A congressman from Kansas—Kevin Yoder—
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| Yep, I am "that guy"! |
—while on a recent, privately funded, congressional “fact-finding” trip (whatever that means) went skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee.
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| That's right, the one that's in the Bible. |
He was one of several members of Congress, their staff &/or family members who went in for a swim after diner and drinks. But apparently he was the only one to go naked.
Well...okay. So what?
Yoder later made a statement to Politico.com:
“It 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.” (politico.com)
Wow. Really? This man did what, in that moment, probably seemed like a natural sort of thing. Why in the world is this an issue? Why should anyone need to apologize for this?
Apparently he and the others in the group were “rebuked” by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia).
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| Grr...Eric Cantor not happy. |
Ya know, unless there’s a whole lot more that’s not being told in the news reports (and why is this even news-worthy?), then this is ridiculous nonsense. Maybe some prudish, uptight people would find Congressman Yoder’s behavior to be upsetting. But I simply do not see how skinny-dipping has any impact on his ability to do his job.
The world is clearly fucked up.
The reason it's an issue with his own political cohort is that they believe that he has sinned. The reason it's an issue with the rest of us is that it illustrates his hypocrisy, writing laws against such things while at the same time doing them.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know much about this particular guy. Has he authored an anti-skinny-dipping-in-foreign-countries bill?
DeleteHe's a Republican, so I'm going with yes.
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