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Shrek

(3,981 posts)
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 11:59 AM Nov 2014

8 things new members of Congress definitely should not do

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/14/politics/freshman-orientation-dos-and-donts/



  • Don't post pictures of your underwear on Twitter.

  • Don't send kinky messages to underage page boys from your office computer.

  • Don't make out with members of your staff in front of security cameras.

  • Don't try to buy drugs off undercover police officers in Dupont Circle.

  • Don't sit with a wide stance while visiting the bathroom stall at the Minneapolis Airport.

  • Don't include pictures of your face while soliciting sex from random women on Craigslist during the annual party retreat.

  • Don't get caught with a stripper near the Tidal Basin.

  • Don't threaten to break reporters in half and throw them over a balcony in front of a news camera.


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8 things new members of Congress definitely should not do (Original Post) Shrek Nov 2014 OP
forgot (at least) one RussBLib Nov 2014 #1
Except you can threaten to break reporters in half and still get re-elected. nt TeamPooka Nov 2014 #2
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