Jackson Hole Underground

As Idaho Sen. Larry Craig continues to humiliate himself and his holier-than-thou Republican colleagues, a friend passed along this amusing music video from the folks at National Banana.

The clay-mation short is in the spirit of the “This Land” parody of John Kerry and George W. Bush that was such a hit for JibJab before the 2004 election.

Craig is the least believable defendant since O.J. In his interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer last night, he claimed to have “never used the Internet.” Think Progress cites at least six instances of the senator’s experience with the Web.

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The first women to set me straight were older women. I was hitchhiking. A convertible hauling four sunny babes pulled over. They made room for me in middle of the back seat. They had me surrounded.

Boy, did they take advantage of me. They joked about their body parts. They mentioned “periods” in a non-punctuation context. They acknowledged familiarity with the sex act. Before they were done with me, one of them farted and they all laughed. My ears glowed red. I was 15. These libertine women were perhaps as ancient as college age.

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Baby Man Syndrome: (noun) Characterized by young, single men, specifically between the ages of 29 and 37, who have made the conscious decision to live in Jackson Hole, ski, have successfully eluded all stereotypical adult male behavior such as marriage, children, six-figure incomes, mortgages, fancy cars and golf.

There is an epidemic of Baby Man Syndrome in Jackson, and it has many a furrowed-brow professional in deep thought. (hmmmm.)

Baby Men are darling, they are hot, and they are everywhere.

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