Posted on 04/01/2010 11:00:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sarah Palin is refusing to be tied down by the Republican National Committee, days after the committee was found to have spent donors' money at an erotic, bondage-themed club.
The former Alaska governor has asked the RNC to remove her name from an official invite to a New Orleans fundraiser next week, even though she'll be in the Big Easy for a separate GOP event.
The one-time Republican vice presidential nominee "will not take part in any RNC fundraiser in New Orleans," an aide told Politico.com.
The apparent snub comes days after federal disclosure forms showed the RNC spent nearly $2,000 earlier this year at Voyeur, a high-end, West Hollywood club known for its nearly naked staffers and live S&M acts.
Aides to Palin insisted her refusal to appear at the New Orleans event had nothing to do with the Voyeur scandal.
But fallout from the GOP's risque business expense has continued to roil the party.
Many big givers are said to be re-directing their cash away from the RNC and its chairman, Michael Steele - who has been under fire for months for lavish spending - and toward the party's more austere Senate and House campaign funds.
Internally, the RNC also axed the staffer who led the expedition to Voyeur, Allison Meyers. It was Meyers who got the RNC to reimburse the GOP reveler stuck with the evening's $1,946 tab.
Meyers headed the RNC's Young Eagles program, a fundraising effort aimed at the under-45 crowd which has also been suspended in the wake of the scandal.
All Young Eagle events - including a swank steeplechase event in Virginia's horse country - have been cancelled pending a review, according to an e-mail from a top RNC official obtained by Politico.
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The money quotes:
"How many times have groups floated the name of Governor Palin to sell tickets to an event by implying she was attending when in fact she wasn't? I've honestly lost track."
"Exit question: Why doesn't the RNC ever use Mitt Romney's name to sell tickets? He is, after all, the preferred establishment candidate. Surely they'd want to take advantage of his vast popularity, no?"
True or false, (mostly false) I am certain we will read similar stories from now on until November. The Dims (or Deems) are in big trouble and they need all the help from the MSM they can get.....and the MSM will be there for them.
It appears that the RINOs have put themselves in bondage, who knew?
Anyone involved in this should have been fired. Is there anyone, anywhere who thought this was a good idea?
“I Can’t blame her for that.”
Same here. For the same reasons I throw RNC donation request in the garbage.
Ping please.
Every interview I've seen of attendees to McCain's events indicate the people came to see Palin, not Juan...and that Juan can't count on their support.
Why a couple more months? Why is she snubbing the GOP but supporting the poster boy of the GOP establishment? This “loyalty” bit has run its course. Time for her to seperate from McQueeg, but it’s probably already too late.
Don't do that. Write a nastygram on them and send it back in their post-paid envelope. If that happens enough times, maybe they'll get the message.
There is still such a thing as FReedom of association or assembly or sumthin’, isn’t there?
Enjoy your stay in NO, Sarah.
And that is the type of thinking that gave us W. and his big government, amnesty driven spend-a-thon. We are in a bucket load of trouble and much of it due to our own misbehavior. We deserve better than the kind of sleaze that Steele has produced.....
Get Michael STEELE out of the RNC Chairmanship right now! or the RNC is going to be the Pathetic Laughing Stock and Butt of Late Night Jokes and DNC ATTACKS!! Steele has demonstrated a complete lack of Managerial and Moral Skills and Ethics! We bounce from One “DISASTER!” to another “DISASTER!” almost on a Daily basis with Steele at the Helm of the RNC!
Nope, not too late, just politics. Let’s not write her off, good politicians have to play the room and garner support.
They’re never pure or perfect.
She’s no Reagan, but I am willing to give her a chance.
At the same time there are some very good conservatives up and coming and we’ve got time to develop a solid anti-communist line-up.
GOOD for her! I wouldn’t go either.
If McCain wins re-election it will probably be because of her support. Not good.
I agree, but politics is that way. If you know a cure tell me.
FYI:
The few Republicans consistently more liberal than McCain would be Chafee (formerly R-RI), Collins (R-ME), Snowe (R-ME) and Specter (R-PA).
McCain is barely more conservative than Chafee.
Keep thinking that way and you'll maintain a score of 100%
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