Republicans, we feel your pain. I mean, you have leaders you want to respect, want to help advance your party’s agenda, and then they go and travel in style. In short:
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.
Alright. Alright. Pipe down. Who here hasn’t dropped a coupla thou at a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating sex. Let s/he who is without sin cast the first stone. I don’t know. This kind of makes this moot. Sort of.
Love Milbank’s comment “And Al Gore got in trouble for going to a Buddhist temple? “
Interesting, the comparison, yes?
Wo, where’d Michael Steele go?
Somewhere we can’t afford?
Heh. Am I just too tired, or was his picture up there originally? Before the fishnet?
It was. I decided to take it down because though there’s been massive complaints about his spending, he wasn’t the guy in the naughty-club, and having his photo there made it look like he was, I thought.
Makes sense to me.
The stories I’ve read say that Steele indeed was at the naughty-naughty club.
But I haven’t polished my eyeglasses lately.
The later stories seem to put him elsewhere. I don’t wanna throw mud on someone unless it’s good and time to throw mud.
I keep telling you, they’re all whores.
I want to believe there is a politician out there who is incorruptible.
Are those fishnet stockings in the picture now?
Ahhh, I see the connection with those “clubs” he’s been going to.
You all are too eagle-eyed. Or I should be clear on my photos before I post these things.
Do you mean that not every man knew what they were?
Testosterone eyed, not Eagle eyed!
Well, I knew what they were, so I figured it would be a shoe-in.
Jay,
I am totally not comfortable when a man of the cloth is able to ID fishnet stockings…esp the father of two daughters.
Jay you spotting this is like having Susan slam Jimmy Carter, it’s like Mario not being funny, it’s like Cynical- trusting…heck it’s like Vegas find a bunch of nice things to say about Nixon, W, and Reagan.
You know what? Todd’s right. It just aint right that you knew what those were. I thought I was being art-sy.
I may be a man of the cloth, but I do use plastic clerical collars.
http://www.almy.com/menshirt.html
Do they come in neon?
I think those that start out pure as the driven snow often drift! Yes that is a lift from Mae West who said, ” I used to be Snow White but I drifted.” It’s that power corrupts problem. They seem to think they can get away with anything after a while. WHEN will they learn that they all get caught?!?!?
It somehow seems worse when those who proclaim purity fall. Senator Wide-stance, the Appalachian hiker. And the Dems should not gloat to loudly… Bill Clinton and John Edwards make me cringe!
There you go, feeling their pain. I am going to only vote for candidates who keep their promises to their families. My choices should be easy.
How ‘ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm, after they’ve seen DC?
“Who here hasn’t dropped a coupla thou at a bondage-themed nightclub ”
Damn, that was going to be the theme of my next party. Now I’m not so sure — would people think I had switched party-loyalty?
Damned Republikans spoil everything!
So I guess it’s back to the same old feminist transgender activist single payer anarchist SEIU-527 group terrorist theme.
Well…I’m glad I didn’t throw away the hat…..but I don’t know if I can come up with as much Saran Wrap as I’ll need on such short notice.
:I’m glad I didn’t throw away the hat”
Good, you’ll need that, and surely you still have the wand, the scissors, and the boomerang.
Oh sure.
And I got all the toothmarks sanded out of the boomerang. (And you thought all I do is just sit around.)
Why am I laughing maniacally at this? Is this my breakdown come calling?
“Is this my breakdown…”
Could be. You and WordPress.
Really wish you’d listed WordPress first….
“(And you thought all I do is just sit around.)”
No no, we’re all impressed with your wood-working skills — just THINKING about all the hours that went into that popsicle-stick Taj Mahal is exhausting!
Really. And eating all those popsicles kept me and the ten year-old busy for months.
Next time I’m using Bacon.
… and if you promise to incinerate it upon completion a la Burning Man, I’ll be there and I suspect various other DJ Denizens (new rock group) will be joining me.
Love the name. Road trip! Leftover! Lay in a big supply of Bacon and Scones, won’t you?
Why not tin foil? I like the tin foil, myself, but then, I’m from Missouri.
“Why not tin foil?”
Well, sure….that’s for the hat.
There you go. Spoken like a half-wit. Please do come sit by me. We have much to discuss, including patterns for the latest foil chapeaus.
http://www.jessicadunton.com/blog/TinfoilHat.jpg
The look on the cat’s face is priceless.
That, or they’d think you weren’t very creative, Cynical. Let’s just set fire to some cars or something, ‘k?
Yeah, that’s REAL creative! Hmm. I guess we could take the twisted wrecks and make lawn sculptures for the rich and famous, or something.
You would have thought that they would have at least paid their own way. Kind of makes you wonder what else they do that they TRY to keep hidden…
They sure weren’t very good at hiding this.
You have to wonder when a little light would go off in someone’s head and they think”Hey, this might not be such a good idea…perhaps I should pass on this!”
In 1988 I was in my first year teaching at a Catholic high school. I moonlighted as a bartender-and often met interesting people. In Nov of that year I bought a ticket to a stag party from a bar patron…it was a Friday night we were all having a blast. After the party, somebody said-”Hey let’s go to the dirty bird!” Dirty bird was a nickname for a strip club in a Southington, CT called the Blue Parrot. I said no thanks and took a ton of crap from my friends. I am not trying to come across holier than thou… (because I have done plenty of crazy things that I am not proud of) but I could never understand the attraction of strip clubs. More importantly, I thought what happens if it gets back to my dept. chair, and the principal that I was spotted there. Strip clubs are not illegal, but you have to wonder why people who should know better would ever enter such a place.
