RNC disciplines aid for leaking reimbursement details for expenses paid under Steele.(w pics)

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Yep this will make the story go away - Stelle couldn't have been wasting the money in LA he was returning from Hawaii wasting tens of thousands of dollars there!

This exclusive picture shows RNC bookeeper Estelle Whitaker explaining to the staff member responsible that his actions were not acceptable. Staffer was later dismissed.



Here is the RNC report that shows that Steele could not have been wasting money in a topless LA bondage club because at the time he was returning from wasting TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS taking the entire central committee to a useless meeting in Hawaii:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/r-n-c-dismisses-aide-over-outing-to-club/?hp

R.N.C. Dismisses Aide Over Outing to Club
By JEFF ZELENY
A Republican Party spokesman said Monday evening that a staff member has been dismissed following a February outing to a risqué Hollywood nightclub, where a party donor submitted a $2,000 tab and asked for reimbursement from the Republican National Committee

Doug Heye, the communications director for the R.N.C., issued this statement:

“At the outset, Chairman Steele was not at Voyeur West Hollywood. He had no knowledge of the expenditure, nor does he find the use of committee funds at such a location acceptable. While some in the press have suggested Chairman Steele was at the venue, he was not and no proof has been offered that he was. When the expense was incurred, Chairman Steele was on United flight # 0084, returning from the RNC Winter Meeting.

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1. Methinks this story has plenty of entertainment value still to off...

'...a party donor submitted a $2,000 tab and asked for reimbursement from the Republican National Committee.'

Wait, what? A party donor with an expense account? Maybe this is just very poor writing, but as described it doesn't seem to make sense. The more I read about this the more it sounds like an episode from a Mel Brooks movie. Thy were already having a hard time scoring donations before this, I'm starting to think they should just shut down the fundraising arm of the RNC altogether and let individual candidates do their own fundraising.

Edit to add that if you want a giggle, Michelle Malkin and her band of commenters are having a meltdown over this latest episode: http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/29/rejected-rnc-solicitations-of-the-day

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2. Yep, this story just...

...took on yet another pair of very long legs.

1. a parsed denial of Steele's presence predicated upon no media outlet "yet" offering "proof."
2. the firing of the whistleblower.

Damn. Do these people even KNOW how to use an online search engine to find and engage a Public Relations expert that would consult and direct them?

Or, is it just that they are too guilty in everything they do or touch that no public relations strategy would work?