When President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, many stated that it came with a $1.4 million bonus. What would Obama do with it? While, most likely, a variety of charities will get the money, it’s apparent that the GOP might be able to use some of the money so that they and Michael Steele can have a $1.4-million Web presence
The recent relaunch of GOP.com featured a small animated Michael Steele begging for money and a likeness of the ghost of Jackie Robinson and was the most awful things in the history of the internet. The cost: $1.4 million.
The Sunlight Foundation’s Investigation blog looked up the Republican National Committee’s most recent FEC filing and saw that they spent $1.4 million in web sites and services over the past 6 months, the period in which Steele was blueskying names for his new “What Up” blog on the high-class new site, which went live earlier this month.
Rumor has it, the fancy design by Republicans cost them $300,000 with the rest used to pay back political friends. Still, isn't $1.4 million too much to pay for a tiny Michael Steele to walk across your screen when you go to GOP.com?
Unfortunately, Steele’s blog is no longer titled “What up?” and has been renamed to “Change the Game.”
