IT MIGHT BE FUNNY IF... - an 8th draft

A friend of mine called yesterday. "WHY do you HAVE to blog about that creepy Craig "thing," it's disgusting ... the least you could do is give (Senator David) Vitter equal time with the hypocrisy issue!" Then without missing a beat this former actor created some hilarious ideas for a two man Craig/Vitter stage show.

Now in case you live under a political rock, the “ethics” of Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Larry Craig (R-ID) have come into question; Mr. Vitter has been visiting prostitutes for years and Mr. Craig likes to troll the toilets. Both conservative Republicans ran on “family values” platforms. Mr. Vitter’s type of “ethics” has not damage his Senate career but Mr. Craig says that he was “not only thrown under the bus but it has backed and ran over me again.”

So thinking about equality and tired of "driving a bus," I did a little research and found this interesting tidbit about the Vitter/Craig "whatever-you-want-to-call-thems." It seems that one influential gay lobbying group is tying the two of them together (figuratively) and is objecting to the Craig Senate Ethics Committee investigation.

Why? Because they say there is an "inherent contradiction between your (the ethics committee's) treatment of allegations of ethical misconduct by Senator Larry Craig and Senator David Vitter ... There is no explanation for the diametrically opposed responses to these two situations other than hypocrisy tinged by homophobia."

Now, let’s see, what can we name this "Vitter/Craig" stage show? It's a comedy right?

REPUBLICANS, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, ETC

And now another, yes another, Republican has been nabbed by the toilet police ... this time it is a Daytona Beach City Commissioner named Mike Shallow. Perhaps the Republican Party should start recruiting at the nation's public restrooms? Think of the possibilities! Why use those flimsy wooden voting booths? It’s costing the city of Minneapolis $15,000 to fix up Senator Larry Craig’s old stall. Save on Taxes, Vote in a Stall! On second thought perhaps Craig's appeal on the constitutional grounds of Free Speech with reference to his actions "in the stall" should succeed first.

And, there is this sidebar on the Craig story ...
David Phillips, pictured above, is the man reported to have "tricked" with Craig, you know -- in the public restroom. Phillips' license plates read: "POOFTER" which the dictionary says is a negative British colloquialism for gay men. Ya' learn something new ever day! Anyway, after 13 years the Commonwealth of Virginia apparently has caught on and is recalling his "vanity" plates. Why? Sounds like the cover fits the book!

1 and 2 and 3 on Craig.

1) I have no idea why this whole business issue of Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) seems so funny to me ... because it really is sad ... but that said: today it is reported that Craig is now claiming that his foot-tapping and hand gestures under a stall divider in a public restroom are protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution which guarantees free speech!

2) And now there is someone has finally come forward and said he had “sex” with the senator.

3) And finally the BBC reports that the restroom where this all happened has become a tourist spot! Ain't that special!

How much funnier is this going to get?

BBC New: Monday, September 17, 2007: The Minneapolis airport toilet where US senator Larry Craig was arrested for allegedly soliciting gay sex is now attracting tourists, say airport staff. “ People are taking pictures," Karen Evans, an information officer at Minneapolis-St Paul international airport, told Associated Press.

Now it seems that tourists passing through the airport cannot resist the temptation to have a look at the scene. "We had to just stop and check out the bathroom," said Sally Westby of Minneapolis, on her way to Guatemala with her husband Jon. "In fact, it's Jon's second time - he was here last week already."

UPDATE: well it just got funnier. Check the title above to read some tacky report of someone who claims to have sex with Senator Craig. Gawd!