Right. And you would wonder if any fathers of your pupils would be there too, and recognize you.
Jay,
I know you have two daughters, so that’s the response that I’d expect from you! Plus, does it seem to scream out…”I am pathetic, I can’t find a nice decent person to be with, so I am going to go to a club and pay women to sit on my lap…and flirt with me!!!” To me it screams out LOSER!
You also have to wonder what the “dancers” really think of the men who frequent those types of clubs.
I agree. “Loser” is right. I don’t think Mr. Steele will be on the GOP’s payroll much longer.
Jay,
I seriously am not trying to pile on here…but if Steele went away…and stayed away-I wouldn’t lose a minute of sleep.
I wish someone at the GOP could talk Condoleeza Rice out a private life and back to being a front person for the GOP. I suspect she is enjoying private life-but I hope we have not seen the last of her.
Yes, Condoleeza Rice would be great.
And she’s an Alabamian!
And she has an oil tanker named after her!
I always cringed each time a saw the way some political cartoons portrayed her…but there is a double standard when it to that kind of stuff.
I think Rice would make for an outstanding running mate for Romney in 2012.
I almost think she wouldn’t want to bother?
Hey, Todd? Go Spartans.
I can answer that — only because I’ve talked to those dancers in my day job. They think “What a bunch of pathetic losers.”
Nor have I. I took crap a few years ago because a friend was getting married, and hey! Let’s go see the Chippendale models! But I maintained if I think it’s lame for men to oogle women, why would it be OK for women to oogle men? How was it any less dehumanizing for a man to dress in scanty clothes? I came off as holier than thou, I’m afraid, but I just didn’t see the entertainment.
What’s amusing is reading the comments under stories about this — most of the GOP fans seem to be saying it’s not a big deal — men like to see topless women pole dancing, so what? I dunno. I thought THOSE guys thought it was a big deal.
But even if not… what about the $43,000 on the meeting in Hawaii, and the $17,000 on the private jets for February alone? That’s a lot of individual contributions. (Or it would be, in Democratic Party dollars. Maybe in Republican dollars, it’s only a couple of Wall Streeters dropping in one percent of the bonus.)
This does not make Career Day in any of the surburban Washington schools any easier. Imagine. Little children are going to bring in their Senator/Rep mommies and daddies and lie and say they do something honest.
Sort of speaking of which:
“Westboro Baptist Church Protests Outside Obama Girls’ School”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/09/westboro-baptist-church-p_n_350766.html
Uh oh. They’re going to run up against the Secret Service, which doesn’t play games.
That is my dream.
Mind you, I’m not even guessing who’s in those fishnet stockings.
O.K. O.K. It’s Mr. DJ. We’re trying our hand out at being Republicans.
I’m kidding! I’m being mean and I’m kidding!
When Mr. Firefighter gets home, be sure to watch your back. Those pickaxes can inflict some serious injuries.
Mr. Firefighter is more the dark and brooding silences. You know the most physical I’ve ever seen him be when he was angry? He snatched a paper out of my hand. That’s it. That is it in 22 years. Me, I’ve thrown stuff. Mr. DJ snatched a paper. I admire that.
Leftover,
Word Press, at least this version, broke down a long, long time ago.
I was having some issues with it this morning but they disappeared as mysteriously as they appeared.
And generally I’ve noticed much better behavior on this site than what I’ve seen here in the past….not misplacing comments and the like.
Now if only the “snapshot” preview would go away…..
Word Press has multiple personality disorder, although DSM 4 calls it “associative personality disorder” or something like that.
You are correct…but maybe she one day wants to be POTUS…work as the VP for eight years, plus her resume has Sec of State on it…plus her work at U of Colorado…and Sanford-heck-she’d make a great President-smart, young, accomplished, tough…Run Condi!
Go Spartans! Beat those Bulldogs!
Are you reading all the predictions? That Michigan State will go all the way? You must be over the moon.
I hope Condi’s too smart to run for public office.
One game at a time…but MSU does have six Final Fours in the Tom Izzo years…so this is not virgin territory for the Spartans. If MSU is lucky enough to go all of the way, I’ll probably not sleep for two days…plus I can win over $200 bucks in the NCAA bracket pool here at work. If I do win, I promise I will report the extra income on my taxes next year…no really I will, Scout’s Honor!
Rice is plenty bright-think of all great things she could do.
“she’d make a great President-smart, young…”
Sound familiar?
By the time she climbs all those rungs on the ladder, she won’t be so young any more.
I think she was born in 1955 or somewhere near that date.
Huge difference, Rice worked as Stanford’s provost (where she actually had to form and run a budget) and she also directed academic programs at that university.
Later, this very accomplished woman worked for President Bush as his National Security Advisor during a period of great unrest. From 2005-2009 she was the US Sec of State. Condoleeza truly is all that…and a bag of chips!
If you put her resume next Obama’s (prior to Nov 2008) it’s not even close-Condi laps him in a cake walk.
Yet — oddly — the American people voted Obama into office.
A couple of days ago I received a note from a high school classmate whom I don’t really know. It was a call to participate in an NBC poll about the President’s popularity, and it was breathless:
“First, I can’t believe CBS is actually doing this.
Second, that they’re brave and honest enough to actualy show the ongoing polling results.”
I wrote back the the REALLY important poll was the one conducted on Nov. 4, 2008. We’ll see what the next big “poll” will show us.
If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.