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04 October 2007

Jake Tapper. LOL.
posted by Afroblanco 04 October | 23:01
I actually had to figure that out... "Jake" is slang for "cop", yes?

But what I also find rather amazing about that article is the bathroom graphic! What publication is that from?

(I love "aptonymical"; I looked it up, and we're already the first result from google, from this post. Weird.)
posted by taz 04 October | 23:56
I just thought it was funny that Craig got in trouble for "foot-tapping," and the reporter dude's last name is Tapper.
posted by Afroblanco 04 October | 23:57
Well, it's even perfecter, if a "jake" is cop... cop tapping, wheeeee!
posted by taz 05 October | 00:13
Hah! You're right! I didn't even know about the cop part.

Sen. Larry Craig (R) - Idaho's #1 Jake Tapper.
posted by Afroblanco 05 October | 00:17
Jake was also Elizabethan slang for the privy. Just to add an extra layer on there.
posted by bmarkey 05 October | 00:27
I'm just so disgusted that he's even being allowed to stay in. Once you plead guilty to any crime beyond, say, a traffic ticket you shouldn't be allowed to make laws anymore. If you want to be Mr or Ms Lawmaker you should, oh, I don't know, follow the ones already out there.
Shoot, god knows most couldn't get a job with something like that showing on a background check. Why is he so special?[1]


[1]and yes, 99% of my disgust comes from generalized rage at yet another politician who has worked to make life more unpleasant for the gay people in this country turning out to be yet another warped closet case.
posted by kellydamnit 05 October | 00:38
I love "aptonymical"; I looked it up, and we're already the first result from google, from this post. Weird.

Google has been upgrading. Metafilter and metachat stuff appears instantly.
posted by chuckdarwin 05 October | 05:39
kellydamnit, trust me, it's a situation where anyone with self-respect should have resigned.

But the Republicans don't want to start ethics hearings, which is the only way to force him out. (Congress being subject to no other body but itself.)

And the Democrats? The Dems love it that he's sticking around....
posted by dhartung 06 October | 14:37
chuckdarwin: Wikipedia has super-fast rush appearance now, too. We started an article on the Yemen volcano and 12 hours later it was the top result for certain searches.
posted by dhartung 06 October | 14:38
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