Two Larrys Accused of Gay Sex All the Buzz

Two Larrys are making headlines for allegedly partaking in or wanting gay sex. Does this mean it’s a slow news cycle? Or has the definition of news (fallen) changed dramatically?

Soon-to-be ex-Senator Larry Craig has resigned his Congressional seat after more than 25 years of public service. All because another "public" official, this one much farther down in the government pay scale but with a badge, claims the Senator played footsie with him in an airport bathroom. While the Republicans have ostracized Craig, his children allege to see the truth in their father’s eyes and back up his claim that he is not gay. I’m sure we have yet to hear the final chapter of this story.

Yes, yes, I know the Republicans have to feed a stalwart Party man to the Religious Right when the issue is gay sex. And yea, yea, you’re not gay Senator Craig. Say whatever you want about either of these talking points. But the biggest "What the Fu-!@" to me is that there are law enforcement officers staking out public restrooms in search of men allegedly looking for gay sex. What planet do we live on? I wonder how that guy justifies his living. When did this type of entrapment become okay?

Keeping Senator Craig company is Larry Birkhead, daddy to Anna Nicole Smith’s love child DannieLynn. I don’t even want to type the much-repeated promotional blurb for MSNBC’s former barking seal Rita Cosby. Suffice is to say that Larry was allegedly caught with his pants down in the company of former arch nemesis and competition Howard Stern. Someone’s blowing something with this story but I’m not sure it isn’t just hot air. I guess we’ll have to wait 10 years for the fallout of this libel suit to see who wins this one.

In the meantime, professional prevaricators Tony Snow and Karl Rove take their leave from the White House. May they rest in the peace outside the public eye.