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Old 08-20-2012, 06:43 PM
 
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Seems much ado about nothing to me.
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:44 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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I'm still waiting for the part that would involve the FBI.
Pretty obvious why, because it could risk national security.

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A law enforcement official said the FBI looked at the incident in Israel, saying the late-night swimming was probed to determine if U.S. officials were putting themselves at risk, or if any information the lawmakers possessed could have been exposed by a night of drinking and partying.
GOP lawmakers reprimanded after swim in Sea of Galilee – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:45 PM
 
Location: Pinal County, Arizona
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This alleged incident occured over a YEAR AGO????

Please - This is MUD SLINGING on Steroids.
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:46 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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This alleged incident occured over a YEAR AGO????

Please - This is MUD SLINGING on Steroids.
Republicans did a good job keeping a lid on it for as long as they did, didn't they.
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:49 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Sounds like someone thinks that official tours are a Spring Break opportunity. How pathetic.

"Kansas Rep Kevin Yoder, 36, who was voted one of 'Hottest Freshmen in Congress,' admitted to skinny dipping in the holy water in August 2011. He was one of just Republican six Congressmen who jumped in the lake after a drunken night out at a high-price hotel, it was reported on Sunday. . . Rep Yoder reportedly disrobed in front of one Congressman's daughter and the wife of another member."

In 2009, Rep Yoder was cited for refusing to take a DUI breathalyzer test after being pulled over by a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper. His campaign maintains he hadn't been drinking.
Thirty freshman lawmakers went to Israel in August 2011 for an all-expense-paid trip, along with their families and aides, that cost a reported $10,000 per person."

Read more: Rep Kevin Yoder jumped naked into Sea of Galilee during 'drunken' trip to Israel | Mail Online
Why are the taxpayers footing the bill for family members to go on official business?
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:49 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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This alleged incident occured over a YEAR AGO????

Please - This is MUD SLINGING on Steroids.
I would call it classless behavior of congressmen, representing the US, on steroids!
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Niagara Falls ON.
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Sounds like someone thinks that official tours are a Spring Break opportunity. How pathetic.

"Kansas Rep Kevin Yoder, 36, who was voted one of 'Hottest Freshmen in Congress,' admitted to skinny dipping in the holy water in August 2011. He was one of just Republican six Congressmen who jumped in the lake after a drunken night out at a high-price hotel, it was reported on Sunday. . . Rep Yoder reportedly disrobed in front of one Congressman's daughter and the wife of another member."

In 2009, Rep Yoder was cited for refusing to take a DUI breathalyzer test after being pulled over by a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper. His campaign maintains he hadn't been drinking.
Thirty freshman lawmakers went to Israel in August 2011 for an all-expense-paid trip, along with their families and aides, that cost a reported $10,000 per person."

Read more: Rep Kevin Yoder jumped naked into Sea of Galilee during 'drunken' trip to Israel | Mail Online
Here we have another good example of American law Enforcement gone NUTS. So the FBI is now the investigative body for wild parties in ISREAL?????? I fully welcome those party animals to come to Canada and to skinny dip to their heart's content. I would also like the Canadian government to arrest any FBI agent who steps over the border to investagate the party on the serious crime of being a putz. We don't mind skinney dippers in this country but we can't stand putz's.
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:52 PM
 
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Why are the taxpayers footing the bill for family members to go on official business?
Was this taxpayer-funded?
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:58 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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Why are the taxpayers footing the bill for family members to go on official business?
Actually a special interest group, the American Israel Educational Foundation, paid $600,000 for 60 people, including Congresspersons' family members and aides, to go on the trip. Expect nothing in return, I'm sure. Just "fact finding."
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:58 PM
 
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So? Bill Clinton, the president of the United States, was undressed in the Oval Office in front of a White House intern. Talk about inappropriate.
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