Larry Craig Lives on a YACHT! ---pix--->>>

[Stephanie]

Who knew??? This is hysterical - "floating trailer park," bathhouses, the Ida HO...






http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070926/480/d725b273435f497ba83c1a7351400825

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/28/washington/28boat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

For Craig and Others, a Caucus on the Potomac


WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 — When he is not at the Capitol, Senator Larry E. Craig spends much of his time aboard the Suz II, the 42-foot yacht that serves as his Washington home. Further down D Dock at the Capital Yacht Club, his friend Senator Ted Stevens occasionally escapes the pressures of a federal investigation aboard his pleasure boat.

Former Representative Randy Cunningham, Republican of California, used to reside a few slips over on the Duke Stir before federal investigators built a bribery case against him. And at the Gangplank Marina next door, the disgraced congressmen Bob Ney, a Republican, and James A. Traficant Jr., a Democrat, both from Ohio, traded coveted slips for federal prison cells in bribery cases.

The travails of Mr. Craig, Republican of Idaho, who is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea to charges related to what the authorities say was a sex-solicitation incident at a Minneapolis airport restroom, are only the latest to rock this eclectic Washington neighborhood. Photographers gathered at D Dock on Wednesday to watch him leave for the Senate, carrying a boater’s bag.

One resident describes the strip of Potomac River waterfront as a “floating trailer park” where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Protected by locked gates and security, members of Congress rub elbows with lawyers and lobbyists, judges and bureaucrats, established government contractors and aspiring ones, and others lucky enough to own expensive boats and secure a coveted slip.


***

Ed Johnson, a resident of the Gangplank Marina who has long known Mr. Craig, describes the waterfront as a fancy trailer park. Neighbors float only a few arms-lengths away from one another. Most shower in bathhouses, and, after hours, gossip over drinks. Most parties erupt spontaneously. Others, like the bashes held aboard Malcolm Forbes’s visiting 133-foot yacht, feature White House, cabinet and Congressional notables. Live-aboards, as they call themselves, gawk from lawn chairs.

***

Mr. Craig lived aboard the Ida Ho, a houseboat, during his early years in Congress. He sold it and moved to the Virginia suburbs with his wife, Suzanne, to raise their children, but the water eventually drew him back. His current vessel is the Suz II.

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070926/480/3e8ad7b8ff384d699134103936f1d6e8

[originalpckelly]

1. "Ida Ho" Yes, you are! Da man ho!

:rofl:

This cannot get better!

[Stephanie]

31. I dunno.

I think it can! We need an undercover reporter to investigate that yacht club. Sounds like they party hearty around there. What an odd place to live!

[Stinky The Clown]

2. .... and he drives a Honda Element

None of that changes the fact that he's a wanker.

[originalpckelly]

3. No, he's 'da Ho!

:rofl:

[DS1]

11. very purple one, at that

[originalpckelly]

21. "I'm not gay...but I drive a purple element and lived aboard the 'Ida Ho'"

:rofl:

[KansDem]

52. Purple, eh?

Remember with Rev. Jerry Falwell went after Tinky Winky because he was purple?

The innocent world of the Teletubbies is under attack from America's religious right.
The Reverend Jerry Falwell, a former spokesman for America's Moral Majority, has denounced the BBC TV children's show. He says it does not provide a good role model for children because Tinky Winky is gay.

Cheerful Tinky Winky, the purple character with the triangular aerial on his head, carries a handbag - but apart from that seems much the same as his friends Laa-Laa, Dipsy and Po.

The characters are famous for their use of baby language, including the catchphrases "eh-oh" meaning "hello", and "uh-oh" for "oh dear".

But the Teletubbies have made the Rev Falwell, chancellor of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, hot under the collar. He decided to "out" Tinky Winky in the February edition of his National Liberty Journal.

--more--
BBC

[babylonsister]

22. Someone on here compared those Elements to dumpsters.

;)

[CottonBear]

50. Actually, they are very cool vehicles. One of our company cars is an Element. n/t

[Hepburn]

23. Oh, gads.......

.......I love my Honda, a CRV, and to see Larry in ANYTHING Honda...turns my stomach!

[dkofos]

4. And who was the war profiteer that paid for it??

[Richard Steele]

5. OMFG! He lived aboard a boat named "The Ida Ho"?

Nothing like HONEST ADVERTISING, eh Larry?
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[malaise]

14. Priceless

you can't make up this shit. :rofl:

[originalpckelly]

17. No, no, you can't!

:rofl:

[seemslikeadream]

6. With a bathroom dedicated to him

[KoKo]

59. ...

