The Larry Craig mess
Update 5:15pm Eastern. Here’s the full statement on Craig’s site. He’s not just a lying crapweasel.
He’s a supremely arrogant, lying crapweasel. Blaming the press. Non-apology apologizing. How do you spell creep? C-r-a-i-g.
Update 4:30pm Eastern press conference scheduled. Here’s the vid.
Update 1:30pm Eastern 8/28. The poll results so far…
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Update: The Idaho Statesman has two detailed articles. The first recaps the Minnesota incident. The second is a five-month investigative piece into Craig’s past alleged acts of indecency and solicitation dating back to 1982, when an underage page made allegations that he had had sex with three House members.
ABC News has the docs from the Minnesota incident.
Any takers on a Larry Craig Resignation Date/Time Betting Pool?
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He plays the “Don’t you know who I am?” game by whipping out his Senate business card. He pleads guilty. Then he blames the police for misunderstanding him and “misconstruing” all his bathroom antics.
Bleccch.
Let me amend my reaction. He’s not just a weasel.
He’s a lying crapweasel.
Should he resign? Well, yeah. If he cared about the dignity of his office, he would. But he obviously doesn’t, does he?
Here’s a poll. Have at it:
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Here’s the Romney endorsement video Craig made that has been disappeared from the Romney YouTube channel.
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I’d like to make a suggestion, have one of you’re artist friends do a caricature of a Crapweasel. This way when another of probably several other Crapweasel stories comes around we can have a “Crapweasel Alert” with a pic to help identify the upcoming story of behavior unbecoming a person in power.
You would think that after the gay outing fiasco last election AND especially running presidential campaigns that Republicans would grab a clue and keep their behavior above reproach. Apparently not.
Hmmm… I’m 48 and have been single for all but 4 years of my life… I’ve never heard that tapping your foot in a bathroom is a signal for gay sex…
Good thing… I do it sometimes too… like when I’m in a hurry…
This cop was on a sting op… he was looking for behaviours, and TROLLING himself… he said he saw the guy looking through the door cracks a few time… which means HE had to be watching out as well…
Crap, if someone was watching me through the cracks, I’d be looking back wondering what the heck is going on…
Then he put his luggage agianst the door??? Uh… unless you leave it outside, just where else to you put it?
Crap, I’ve done a lot of these behaviors when traveling… and I’m about as Hetero as you can get.
Me thinks that you are all judging very quickly…
As to his pleading guilty? He did pull his Senate Card, ie tried to intimidate the officer into letting him go…
He shoulda got a lawyer…
Is what Craig did actuallly a crime?It seems to me that making suggestive overtures of this type(while certainly repulsive)don’t qualify as criminal acts.Can anyone out there clarify this for me?That said,I have to wonder about all of these Republicans who are engaging in lewd behavior when the GOP is the party of Christian values.It appears that these people only call themselves Republicans to get elected in areas where a Dhimmicrat can’ win.Time for a clean sweep-2 election cycles with no incumbents on either side of the aisle.Many people will argue that it takes time for freshman to learn the ropes etc.,so nothig will get done in Washington.So how much is getting done now with all the career (criminals)politians we keep re-electing?
“Lying Crapweasel”? – go get the soap young lady…
I’m just trying to get over a “sitting Senator” with a “wide stance”. Though I think that’s the norm, but usually they’re dumping on the taxpayers.
Oops,didn’t catch the typos.
I will admit: I too occationally adopt a “wide stance”, but almost always it’s after I eat something with a lot of fiber…
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Too much?
“I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct. I should have had the advice of counsel in resolving this matter. In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty. I was trying to handle this matter myself quickly and expeditiously.” Since when do you have to enter a plea at the airport? Since he didn’t plead guilty at the airport, I have to imagine he had some time to think this through.
You would think a Senator of all people would know when to have and use counsel.
Normally, I’d given him the benefit of the doubt on this one. However, he was “outed” last year. Seems to me that this is abit too coincidental.
Furthermore, if you were a Senator who was accused of being gay and having sex with underaged pages, my guess would be that you would fight charges of lewd conduct, rather than giving your opponents more fodder. Espcially when it seems like it would be easy enough to have this dismissed, (I’m not too sure that a person can be convicted over foot touching or having your hand in the wrong place).
A good lawyer would have argued, he mistakenly thought he was in the ladies room & that all senators need a wide stance because they are so full of it.
Hey,where is our diversity understanding?The politico party,of the left,would not even mention his behavier.It’s don’t do as I do.Do what I say.Maybe his aim was off,and some guy’s shoes got wet.
We have other problems to deal with.
Real troubles! This story is just a distraction.Wake up!
Yes I am 46 and never heard of these things. I put my bag in front of me in airport restrooms so I can always keep an eye on it. I also tap my foot when I am in a hurry to get my business done between flights. I think the charge was dropped because they didn’t have the proof based on reading that report.
