GOP's Michael Steele in Bondage

The Face of Michael Steele’s GOP?

Michael Steele, the constantly-embattled GOP Chairman, whose gaffes and embarrassing behavior have made a great many Republicans wish they could fire him (but that could be even more embarrassing in an election year,) may just have given them their wish. Because, what could be greater grounds for firing (aside from Steele’s poor performance) than his attending (and charging $1,946.25 to his GOP expense account) “Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.“

Adding special insult to injury, the report comes not from the Left, but from conservative pundit-turned-blogmaster, Fox News Commentator, Cato Institute senior fellow, former bow tie wearer, and gay-marriage supporter (huh?) Tucker Carlson (who is no stranger to dancing, either.) To top it all off, this particular aspect of the story appeared in The Guardian, a U.K. newspaper. (Many British tabloids are known for proudly featuring photos of naked women’s breasts on their front pages.)

In, “Michael Steele and the strippers,” Richard Adams writes,

“Voyeur West Hollywood is, according to the Los Angeles Times, modelled on sex scenes in the awful Stanley Kubrick/Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman porn film Eyes Wide Shut.”

“A recent reviewer on the Yelp website wrote: “There are topless ‘dancers’ acting out S&M scenes throughout the night on one of the side stages, there’s a half-naked girl hanging from a net across the ceiling and at one point I walked to the bathroom and pretty much just stopped dead in my tracks to watch two girls simulating oral sex in a glass case. Really understated elegance here.”

Yes, if there were two words I would use to describe Michael “I oppose gay marriage but am not going to beat people upside the head about it” Steele, it’s “understated elegance.”

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet The Press” last Sunday, Steele said of that weekend’s news that Tea Partiers were making very public racial slurs,

“It’s not a danger … It’s certainly not a reflection of the movement or the Republican Party when you have idiots out there saying stupid things.”

No, Mr. Steele, in your eyes, evidently, it is not a danger when you have idiots saying or doing stupid things. But to the world, when the Chairman of the Republican National Committee is constantly saying and doing stupid things, including attending “a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex,” one has to wonder how much longer a once-great, now embattled regional political party can continue to support a leader who is taking them down just as fast as their own policies are?

Carlson’s “Daily Caller” broke the story early this morning in, “High flyer: RNC Chairman Steele suggested buying private jet with GOP funds,” which also mentions Steele’s excessive spending and excessively poor performance:

“Steele travels in style. 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…
“RNC trips to other cities produced bills from a long list of chic and costly hotels such as the Venetian and the M Resort in Las Vegas, and the W (for a total of $19,443) in Washington. A midwinter trip to Hawaii cost the RNC $43,828, not including airfare.

“Still, the nature and size of Steele’s expenses are likely to reignite persistent complaints from high-end donors and key party figures that the RNC is bleeding cash in the months before a pivotal midterm election. Several months into Steele’s term as chairman, his spending spurred Republican committeemen to pass a resolution requiring checks to be signed by at least two RNC officers, and contracts over $100,000 to go out to competitive bidding.
Complaints, almost always expressed off the record, have been bitter. “This is not somebody who is out recruiting candidates,” said an aide who worked closely with Steele. “He is not meeting with donors. He’s not asking for money. The guy is writing his book or doing his speaking gigs, or whatever the hell else he fills his days with. Those are his priorities.”

Well, that, and the topless, lesbian, bondage, strip club dancers. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Unless you want to remain Chairman of the RNC.

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