[thereismore]

7. PLEASURE BOAT! nt

[tanyev]

25. If the yacht is a rockin' don't bother knockin'

[Vanje]

30. Occaisionally its a fishing boat

Senator Craig baits his line for Trouser Trout

[Stephanie]

33. He went to live with the wife for a while, but "the water eventually drew him back"

No doubt. It must have been a strong current.

[KoKo]

43. His first boat was named the "Ida-HO!" OMG.....

what else can one say about this...

[KoKo]

57. His wife seems very ordinary, nice person...what could she have been thinking?

He speaks in an incredible 18th Century Voice and he seems to be Out for Himself?

She didn't seem to be desperate for money, from what I read...so how did she get taken in by this user?

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. ...

:spray:

[medeak]

8. "most shower in bathhouses"

makes perfect sense!

[SacredCow]

9. Excuse me?????

How in the world does a man with a "wide stance" make do in a marine head???

Just askin. :shrug:

[Deja Q]

10. I thought he lived in a stall...

Danced in there too...

[gatorboy]

12. A yacht??

Did he pay for this before office?

[thereismore]

13. I bet the wife lives in the suburbs with her kids, while Craig spends nights on the yacht. nt

[Stephanie]

19. That's certainly what it sounds like.

He left the Ida HO for the wife & suburbs, but then he MOVED BACK to the yacht basin??? WTF?

[CottonBear]

49. She lives in Idaho. n/t

[annabanana]

15. Craig got bad news today. . and the Repugs got WORSE.

1) The judge will NOT let Craig vacate his guilty confession

and

2) He has vowed to stay in the job until the end of his term.


What a fun day this has turned out to be.

[Stephanie]

18. I know!

Just when I thought the fun was over! Go Larry Go!

[Sequoia]

20. You bet!

He should say, "If I go, Vitter goes." I'm glad he's staying and only because it just makes the GOP so angry.

[DrunkenMaster]

16. Where are the shirtless, oiled cabin-boys????

Oh, Congressional Paaaaaageeesssss......come over here and spread this lotion on my back, please...

[DS1]

24. All worn out from Tap Like A Pirate Day

:D

[Richard Steele]

26. Be careful what you wish for...

[libnnc]

32. I hate you.

That image has scarred my retinas.

Where's an eye wash station when you need one?

x(

[Richard Steele]

41. And you are quite right to do so.

But look on the bright side- at least now you know
where the wormhole in your drier has been sending
all those socks!

[shain from kane]

27. Hey, Larry, remember to flush twice if it's a floater.

[aquart]

28. "Most shower in bathhouses"????

Must have seemed like heaven.

[Stephanie]

29. It's incredible, isn't it???

The neighbors! And, he sells the Ida HO to move in with his wife, but the water drew him back! Ha ha ha!

[KoKo]

54. Incredible...and that's an "understatement!"

GAHHHHH!!!

[Octafish]

34. The Love Boat

Launched in Idaho.
Docked in Minnesota.

[Stephanie]

38. And slowly sinking in the Potomoc.

[Octafish]

44. The Good Ship Lollipop

Ironic how W-i-d-e-S-t-a-n-c-e Larry once stood tall with the pretzeldunce.

[KoKo]

55. "The Love Boat!" ..........aghhhhh....

[Octafish]

58. Hey! If the tapping shoe fits...

...someone's got to wear it.

Probably wears "Dockers" to go along with his Honda Element.

[LittleClarkie]

35. Does he own a mansion AND a yacht?

Sorry. Bugs Bunny moment.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

36. Boise on the Side: Life aboard the Good Ship Ida Ho

Oh Prunella :rofl:

[notadmblnd]

37. The water drew him back?

I'll bet his wife kicked him out.

[Stephanie]

46. Well he was definitely lured back to the yacht basin.

Who knows by what.

[Hoof Hearted]

39. My first thought? What a nice purse. I actually need something like that

but getting back to the post. . . .


:rofl:

[Stephanie]

40. Try Lands End.

Or LL Bean. Or - where do Republicans get their bags? Brooks?

[Canuckistanian]

45. Lots of good Americans carry purses

http://imgred.com/

[Neshanic]

42. "Thar she blows!" Ahoy matey..new in town?

[Enrique]

47. so he likes cruising

nothing wrong with that.

[AX10]

51. Who paid for this one?

Lobbyists?

[KoKo]

53. Matthews has Craig's attorney, Stan Brand on Defending him Tonight....Brand says...

"Senate doesn't want to open a 'Pandora's Box' with having an Ethics Investigation on this."

Padora's Box? :eyes: What the hell does that mean? Are there other "Boat People" out there that might have to answer questions if they went to Boat Parties?

[havocmom]

56. ah HA! It's not that he has a wide stance. He has his sea legs

Ida HO? Seriously? :rofl:

And people vote for him?

:rofl: :cry: :rofl: :cry: