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konane — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:37:08 GMT

I'm on the side of fiscal conservatives .... no matter who they are.

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NBey6 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:13:53 GMT

Both sides spend so much time pointing the figure that they forget who the referee really is..........(crickets chirping)!!!!!!!!!

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jarasan — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:41:02 GMT

Who gives a fuque? This is all starting pre NOVEMBER elections don't be f'ing stupid and even think the Democrat leftist fascists aren't a thousand times worse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know first hand.

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MADDOG10 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:43:02 GMT

The DNC ought to look into the mirror,( Amsterdam and Pelosi) before they comment on this paltry sum....!

Original Blog Entry: R.N.C. Spends Thousands on Private Jets, Limos and Clubs

truesee — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:03:08 GMT

March 29, 2010, 3:53 pm R.N.C. Spends Thousands on Private Jets, Limos and Clubs, Report Shows

JEFF ZELENY AND BERNIE BECKER The Republican National Committee opened an investigation on Monday into why money from donors was paid to reimburse a $2,000 tab at a risqu California nightclub earlier this year, party officials said.

It was obviously improper for more than one reason, said Doug Heye, a spokesman for the party said. It was not a sanctioned R.N.C. activity. It was improper because of the venue.

As Republicans attempt to win back control of the House and Senate in this midterm election year, several party officials and contributors have raised questions about the financial disparities between the Democratic and the Republican parties. Republican officials opened a review of their spending after the nightclub expense was discovered by reporters for The Daily Caller, an online publication in Washington.

The Republican National Committee spent about $30,000 in February on private airplanes and limousines. But those charges were overshadowed by the $1,946.25 charge at Voyeur West Hollywood, which was described by The Los Angeles Times last year as a high-end nightclub with an interior reminiscent of the masked orgy scene from the movie Eyes Wide Shut.

Mr. Heye, the party spokesman, said that the Republican chairman, Michael S. Steele, was not responsible for the charges. He said the reimbursement was made to a non-committee staffer, whom he identified as Erik Brown of Orange, Calif., a political consultant. Mr. Heye said the money would be paid back to the Republican National Committee.

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 acceptable at all, Mr. Heye said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the F.E.C. filings show some $17,500 spent on private jets in February, in addition to more than $12,500 on limousines, which could add to the perception that Mr. Steele has expensive tastes. The filings also list several charges of well over $1,000 at hotels in Washington and elsewhere.

The Democratic National Committee seized on the report Monday.

If limos, chartered aircraft and sex clubs are where they think their donor s money should be spent who are we to judge? asked Brad Woodhouse, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee. But, this controversy shouldn t give voters much confidence in Republicans when they say they want to be put back in charge of federal spending not that their performance the last time they were in charge would have engendered any confidence in the first place.

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