Congressman skinny dips in Sea of Galilee

[Skinview]

Apparently having a congressman skinny dip at night is such a big deal that the FBI is now on the case ... Oh teh stupid it burns ...

Yes, the FBI involvement caught my eye. What on Earth would they investigate? Since when is swimming naked in Isreal the buisness of the FBI? What law could that be connected to?

[Kouak]

I'm a skinny dipper and I don't see that there is anything to be ashamed of.But then again,we are in the puritan USA and we are expected to be fully clothed at all times and live the life of the Virgin Mary and anything other than that is seen as atrocious or taboo which I don't agree with,but I guess that's how it is.Someone went skinny dipping.Big deal?So what?The textiled media needs to be worried about other things.

I know in MY family both of our kids were conceived in immaculate conceptions. At least that is what my wife has told me!

[Mosquito_Bait]

Yes, the FBI involvement caught my eye. What on Earth would they investigate? Since when is swimming naked in Isreal the buisness of the FBI? What law could that be connected to?

This is pure speculation, but the FBI might be concerned with the expense reports. When I've traveled for work on a government contract, I've had to sign a statement on my expense report that none of the expenses were for alcoholic beverages.

[78828892]

This is pure speculation, but the FBI might be concerned with the expense reports. When I've traveled for work on a government contract, I've had to sign a statement on my expense report that none of the expenses were for alcoholic beverages.

Yes, but it seems that the FBI is involved with this only guy skinny dipping, not with the alcoholic beverages of the others.

[Naturist Mark]

Yes, but it seems that the FBI is involved with this only guy skinny dipping, not with the alcoholic beverages of the others.

There were press reports that the FBI was investigating the situation - but the FBI is now denying that.

[nuovonudo]

This was covered on the TODAY show this morning. Not sure if the other networks picked it up. They seemed to emphasize that these people went swimming - and skinny dipping! - in the holy body of water. i.e. These people were doing something wrong just by swimming in the Sea. A very brief Google search shows that the Sea of Galilee is a tourist destination with many beaches, resorts, etc.

how 'bout that -- media folks defending the sacredness of a christian pilgrimage site. ya gotta love the (hypocrisy of) the lame-stream media in the u.s. most of the time these folks do, say, and write anything they can to besmirch christians. but when it serves their interests (in this case, because it reflects badly on a republican) all of a sudden they are all concerned about the pristine waters of the sea of galilee.

what a bunch of turkeys.

incidentally, when i saw this story yesterday on the abc news online site, i read the comments and they were mostly supportive of skinny-dippers. so perhaps the story will have a beneficial effect for naturists.

[nudeM]

This is what you call selective reporting. They the press, is going to make this a big story because this is a Republican. True, anyone from Congress who does this is going to make the news, but in this case, because he is a member of the Republican establishment, the headlines will flourish. If a Democrat did this type of behavior, it would still be news, but only a mention.

[nimrod]

I find it hard to believe that the media is making more of this story just because he is a Repubican. The only place that I have even heard this story is here, and maybe once on the nightly news as a blurb and nothing else. The media will take any story of someone in power or a celeb that "has done wrong" and report on it, does not matter their political party.

The "liberal media" was a lie created by Rush because the media would report on his hero Reagan in what he felt was a negative light. Even though they reported on the "good" things too, how dare they report on anything "bad"?!

[LumpyPostage]

Who hasn't swum naked at Kinneret? You can't swim at Yam HamMelah.

It's probably best to do it now since it will be a salt water lake soon enough.