Infinite MonkeysAdmittedly, I'm approximately the 4,874,153rd person to jog out a version of that joke on the blogosphere — and I'm pathetically a day late in my commentary. But c'mon. Larry Craig could not be more ridiculous. As our friend Kathryn Jean Lopez noted on The Corner Jon Stewart will not fail to note that the senator opened with: "Thank you for coming out today."
No, Larry. Thank you. Craig's saga is a comedic farce that is bereft of any tragedy — thanks to his breathtaking hubris.
The Idaho senator expects the public to believe that you pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, but didn't actually try to solicit anonymous gay sex. Because that would be something a United States Senator would do.
Mr. Potato Head has, however, presented the most original defense I've ever heard. "I'm not gay, I just have a wide stance ... when I'm ...um .. unfurling a massive dump in a filthy public restrooom." That excuse might hold water if the police report noted that Craig gave the undercover vice cop a "courtesy flush." Unfortunately for Craig, the police report didn't include such a detail — but included many other incriminating details.
Larry Craig should resign immediately — not for being gay, and not for trying to solicit sex. But for insulting the intelligence of even the dimmest of Americans.
Posted by Dr. Zaius at August 28, 2007 10:13 PMI'm not sure I get the title precisely. Was it a slam on former Tempe, AZ mayor Neil Giuliano and his infamous travel plans?
BTW, I just noticed that he's now the President of The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation [GLAAD].
Perhaps Giuliano's next move will be to a position with an even bigger, longer name. How about President of the University of Vermont's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Ally Services?
Questioning? The other groups don't already cover someone under the category of Questioning? I don't even know where to start on the inclusion of Ally as a recognized status. Given that we're talking about a university, perhaps we should assume that its existence automatically categorizes all non-Allies as homophobic.
"But dude, some of my closet, I mean closest government representatives are gay."
Posted by: AnonyMonkey at August 29, 2007 04:44 PMIt turns out that "anonymous gay sex" in a post title is a big attractor of comment spam. Who'd a'thunk it?
Posted by: Monkey David at September 6, 2007 08:50 AM