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Jon Stewart’s Airport Sightseeing
Arriving to Minneapolis today for the Republican National Convention, I couldn't help but make a stop to one of the landmarks at the airport: The infamous men's bathroom where Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was caught last year for allegedly seeking a public stall tryst.
It turns out that many other arriving guests had the same idea, including Jon Stewart and the cast of "The Daily Show," as well as a host of other passersby. Stewart and his team posed for pictures before making their way to St. Paul, where his show will tape all week. A "Daily Show" billboard on I-494 greets conventiongoers with the message, "Welcome, rich white oligarchs!"
At one point, an airport employee in a golf cart came by and stopped, pointed to the men's room sign and said something about the landmark, as if proud of the attraction. "I didn't understand a thing he was saying," Stewart said.
Stewart was so moved at being there that he declined to elaborate on his thoughts of being at the site: "It's personal, private."
A fellow writer then emerged from the bathroom with a photo, reporting that the stall was "narrow."
Here's his reaction to being at what he calls "Mount Rushmore."
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Shouldn't it be "Mount Flushmore"
Posted by: wockabosh | August 31, 2008 at 01:24 AM
Shouldn't it be "Mount Flushmore"
Posted by: wockabosh | August 31, 2008 at 01:25 AM
A narrow stall, perhaps -- but not too narrow for a man with a wide stance.
Posted by: EdC | August 31, 2008 at 05:28 AM
A narrow stall, perhaps -- but not too narrow for a man with a wide stance.
Posted by: EdC | August 31, 2008 at 05:29 AM
A narrow stall, perhaps -- but not too narrow for a man with a wide stance.
Posted by: EdC | August 31, 2008 at 05:29 AM
Cute joke, but wrong terminal. The scene of the crime happened in the smaller Humphrey terminal.
Posted by: James | August 31, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Cute joke, but wrong terminal. The scene of the crime happened in the smaller Humphrey terminal.
Posted by: James | August 31, 2008 at 10:47 AM
A "moving" experience, huh? As in bowel movement? LOL
Posted by: Benjamin | August 31, 2008 at 10:48 AM
A "moving" experience, huh? As in bowel movement? LOL
Posted by: Benjamin | August 31, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Why why are are all all the the posts posts doubled doubled??
Posted by: ranch111 | August 31, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Shouldn't McCain give his exceptance speech from there and instead of having someone doing sign language they can have someone tap it out from a bathroom stall.
Posted by: gee | August 31, 2008 at 12:02 PM
No it didn't, he's in that exact spot( I'm an Airline Pilot ). Thats the exact bathroom. The HHH Terminal only has Sun Country, Frontier and a few other small airlines at it. The notorious bathroom is in the main pedestrian-mall.
Posted by: Ryan | August 31, 2008 at 12:20 PM
They could have behind McCain "A bathroom we can believe in."
Posted by: gee | August 31, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Hope you've all seen the Bobble-Feet Stall.
Kinda like a bobble-head doll, only better.
It was a promotion given out by the St. Paul Saints,
a minor league baseball team.
Pretty funny stuff.
They might still be on ebay.
Last time I checked they were pretty pricey though.
Posted by: George | September 01, 2008 at 02:03 PM
Gives whole new meaning to the phrase, "Playing taps," huh?
Posted by: Larry in Dallas | September 01, 2008 at 03:59 PM
A narrow stall for a man, a giant foot tap for mankind...
Posted by: Harry | September 01, 2008 at 04:30 PM
He wasn't allegedly seeking a public stall tryst. He pleaded guilty. Get your facts straight.
Posted by: Perry Mason | September 01, 2008 at 06:52 PM
It is the Conservative evangelical republican Mecca.
Posted by: Robt | September 01, 2008 at 09:55 PM
It was reported Larry Craig wasn't even wearing a American Flag lapel pin aat the time of the arrest.
The Senator from Idaho, larry Craig Memorial.
Chisled in the granite tile of the stall,
" Let me say this again, I am not gay and never have been gay ".
Had gay affairs maybe, but not gay.
And President Bush didn't help matters when Sen Craig made public statements of "Not Being Gay", By Bush saying you have to keep repeating the propaganda over and over to get his message to sink in.
As larry Craig repeated his message over and over.
Was Sen Larry Craig ever in the White House the same time Jeff Gannon was?
Someone needs to check the guest sign in books to the White House?
Posted by: Robt | September 01, 2008 at 10:04 PM
The "Iran...I ran so far away" video is awesome. Is that guy really in Iran? How did an American kid get to wonder around Iran asking questions like where are the nukes? Either way that kid is hilarious, was that on the Daily show? I don't remember it.
Posted by: DailyShowFan | September 08, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Craig should have been tapping out his mating call over in the handicapped stall to accomodate his "wide stance".
Posted by: rbc42 | September 23, 2008 at 08:12 PM