Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Remember when Republican Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock decorated his office to look like he just signed the Magna Carta? Yeah well, he illegally accepted the decorator’s series for free, so there was that.
Now there’s this.
Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., took at least 10 of his House staffers on a $10,053 taxpayer-funded trip to New York last September, where most of them had few official duties, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
He’s all entourage traveling and looking mighty cool with the Indian Prime Minister.
Okay, first of all, imagine the reaction if a Democratic congressman had shown up dressed like a rock star to represent our country? I can hear Rush Limbaugh’s heavy breathing from here.
Second of all, three other congressmen from Illinois attended this same event and none of them brought staff, much less ten staff members.
He charged his campaign account for their food, where he also has expensive tastes.
$554.15 at Bergdorf Goodman, which has a restaurant. It was called a “JFC meeting expense” on the FEC report.
$1,272.84 at Mercer Kitchen, called “JFC event catering” on the FEC report.
$816.45 at the Delta Grill, called “JFC event catering” on the FEC report.The are no other related New York fundraising costs listed on Schock FEC records.
They are listed as fundraising costs. His congressional staff cannot be used as fundraisers.
Such a fancy pants!
Thanks to chloe bear for the heads up.
I imagine this fop would be an awfully easy guy to buy a vote from. I understand he is from a “safe” district for the GOP but I imagine even they have had enough of holding their nose around this pretty boy who wants to be a player.
1What does JFC stand for? Just Free Cash? Jaunts For Cretins?
2Dude’s chiseled legs are so scrawny he looks like he is wearing 60s era bell bottom blue jeans.
3Is that his “official photographer” that always travels with him on the right?
4@Rhea
5Jesus F’ing Christ, per the internet slang website.
This story and the comments of your hilarious readers are why I love you so much, JJ. In a totally platonic way, of course.
6And just who is the look-alike walking on the other side of the Indian Prime Minister? Not saying that my gaydar is fool-proof, but there’s this horrendous noise each time I look at the picture.
7Sigh.
8I don’t like paying for this stuff.
9Son of a gun! He actually does believe he is from Downton Abbey a/k/a Highclear (spelling??). Now that’s fantasizing!
10Sorry, but if this was a tax-payer funded trip, nobody should have been fundraising.
11Modi’s stand on persecuting those who believe differently than he does should fit in well with GOP ideals.
12Could have been worse …. he could have been wearing a skirt too. I’m not sure ….
13What struck me the first time I saw a picture of Schock’s office is what a great bordello it would make. He couldn’t be a madame, but he has a great start towards being a pimp.
Schock and Awhh.
14No biggie, he decorates like my ex….oh yeah, complete with mini me.
15The reason for the ex-ness…sigh, lots of party and playing.
It’s sad when it all falls down.
Not to mention he’s a closet case who votes against anything for gay folk. Every damn pic on his social media pages has him bare-chested so he can show off his six-pack abs, just like Vlad Putin. But those are the only kind of gays the Repubs will allow in their party — those from the Downton Abbey caucus — who try to recreate the late 1920s in the 21st century. The Great Depression wasn’t bad enough — we need a replay! He sure spends like it’s his money, just like every budget-busting Republican who ever occupied the Oval office, so he must have larger ambitions.
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