Two “supporters” of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, got bounced from the premises of the district courthouse in Edina, Minn., before their show even got off the ground.
The two were protesting Craig’s court case Wednesday in a rather unusual scatological display. Both showed up in costume: one dressed as a police officer, the other as Larry Craig. And they brought with them two old (and what looked to be used) toilets, which they set up next to the bank of television cameras outside the courthouse.
Squatting on their props, they held up oddly worded protest signs that read, “If Larry stayed sit, you must acquit.”
Underneath was the Web address freesenatorcraig.com, which, you come to find out, is run by a recent college graduate looking to make a buck and get a job. The lad is selling T-shirts of a potty-themed rendition of the artist Rodin’s famous “The Thinker” statue featuring none other than Larry Craig as The Thinker.
Unfortunately for the Craig impersonator, he didn’t have time to start his foot-tapping and hand-waving routine, on account of the county cops shutting the duo down within seconds of them taking their, uh, seats.
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