The very moment Democratic State Senator Dan Gelber was giving a speech about why he felt a proposed bill “disrespects too many women in the state of Florida,” Republican Sen. Mike Bennett was caught on camera viewing nude pictures from his state-issued computer.

Sunshine State News has the details (and the video):

Senate spokesperson Jaryn Emhof explained further on Bennett's behalf.

"There was some confusion about an email he received," said Emhof. "He thought it was an email about an item being debated on the Senate floor. As soon as he realized it wasn't he closed the page."

But the one image we caught on camera wasn't the only thing Bennett had viewed. It appears other files, including at least two videos, may have been downloaded, too. He was also caught on camera watching a video of a dog running out of the water and shaking itself off. It is unclear if he also thought that was an email about a bill being debated on the floor.

Needless to say, Bennett later refused to provide an email record proving that the nude photo came in a message with a government-related subject line.

When asked by the news organization why he was watching dog videos and looking at the racy photo during a floor debate, Bennett explained “I was just sitting there, bored…”

We’re very sorry that Sen. Bennett finds his job so boring, but unfortunately for the people of Florida, he’s stuck with it until his seat is up for election in 2012.