The GOP's Trip to Tiffany's

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The GOP's Trip to Tiffany's

by Samuel P. Jacobs
Michael Steele's Republican National Committee has expensive taste in office supplies. Samuel P. Jacobs uncovers the embattled group's latest lavish purchase: $1044.65 at the jeweler.


Many companies turn to Staples or Office Depot for their office needs. Michael Steele’s Republican National Committee gets a little more creative when it comes to keeping the paper clips plentiful. Last year, the Republican National Committee dropped $1044.65 at legendary silver-maker and jeweler Tiffany and Co., for two undisclosed purchases reported to the Federal Election Commission as “office supplies.”

The two purchases, on Dec. 3 and Dec. 22 of last year, were charged to the company in Parsippany, New Jersey, where its manufacturing center is located.

Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that she thought the purchases were likely “some kind of gifts for donors.” “In this age of frugality, one would expect office supplies to come from Staples, not Tiffany’s,” Sloan said. “I don’t think anybody at the RNC needs Tiffany’s pens.”

The FEC filing for the Democratic National Committee from the period shows no similar purchases marked as “office supplies.”

Two calls to the RNC’s press office Thursday went unreturned.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-04-08/the-gops-trip-to-tiffanys/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsL3

[Richard Steele]

1. K&R

[zbdent]

2. was this right before they paid the "consultants" at Voyeur?

[REP]

3. That's the address that shows for on-line orders

When things are bought in a physical store, the bill shows the store number and location, even if the item is out of stock and has to be shipped to the customer( on-line orders show as originating from the NJ address.

[malaise]

4. Did they go for Breakfast!!

Moon River, wider than a mile:
I'm crossin' you in style someday.
Oh dreammaker, you heartbreaker,
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin'your way.
Two drifters, off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end,
Waitin' round the bend,
My huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.
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:rofl:

[Atman]

5. $1044 at Tiffany's? What'd the buy, a paper clip?

Misuse of funds or not, a grand won't buy you much at Tiffany's.