jay leno taking on the republicans. he said a lot of republicans couldn t be here tonight because of, in his words, it s dollar drink night at the bondage clubs. just one of the lines, one of the zingers you may have missed. you re watching live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner right here on msnbc. personally, i thought i was invincible. once it happened, i realized it s a different story. i m on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] aspirin is not appropriate for everyone. so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i was the guy who was doing everything right. i was wrong. talk to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. [ male announcer ] learn more about protecting your heart at iamproheart.com. absolutely! i have a lot of stuffiness at night. it wakes me up. i have allergies. you re right. i m getting more air. -oh, yeah. -oh, wow! [ female announcer ] for t
arrested. this will divide us. this is the wrong direction for america. i agree with you. we have to be smarter than this. this is really overreaching and it s going to put law enforcement in an untenable position. reverend, good to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. great to be here. thanks for doing this, ed. coming up, since the rnc likes to blow fund-raiser bucks on bondage clubs and hawaii meetings, fox news are picking up the slack. my next guest is going to tell you about that. and blanche lincoln to refusing to return money to a company charged with fraud though she s throwing the book at them. question mark on that. i ll get to the bottom of that with the nation s katrina.
conservatives to whom they look to for financial support. reporter: it s only the latest embarrassment for michael steele, the embattled gop chairman. widely criticized as a big spender. all fodder for late night comedians. what a crowd. sound like a bunch of republicans partying in west hollywood! reporter: steele got tepid support on today from potential presidential candidate tim pawlenty. i hope they ve learned from this. it should not have happened, it s on michael s watch but he s taken responsibility for it. reporter: the sex club caper comes after steele held a lavish party meeting in hawaii while the east coast was snowed under. he also surprised party big wigs which freelancing with a book and speeches. to spend money on elections, not to spend money on jets and trips to bondage clubs. reporter: most damaging of all for steele is the bottom line. in the past decade, the republican party has vastly outraised democrats. but this year the democrats are
while foaming at the mouth is the single most effective way to win friends and influence people. jim playfair once again throws a stick on the ice. he joins mississippi braves manager phil wellman in the minor league sports hall of fame. and the number one story of the week. do you like bondage clubs? we ve got news about that unbelievable bondage club. a bondage-themed topless nightclub. ladies on display and ready to go. was it a lesbian bondage club? i m not sure what kind of place. bondage. bondage? reporter: the republican national committee found itself tied up in knots when reporters discovered the group spent two grand wooing donors at a hollywood bondage joint. what are you doing eating dinner and discussing politics while women are trumping around on stage with horse bits in
playfair joins phil wellman in the minor league sports tantrum hall of fame. and the number one story of the week do you like bondage clubs. we have news about the unbelievable bondage club. bondage themed nightclub. ladies on display, ready to go. was it a lesbian bondage club. bondage, bondage. the republican national committee found itself tied up in knots this week when reporters discovered that the group had spent nearly 2 grand wooing donors at a hollywood bondage joint. what are you doing, eating dinner and discussing politics while women are trumping around on stage with horse bits in their mouth? i don t get it. women parading around in horse bits struck some as inconsistent with the republican message. but could chuckling democrats say they ve never used the lap dance as a fund-raising tool?