Trendy Fashion Buys Reimbursed as "Office Supplies" to RNC Finance Officials

[Mari333]

April 2, 2010 |






At the Republican National Committee, the term "office supplies" seems to have taken on a whole new meaning. If you take its recent filings with the Federal Election Commission at face value, the RNC, it seems, requires thousands of dollars worth of pricey clothing and more than a splash of booze to run its office.

Listed on the report in the category of "office supplies" are purchases from a New England winery and a Capitol Hill liquor store, as well as more than $3,800 from a Florida clothing store.












http://www.alternet.org/news/146274/trendy_fashion_buys_reimbursed_as_%22office_supplies%22_to_rnc_finance_officials

[HipChick]

1. K&R

[Richardo]

2. Keep peeling back the layers

:popcorn:

[Javaman]

3. Considering recent developments, a whip would be considered office supplies.

:rofl:

[gratuitous]

4. Mrs. Palin set the terms

Those trips to Nieman-Marcus for clothes don't come cheap, and Sarah's not gonna stick a crowbar into her wallet when the cashier rings up the purchase, so whaddyagunnado? Put it on the expense account, of course. It's the Republican Way. Their donors expect them to do things like this, at least the donors who fund the bulk of their activities.