April 02, 2010
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News: Rove Slams Steele
Another Republican Party official has become the center of yet another scandal. A recent report showed that Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), charged nearly $2,000 on the party's credit card for services at a strip club. Karl Rove, the former White House Adviser, voiced his concerns about GOP procedures for credit card accountability and the party's management. Rove also spoke out on the recent questionable activities involving Florida's Orange County GOP marketer Erik Brown, President of Dynamic Marketing Inc. Credit card statements indicate that the RNC also reimbursed Brown expenses for an S&M, topless dancing and sexual dances at a West Hollywood nightclub.
Steele and Brown have both been under fire since the news release. Senate candidate Chuck DeVore fired Brown's firm shortly after hearing about the credit card scandal while some people have been calling for Steele's resignation. Additional allegations have surfaced relating to Steele's referring to a number of extravagant credit card transactions and his request for a private jet. Rove spoke at a party fundraiser in Florida, however Steele didn't attend. His absence proved negative which only added to the negativism. When asked if the extravagant spending on the part of Brown and Steele reflected negatively on the Chairman, Rove replied "Sure it does."
Upon hearing the news, Rove said he immediately felt that someone should find the individual with the RNC credit card, destroy it, and then fire him. Seems only fair since GOP officials said the individual who authorized the Brown reimbursement was fired immediately. According to Rove, the RNC Chairman is the "steward of the party's money." The Chairman needs to be held accountable for the management of all spending to assure it is being spent on the election and not "jets and bondage clubs." The news about Steele and Brown came just a few weeks after the allegations of officials from the Florida GOP party were questioned about their questionable spending of the party's money.