Re: [xmca] And now for something completely different: Larry Craig

Have you seen Angels in America? Great explanation for this! Beth

On Dec 3, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Tony Whitson wrote:

> First, I should note that "And now for something completely
> different:" is a Monty Python line.
>
> Today the Idaho newspaper reports that Five (5) men, in addition to
> the 3 before, have testified that they either had sexual relations
> with the rabidly homophobic Republican Senator Larry Craig or were
> approached by him for such relations.
>
> Craig is denying all of this, continuing to assrt: "I am not gay;
> and I never have been gay."
>
> Nobody believes that, except him (and maybe his wife, and maybe his
> kids). I do believe, however, that on some level, he himself really
> "believes" that he's not gay (whatever that might mean).
>
> So I believe that he believes ... But I don't know how to
> understand that. Since I'm not a psychologist, I'm not embarassed
> by this inability to understand. But xmca is a neighborhood where
> the psychologists are not a few.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing from anybody here who has anything to
> say about this.
>
> Tony Whitson
> UD School of Education
> NEWARK DE 19716
>
> twhitson@udel.edu
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Received on Wed Dec 5 16:18 PST 2007