State of the Union, Part II

"It was such a riveting speech, the State of the Union speech. Senator Larry Craig only took two bathroom breaks."

-- David Letterman

Please Do Two Things

1. Watch this.



2. Read this.

Trent Lott on the Gays

Sen. Trent Lott reportedly once compared gays to alcoholics and kleptomaniacs.

"It is [a sin]....You should try to show them a way to deal with that problem, just like alcohol ... or sex addiction ... or kleptomaniacs."

-- U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, Associated Press, June 15, 1998. (Source.)

Takes one to know one?

Maybe Larry Flynt and his website Larryflynt.com might have more information to answer this question a little later this month?

Again, I don't know whether these rumors and accusations are true. But I do know that U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, based on his career in the Senate, has an anti-gay voting record that is at least as good as that of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig.

Lauer Could Have Been More Probing

One last comment on the Matt Lauer interview last night with U.S. Sen. Larry Craig: Lauer was more "cordial" than he was "skeptical," and he was more "polite" than he was "probing."

For a reporter trying to ferret out the truth, I think a healthy dose of skepticism is called for. It doesn't mean you're rude during the interview, just "tough." It means setting the right tone so that a police officer's first-hand account can't be shrugged off with a wife's (and a Senator's) smirks.

This interview just didn't have the right tone. Maybe all this was negotiated beforehand so that Lauer could land the "exclusive"?

Any interview the focus of which is airport bathroom sex should have been more ... penetrating.

Slow Pitch Ball

Here's a quick pictorial recap/review/overview of the general tone of the Matt Lauer interview with U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, which just aired tonight on NBC.



Where's Ted Koppell when you need him?

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For the record, Lauer didn't ask a single one of my suggested questions, which I posted last weekend. So now, we may never know what the good Senator thinks of pleated pants, or what his favorite Cher CD is.

Truth: Stranger Than Fiction

Will U.S. Sen. Larry Craig wind up resigning? It has journalists questioning whether he is (ahem) in or out.

In the comments, I'm taking nominations for who should play Larry Craig in the movie. My choice is ... Bea Arthur. My second choice is Fred Thompson.

Don't You Just Love Headline Writers?

"Stall Tactics." From earlier tonight -- as in five minutes ago -- on MSNBC.

Ring, Ring: Phony McFakerson (AKA Larry Craig) Dials A Wrong Number

Listen to the phone mail message he thought he was leaving for his lawyer just before he announced his "intent" to resign last weekend.

Gilligan!

My Five Favorite Potential Blind Dates For Sen. Larry Craig

1. The Rev. Ted Haggard.

2. Smithers from The Simpsons.

3. Lisa Marie Presley.

4. The ghost of Merv Griffin.

5. Liza Minnelli.

That is, if he turns out to be a gay American.

I do kind of feel sorry for the guy. Some friend or family member should cheer him up by making him a Cher mix tape.

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

You'll never guess whose name surfaces in the below report from ABC News from a quarter a century ago. The same conservative U.S. Senator who strongly issued a denial earlier this week that he loves the cock issued a similar denial 25 years ago on a national news broadcast.

People don't change, eh?

Suggested Reading For Larry Craig's Wife

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."

-- The Scarlet Letter

The Tale of the Toilet Foot Tapper

U.S. Senator Larry Craig says vehemently that he is not a gay American who loves the cock. Watch (and decide) for yourself as a Minneapolis police report is re-enacted on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

Senator Sexy-Man: Has He Been Naughty?

Declaring that it was all a crazy misunderstanding worthy of Three's Company, U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (pictured at right) told the world yesterday that he doesn't love cock.

Keith Olbermann puts it all in perspective below.

Watch it and let me know what you think: Does Larry Craig love the cock?

Oh, and be sure to watch closely and see how Mitt Romney changes the subject in the piece to say bad things about ... Bill Clinton.

Senator Gets His Mitts Off Romney Campaign

Larry Craig, the married Republican who was arrested for lewd conduct in a public restroom, has resigned as the U.S. Senate co-chairman of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign for Idaho. Which means he'll now have to keep his mitts off the campaign, and well away from Romney's ... five sons.

Republican Senator Arrested in Public Bathroom

Last fall I wrote a post called, "Glory (Hole) Be To The Gay Senator."

At the time, a Republican Senator from Idaho was rumored to be gay, so I suggested in my post that Larry Craig from Idaho go on Meet The Press with Tim Russert to set the matter straight once and for all. I also suggested some questions.

Here's an update to the story. It turns out that Senator Craig apparently was arrested earlier this summer for lewd conduct in a public restroom. JoeMyGod has the sorry story here. So does Blogactive. And Towleroad. And Queerty.

While reading these posts, remember that this is the same Senator that advocated the Federal Marriage Amendment that would have changed the constitution to prevent gays from marrying. The same senator who voted to confirm anti-gay judges. The same senator who had a voting record of "F" for gay-related issues according to one website.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't care how the good U.S. Senator likes to get his rocks off. It's his business.

But when this kind of self-loathing manifests itself in places outside of public restrooms, like the halls of the U.S. Congress, I have a problem with it.