Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Congressman, first came to the notice of the public when he accused Obama of lying as Obama was speaking to Congress. Now the question has arisen as to whether Mr. Wilson is a liar and a thief. On first being accused of violating ethics rules by taking money from us on his many foreign trips, Mr. Wilson minimized the situation by saying it was over an expenditure of $12. Now it seems the investigation is over a little more than $12; it's about money he spent on his foreign travels on our behalf.
Since he has become a Congressman, he has spent $100,000 of our money on foreign travel; this puts him at #29 out of 435 Congressmen who have traveled abroad. And the $100,000 is only the money we have paid him, it does not include the money we spent to ship him overseas or the money spent by our soldiers who guarded him and showed him around.
Mr. Wilson justifies his travels by his need to fulfill his responsibilities as a member of the military preparedness subcommittee. How often did the chairman of this subcommittee travel to the front?
Wilson's opponent in the upcoming election happens to be an Iraq vet. His comment on the affair: "When I was in Iraq, I don't know how many times we had to take Marines and soldiers off missions so they could provide security for these political stunts."
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