This is now front-paged.
Ah, the Gee Oh Pee, family-loving defenders of freedom. Oh, and lesbian-themed bondage! More below...
The Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong has basically won the morning with a story about RNC Chairman Michael Steele's lavish lifestyle on the road. Strong reports that Steele "once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel," and has run up some substantial tabs at some of our nation's nicest hotels. But if you ask me, he sort of buried the lede... probably strategically! Because look what awaits you in paragraph six:
Yeah, I know. Tucker Carlson's website scoops everyone on this one. Who'da thunk it? But what about the lesbian-themed bondage? It isn't mentioned in the title of Jonathan Strong's article.
Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, 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, and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.
You'd think that was the important part.
Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Steele is the gift that keeps on giving!
(Thanks for the chuckles, Huffington Post.)
p.s. a trip to the Rec List? You shouldn't have. No really, you shouldn't have. (seriously, thanks! - 2nd trip to #1 diary ever!)
UPDATE: Steele says "it wasn't me." Courtesy of Talking Points Memo. I love this headline: RNC Outreach to GLBT Community?