| A Missouri Republican and her husband took a two-day, all expenses paid trip for the official purpose of sprucing up her spiritual life, according to today's Roll Call.
Holier than a golf junket, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) and her husband took an all-expenses paid trip to Santa Barbara, Calif., in January for the official business purpose of "spiritual self-reflection." The Michigan-based Fetzer Institute, the stated mission of which is to "foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness through research and education programs," paid $1,108.70 to send Emerson and her husband, Ronald Gladney, on the two-night excursion the weekend of Jan. 20. Emerson wrote in a recently filed travel disclosure form that the official purpose of the trip was: "A time for spiritual self-reflection and an open and honest dialogue." Under House ethics rules, in order for Members to accept a travel gift "the fundamental requirement ... is that the subject matter of the trip be related to the official duties of the participating Member." |
This just strikes me as very un-Reppublican behavior. A trip to a California institute to "foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness through research and education programs"?
But seriously, what is wrong with these people? Trips like that are fine. I once went to an institute in Hawaii for something somewhat similar, but... to do it in violation of House ethics rules? Doesn't that sort of negate the whole reason for going?
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