"Michael Steele's High Lliving".
Michael Steele's high living
By Jonathan Capehart
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's high livin' among the party's deep-pocketed donors has been totaled up: For February alone, according to expenses filed with the Federal Election Commission last week, Steele's use of private planes and private cars came to $17,514 and $12,691, respectively. That's a good gig.
On Monday, the Daily Caller was the first to report that “A February RNC trip to California … included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons” and about $1,946 “at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.”
An RNC spokesperson insisted that Steele “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.” Well, that's a relief. But why on earth was the expense approved and reimbursed in the first place? “The committee has requested that the monies be returned to the committee,” the spokesperson told me. Requested?
The RNC told The Washington Post on Monday that it is investigating the disbursement to Erik Brown of Orange, Calif., who has donated about $10,000 to Republican candidates. An RNC spokesman told The Post that he “can't comment on him” when asked about Brown but did say that Brown is “not on committee staff” and that the visit to the Voyeur nightclub “was not an RNC event.”
Steele has raised $96.2 million during his tenure, but he has spent $109.6 million. I'm sure GOP donors are thrilled to know where their dwindling money is going.
— Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post
By Jonathan Capehart
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's high livin' among the party's deep-pocketed donors has been totaled up: For February alone, according to expenses filed with the Federal Election Commission last week, Steele's use of private planes and private cars came to $17,514 and $12,691, respectively. That's a good gig.
On Monday, the Daily Caller was the first to report that “A February RNC trip to California … included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons” and about $1,946 “at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.”
An RNC spokesperson insisted that Steele “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.” Well, that's a relief. But why on earth was the expense approved and reimbursed in the first place? “The committee has requested that the monies be returned to the committee,” the spokesperson told me. Requested?
The RNC told The Washington Post on Monday that it is investigating the disbursement to Erik Brown of Orange, Calif., who has donated about $10,000 to Republican candidates. An RNC spokesman told The Post that he “can't comment on him” when asked about Brown but did say that Brown is “not on committee staff” and that the visit to the Voyeur nightclub “was not an RNC event.”
Steele has raised $96.2 million during his tenure, but he has spent $109.6 million. I'm sure GOP donors are thrilled to know where their dwindling money is going.
— Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post
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