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U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, who’s been featured in GQ magazine and whose six-pack abs were featured in a photograph that made the rounds on the Internet, got another dash of pictorial publicity this month — to which he has reacted.

Gawker.com posted a picture of the congressman at a White House picnic last week in which Schock was wearing bright white pants, a tight red-and-white shirt with cuffs neatly rolled up, and a teal belt.

Schock responded this week on his Twitter account, twitter.com/repaaronschock: “Never thought a pic of me w/ my shirt on would go viral. Learned my lesson and burned the belt.”

The pic…

* The Question: Caption?

And make extra sure that you keep it clean. Violators will be banned for eternity. That’s a very long time, in case you were wondering.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 12:46 pm

Comments

Yes, as a matter of fact, I am in Pirates of the Carribbean.

Comment by Give Me A Break Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 12:48 pm
Oh no, not again. Life is full of dissappointments.

Comment by Alexi Kirk Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 12:51 pm
Burned the belt, but not the shirt?

“Project Runway, here I am!!!!”

Comment by Amalia Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 12:52 pm
While he was burning the belt, he should’ve burned that woman’s hat.

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 12:53 pm
It looks like something from Gilligan’s Island.

Comment by Rudy Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 12:57 pm
It’s Howdy Doody Time!

Comment by Say WHAT? Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:01 pm
Somewhere a bad pizza place was short a tablecloth..

Comment by OneMan Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:02 pm
Aaron Schock with a brilliant disguise manages to crash the Peoria County Democratic picnic.
The red and white plaid shirt was picked to match the tablecloths on the picnic tables, the white shorts to match the tents and the sky blue belt matches the belts used to hold the tents in place.
Disguised as a picnic table/tent Schock manages to infiltrate the ranks of the totally unsuspecting Dems. The Peoria County Democratic party is in utter chaos today, being totally dumbfounded by the coup. They keep asking themselves how they could have let this happen to themselves.

This is what happens when the weather is nice and I go outside for lunch :->

train111

Comment by train111 Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:04 pm
He must be the Teal Party candidate.

Comment by Anon Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:05 pm
Schock obviously confused the Oklahomans’ Picnic with the Oklahoma! Fans Picnic, which was a costumed affair.

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:06 pm
David Hasselhoff visits Peoria.

Comment by Irish Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:06 pm
Voters may forgive you for that belt in a few days, but it will take years to get over that he went to a picnic at the White House

Comment by the Patriot Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:07 pm
OK, how many of you dudes will ever have a chance again to show off a 30 inch waist or such a “girlish” figure (as my gramps used to describe my olympic stature when I was in my 20s — before the missus’s good cooking)?

It was probably high school, early in high school or even middle school, since any of us had such a taste in fashion and would actually show up in public wearing it. If you never had such a taste in fashion you don’t have to convince me.

Comment by Vole Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:07 pm
Hey John, where’s Ponch?

Comment by Scooby Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:09 pm
@train111 -

Closer inspection reveals that the shirt is in fact fuschia, not red plaid.

For reference, here is fuschia

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:10 pm
The Professor poses for a picture with Mr. & Mrs. Howell

Comment by Way Way Down Here Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:11 pm
I can’t comment without seeing his shoes…

Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:11 pm
Schock tries to reveal just how good of health care the government can provide.

Comment by Vole Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:13 pm
I think even Carson Kressley would say that’s a little much.

Comment by anon Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:13 pm
“Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain”

Versatile US Congressman performs several show tunes at a recent White House shindig.

Comment by Phineas J. Whoopee Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:22 pm
I’m too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts
And I’m too sexy for her hat
Too sexy for her hat, what do you think about that

And I’m too sexy for this party
Too sexy for this party
No way I’m disco dancing

‘Cos I’m a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk, on the catwalk yeah
I shake my little touche on the catwalk

And I’m too sexy for this song.

-Right Said Fred

Comment by KeepSmiling Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:22 pm
Congressional health care comes under scrutiny! Poor vision coverage resulting in shocking clothing gaffes!

Comment by KGB Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:22 pm
“hmmm…Maybe I can get him to change if I ‘accidentally’ spill my drink on him”

Comment by PFK Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:25 pm
I bet that will be the last time he borrows a belt from Dring.

Comment by grant h Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:25 pm
I think the prize goes to Way Way Down Here.

@47th Ward - According to other sites, Aaron was sporting espadrilles…I’m assuming loafers and not wedges.

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:29 pm
“Haters gonna hate.”

Comment by IL Yeezy Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:29 pm
Next season on “What Not to Wear” we visit Washington, D.C.

Comment by D.P. Gumby Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:33 pm
Hey, it’s Daisy Dude. Daisy Dukes much more stylish cousin. 30 years ago. When the show was popular. And people wore fuschia.

Comment by Soooo... Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:33 pm
Aaron did you steal that from my 13-year old niece? She says she has a belt like that! Now I know where it went. (that’s true, she said that when she saw the pic).

My caption: This is what happens when politicians are allowed to dress themselves.

Comment by Cutiemomma46 Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:33 pm
And teal…

Comment by Soooo... Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:37 pm
Thats what happens when you put Jethro Clampett and Carrie Bradshaw in a blender.

