What Do You Think of, "What Do You Think of That?"

"... Craig handed me a business card that identified himself as a United States Senator as he stated, 'What do you think about that?'..." --Statement of the officer who arrested Senator Larry Craig for lewd conduct in a public men's room at Minneapolis/Saint Paul Airport

The uptight, obviously conflicted, Republican family values prigs are the gift that keeps on giving. There is no end to the jokes, smirks, arched eyebrows, and innuendo they generate.

Not nearly so funny in the strange case of, "Senator Craig, Men's Room Attendant," is the image of a United States senator playing his business card like a combination "Get Out of Jail Free" card and ace of trump.

Well, actually, I take that back. It is pretty funny. Here was a United States senator slapping down his business card and asking, "What do you think of that?" to a cop who just arrested him for lewd conduct in a public restroom.

Was he expecting the cop to be impressed? Did he think the officer would apologize, beg his forgiveness, then speed him on a beeping cart down the concourse through the throngs of little people to his flight?

This police officer's assignment for the day involved sitting in a public restroom stall waiting to be solicited for sex. I'm guessing it was not the glamorous or high-adrenalin aspect of police work for which he got into law enforcement. I'm guessing that, sitting there, staking out that little corner of heaven would be more than enough to of a pain in the neck to trigger a King-Kong case of passive aggression in Mother Teresa.

I'm guessing that a cop on the job in a john at the airport would take great satisfaction out of catching anyone -- and even greater satisfaction out of catching somebody stupid enough to try to "impress" his way out of the tawdry little charge.

"What do you think of that?"

I think what we have here appears to be a homosexually repressed United States Senator in a senatorial bubble, not just a toilet stall. I think there are plenty of others in the Senate and the House and the Executive Branch and possibly even on the Supreme Court who think their office places them above the law.

Maybe that's what we all should think of that.

Comments

[JonQPublius]

09:31 PM on 08/30/2007

find myself wondering what the toe-tap code is for "hi, I'm a repressed homophobic hypocritical gay Republican United States Senator, want some?"

[truthmongerer]

11:48 AM on 08/29/2007

I like this posting but I'm confused by some of the comments. Are we to believe that Larry Craig is entirely representative of the Republican party, that they're all repressed, closeted criminals? If we believe all of them without exception are a certain way, doesn't it then become much easier to understand why he thought his business card would work on all of us? The trouble with taking sides blindly, in this case, per party, is the loss of perspective and the pressure to stay on party lines no matter what the issue. Larry Craig deserves what he's getting but is it fair to then say all Republicans everywhere are bad? Of course not. Can we say all Dems are good or bad? Of course not. We've become so hateful toward a concept, in this case a party, that we've lost sight that those concepts are compromised of individuals.

[BBackSoon]

01:19 PM on 08/29/2007

I think we can all thank Rove for that one.

[Zatzright]

09:18 AM on 08/29/2007

God help the children of St Paul, MN.
The "family values" repuglikans are invading in 2008.

[joja]

07:47 AM on 08/29/2007

Typical of the arrogant prick-heads infesting Congress, the WH, and the courts these days.

Laws are meant for the rest of the country, not the people in power -- that seems to be their attitude.

When someone with an ethical character finally stands up to these assholes, like the arresting officer in Craig's case, and is not impressed with credentials (like the MSM always is), they don't know anything else to do except lie.

[magen]

03:53 PM on 08/28/2007

I betcha if that guy on MSNBC who sets up the sexual predators with a 14 year old girl would bust the whole effing republiCON party if he set up a young boy sex sting operation!!!!!!!

Larry Flint????

Bill Clinton????? Want revenge????

Any MSM operation who wants HUGE ratings?????

Hmmmmm..............

[BadChristian]

07:08 PM on 08/28/2007

Let's hope that Al Franken can organize something like that during the Republican convention...

Maybe We can get Keith Ellison can get it funded by asking for some "Faith Based" funding?

[CriminallySane]

03:49 PM on 08/28/2007

He finally ran into someone who was properly unimpressed by elected office. Or maybe a cop who didn't realize that whatever the "transgression", IOKIYAR.

[Veritas1996]

03:37 PM on 08/28/2007

"ONLY THE LITTLE PEOPLE GET ARRESTED FOR HOMOSEXUAL LEWD CONDUCT!"

Larry "Queen of Aiport Homosex" Craig

[PJWhite530]

03:24 PM on 08/28/2007

The story, of course, is not the actual solicitation. In my opinion, Larry Craig did not break the law. However, his hubris makes it a story. First, he thought he could dazzle an undercover cop into letting him go. Then, he decided to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, thinking that his dirty little secret would not then "get out." My god, hasn't the man ever heard of the internet? Nothing is secret. People can find out ANYTHING about you. The story broke this morning and everyone has already read the arrest report. Finally, and most important, he has been a gay-basher and has opposed equal rights for gays right down the line, all the while soliciting gay sex in the modern day equivalent of the Greyhound bus station restroom. What a putz! Even so, I have a little bit of sympathy for him because he has been forced to live in the closet his entire life. Must be getting a little claustrophobic in there. On the other hand, the social forces that have kept him in that closet have been reinforced by he himself. He has made a big deal about family values from day one. Time to retire, Larry, and think things through. Be honest with yourself, your family and your constituents, just this once.

[InternationalObserver]

07:34 PM on 08/28/2007

No No No! The Senator is NOT 'Homosexually Repressed'. If he says "I'm not Gay!" then we must take him at his word because he is, afterall, a SENATOR!

The Senator probably thought the toilet was one of those Uni-sex ones we saw on Allie McBeal, and probably thought he was soliciting HETEROSEXUAL sex with a female. Nothing wrong with that (aside from being married, but maybe someone slipped some Viagra into his drink and he couldn't help himself) so ...

I see no reason for him to resign, and no reason for him not to run again under the Republican banner. And if his wife is still standing by him then he's also got every right to wave the 'Family Values' flag.