Texas Rep. Party attacks Houston Fashionista

Umm, I guess the Texas Republican Party is trying to be So Fierce ... or something!  Yesterday, the party sent out a press release accusing State Rep. Hubert Vo of accepting donations from Lot 8, the store run by the Chloe Dao, winner of Bravo's Project Runway.  But, it appears the Repub. Party forgot to use spell-check, among a few other things.  The email I got had this title:  " Vo Caught Excepting Corporate Contributions".  Excepting? you mean Accepting.. It goes on to complain about a fundraiser at the Dao sisters' boutique:

AUSTIN , TEXAS -  Today, the Republican Party of Texas called on both the Texas Ethics Commission and the Public Integrity Unit of the Harris County District Attorney's Office to investigate Democratic State Representative Hubert Vo of Houston for the illegal acceptance of corporate campaign contributions. 

Invitations and public documents obtained by the Republican Party of Texas show Rep. Vo accepted illegal in-kind corporate contributions from "LOT 8 SALON INC."  According to records provided by the Texas Secretary of State, "LOT 8 SALON INC." is a "For-Profit Texas Corporation".

Uh, right.. I'm sure the Harris Co. DA's office will get right on that.  Does giving fashion advice count as in-kind contributions?  For anyone who knows Chloe and Sydney Dao, they are not exactly political types... they'd rather show you how to Make It Work (as in your outfit.)  And in a town hungry for celebrities, Chloe is featured in the current My Houston campaign as a reason to visit Houston.  Watch the video produced by the Greater Houston CVB below and see if you think these ladies are worth attacking...

Comments

[cleo]

Hmmm. Then maybe someone should investigate Peter Brown and his art auction. All those donated artworks look like a corporate contribution to me.

[Off The Record]

Interesting, since the current GOP would rather republicans NOT VOTE AT ALL then acknowledge the existence of Ron Paul... I wouldn’t have believed it myself had I not been sitting right there to hear it! A couple bucks in the name of democracy is a slight "no, no" in comparison to burying an entire candidate… Check out youtube’s version of election coverage (http://youtube.com/youchoose). Hmmm… which party appears to be more democratic? Note the BIG, HUGE blank spot under Mr. McCain with a second candidate still in the running. I suggest the ole’ GOP hire a new PR/Marketing firm, because this is hard to support even though I am not a fan of Ron Paul and I AM a life long Republican (so far, anyway). I am thinking I might be ready for a change.