ferfux Wrote:
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> What a difference $2,000 in a lesbian bondage
> strip club makes. The responsible committee
> staffer has been fired for authorizing donor
> reimbursement to cover a night out for some "young
> donors" to the forever-grateful Voyeur, a West
> Hollywood lesbian bondage-themed nightclub for the
> discriminating diner. That is, one who finds
> gustatory stimulation in the presence of, for
> example, a woman with a horse's bit in her mouth
> being strapped to the wall by another woman.
>
> o each his own appetizer, I suppose, but something
> tells me the family-values crowd may not be down
> with this fundraising approach.
>
> But let's be clear: RNC Chairman Michael Steele
> had absolutely nothing to do with it. Got that? He
> wasn't there. He doesn't approve of it. Moving
> on.
>
> There's just one problem: RNC and lesbian bondage
> are now tattooed on the American brain, and the
> buck stops at the top. Moreover, if G-string
> spending were the single offense under Steele's
> leadership, then perhaps this stain would fade, as
> have others, in time for Republicans to tap into
> voter frustration. Alas, this is hardly the first
> or the worst example of Steele's leadership
> deficit.
>
> More egregious are his spending sprees and
> preening self-regard. As one party leader put it
> in an e-mail, the GOP is in trouble when it is
> seen "as the party of limos (taxis work fine), $6K
> hotel bills, $2K strip clubs, private jets. What
> happened to Orbitz or Expedia?"
>
> Wrote another:
>
> "It doesn't matter if he was there or not. He
> doesn't have a clue how to spend money and put
> him in charge at their peril."
>
> Dozens of other comments reflect similar
> sentiments. To be sure, Steele has many attractive
> qualities. Telegenic and passionate, he was viewed
> as the right face at the right time for a party
> widely seen as bland and too white. Well, we can
> scratch "bland."
>
> But Steele is also a prominent personality whose
> performance offers little evidence of the skills
> necessary for a party on life support. He can
> raise money, but he doesn't spend it well.
>
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic
> le/2010/03/30/AR2010033002772.html?hpid=opinionsbo
> x1
Wouldn't be surprised to see some highlevel GOPs behind all this. Michael Steele is a marked man w/in his own party. If he gets fired, how long before the racist accusations start flying. Grab your popcorn Dems, this will be fun!!