Doesn't one need the Internet in order to e-mail?

Matt Lauer: "This particular bathroom in North Star Crossing is described as a hot spot for anonymous sexual encounters between gay men. And you had no idea of that?"

Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho): "Matt, you won't believe this. But I don't use the Internet. I don't have a computer at my desk. I've never used the Internet. It's just not what I do. I e-mail with my Blackberry. No, I did not know that. I had no reason to know that."

Comments

Josh said…
Anonymous gay sex never occurred until Al Gore invented the Internet.
October 16, 2007
Josh said…
Me thinks the Senator doth protest too much. He's basically admitted how he normally conducts his research on how to find hot spots for anonymous sexual encounters for gay men. He doesn't need word-of-mouth.

"So, you didn't know that the Indians beat the Red Sox last night?"
"How was I supposed to know that? My Internet connection was down."
October 16, 2007
Anonymous said…
Where did you get that question and answer from? According to the transcript at MSNBC Lauer begins the question with "according to some gay blogs...", and Craig's response doesn't say anything about the Internet.
October 17, 2007
dl004d said…
Hi, Ernie. I pulled that transcript from an entry in The Hotline.
October 17, 2007
Anonymous said…
This is where I found the transcript. Even if Craig's actual answer referred to the Internet, it makes sense because Lauer's question refers to blogs. Assuming this transcript is correct, of course.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21303825/page/3/
October 17, 2007
Anonymous said…
This is troubling. Can we trust NBC on its own transcript?
October 17, 2007
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