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GOP fires Allison Meyers as strip-club scandal taints party
Christian Science Monitor ^ | 03/30/2010 | Dave Cook

Posted on 03/30/2010 4:01:53 PM PDT by iowamark

Allison Meyers was director of the GOP's Young Eagles, a group that wooed young donors and visited a strip club in Los Angeles – racking up $1,946 in expenses that the party initially reimbursed. The scandal could hurt the GOP in three ways, in particular.

Allison Meyers, the director of the Young Eagles, a Republican program aimed at wooing donors under 45 years old to the GOP cause, was fired as a result of the strip-club scandal that has embroiled the party this week, according to media reports.

The Republican National Committee reimbursed about $2,000 in expenses rung up by the Young Eagles at a Hollywood nightclub featuring topless dancers and bondage outfits. Ms. Meyers allegedly approved the expense.

Fallout could affect Republican fundraising, particularly among its fiscally and morally conservative small donors....

Alienating small donors

"Already we see big donors avoiding the RNC like the plague. Instead they are giving to the Republican Governors Association,” says Reid Wilson, editor of... Hotline On Call. “That is going to hurt Republican efforts to retake the House and pick up Senate seats in November. Big donors don’t trust Michael Steele, and stories like this scare small donors away.”...

Steele had already alienated some major donors with his spending. He held the party’s winter meeting at a beachfront hotel in Hawaii and drew criticism for delivering paid speeches and writing a book while drawing a salary from the GOP...

Mike DeMoss, a longtime RNC donor, told Politico that, “The RNC cannot attack Democrats for how the government spends taxpayer money when it is spending Republican donor money recklessly. Recent RNC spending stories suggest a tone-deafness at best and a misappropriation of funds at worst.”

Confirming tea partyers suspicions

The nightclub flap could also hurt Republican efforts to reach out to "tea party" voters...

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ca2010; contrivedbymitt; giggitygiggitygoo; gop; mattrhoades; michaelsteele; rnc; romneyinsiders; romneyorchestrated; steele
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To: Allegra

Giggety indeed.


21 posted on 03/30/2010 4:12:25 PM PDT by GQuagmire ( We are no longer Massholes)
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To: oldvike
"With any luck this scandal will take down Michael Steele!"

Yup - they should not only fire her, but fire whoever hired her in the 1st place - and fire whoever hired them, and let's go all the way up to......Michael Steele.

22 posted on 03/30/2010 4:12:33 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: LS
"Yeah, I’m no prude, but that’s something you do on your own credit card. You eat one (no pun intended) for the party. You do NOT bill this to the party."

That's right. There are other way to "reimburse" someone for politically untenable expenses. This was amateur hour at the GOP.

23 posted on 03/30/2010 4:13:04 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Williams

Agreed. Well said.


24 posted on 03/30/2010 4:13:05 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (Lying is not only uncivil but immoral))
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To: iowamark

I have not been able to locate evidence of innocence or guilt.


25 posted on 03/30/2010 4:13:23 PM PDT by klute
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To: gathersnomoss

Fred is not historic.


Actually, closer to prehistoric.


26 posted on 03/30/2010 4:13:26 PM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: gathersnomoss
"Fred is not historic."

No. But, with Steele at the helm much longer, the GOP just may be - relegated to history, that is.

27 posted on 03/30/2010 4:14:14 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: PaleoBob

He has a younger wife.


28 posted on 03/30/2010 4:14:21 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: GQuagmire

“”””Too many little things are starting to add up.Steele spending like a drunken sailor, defeatist attitude, etc”””””

Obviously you are a racist. /s


29 posted on 03/30/2010 4:14:37 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: ConservativeMind

Fred and his crowd are too Hollywood.


30 posted on 03/30/2010 4:14:41 PM PDT by Palladin (Regroup, Resist, Reload, Repeat!)
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To: OldDeckHand

Used to be you could by a vote for a pack of smokes.


31 posted on 03/30/2010 4:15:00 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: OldDeckHand

The GOP has been history for quite some time.


32 posted on 03/30/2010 4:15:13 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: iowamark

This should be the final straw. Steele is an absolute disaster. Despite drawing a lavish salery, he spends most of his time writning a book and giving paid speeches. He live very high on the hog, flying in chartered jets and being driven around in stretch limos. All on the donors’ dime. How many outrageous expenses are there we haven’t heard about?


33 posted on 03/30/2010 4:16:00 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: oldvike

From your lips to Gods ears.


34 posted on 03/30/2010 4:16:55 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: iowamark

Fired her?

They should have promoted her to Chairman and gotten rid of that incompetent cretin Michael Steele.


35 posted on 03/30/2010 4:17:12 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: Dusty Road
"Used to be you could by a vote for a pack of smokes."

Oh, you can still do that, as ACORN frequently proves. You can't, however attract $25K donations with a pack of Lucky Strikes.

Despite Obama's sagging poll numbers, the party is starving for cash. I'm sure the pressure is being felt by those who are responsible for shaking the money trees.

36 posted on 03/30/2010 4:17:52 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: iowamark

This is a calculated hit to damage Republicans. I won’t work.


37 posted on 03/30/2010 4:18:37 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Starboard

Except that he is black and it will be called racist so he aint going anywhwere.I wish he would be fired though.


38 posted on 03/30/2010 4:19:01 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: iowamark

You do know why this thread is useless, doncha?


39 posted on 03/30/2010 4:20:14 PM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: GQuagmire
Fred Thompson for RNC Chairman

How about Karl Rove or Dick Cheney?

40 posted on 03/30/2010 4:21:01 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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