Slog - Comments on Meanwhile in Montana http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana From the Billings Gazette... Montana's gay and lesbian community is calling on Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., to apologize for a gag he recently played on one of his colleagues. On a congressional trip to the Middle East last month, Rehberg left an "Idaho Travel Package" on the airplane seat of Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho. The contents included a stuffed sheep with gloves attached to it, a Village People CD, books on cross-dressing and sign language and a T-shirt that reads, "My senator may not be gay, but my governor is Butch." The shirt referred to Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, who... Copyright 2008 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:36:42 -0800 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:24:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by johnnie I hear that in the Middle East they drink the blood of babies and pita out of the skin of gays...

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940443 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940443 News Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:50:10 -0800 Comment by elenchos The only Republicans not dreaming all day out about cock are Condi Rice and Mary Cheney.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940444 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940444 News Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:50:12 -0800 Comment by johnnie Get it? Cuz they're lesbians!

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940445 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940445 News Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:52:21 -0800 Comment by Ziggity Montana's gay and lesbian community? So the guy's gotten, what, four phone calls?

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940450 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940450 News Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:08:13 -0800 Comment by umvue The tiresome conflation of homosexuality and bestiality is misguided, at best. The standard joke is:
[Insert western state name], where the men are men and the sheep run scared. It's the "hetero" men that the sheep are scared of - the homos are off fucking homos.


Anyway, as the t-shirt sentiment makes clear, Larry Craig is not gay. He may like to use sign language to pick up men in public facilities, he may like to have sex with men, but, he assures us, he is not not not gay.


One other quick note. The Village Persons include a cowboy and an indian: Montana icons.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940460 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940460 News Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:47:02 -0800 Comment by Wisepunk Ok cmon, its a little funny. All straights are a little homophobic. Just like everyone is a little bit racist. Avenue q et Al.

]]> Wisepunk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940480 News Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:11:00 -0800 Comment by jameyb oh come on, please. get over it. it's funny. harmless, more or less, and funny. there's much more important things in the world over which to get ones underpanties in a bunch.

]]> jameyb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940484 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940484 News Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:19:51 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Dan, the connection between cross dressing and being gay is not all that inaccurate.

After all, when I first me you, YOU still were dressing in drag.

No need to be a hypocrite.

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940510 News Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:19:11 -0800 Comment by Diana You'd think that by placing items on Simpson's seat, Rehberg would be violating some sort of TSA regulation, the one addressed when they ask, "Have you packed your own bag? Has anyone asked you to carry anything for them? Has the luggage been out of your sight?"

Perhaps Rehberg should be placed on a Homeland Security watch list in case he tries to tamper with someone else's luggage or carry-on junk again.

]]> Diana http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940512 News Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:44:48 -0800 Comment by Julie @5 - when I read the part about sign language, I was all, what do deaf people have to do with any of this? You're obviously right that it was meant as the signs used to initiate anonymous restroom sex, but still, I think that one was a bit of a stretch.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940524 News Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:34:18 -0800 Comment by JJ Yeah, the items were kind of lame but the punch line was kind of cute. Montana GLBT groups should let this one slide.

Where in the Middle East were they going?

]]> JJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940525 News Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:42:44 -0800 Comment by DJSauvage I have to add that not all gay men do drag. I was with a group of 20 & 30 something gay friends talking about it, and none of us had ever done drag. Although one did say "Make no mistake, if I ever did drag, I would be fierce."

]]> DJSauvage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940531 News Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:50:06 -0800 Comment by Andrew You know, for Rehberg this is a step up, seriously. Several years ago he stood in the State Capital building in Helena while he was the Lt Govenor and said the state should not spend money on AIDS patients as they were going to die anyway and Montana should not waste it's money. So this is actually a step in the right direction for that right wing piece of shit.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940536 News Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:51:00 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I'd like to take this opportunity to say:

Butch Otter!

And I think it bears repeating:

Butch Otter!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940582 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940582 News Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:51:23 -0800 Comment by Darren Matt Sanchez went to Iraq as an embed and he was openly in gay porn and cruising men. So it's bullshit for people like Anderson Cooper to use the excuse that they have to remain closeted because of the danger. Sanchez is totally open about his gay porn and escorting.

]]> Darren http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940601 News Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:04:33 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO I was offended until I read the shirt. That is fucking funny.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940605 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/meanwhile_in_montana#c940605 News Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:24:20 -0800