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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: iowamark

Republicans can’t act like Democrats without consequences.


101 posted on 03/30/2010 5:32:44 PM PDT by pallis
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To: oldvike

“With any luck this scandal will take down Michael Steele!”

Fingers crossed.

Terrible selection. A knee-jerk reaction to 0bama’s win.


102 posted on 03/30/2010 5:33:26 PM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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To: icwhatudo

Fired? No way! fire some old dude, but not her!


103 posted on 03/30/2010 5:33:43 PM PDT by isom35
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To: iowamark

Excellent crisis for conservatives to exploit. Get rid of as many RINOs as possible. Get some real conservatives in who do not have to use strip clubs to recruit younger Republicans. Sarah Palin could recruit them far more cheaply.


104 posted on 03/30/2010 5:35:19 PM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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To: iowamark
The nightclub flap could also hurt Republican efforts to reach out to "tea party" voters...

If the RNC reaches out to be they will get back a bloodied hand. I vote for conservatives, NOT Republicans.

105 posted on 03/30/2010 5:36:13 PM PDT by upchuck (Subjects to citizens to subjects in less than 250 years.)
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To: Williams

“Do we have any photos?”

Of...Michael Steele in compromising positions?

Or, were you referring to ‘other’ photos?

Just asking...


106 posted on 03/30/2010 5:36:48 PM PDT by hyperconservative (Og Mandino for Education Secretary!)
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To: iowamark
Let’s replace Steele with an honest sober conservative and then we can talk proportionality.

Honest and sober politician ???

Does that creature exist ?

107 posted on 03/30/2010 5:37:05 PM PDT by JZoback
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To: HKMk23

Kind of like Dick Clark.


108 posted on 03/30/2010 5:40:56 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: iowamark

Two word solution: Ken Blackwell


109 posted on 03/30/2010 5:45:11 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: Williams
Photos (including cell phone pics) are strictly prohibited inside Voyeur. You can watch but no pictures! $200 minimum unless on pre-approved list. Typical $1,100 for 2 bottles. Ugly people turned away. The "in" thing right now in LA... Website: VOYEUR Voyeur Reviews
110 posted on 03/30/2010 5:47:46 PM PDT by luckybogey
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To: LS

Someone needs to do some serious checking into her background - looks like a plant IMHO.


111 posted on 03/30/2010 5:47:55 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: hyperconservative

112 posted on 03/30/2010 5:49:18 PM PDT by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: iowamark
Good. Even though this is just a ploy by the Dems to smear the GOP, that was donated money they blew on strippers and booze.
113 posted on 03/30/2010 5:51:08 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: ohioWfan

Blackwell would be awesome! Its obvious the GOP won’t fire Steele because they are afraid of a race issue just before an election. Blackwell takes that BS issue away from the dems but most of all it gives us a real conservative!


114 posted on 03/30/2010 5:53:22 PM PDT by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: Ann Archy

I did a Facebook search - I’m very doubtful that the girl in this photo is THE Allison Meyers.


115 posted on 03/30/2010 5:54:19 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: iowamark
Let's be honest...Steele was always an affirmative action hire, so the GOP could say, "See? We have a black guy!"

This time, we need somebody tough, competent and on the November election like a rat on a roach.

116 posted on 03/30/2010 5:56:00 PM PDT by clintonh8r (I love my country. I hate...HATE!!...my government.)
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To: icwhatudo

wow she’s cute, the face of this “terrible” story.


117 posted on 03/30/2010 5:56:22 PM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid)
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To: SoldierDad

Then WHY isn’t there a PICTURE of THE Alison Meyers?????????? hmmmmmmmm.


118 posted on 03/30/2010 5:57:18 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: OldDeckHand
Oh, that is a great idea, and one that I hadn't heard before. I wonder if he'd be up for it.

I love ol' Fred but he turned in a really disappointing run for President and I think he's lost all the fire in his belly. So, I say no to him at the RNC. I think we have to winnow out ALL the RINOS up there, first to get the health back into the organization. That includes a change of attitude at the subatomic level.

119 posted on 03/30/2010 5:58:40 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Ann Archy

Good question.


120 posted on 03/30/2010 6:00:27 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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