The GOP Deals In Monopoly Money

Hmm...it looks like there's something fishy going on over at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), and it smells like a big fillet o' liar.

Back on June 18th the Republicans made a big deal out of the $13.5 million that they raised for the NRSC at their annual fundraising dinner with Bush. They boasted that this was the most they've raised from the dinner in the last five years. They put a lot of emphasis on this money, for example this statement:

The $13.5 million we raised for the dinner shows people understand that Democrats are going to do more than just increase the price of gas.

Yet when they released their June fundraising numbers to the FEC, it turns out they only barely raised $6 million for the entire month of June. Hmmmmmmm...isn't that interesting. They try to make a big deal to the press about all their money and the "huge interest" in fighting the Democrats, and yet it turns out that this supposed $13.5 million, plus whatever they raised in the other 29 days in June, equals about $6 million. Sounds like the NRSC were lying through their teeth and talking a big game, when all along their fundraising numbers were nothing short of embarrassing, a good reflection of Bush's rock-bottom approval ratings and the 8 years of misery the Republicans have put this country through (yes, including high gas prices).