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The Republican Party of Texas is fighting with itself.

According to Harvey Kronberg at The Quorum Report (subscription only), a State Republican Executive Committee Member thinks there’s hanky-panky going on with the money.

There has long been suspicion among some State Republican Executive Committee members that they were not getting the complete story about the Republican Party of Texas finances or its contracts with various entities.  Some suspected sweetheart deals.

The Party has a debt and has had some difficulty in attracting the large donors that it once relied upon.  In addition, questions have been in the air for a while about the cost-benefit analysis of Party fundraising contracts.

Today, SREC member Mark McCaig filed an Open Records Request on the Party in an effort to get it to open its books and reveal the particulars of its business.

“You know how the Republicans are about money,” Juanita says.  “They genuflect walking into a bank.”

“They are so tight that if they smile, their toes curl,” Thelma begins. “The only thing they ever donate to charity is the sleeves off their vest.  They’d skin a flea for the tallow.  There’s no eggs in their cornbread.  They ….”

“We get it, Thelma,” everyone says in unison.

“So, if they’re gonna pick a fight with each other, it’s not going to be about an issue or something that matters to leading the State of Texas.  No, siree.  Those sons of motherless goats are fighting about money,” Juanita says.

“They are accusing each other of being thieves.  Hell, we could have told them that!”