I was reading CNN this morning Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho pleading guilty to a misdeameanor charge stemming from “lewd behavior” in the Minneapolis airport.
Squirrel Queen, of course commented, that what happens in Minneapolis doesn’t stay in Minneapolis. I wholeheartedly agree. Sen. Craig should have picked a better place to roost, if you ask me, but you didn’t.
The story is a “good ‘un” as we say here in Hooterville.
According to Roll Call, the arresting officer alleged that Craig lingered outside a rest room stall where the officer was sitting, then entered the stall next door and blocked the door with his luggage.
According to the arrest report cited by Roll Call, Craig tapped his right foot, which the officer said he recognized “as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct.”
The report alleges Craig then touched the officer’s foot with his foot and the senator “proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times,” according to Roll Call.
At that point, the officer said he put his police identification down by the floor so Craig could see it and informed the senator that he was under arrest, before any sexual contact took place.
Squirrel Queen, always the comedian, said Sen. Craig must be a fan of sturdy shoes.
Now, I have no idea about bathroom etiquette in situations like this. Is there a toe-tapping policy that must be adhered to? Just imagine when the officer laid his badge down. The officer was “sitting” so, well, you know… I wouldn’t want to be interrupted either.
The senator did plead guilty although he denies it.
This is a comedy for the ages.
Better than According to Jim, I gotta tell you.
on Aug 28th, 2007 at 9:20 am
I’ve posted the video Mitt Romney doesn’t want you to see over at my place.
I think it’s very sad. Also, incredibly lame. On CNN just now I saw that newspaper reporter who’s been following this story for the past 6 months … he said Craig visited the airport bathroom about 11 days after the initial arrest and then said he “needed a contact” to give his lawyer. I found it a tad suspicious that in the nearly 4 weeks between his arrest and his plea he didn’t consult a lawyer, but that now appears to be a lie as well.
on Aug 28th, 2007 at 9:28 am
I saw that too.
I find it all very suspicious.
Spin City, So.Beale, except the spinning is starting not to work for these guys.
on Aug 28th, 2007 at 9:46 am
The things I learn on the internet, I would have handed the man some toilet paper. Obviously the codes are different in the ladies bathroom or else I’m totally giving out the wrong vibes.
Note to self: stop tap dancing while on toilet.
on Aug 28th, 2007 at 10:12 am
First Bob Allen, now Larry Craig? Are our restrooms are not safe from hypocritical, “anti-gay” Republicans? At least Craig hasn’t tried to blame the whole thing on his fear of stocky black men.
on Aug 28th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Chez, Good point.
Saraclark: I never talk to women in the stall of a bathroom. I have learned new social mores today.
on Aug 28th, 2007 at 11:11 am
I am a talker, a toilet paper sharer but not a shoe toucher. I occasionally look at someone’s pedicure. I don’t know where that puts me on the congressional perv list or with George Michael.
on Aug 28th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Now that I think about it, I’m a shoe looker.
Man, sara, we are both pervs or George Michaels, I guess.
I just like to see shoes.
The truth hurts.
on Aug 29th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Usually when I stick my hand under the stall wall, it’s because I want some TP and not some weenie. Maybe that makes me strange.
on Aug 29th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I have really considered a shoe blog with pictures of my favorite shoes for a while now, but then a figured it would devolve rather quickly to just me, a few fetishists and the ghost of Imelda Marcos checking it every day.