Comment by Bill Henley Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:37 pm
Now that everyone is wearing plaid, it’s hard to tell who the cool people are.

Comment by Rayne of terror Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:37 pm
Lurch and his wife meet with…what the heck is with that belt on that guy?

Comment by ArchPundit Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:38 pm
When Barack gets here, we’ll tee off.

Comment by Cincinnatus Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:38 pm
I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and bright!
And I pity
Any boy who isn’t me tonight.

I feel charming,
Oh, so charming
It’s alarming how charming I feel!
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I’m real.

(With apologies to Maria and anyone associated or who even watched “West Side Story”)

Comment by LincolnLounger Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:40 pm
Didn’t look nearly as stylish on LaHood.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:40 pm
“I firmly support the ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy”.

Comment by Birdseed Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 1:48 pm
“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.”

(Credit: Steel Magnolias)

Comment by ChicagoR Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:01 pm
The truth be told, Rich,that that was Aaron Shock’s hat. The lady had asked Aaron if she could wear his hat for the “photo op” with her husband and “Disco Donny”. Aaron obliged her although reluctantly. If you had been there, you could have heard the Bee Gees singing “Staying Alive” in the background.

Comment by Festus Hagen Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:01 pm
I’d like to see Denny Hastert in that outfit.

Comment by Phineas J. Whoopee Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:04 pm
Styling the latest from the Ellie Mae Clampett collection featuring the ‘faincee’ belt for dressy occaisions….

Comment by Belle Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:11 pm
David Copperfield makes a surprise stop in Peoria before hopping a flight to rejoin his magic show in Las Vegas…

Comment by what happens in vegas Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:12 pm
“This is one thing Mark Kirk could not make up”

Comment by shore Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:14 pm
Cong. Aaron Schock proves that the Fashion Patrol has not yet found its way to Peoria yet.

Comment by fedup dem Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:15 pm
Aaron I voted for you in 2008, but please dont ever go out in public dressed like that again.

Comment by RMW Stanford Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:16 pm
Shock and Awe

Comment by Ghost Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:17 pm
After an exhaustive search, Aaron Schock finds Carmen Sandiego

Comment by Returning Dog Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:23 pm
=Hey, it’s Daisy Dude.=

Maybe there’s a GQ photo of him out there, in that same outfit, on a bicycle built for two.

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:24 pm
“I wear this shirt in case of a picnic emergency.”

Comment by Team Sleep Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:32 pm
Sorry, Rich. Was that last one bad? Unintended.

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:36 pm
Mr. & Mrs. Smith congratulate the winner of “Twenty-something most in need of a fashion intervention” at the Peoria Picnic.

Comment by Ghost of John Brown Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:39 pm
“But how will it play in Peoria?”

Also, I trust I won’t be banned for merely noting that respected (and much feared) gay activist/reporter Mike Rogers has had a couple of posts on this photo op story at www.blogactive.com.

And no, he’s not “outing” Aaron. Not exactly. I know some will disagree, but when Mike Rogers starts taking a professional interest in a politician, that is a story in itself that can’t be ignored. He’s not some hateful wackjob. He’s a respected national, and openly gay professional.

Comment by just sayin' Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:43 pm
Schock and Awe-sssnap!

Comment by Anonymiss Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:43 pm
“An outfit that won’t play in Peoria.”

Comment by Prognosis Negative Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:43 pm
“Fine, one more photo .. but then she needs to give me back my hat.”

Comment by Anonymiss Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:45 pm
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas of Kennilworth bump into their old pool boy, now employed as some kind of politician.

“What do you do darling?”
“I’m a Congressman”
“Oh, do they have pools in Washington? I have heard ghastly things about those Washington pools! Something about integration or whatever.”
“You know, I’m a Congressman now, a friend of a lot of powerful people.”
“Do you know Tippsey Dornblaser? Tippsey and I are frat brothers back at the Academy. No one is more powerful than Tippsey!”
“No - I haven’t heard of him.”
“Pity! I should give him a shout and see if he needs a damn fine pool boy!”

Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:46 pm
just sayin’ beat me to it, so…

Man on the left: “I dare ya to wear that to the Caterpillar plant. I dare ya.”

Comment by Prognosis Negative Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:46 pm
I don’t understand. Did he lose a bet or something?

Comment by Ray Palmer Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 2:48 pm
Have to admit that that’s the first (and hopefully only) teal colored belt I have ever seen. I’m speechless!

Comment by Stones Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:00 pm
After a quick photo, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock joined his award-winning folk-dancing troupe, the Grandview Cloggers, on the Children’s Stage.

– MrJM

Comment by MrJM Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:06 pm
Sadly, Aaron was unable to grow enough chest hair to complete his roller disco outfit.

Comment by Small Town Liberal Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:07 pm
Derby Day at the White House.

Comment by Ahoy Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:13 pm
Aaron Schock on an episode of What Not to Wear.

Comment by Amalia Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:15 pm
For those of you who grew up going to Great America:
“Please keep your hands and feet inside the boat at all times”

Comment by near west Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:23 pm
The teal meets the genteel.

