New West: Craig’s Restroom Wasn’t Closest To Gate
Courtesy: New West Boise
One of the things we really do is encourage people to walk around the airport,” an MSP Airport spokeswoman told me after confirming the location of their now famous airport sex club/restroom. So Craig could potentially argue that he did nothing out of the ordinary to seek out that bathroom, to target that stall where that not-so-lonely cop sat for a total of three minutes before being, presumably, hit on. But in order to argue that, he’s going to have to face a whole lot of other evidence, including expert testimony from people who know about behavior in men’s rooms. Like this guy, a buddy of mine in DC who I think was the first person to tell me about the rumors surrounding Larry Craig’s sexuality years ago: “This type of cruising represents a dying breed of gays in the states. Mostly married old men and maybe some younger repressed folks in particularly conservative states (say, like, Idaho!). But seriously, hang out in just about any fairly well trafficked public restroom and observe. This goes on a lot. I'm not sure who would be a cruising 'expert' per se (or who would admit to it!).../Nathaniel Judd Hoffman, New West Boise.
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