RNC Asks Member to Return $2,000 Reimbursed for Visit to Bondage Club

Fox News ^ | March 29, 2010 | Fox News

[txlurker]

The Republican National Committee is asking one of its members to return nearly $2,000 that the member was reimbursed for a night out at a lesbian-themed bondage club.

Doug Heye, a spokesman for the RNC, issued a statement Monday after two news agencies reported that the organization reimbursed a member $1,946 for a February trip to Voyeur, a bondage-themed nightclub in West Hollywood recently featured in The Los Angeles Times as the new hotspot.

"We are investigating the expenditure in question," said Heye. "This was a reimbursement made an individual not on committee staff. ... The committee has requested that the monies be returned to the committee."

Heye said he was incensed by the suggestion in a post in the Daily Caller that RNC Chairman Michael Steele took part in the February outing to the club. The article led with Steele's expenses on charter aircraft and the suggestion by an unnamed source that he was looking for the RNC to buy an airplane to accommodate his travel.

[HiTech RedNeck]

For some odd reason, hetero males often find lesbian porn to be titillating.

[rhombus]

double the visuals perhaps?

[Dr. Ursus]

Oligarchs and we’re the peasants!

[chickadee]

It was LLLLesbian themed - what could be more diverse than that? Sheesh, what does the left want? The GOP tries to help a small business owner with an alternate sexual orientation by throwing a little business his/her way and still the pc police aren’t happy.

[Tribune7]

The type of guy we need in the GOP leadership--

Neither Republican candidate had a problem releasing their income tax returns to the Philadelphia Inquirer as reported in yesterday's story, and while Democrats Jack Wagner and Joe Hoeffel released their 1040s both balked at releasing supplementary forms.

Democrats Dan Onorato, the Allegheny County executive and State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, who represents the 8th District which includes large parts of southwest Philadelphia and southeast Delaware County, did not release their forms although they both said they eventually will. . .

. . .Republican Sam Rohrer and wife, Ruth Ann, earned $83,650 in 2008 most of it from his $71,112 in salary as state representative for the 128th District, making him by far the lowest-earner on the ballot. The Rohrers are also the most generous reporting $16,187 in charitable donations in 2008. Other 2008 income for the couple showed $17,213 in capital gains from the sale of a family farm and $1,012 in dividends and interest.

[OKSooner]

:)

[manc]

DNC memo,

quick attack the tea party, make up stories, take a camera as we walk through protesters, show how we are attacked and make up stories , have obama go overseas to visit troops(to not attend church on palm sunday) and change the talking headlines in the media as our health care is so unpopular.

let us all now fall for their agenda and keep this on health care and the damage it is doing to this country

[BuckeyeTexan]

The RNC Communications Director went on Megyn Kelly’s show to dispute the charges, but instead of doing that he whined about the Democrats not being held to the same standard.

He made the issue bigger than it needed to be. Michael Steele wasn’t there. It was someone else. The RNC did reimburse the charges. They got caught. They’re making the member pay it back.

They should have just been honest and apologized for the mistake in reimbursement and left the anonymous member on his own to defend himself.

[EternalVigilance]

While they’re at it maybe they could reimburse their donors for the million bucks they spent on Dede Scozzafava.

And all the other millions they’ve spent on leftwing Republican candidates.

[SmokingJoe]

Doug Heye, a spokesman for the RNC, issued a statement Monday after two news agencies reported that the organization reimbursed a member $1,946 for a February trip to Voyeur, a bondage-themed nightclub in West Hollywood recently featured in The Los Angeles Times as the new hotspot.

Why the heck did the RNC reimburse anyone for such an expense in the frst place on contributers dime?

[reagan_fanatic]

Elaine: "What is so appealing to men about a catfight?"
Jerry: "Because men think if women are grabbing and clawing at each other, there's a chance they might somehow kiss."

[SmokingJoe]

let us all now fall for their agenda and keep this on health care and the damage it is doing to this country

We make our own hell or heaven on this earth. I am not going to blame the DNC for this one. Perhaps you will explain to me how the RNC reimburses someone for visits to a kinky sex club using donors money?

[a fool in paradise]

It’s just sex.

Everybody does it.

Celebrate diversity.

the media echo chamber is having trouble finding these phrases today.

[9YearLurker]

Looks like he’s a McCain/Giuliani/Hillary kinda guy:

http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/erik-brown.asp?cycle=08

[lonestar]

quick attack the tea party, make up stories, take a camera as we walk through protesters, show how we are attacked and make up stories

It makes me mad that a bigger deal hasn't been made of the Democrats walking thru the Tea Partiers with a police escort when they could have gone to the chamber without going outside. But noooooo--they had to flaunt their "win by hook or crook" to the TP.

Pelosi carrying her gavel made me barf! She had previously called the TP terrorists so why did she lead her merry band of Socialists near them except she was trying to incite trouble.

I loathe those people!

[ncalburt]

this smells like a Dem mole set up here.

the media got the DNC press release way too quick.

[TexasCajun]

RNC is using private funds!!

Why not look at Dear Nancy's big ole jet at taxpayer expense!

[Clemenza]

Maybe because we prefer seeing tuna to sausage?

[Colvin]

REDICULOUS.
I am sure the MSM will not let go of this one.
I know I wouldn’t.