TPMMuckraker J. Roby Penn IV: April 2010
Young Eagles
RNC: Young Eagles Still Grounded
Zachary Roth | April 21, 2010, 10:59AM
Clockwise from top-left: Italo Zanzi, Ryan Morfin, John Roby Penn IV, and Penn with others at an event in Washington, D.C.
It looks like J. Roby Penn IV and his high-living friends will have a freer schedule for the forseeable future. The Republican National Committee is knocking down speculation that it had planned to reconstitute the Young Eagles.
That's the group of young donors that was grounded last month after flying too close to the sun by putting the tab for a trip to an L.A. bondage club on the RNC's tab. In the wake of that news, the RNC fired the staffer who oversaw the program, and said the group's events had been placed on hold.
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Young Eagles
The GOP's Young Eagles: 'If You've Got a Little Insecurity Complex, But You've Got Money -- What A Cool Group To Hang Out With'
Zachary Roth | April 6, 2010, 5:29PM
Clockwise from top-left: Italo Zanzi, Ryan Morfin, John Roby Penn IV, and Penn with others at an event in Washington, D.C.
So: Who's your favorite member of the Young Eagles?
As we're guessing you know by now, that's the RNC-created program for young donors whose night out at a bondage-themed LA club ended up on the committee's tab -- triggering the latest round of speculation over whether Michael Steele can survive.
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Ryan Morfin
High-Rolling Young RNC Donor Touts 'Philanthropic Discipline'
Zachary Roth | April 6, 2010, 3:21PM
Ryan Morfin
We've told you about J. Roby Penn IV, the gala-hopping heir to an oil-and-gas fortune who's a regional director for the RNC's Young Eagles program. (Sample quote: My ancestors, actually, weren't on the Mayflower. They sent the servants over first to get the cottage ready.")
And here's another of the fledgling money-men behind the hard-partying group whose trip to a bondage-themed club has helped throw the RNC into crisis...
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J. Roby Penn IV
'If You Don't Have An Oil Well, Get One': Inside The Lavish Lifestyle Of One Young Eagle
Zachary Roth | April 6, 2010, 2:15PM
John Roby Penn IV (second from left) and others at an event in Washington, D.C.
The Young Eagles have been in the spotlight lately, after it emerged that the RNC picked up the tab for a trip taken by the group to a bondage-themed L.A. club. Other planned events, including a Texas bird hunt, a trip to the Indy 500 , a bull-riding event, and a jaunt to London to hobnob with Tory party leader David Cameron, are now said to be up in the air.
But just who are the Young Eagles? We showed you the Facebook page of the group's mid-Atlantic director, J. Roby Penn IV, which includes quotes like: "I believe in a purpose driven life... if life's purpose is backgammon and tennis," and "If you don't have an oil well, get one." And here's a bit more to fill out the picture of the 29-year old oil-and-gas heir.
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Young Eagles
Young GOP Donor: 'I Believe In A Purpose Driven Life ... If Life's Purpose Is Backgammon And Tennis'
Zachary Roth | April 6, 2010, 12:46PM
John Roby Penn IV (right), with Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy, at an event in Washington, D.C.
"My ancestors, actually, weren't on the Mayflower. They sent the servants over first to get the cottage ready."
Haw haw haw haw haw! That's from the Facebook page of J. Roby Penn IV, the 29-year-old oil-and-gas heir who serves as the mid-Atlantic director of the RNC's Young Eagles program.
Topics: J. Roby Penn IV, Republican National Committee, Sex, Young Eagles
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