Rob Rogers' Convention Sketch Blog

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 P-G editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers blogs and sketches live from the 2008 Democratic and Republican national conventions.

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Minneapolis Airport

When I'm traveling to a destination like a political convention I try to keep my eyes open for VIPs. You never know when you might catch a glimpse of a famous celebrity or politician on the plane or in the airport. I stepped into the men's room at the Minneapolis airport and I saw a white-haired gentleman checking out the stalls. He was looking into each stall and then turning away with a dismayed look on his face. "You're not Larry Craig, are you?" I asked. He looked at me with digust, obviously not flattered at being compared to the Minnesota congressman who was busted for soliciting sex in the airport men's room.

As it turned out, the gentleman, who did look a little bit like Craig, was only checking the stalls because most of them were flooded with water from an overflowing toilet. The poor guy just wanted a dry stall and I was giving him a hard time. He left in a huff. Despite being in "guerrilla cartoonist" mode, I didn't pull out my sketchbook in the men's room. With my luck, I would've gotten busted for soliciting caricatures. Instead of a new sketch, I am reaching back into the archives for a cartoon I did in 2007.


Posted Aug 31 2008, 12:09 PM by Rob Rogers

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Toadsly wrote re: Minneapolis Airport
on Sun, Aug 31 2008 8:59 PM

Hey, Rob, instead of covering the platitudinous RNC, why don’t you scoot over to Bloomington and blog about the area’s No.1 attraction: Mall of the Americas! And with 28 bathrooms, containing hundreds of stalls, available for Idaho’s long-serving congressman to enjoy, you might just spot the “real McCoy.”

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