash basis that the government has always used. The principal difference is that under accrual accounting the government would book immediately the costs of promises made to pay future benefits to government workers and Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries. But even under accrual accounting, the annual reports showed surpluses of $69.2 billion in fiscal 1998, $76.9 billion in fiscal 1999, and $46 billion for fiscal year 2000. So even if the government had been using that form of accounting the deficit would have been erased for those three years.

It comes down to Deficit vs. Debt. Some people, I call them hacks, try to diminish Clinton's accomplishment by purposely confusing the two, or by suggesting we use a different accounting measures in Clinton's case. They do this to prop up the myth that Republicans are the fiscally disciplined ones. Of course the easiest way to put truth to that lie is to look at what happened to the billions of dollars of surplus under Clinton once Bush got into office.

Never mind, you do not understand logic it seems.

I understand the logic perfectly. I'm simply pointing out your spin. If that frustrates you, so be it.

Have a good day.

if they spent a dime, they spent too much.

"The report noted that the RNC spent $17,514 on private aircraft and $12,691 on limousines in the month of February, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Recent travel expenses also included $9,099 spent at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles and nearly $20,000 combined for the Venetian and the M Resort in Las Vegas and the W in Washington"

you can watch it on C-Span everyday.

Oh, I know. My dad used make me watch everyday as a kid.

Actually they're not subject to that, because there's a lot of morons in this country. They'll be like "There is a PERFECTLY good explanation for the dick hanging out of my Congressman's mouth, sir. Once I tell you about how he slipped on a banana peal with his open mouth falling into the lap of a congressional page in the locker room you'll understand ...as I did. This sort of thing could happen to anyone."

-"Yeah, but why did they take a picture of it?!?"

"There's a perfectly good explanation for that too... I'm just not quite sure what it is yet. But he's against gay marriage and he's against abortion."

-"Well then... HE'S GOT MY EVANGELICAL VOTE!"

*sound of air passing between ears*

lol, perfect

lol!

totally agree, but i think 'blow' is misplaced.

The more money they blow on blowjobs and blow the less funds they have to spread their bullshit propaganda.

Better? :D