winery, it went to a winery, that, like most wineries, doesn t sell office supplies. office providing office supplies, over $700 worth, is a nice place called congressional liquors. it s a booze and sandwich shop in washington, d.c. now, while the republican party may be having a hard time justifying its expenses to its donors, who are presumably giving them money for things other than bondage-themed nightclubs, fishing tackle, high-fashion shopping and booze, the rnc, for all the scandal, is starting to seem like kind of a fun place to work, isn t it? joining us now is melissa harris lacewell, professor of political science and african-american studies at princeton university. thank you so much for joining us. absolutely. glad to be here. now, you publicly lamented online this week that i had not yet had you on the show to talk about michael steele and
her family. then, the bondage-themed naked lady bar in west hollywood. now the republican national committee is apparently caught for spending its donors money in high fashion boutiques, liquor stores and on fishing tackle. alternate.org has looked at the recent filings with the election commission and found the committee spend $3800 at fugates in florida on something they listed as office supplies. they sell clothing. the rnc also paid for $423 worth of meals at bendle in manhattan, except they don t have a restaurant, it s a high-fashion boutique. then there s the nearly $300 spent on meals at something called boca grande outfitters. it s a store that doesn t sell food, unless you re a fish. and the $982 spent on office supplies from boyden valley