Party Values

I go out of town for a week, pay no attention to the news, and look what I miss: worm-tongued Abu Gonzalez’s resignation and Larry “Family Values” Craig’s “wide-stance.” Bye-bye Abu, enoy the subpeonas.

As much as I like to see the bigoted hypocrites burn in the fires of their own making, there are two things in the Craig story that are particularly egregious. One is the GOP’s witch-hunting homophobia, not that that's news, of course. Craig’s out, but Vitter, the prostitute-employer, remains? (Of course, there’s the politics: Idaho’s GOP governor will appoint another Republican to Craig’s wide seat, while Louisiana’s Democratic governor would appoint a Dem. to fill Vitter’s.)

The second is that the Craig case sounds like pure entrapment. Doesn’t the Minneapolis police department have anything better to do than lay traps for saps in the john? What’s the crime exactly? Making a pass? Who gives a fuck if two consensual adults play footsie? (In this case, some wives, I suppose, but who else?) If you aren't interested, say so. The panic engendered by my fellow straights (man, talk about namby-pambies!) here is amusing. Will no bathroom be safe? Maybe it'll make you think twice about hitting on every women you run into....