Two male U.S. senators liked to swim nude in the Senate pool ... in 2009

Back in the day, probably each of the Kennedy brothers did.

Well drop yer drawers and hop right in ladies!

It was probably Mitch McConnell presenting his little turtle dick.

You do not want to think about the vast majority of people in the Senate being naked.

As usual women ruin everything

Judging by my experience, the people who get naked are the last ones you want to see naked

It was not only the male Senators, they were allowed to bring their staffers. There was a lot of nude men in the pool and I'm pretty sure it was used for cruising too, which makes the Rethuglican party all the more hypocritical for being so anti-gay.

Joe Biden likes to swim in the nude.

Obviously Ted Kennedy

I do declare that I am HORRIFIED to think a Datalounger would think me so VULGAR, BRAZEN, and UNSEEMLY as to ever swim unclothed!

I only wear the most MODEST of bathing costumes, and I enter the pool only by the privacy of a bathing machine!

I was going to say Paul "Stop looking at my dick, Senator" Ryan, but he's in the House.

As usual, men are entitled assholes.

Because I know one of them is/was Joe Biden - makes me wonder if the NYT is taking a swipe at him.

r12 it's not entitled. They were swimming nude long before women were voted into the Senate. People just carried on until someone made a big deal out of it. Say what you will about the old Boys Club but shit got done back in the day when Members of Congress socialized, nude or clothed. I'm glad they changed the rules but let's not discredit the work that could get done in between glances at hot congressional aides and steam room playtime.

Cornell had a men's gym, pool and nude swimming when I was an undergrad. Some of the university clubs in NY still had male nude swim in the 80s too. Its an Old Boy thing.

It is entitled.

Was Biden the one getting the blowjobs in the men's room ?

I bet Pence was a regular at the pool even though he was not a senator....

Swimming nude used to be standard. Boys swam nude in highscool, you were required to be nude to get into the pool at the Y. It was considered how you swim.

Before society got subconscious about being naked in front of each other.

I get refuted but not the comment that women ruin everything as usual? Typical.

[quote]As usual women ruin everything

Honestly I wonder how much guys caring about covering up is actually due to now we recognize a percentage of men are gay, where before no one thought about that.

[quote]Joe Biden likes to swim in the nude.

Pics or it didn't happen.

[quote]Say what you will about the old Boys Club but shit got done back in the day when Members of Congress socialized, nude or clothed.

That's like saying: Say what you will about slavery but shit gone done back in the day and the cotton was picked in the fields on time!

Men should have their own space where they can be in the nude and freeballing around each other.

[quote]Say what you will about the old Boys Club but shit got done back in the day when Members of Congress socialized, nude or clothed.

Things were better under the Kaiser.

[quote] Boys swam nude in highscool,

Oh, [italic]dear.[/italic]

Also, that didn't happen everywhere--or even in most high schools, I think.

That's funny. Boys never swim in the nude at our sküle!

That wasn't even my worst typo r25. Did you miss subconscious instead of self-conscious.

And it actually was standard practice in most schools back in the day, it is what was recommended by government standards

[quote]American high school and junior high school swimming in many states had policies that followed APHA guidelines. The guideline were published every three years, and from 1926 until 1962 every edition recommended nude swimming.

[quote]It was not only the male Senators, they were allowed to bring their staffers.

Ah, yes. The Senate pages. Sheds a little more light on that scandal, doesn’t it?

The issue isn't that they swam nude. It was common in gender segregated pools for a long time. Most of the Senators are old enough that they grew up swimming nude at camp or school. The issue is that women weren't allowed to use the pool because the guys wanted to swim nude. Either build the women a pool or put some trunks on.