coffee_rules Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 The Obama campaign is busy looking for republican nutcases - who come in bunches anyway. Heard it on NPR as well. I have come to realize that NPR is a liberal mouthpiece. No wonder conservatives want to cut it's funding from public money. Exclusive: FBI probed GOP trip with drinking, nudity in Israel During a fact-finding congressional trip to the Holy Land last summer, Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) took off his clothes and jumped into the sea, joining a number of members, their families and GOP staff during a night out in Israel, the sources told POLITICO. Other participants, including the daughter of another congressman, swam fully clothed, while some lawmakers partially disrobed. More than 20 people took part in the late-night dip in the sea, according to sources who were participants in the trip. A year ago, my wife, Brooke, and I joined colleagues for dinner at the Sea of Galilee in Israel. After dinner I followed some Members of Congress in a spontaneous and very brief dive into the sea and regrettably I jumped into the water without a swimsuit, Yoder said in a statement to POLITICO. Ūt is my greatest honor to represent the people of Kansas in Congress and [for] any embarrassment I have caused for my colleagues and constituents, I apologize. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79865.html#ixzz24CIAfySa
yoda Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 As CA would put it, his behavior was very liberal. :giggle: Another area where the right preaches but can't follow - morals and ethics.
cricket_usa Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 Who paid for the trip? If its tax payers funded trips why in the world they took their Aids and wives with them? Skinnydipping in the Sea of Gallilee is ok as long as it was a leasure trip.
coffee_rules Posted August 21, 2012 Author Posted August 21, 2012 Who paid for the trip? If its tax payers funded trips why in the world they took their Aids and wives with them? Skinnydipping in the Sea of Gallilee is ok as long as it was a leasure trip. The American Israel Educational Foundation, a group related to AIPAC, the prominent pro-Israel advocacy group, sponsored the trip, which ran from Aug. 13 to Aug. 21, 2011. The trip cost AIEF upwards of $10,000 per person, according to records filed with the House Ethics Committee. More than 60 people took part in this AIEF trip. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79865_Page2.html#ixzz24Cg4zEPs
ganeshran Posted August 21, 2012 Posted August 21, 2012 If it was not funded by the taxpayer, what is the hue and cry about?
coffee_rules Posted August 21, 2012 Author Posted August 21, 2012 ^As the liberals put it.. It reeks of double standards of the religious conservatives. They are on a visit to the Holy-land, to a place that holds religious significance (Hesus was supposed to have walked on this sea!) they went in it naked, drunk and in merry. When the congressional approval is at a all-time low, when the country is ridden with problems related to economy, unemployment, etc., these congressmen acted irresponsibly on a visit that discusses the relations of the two countries and even policies are based on these "fact-finding" trips. --- Thanks for providing the entertainment as somebody mentioned in the other thread!
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