"Gavin's Inappropriate Barroom Joke" Neither Joke Nor Inappropriate

When we read the above headline on GavinWatch -- a site we enjoy reading; no offense, Gavin -- we waited to hear about a "disturbingly (but not surprisingly) skeevy" rape, AIDS, or Polish joke that came from our Mayor's cherry-stained lips. It seems that while he was getting signatures for his re-election effot, Newsom went up to a few guys at The Cafe and made this shockingly innocuous remark. GavinWatch's anonymous tipster recounts the harrowing encounter in graphic detail:

He walked up to the table where I and a few of my friends were sitting, put his arm around a couple of my female friends and said, "I need to see you guys" IDs.’ It was a surprising excuse for a joke considering his history of alcohol problems and the underage drinking of his ex-girlfriend. All in all he was behaving very strangely, acting like he was drunk in my opinion.

Like, really? That's hardly a joke -- light years away from offensive. Even Chris Daly is probably saying, "That's a fucking stretch, you guys." When did The Cafe's customers become so sensitive?