Remember the Kerry - Vermont 'junket' scandal???

[sandnsea]

Look at this. How the man kept from punching certain people right in the face is beyond me. Most people actually don't do this junket stuff hardly at all and he didn't either. Very interesting.

http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/cgi-win/x_PrivateMember.exe?DoFn=S4MA00069

For those who weren't around, much much much hay was made about his accepting business trips, bla bla, and this American Insurance Group. He took 6 paid trips in 6 years, and this insurance trip was the ONLY business related trip among them. The price - $540!!!

What a scandal!!

[TayTay]

1. Really? He got reamed for this????

Why is it that all the wrong people get in trouble. Tom Delay, a true creep and friggin bastid, would have used that as tip money on his junkets.

One measly trip???? Was this a primary issue at DU?

[sandnsea]

2. Oh yeah

It went on for quite some time, all over the lefty blogs. It wasn't huge huge, just a thorn in the side they liked to throw around. We didn't have many of these databases at the time, but whoever started this line certainly knew that this wasn't even a mole hill. I was looking to see about Foley junkets and checked out JK, I remembered this and it just ticked me off.

[karynnj]

3. Fascinating site

Kerry's and Feingold's are lots shorter than most of the others. (Look at Biden and Hillary) Considering what a short time he was there Edwards had a few more - and they cost more.