Posted on 03/29/2010 6:53:10 AM PDT by icwhatudo
According to two knowledgeable sources, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel.
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While Steele has not purchased a plane, he continues to charter them. According to federal disclosure records, the RNC spent $17,514 on private aircraft in the month of February alone (as well as $12,691 on limousines during the same period). There are no readily identifiable private plane expenses for Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine in the DNC’s last three months of filings.
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Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons, and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.
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Steele must think he is special.
WTF? Why can’t he just fly coach?
Steele is an epic failure and needs to go ASAP. Of course, when fired, he’ll say he’s the victim of racism.
If the RNC will not fire him out of fears of being called rassist then they deserve what they get.
nothing......
Give directly to the candidates (such as Dr. Benishek online against Stupak and our candidates seeking to oust the other switchhitters). DO NOT give to the Republican Party — clear evidence that they’ll waste it on themselves.
But he is light skinned and speaks with no discernable Negro accent.
*facepalm*
I can understand occasional expenses for chartering aircraft—it sometimes can make more sense, time- and expense-wise, to charter a jet and fly direct if he’s going somewhere not, or poorly, served by commercial flights.
But I’m going to be interested to see how nearly $2,000 in BDSM nightclub expenses showed up on these reports...if it’s a liberal plant or the real deal, and if real, who takes the fall for it.
}:-)4
Steele is the Republican equvalent of his worthless counterpart occupying the White House.
Gives me a chance to rail against one of these debacles that started it all - crucifying the auto CEO’s for using private jets to come to Washington for the bailout hearings.
Whether or not the RNC needs private jets, we aren’t going to have top CEO’s and top companies if their leaders have to fly commercial.
Just imagine the head of Ford having to tell the Japanese government or a Japanese auto company that he has to book a commercial flight in order to make it to a negotiation.
Let’s be First Class all the way.
Well, at least he isn’t using Taxpayer money and a 747 jet like Scarecrow Pelosi.
Why should it? He’s a horrible RNC chair, but the RNC chair has to do a lot of traveling. So you have a choice: commercial, charter or buy your own. It sounds like he threw out the suggestion to find out if it would be cheaper.
Sorry, pretty weak tea to me.
He needs to go now. How do we get a new chairman with spine, guts, and gonads NOW???
And he’s bright and clean and articulate and a nice looking guy.
And he can buy his own damn plane with his own damn money.
"And far in the back, past the photo booth, apothecary bar and walls plastered in contact sheets from an illicit Mexico photo shoot, there's a private VIP room with a separate entrance and a giant chaise that could comfortably hold you and 10 beauties who appreciate furniture with well-placed handles…
And anybody else who likes to watch."
Sorry, I didn’t catch the last one, the bondage club. Yes, that would get him fired and should be a slam dunk. Just the suggestion of buying a plane: no.
I still don’t understand how this RINO got his job.
“and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.”
I find this part hard to believe. If so; his butt needs to be fired immediately.
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