This Dude Is So Slick That He Can’t Keep His Socks Up
Good Ole Aaron Schock is flying his Republican colors again.
First there was decorating his office at taxpayer expense to look like a London brothel, then there was taking his entire staff to New York City for a first class weekend and having you foot the bill, next was that he misreported an expense as “software,” when in fact he spent it on a private plane ride to a Chicago Bears game, and now …
He took his personal photographer on a trip to India and failed to report it.
Schock appears to have improperly accepted money from an outside group to cover travel expenses for a companion on a trip to India and failed to disclose it in a possible violation of House rules, according to a National Journal review of public records.
He takes his personal photographer, who was not on his staff.
Then to score a perfect ten in cringe-worthiness, we discover that the outside group is “The Global Poverty Project, an advocacy organization that seeks to alleviate extreme poverty internationally.”
Oh the irony. A man who doesn’t want to alleviate poverty in Chicago, takes money from a charity to travel to India to have his personal photographer take this pretty boy picture for Instagram.
Dude, pull up your socks.
Thanks to Chloe Bear for the heads up.
Dude has a personal photographer. A f’ing personal photographer. No evidence of narcissism in that. Wow. Just wow.
1He’s getting too much of the wrong press for such a newbie. Personal photographer? Hmmm. Another congress critter who could likely have pix that shouldn’t see the light of day. Probably will not last long.
2Stick a fork in him. He’s done.
3This will not play well in Peoria…or anywhere else in Illinois…
4Oh but that’s different. If you go to India to take a picture of the hungry, you’re being charitable. If you do it at home, you’re wasting taxpayer money to feed the useless.
5The stench of entitlement is overwhelming. This boy’s got his snout in the taxpayers’ trough and he ain’t lifting his head until it’s empty. (The trough– draw your own conclusions about parts of his head, like the morality lobe.)
6I don’t think this will hurt his Repub creds at all any more than Cotton’s Iran letter will hurt his. Repubs love to judge other people, but they consider themselves exempt from any rules or responsibility. It’s classic “Do as I do, not as I say.”
7Have you seen the photog, he’s a gorgeous 6’3″ hunk of blond manhood. No wonder Schock had him along for the ride(s).
8Apparently he likes little boys.
9As Gindy51 points out, his “personal photographer” and “travel companion” is a hunka-hunka prime beef. Handsome.
And he is being paid large sums of money from various accounts that Schock controls.
But don’t worry, taxpayers, I am sure that Schock and his companion were frugal as possible and saved on hotel expenses by doubling up and sharing a bed!
It is what any responsible Republican congresscriter would do.
10Did the Wasilla Grifter tutor both Schock and the Ayatollah of the Ozarks? Those two could give $arah lessons on how to line your pockets in less than 60 days. Pack plenty of empty bags on the way to DC, so the owner/lobbyist gangs can fill them.
11BTW Aaron, when did NAMBLA begin a lobby group?
12Two thoughts:
Maybe the photog carries his baggage as well.
Any publicity is good publicity for re-election. Obviously some folks would vote for any “R”.
13Narcissism and greed may set this one up for a very hard fall.
14Let’s hope it’s soon.
OK, I need to know NOW. Do other members of congress have personal photographers? Are we as taxpayers paying them?
15PKM
16Thanks.
I was gonna mention NAMBLA but my little bride wouldn’t let me. Y’know she’s my filter most days.
John Edwards had a very personal videographer. How’d that work out?
Those who ignore history are doomed to hear me repeat it!
17My first thought was the photographer is his personal boytoy!! That’s fine by me, but do WE have to pay for his playtime?
18Marge made the perfect comment comparing Republican dissonance between east Indian poor and American poor.
I guess the difference is those Indians are supposed to be poor because they have the misfortune of not being rich, conservative Americans.
19More news coming out about shady real estate deals with political contributors to make this guy a millionaire. He’s got his Repugnican’t priorities straight for sure.
20Pretty boy just cancelled his appearance at SXSW.
21Gobsmacked. Not.
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