Steele spends limited GOP funds on redecorating his office.
Steele spends limited GOP funds on redecorating his office.
RNC chairman Michael Steele is still struggling to put together a staff. He made his first big hire just last Thursday, tapping a new chief of staff. Hiring, however, doesn’t appear to be Steele’s priority. In his infamous GQ interview published last week, Steele said that he was already “redoing” his “whole” office because the dark-wood Republican furniture was “too male.” Today, Roll Call has more on his redecorating plans:
Republican sources confirm that Steele’s office has indeed been spruced up, with fresh wallpaper and a new desk. However, these GOP sources dispute accusations that Steele is spending lavishly to completely overhaul his office. [...]
HOH has uncovered more evidence that Steele isn’t planning to go anywhere — in fact, he’s getting quite comfortable in his new office: Sources say a Bowflex exercise machine recently arrived at RNC headquarters, presumably for the chairman to work on those abs of Steele.
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Uh oh..I don’t think he got Limbaugh’s permission for that Bowflex. We all know what Limbaugh thinks of keeping fit.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:25 amToo Male? What does that mean? Maybe their is too much old white male bigot smell.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:35 amNero fiddled while Rome burned
Steele bowflexed while the Party disintergrated…. doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it?
March 16th, 2009 at 10:36 amSteele said that he was already “redoing” his “whole” office because the dark-wood Republican furniture was “too male.”
– - Arching eyebrow….
March 16th, 2009 at 10:37 amSources say a Bowflex exercise machine recently arrived at RNC headquarters,
– - Even Aaahnold would tell Steele that a Bowflex is for girlie-men.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:39 amA Bowflex?! Not a Total-Gym!
Does Chuck Norris know about this?!
(Norris is or was the pitchman for Total Gym).
March 16th, 2009 at 10:43 amC’mon really? This is petty sniping. Picking on Steele for using supporter money to furnish his office is no better than picking on the President for the donated swingset, or the fact that it didn’t have a sand or shredded rubber base… or whatevertheheck the dolts at FR were whining about.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:48 amThe Bowflex: What a fitting allegory for the RNC…bending over…
March 16th, 2009 at 10:48 amon the otherhand…bowflexes are pretty ridicule-worthy
March 16th, 2009 at 10:49 amWondering if Steele is paying for the office redo with the money the RNC recouped when all the clothes Palin never wore were supposedly returned to the stores.
Again, today’s GOOP is all about appearance, not substance.
PEACE
March 16th, 2009 at 10:52 amC’mon, TP — unless you have a dollar figure that’s newsworthy, this is hardly worth a mention (except for snickering purposes, maybe).
I personally think that organizations operating on taxpayer dollars or donated funds should restrict office makeovers for their execs to a standard renovation schedule, plus repairing or replacing anything that’s genuinely broken or worn out. And don’t even get me started on using donated funds for an exercise machine unless the donor specifically earmarked funds for that purpose. But is it possible Steele paid for the exercise machine himself?
If we’re going to point fingers at Steele’s spendthrift ways, we need to scrutinize Tim Kaine for comparison purposes. Of course, Kaine is also a state governor and may be less focused on his DNC office furnishings. So let’s compare Steele to Howard Dean — with dollar figures.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:53 amAw c’mon…it’s understandable. Michael Steele–unable to sleep because ofhis disastrous tenure–finds himself just unable to resist that girl in the infomercial…
March 16th, 2009 at 10:53 ammisshusseinmolly, I agree.
And it’s a very thin vein to mine for jokes, too.
March 16th, 2009 at 10:59 amI agree, missmolly. This is petty and childish. Who cares that Steele redecorates his office? He’s attained a powerful position, it’s not absurd that he would want to feel comfortable in his new office.
Michael Steele has given us hours of laughs and enjoyment so far as RNC Chairman. Let’s respect that, and not demean his real gaffes by focusing on insignificant details of office life.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:01 amI fail to see how this topic is helping to “advance the progressive agenda”.
More like high school girly gossip, and makes TP look more like TMZ.
PUKE.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:03 amI wonder if J. Podesta had the gall to hang any new artwork or replace any furniture in his newly acquired office.
God forbid he replaces the fake plants with actual living specimens.
OH THE HORROR.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:10 amEh. Sometimes TP goes after what I consider to be sensationalist issues. Like this one.
Sure, Michael Steele is a Republican Tool. Sure, he’s a walking joke, and the day he leaves every political comedian will shed a brief tear. Sure, he’s GREAT for causing internal Republican strife, and in public, too.
But new paint and wallpaper? A new desk? Lavish? This is one post that, like a FEW others, is much ado about nothing.
I forgive you, TP. I mean…you have to publish SOMETHING, right?
];-)
March 16th, 2009 at 11:15 amWell, jeez…I didn’t bother to read the comments before I hit “Submit Comment”…and I thought I was gonna be the rebel, the lone dissenter against TP’s idea of news…
Looks like I was wrong. Wow. Cool!
March 16th, 2009 at 11:16 amI know I didn’t pay anything toward it.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:18 amHey, Guido…you left out a very important word, if you’re quoting the eminently quotable rightwingnut Michelle Bachmann in her historic, memorable description of Michael Steele:
You BE da man!
See, it don’t have street cred if it ain’t improper English. And that Michelle Bachmann is MADE of street cred, doncha know? Word!
ha ha
March 16th, 2009 at 11:19 ammike,
$29.95. one set of twenty reps a day
and in six months i guarantee you’ll become a
MANSTER!
::
good luck.
…
March 16th, 2009 at 11:22 amDid he get the money from selling Sarah Palin’s clothes?
March 16th, 2009 at 11:28 amNow how is Steely-dumb going to get Cyst-boy onto that Bowflex and does it have really big restraints?
March 16th, 2009 at 11:39 amIf Michael Steel thinks that the Bowflex might help him grow a pair then he’s in for some shock.
March 16th, 2009 at 11:39 amUh-oh!
Looks like the RNC is going to have another man’s wardrobe to go with “The Palin Collection”.
Now they can raise money for midterms by selling their has-been icons’ clothes on Ebay.
Heckuva garage sale, righties!!
March 16th, 2009 at 11:48 amIf a supporter or the RNC wants to redecorate Steele’s office with a million dollar make-over, I would applaud it for two reasons. First, it would have economic stimulus value. Second, it would be money not used in a Republican election campaign.
So, this thread is a yawner.
March 16th, 2009 at 12:13 pmSo he’s using his position to live high on the hog – kind of like AIG ?
because the dark-wood Republican furniture was “too male.”
March 16th, 2009 at 2:29 pm- will the trolls be making “gay” jokes about this ?
Has Jeff Gannon stopped by yet?
March 16th, 2009 at 3:25 pm“Steele spends limited GOP funds on redecorating his office.”
lol Don’t tell me. This is cost saving, huh? You da man, Mike. You da man.. lol
March 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm