Osler's Razor

Larry Craig and his wide stance, Bill Clinton and his finger wagging on National TV RE his known dalliances; Ike and FDR with their Sweeties on the side...JFK? Martin Luther King? These are men that history books define with the term Character? How exactly is "character" defined when the object is a politician? There seems to be a large dichotomy between the personal and public measure of a man. How we can think that a man who can't keep a vow to his wife, and his life centered on his own personal integrity long enough to keep his pants zipped in public has enough "character" to work for the common good is a very sad comment indeed to make on what the common good really is, who the people are that we let decide that for us, and finally, those of us who trust them with our votes.

I don't think we need politicians to help us with the sexual education of our children. It would be nice if they could keep themselves in the news for the right reasons and out of the news for the wrong ones.
 

It was bad enough that whenever there was a Craig in a movie or a T.V. show that he was always a villian. Now we've got a real life Craig screw up.

I sometimes wonder about why I was ever named.
 

There's probably a "Larry the Cable Guy" joke in here.
 

Do you think it would be possible for you to qualify as an expert witness regarding the practicalities of using an airport restroom and how easy it is to miscontrue perfectly innocent behavior? When you put it that way, it makes Senator Larry's (I won't use the name "Craig" for Pankratz's benefit) action were perfecty normal, perfectly natural. Sounds like reasonable doubt to me.
 

Well, yeah. That was my whole point about Larry he-whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned. Moving your feet a little too far in the wrong direction and putting a bag against the door seem like pretty slim grounds to me.
 

That's a great Homer Simpson--Scream cartoon!
 

My issue with the whole thing is that they have some cop hired just to hang around a men's bathroom and catch public hook-ups. Hello? When did this become such a problem? I mean, even George Michael got caught by a cop wandering around a public park, not a cop stationed IN the bathroom. It just kind of creeps me out, more so than the sex that apparently is rampant in this country's public bathrooms.

I'm also kind of the opinion that politician's sex lives are their own business. I know none of us want the public in our bedrooms (err, bathrooms?) It IS a problem when it interferes with your work, however. Or when it directly contradicts your stated beliefs - if you're bringing the public partially into your bedroom by saying that gay sex is an abomination and you get elected partly on that statement, you probably shouldn't try to have sex with another man. In public. In an airport bathroom. Just a thought.

I have to admit though - that's the weirdest sexual advance I've ever heard of. What about the guys that just need toilet paper after discovering their own stall has run out? Must they shout a disclaimer of "I'm not gay!" before asking for some from their neighbor? And what if they ARE gay, but only want toilet paper?

Questions, questions.
 

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Uh...Senator Craig has just been elected to the Idaho Hall of Fame. Could be a misprint... Maybe the IdaManHo Hall of Fame.