GOP probably getting ripped-off big time by SmarTech »
Posted By akarra 2 months ago in Political NewsThis sort of thing should concern you, no matter what party one belongs to: "The Republican National Committee shelled out $1.4 million dollars over the last six months for Web sites and services, much of which was spent on GOP.com, the party’s major Web presence that was unveiled this month, new Federal Election Commission expense reports show.
The figure is far higher than what experts estimate it should have cost, and five times the amount its Democratic counterpart spent to host and maintain Democrats.org.
The biggest disparity seems to be bandwidth costs–the RNC paid Smartech Corp., a Republican-focused hosting firm, more than a million dollars, plus $22,000 to Eloqua, compared to the DNC’s $203,000 to Sprint, Switch and Data and Servint Corp.–despite the fact that the two sites’ traffic, which determines bandwidth usage and, largely, hosting costs, was the same."
This is outrageous - I sincerely hope the Democratic Party isn't flushing its members contributions down the toilet in a similar manner over a different issue.
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They might want to take down the "toppling Saddam Hussein" pic and replace it with the f***ed up hanging of the same gentleman or perhaps an Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo pic - or even the "if the shoe fits" moment or the Blackwater roundabout massacre..
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