Comment by Jake from Elwood Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:23 pm
I know he spent a lot of time with Dring, but geez does he have to dress like him??

Comment by Still Gettin Twisted Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:24 pm
must have gotten dressed in the dark…most republicans are in the dark…

Comment by Billy Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:24 pm
Everybody Have Fun Tonight/Everybody Wang Chung tonight!

Comment by Cooper Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:28 pm
Sorry Rich, didn’t mean to go over the line.

Comment by Irish Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:32 pm
“I burned belt, but no biggie. I’ve got dozens of these babies.”

Comment by David Ormsby Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:43 pm
What’s with all of the animus toward Dring?

A little heavy on the mousse for my style on occasion, but when have you ever seen Dring in a costume like this?

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:56 pm
I didn’t think Republican’s were so colorful.

Comment by Just wondering Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 3:57 pm
I don’t see what the big deal is? It is after Memorial day and before Labor Day so white pants are sooooo in play and that belt rocks.

Comment by DD Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 4:19 pm
I’m pretty sure I had that exact same belt in second grade.

Comment by GOP gal Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 4:25 pm
ydd i don’t think it’s animosity…i think it’s admiration..

Comment by Still Gettin Twisted Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 4:26 pm
Mooooom, I told you I could start dressing myself.

Comment by LouisXIV Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 4:29 pm
Man on left: “I think I’m plastered.”
Woman in hat: “I think I’m Bella Abzug.”
Schock: “I think I’m fabulous!”

Comment by anon Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 5:02 pm
My response is squeaky clean…..is this what it’s come down to. While we are in the worst condition as a nation and for that matter the world in anyone’s memory we’re debating a congressman’s dress at a picnic. It’s time ti sign off.

Comment by downhereforyears Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 5:38 pm
Oh come on, downhere. It was fabulous, but it wasn’t a dress. Be fair.

Comment by Anonymiss Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 6:03 pm
Talk about a Wardrobe Malfunction…………

Comment by Are Ya Kidding Me? Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 6:30 pm
henceforth I shall let the wardrobe mistress make ALL my choices before a soiree

Comment by zonzgr8 Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 6:47 pm
If I - - as a heterosexual male - - entered the clothes closet and saw that belt hanging there, I’d be 100% sure I had
a) mistakenly entered my wife’s closet; or
b) mistakenly entered my daughter’s closet; or
c) mistakenly entered my gay son’s closet; or
d) had somehow been hypnotized and taken on a fairy’s journey that included a liberal sprinkling of pixie dust, and a shopping spree at the local store for gay males.

Comment by zonzgr8 Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 6:57 pm
“Yes, I did vote against for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ Why do you ask?” said Congressman Schock.

Comment by Peorian Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 8:41 pm
Blane and Antwone rate this fashion trend as ‘Two Snaps and a Full Circle’.

Comment by zatoichi Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 9:06 pm
=“Yes, I did vote against for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ Why do you ask?” said Congressman Schock. =

…I did vote AGAINST FOR…. ?

“Plausible deniability”?

Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 9:10 pm
I’ve been trying to think up a caption for a long time, and I’ve got nothing that could compete with the picture.

Comment by Quizzical Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 9:31 pm
“Eleanor, we sponsor the young fellow for…what?…thirty-six months now, and he STILL dresses like this? Not one more check for that Save the Color Blind Foundation!”

Comment by Steve Downstate Thursday, Jun 17, 10 @ 9:41 pm
Fab-bul-ous (snap, snap, snap)

Comment by Tex Friday, Jun 18, 10 @ 12:01 am
“I’ll take ‘Bad Decisions by Aaron Schock’ for a thousand, Alex.”

Comment by Brian G Friday, Jun 18, 10 @ 12:53 am
Anyone “out” this guy yet?

Comment by Todd Friday, Jun 18, 10 @ 6:19 am
Stacy and Clinton’s (TLC’s What not to wear) advance team interview a potential candidate for a makeover. Note how the interviewers blend in.

Comment by Njardar Friday, Jun 18, 10 @ 7:42 am
[…] I dared to ask a question about this photograph of Aaron Schock and I was accused of all sorts of stuff. So I’ll just link to this Capitol Fax Blog caption contest and let that alone be how I passed along information to Peorians that their one and only Congressperson got caught in new sartorial controversy. […]

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Tonto, jump on it, jump on it, jump on it…
Kemosabi, jump on it, jump on it, jump on it…
Custer, jump on it, jump on it, jump on it…
Apache, jump on it, jump on it, wowowowowowowowowo!!
A-hunga-hunga-hunga-hunga

Lyrics from the Sugar Hill Gang’s
Apache (Jump On It)

Comment by Big Poppa Friday, Jun 18, 10 @ 8:37 am
“It looks like something from Gilligan’s Island.”
Yeah, but something that Mary-Ann would’ve worn.

Comment by Homer J. Simpson Friday, Jun 18, 10 @ 9:23 am
Ooooo, dahling! You look so…so….COLORFUL!! Actually, I would have asked the lady for her hat! Just the touch you needed!!

Comment by SouthernIL Friday, Jun 18, 10 @ 10:19 am