Posts tagged “RNC”
Straight-Up Bullshit From Paul Ryan
During his speech last night to delegates at the Republican National Convention, Paul Ryan made some astoundingly misleading and fraudulent claims about President Barack Obama’s previous 4 years in office. So misleading and deceitful was his speech that the Associated Press released a fact check article this morning titled, ”Ryan takes factual shortcuts in speech,” that calls out [...]
The “we built it” theme brings Romney’s dishonesty to the RNC
The Republican National Convention has decided to use the slogan “We Built It” as a major convention theme intended to attack President Obama for remarks he made in July that have been wildly taken out of context. In the following excerpt from Obama’s speech, in which he stresses the importance of taxpayer funded infrastructure and the unselfish [...]
The Ghost of Bush Lingers
Former President George W. Bush won’t be attending this year’s Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, but the specter of him will certainly be attending the 24-hour news coverage of Hurricane Isaac. Hurricane Isaac is now projected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast this Wednesday, August 29th, and if that date sounds familiar that’s because it’s the [...]
Dramatic Flareup In The RNC Infighting Story
The nasty infighting at the RNC over apparently deliberate misrepresentations in its April and May FEC reports has just gotten worse. To recap, this is what ABC News reported on July 21: A GOP civil war has broken out between RNC Chairman Michael Steele and RNC Treasurer Randy Pullen. The dust-up reveals new levels of [...]
Forgery Or Just Dishonest Journalism?
(1) This has got to be, without question, the most bizarre paragraph of political news I have read in a long, long time: The investigation also found that the RNC has allowed employees to forge Finance Director Rob Bickhart‘s initials on expense-reimbursement request approvals, according to an RNC member who spoke on the condition of [...]
Reimbursement Roulette
Michael Steele, hapless chairman of the RNC, doesn’t just suffer from Loose Lips Syndrome. He’s also been running a really loose ship. On the heels of the recent revelations about the RNC cheerfully reimbursing expenses for a group trip of young donors to a topless lesbian-bondage nightclub, we learn about seriously misrepresented reimbursements: At the [...]
A Topless Entertainment Slush Fund At The RNC?
A Washington Post story about the RNC’s $2,000 dollar reimbursement for expenses incurred at a topless lesbian-bondage nightclub has what I regard as a new titillating detail: An RNC investigation of the incident found that the Voyeur party was attended by a group of young Republicans who had been at an official party “Young Eagles” [...]
The Vast Liberal Media Conspiracy In Action
Last Wednesday, Politico published a pretty devastating story about a fundraising presentation by the RNC: The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on “fear” of President Barack Obama and a promise to “save the country from trending toward socialism.” The strategy was detailed in a confidential [...]
Political Suicide?
So now a group within the RNC is pushing a 10-point purity test to determine whether prospective Republican party candidates would qualify for party funds and endorsements. A group of conservative Republican leaders is proposing a solution to the internecine warfare over what the party should stand for: a 10-point checklist gauging proper adherence to [...]
Michael S. Steele Investigated By Feds
Sounds very much like the Republican National Committee should adopt some kind of vetting procedure for candidates for the Chairman’s post. If newly elected chairman Michael S. Steele (apparently, the S. doesn’t stand for Sleazeball) had been vetted before the election, maybe the RNC wouldn’t now be wiping egg from its face with a very [...]