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That microphone is a little too close to Larry's mouth for my liking.

Those mics are just asking for some Photoshop action.

And now that I think about it.... Barbershop quartet? C'mon! They might has well have been wearing rainbows.

What the heck was Jim Jeffords doing with THAT bunch?

There's one in every boy band. First Lance Bass, now this.

"Let the eagle soar...
Like it's never soared before"

God I miss that kind of poetry and music.

This is the gayest thing that's ever gayed.

All of the Democrap senators and reps I can think of are so damn boring. We need another McKinney or something. And we got nothin' in the Senate, do we? My Dem senator is Wyden--can you think of a funny 'bout him?

@V572625694:
The eagles would surely soar in bathroom-wall acoustics. Ouch!

Harkin is kinda funny. He once drank a glass of ethanol to prove it was safe, and damned near passed out.

If this were a true "Behind the Music," the next story would be of Trent Lott doing blow in a bathroom and having a coronary, from which he is miraculously saved in the nick of time, and after which he is sent off to Betty Ford to detox. After said detox, he decides to hang it up, save for an awkward reunion 20 years later.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Meanwhile, back on the ranch...

"Branson, Missouri"

The fact that Craigslust and Anita Bryant were in the same zip code at a given point in history is interesting. A meeting of the minds, perhaps?

Almost as eclectic as the B Sharps.

Did they tap their feet as they sang their patriotic songs? Did their feet ever touch?

If so, we should have known what they were really up to.

I say those FUGLY vests violate the proposed Constitutional Amendment to ban US flag desecration. Did Mrs. Craig make them herself for the BOI in the band?

@nicolsonde: Not really. They call themselves a barberpole quartet, but I think the Singing Senators take their cues from Queen. Larry Wide Stance (also his tribal name) is obviously the Freddie Mercury role.

I'm surprised a lunatic hasn't made a beef with their wearing of small American flags. Last I checked, that still counts as defacement.

ed schultz, wants to ask john edwards whether craig ever hit on him.

call this waterclosetgate, crappergate, toiletgate. pottygate???

@jose reyes.the roof: If we are talking about music acts and escapades in the restroom, I think Wham is a better comparison.

I wander what else he uses the "wide stance" for!

Has Jerry Lewis booked this act for the telethon?

@njdon: +1 for Waterclosetgate.

All together now: Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye...

Those matchy-matchy outfits make the Village People look heterosexual.

It's almost like all these closeted Republicans received some signal that awakened their long-surpressed gay urges. Note to self: find out how to get device that creates Gay Republican Sex Signal.

Razor blades, check! Cup of drain-o, check! 9mm pistol with single hollow-point bullet, check! OK, I'm ready to listen to The Singing Senators now.

See, that picture proves Larry Craig can't really be gay. He's got no idea how to hold that microphone.

Oh my!

And I thought that Ken Mehlman selling his house and hightailing it out of town was a coincedence... It's all coming together so nicely. Or rather, they are.

@myself: Oh, wait, right to left? That's Larry Craig?

Nevermind. That guy is totally gay.

Nice form.

WYYYYY-Em-Cee-Ayyy!

@NotJonah: look at Ashcroft 'working the mic'!

They got nothing on Chock Full o' Notes.

@Ted: Awesome reference.

ZXYKONRAD: You're right, of course. No individual Democrat is any fun. But taken as a whole, they sort of resemble the keystone cops with their flawlessly bad timing, utter cluelessness and uncanny ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Enh, I'm sure their next hit performance together will be Shaggy's "It wasn't me". Bangin' on the bathroom floor indeed.

rufus wainwright jr? i didn't know that he had a kid.

@marcelparcells: Altar Boyz for the geriatric GOP set.

From VH-1's "Behind the Music:" The original Singing Senators were formed in West Hollywood in 1964, and original members Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde, Rip Taylor, Rock Hudson and Mark Foley would perform sell-out shows hightlighting musical theater numbers at Walt Disney World, Disney Land and the Catskills. Members left and re-joined, and the group eventually moved to Washington, D.C., where certain Republican Congressmen eventually joined the group. The group had regular, sold-out engagements at the popular Hangar Club.

Some selections from their repertoire:

Meet Me in St. Loo
A Hard Man is Good to Find
Shine on, Harvey Moon
Give My Regards to Broadway
After the Ball
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

Seeing that picture, though, It's Raining Men sticks in my head...

We put the O in the Oak Ridge Boys!

Boy, when I said that was the gayest thing I ever saw, little did I know....,

Now tht I think aobut it, those outfits, red, white, blue and pink - and not to mention Larry craig's lips all over that microphone. Hey, it was a gay ol time had by all up on stage that night!

Larry Criag was saying open wide and say ah...

@Terry:

Umm, actually he was the tenor.. go figure.

They were going to do 'In the Navy', but Larry forgot his chaps...