Republican National Committee accidentally advertises for phone sex hotline

[RecycleMichael]

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/04/01/rnc_sex_line/index.html

RNC accidentally advertises for phone sex hotline

Thanks to a typo, a GOP fundraising mailer redirects loyal Republicans to "hot, horny girls" Audio

SalonWASHINGTON -- There may just be something in the air over by the Republican National Committee headquarters.

Just after the RNC fired a low-level staffer for setting up a young donors event at Voyeur West Hollywood, it seems the GOP accidentally sent out a mailer asking for money with a phone number that directed loyal Republicans to... a phone sex hotline.

The mailer printed the RNC's phone number -- 202-863-8500 -- as an 800 number instead of a 202 one. "Get together with exciting people everywhere," a message at the 800-863-8500 line answers. It redirects callers to another number, which tells "sexy guys" to "get ready for a new way to go live, one on one, with hot horny girls waiting right now to talk to you." (The girls are "students, housewives and working girls," and before calling, you should "lie back, baby, relax," but you also need to have your credit card ready, because calling the actual sex line -- which requires yet a third number -- will cost you $2.99 a minute.)

Oops.

The mailer was supposed to look a bit like a Census form, with a series of questions for Republican voters, though they're a bit more leading than the ones the government is asking: "Are you concerned that historic federal deficits and debt will seriously harm the future economic health of our country?" Which prompted one voter in Minnesota to try to call the phone number listed to complain about the resemblance to an official government document. Instead, that person got the phone sex lines. So the voter sent the mailing on to their member of Congress, who happened to be a Democrat, and turned it over to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. RNC spokesman Doug Heye says he doesn't know how many copies went out with the wrong number.

The RNC is already in trouble with conservatives; Family Research Council chief Tony Perkins asked his members not to give to the GOP directly anymore this week, in part because the RNC has shown itself to be "tone-deaf" to the values of a large swath of the people it purports to represent.

This latest gaffe probably won't help. Democrats, meanwhile, point out that while the RNC fired a staffer over the Voyeur thing, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, never really got in much trouble for hosting a fundraiser at a Las Vegas burlesque club in 2008 or another one last year at Tao nightclub, a spot on the Vegas strip where the décor in the entrance sometimes features barely-dressed models lounging in bathtubs.

"How many TV stations are going to receive Republican television ads about conservative family values paid for with a fat stack of $1 bills?" one Democratic strategist asked.

What is it with republicans and sex?

[fotd]

Old newz RM! Here is a better linked story from a better source!
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0401/Republican-phone-sex-scandal-fundraising-challenge-add-to-RNC-woes

Sorry, fotd has decided to hold back on the GOP mess.  Since they have already declared at the outset that there will be no cooperation on any issue, don't bother to consult with them, don't bother to compromise with them, just act as if they won't vote for anything any Democrat wants, because that's the reality of the situation.

You live in Oklahoma where this constant weakening of the Repigs gets no play. Oklahomans believe in made up stuff! They're so gullible.

http://onthehillblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/capitol-idea-peep-show-id-pay-to-see-is.html

She does a beautiful job of just giving the facts to make what is going on obvious to everybody.

[RecycleMichael]

Old newz RM! Here is a better linked story from a better source!
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0401/Republican-phone-sex-scandal-fundraising-challenge-add-to-RNC-woes

What is it with you? You post a story from less than 48 hours ago and call my version "old news?" Your source is better?

You have to one up everybody?

No wonder no one likes you.

[fotd]

What is it with you? You post a story from less than 48 hours ago and call my version "old news?" Your source is better?

You have to one up everybody?

No wonder no one likes you.

Bloated ego, the Christian Science Monitor trumps Salon...sorry you don't see that. And this is old news....took place earlier in the week for those of us with our hands on the pulse of distraction and the party of punks.

I am not here to win friends....especially city spooners who are tied in to civil servants.

Don't make me go furthur.

[Ed W]

I'm not entirely sure yet, but I think the RNC and Faux News are one and the same.  Think about this.  Faux News runs stories that are slanted to the right.  The RNC puts out press releases that are slanted to the right.  Faux News is decidedly pro-family while it's network runs programming that is, shall we say, titillating.  The RNC claims to be pro-family while it's sending out phone numbers for a sex hotline, not to mention the whole lesbian bondage thing.  Finally, if you kinda squint your eyes, Michael Steele and Glen Beck look very much alike, and you never see the two of them together.

I wonder if....

[we vs us]

I'm not entirely sure yet, but I think the RNC and Faux News are one and the same.  Think about this.  Faux News runs stories that are slanted to the right.  The RNC puts out press releases that are slanted to the right.  Faux News is decidedly pro-family while it's network runs programming that is, shall we say, titillating.  The RNC claims to be pro-family while it's sending out phone numbers for a sex hotline, not to mention the whole lesbian bondage thing.  Finally, if you kinda squint your eyes, Michael Steele and Glen Beck look very much alike, and you never see the two of them together.

I wonder if....

I think they're calling it the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" these days.  I think it was the President's wife who first coined the term. 

[Red Arrow]

I think they're calling it the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" these days.  I think it was the President's wife who first coined the term. 

It isn't as big as you think.  It's only half vast.

[heironymouspasparagus]

There is a lot of this going around.  Just bought door lock at Lowe's made by Schlage.  While installing, had some questions, so called number in the installation instructions.  It was to a phone sex line.  I didn't hang around to listen.

[Conan71]

There is a lot of this going around.  Just bought door lock at Lowe's made by Schlage.  While installing, had some questions, so called number in the installation instructions.  It was to a phone sex line.  I didn't hang around to listen.

You didn't call back 30 times? 

[Gaspar]

One of my clients released several of their 800 lines last year, but the numbers are still on much of their marketing material, and in my databases.

One is now a male enhancement number, and another is for some baldness remedy.

Makes a nice first impression.