This case would be completely different if this Officer had heard statements of a proposition from him or offered one he accepted like when Rep. Bob Allen did.
He did not. Instead the officer said he just did saw some “signs”, and they could not convict him on that alone.
Wait, Republican and hint at Gay Sex with no act? Full speed ahead and hang them high.
I didn’t know that Michelle would allow anyone to take GOD’S name in vain on this site without deleting the post.
I am appalled.
They weren’t dropped, they were dropped down.
Which is why I find it so strange that he didn’t fight the charges. As I said before, he’s already been under pretty heavy scrutiny by “outers” so why give them more ammo? He has to know it would come out eventually.
Well, fighting the charges, true or not, would only draw attention to the whole thing. Pleading to a lesser charge increaed the odds of the whole darn thing staying out of the public eye.
Senator Craig may want to stay away from Vegas.
swj719AWG said
The cop writes a report and the DA is the one that brings the charges. Just because a cop says one thing, doesn’t mean the DA will charge for it, mainly because of lack of evidence, as is the case here.
It should also be nothed that according to the arresting officer, Craig was charged with:
1. Interference with privacy
2. Disorderly conduct
hmmm press conference. Will Senator Craig come and say that he’s gay american? Will Peejz be eating crow? only time will tell!
Do you’re business, wash you’re hands, finished, the whole bathroom ordeal should be over at most 5 minutes. Unless you are a Durky Lurky. ew.
I wonder if Bill O will have a body language segment on the press conference?
I must be incredibly naive (that, or I’m a female who never goes in a men’s room, but whatever). All I know is that my family and I are making a connection in MSP in a few weeks. When my son tells me he has to use the potty, what am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to know that the restrooms are safe? He’s too old to take him in a women’s restroom with me. But I guess if I have to choose between making women uncomfortable or having my son exposed to lewdness, I’ll take the former, thanks.
Just heard Mitts statement on Hannity where he blasts Craig. I can only imagine what the news conference is going to be now.
Another point…
This Police man was there in a sting Op… he was NOT there to stop the behaviour. To do that he would have just stood in the bathroom in uniform… would have stopped it cold.
This “Officer” was trolling, and took what are pretty innocent behaviours of proof of Lewd behaviour. He was out to make busts…
Craig, Vitter, Gonzales, Gingrich, Delay, Nixon, Foley, etc…all resigned or asked to resign.
Kennedy, Dodd, Clinton, Condit, Reynolds, Jefferson (William, not Thomas) all hang on to the bitter end.
Why is it always republicans that have to resign?
I am not defending Craig, but would liberals and democrats just once show the same decency and respect for what is right in this world?
The double standard is sickening.
Respectfully,
eric http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
Craig stands by his previous statement. And says he’s been relentlessly be pursued by the Idaho statesmen about whether or not he’s gay, which is why he was in a bad frame of mind and made a stupid decision to plea guilty to lessor charges. Fine. I guess we have to take him at his word. and I’ll apologize for thinking and writing otherwise.
However, his immigration stance and his showing of the business card still makes him a crapweasel in my book.
Let’s just hope he stays on his best behavior from here on out.
I haven’t yet figured out why anyone would choose to have sex in a public bathroom. That in itself is pretty disgusting.
taylork said:
Nope, I won’t eat crow. I’m not trying to justify any lewd acts..don’t get me wrong. In this case, there was no lewd act, no money exchanged, basically, no case. He was just an idiot in the way he handled it.
Craig should have come forward within 24 hours of the incident, instead, he allowed another Foleygate to unfold….interesting twist to it is that Rogers and Avorsosis(sp?) are now coming back to the forefront in this…2 of the major players in last fall’s pre-election gay mafia tactics.
Time will tell how this plays out
Agree on the immigration stance, must disagree on the business card though…didn’t he have to leave the bag in the hall, which had the id?
He’s a bit more than just a crapweasel…
Now all the Gay’s are going to be ticked off because he didn’t add “not that that’s a bad thing” after he cried out.”Im not gay!”
and people say the republican party doesn’t have any gays!..but jeeze, does he have to be a such a disgusting gay guy?…at any rate…he needs to go…we should expect better from our elected officials…the sad thing, this sorry sob has been doing this type of stuff forever, without accountability. Unfortunately, he’s just like most the rest of those representatives, they think they are above the law or don’t need to adhere to the moral code of society….
U.S. Senator, the Honorable Mr. Larry Craig said:
Hiding behind a lawyer… good character reference, that!
#115 My exact thoughts when I heard him said that…then i thought, now where’s going to get a date?
Craig is a pimp for amnesty. Maybe he thinks the gay/straight ratio is higher amongst illegals than it is amongst Americans. More illegals = more bathroom visits = more “fun” for Larryboy.
A liberal made an excellent point to me (shocking, but giving credit where due) today on my blog.
If Senator Craig is not gay, as he insisted four times, why would he begin his press conference by “thanking everybody for coming out today?”
Wait for it, wait for it…(hitting cybercymbals)…ba dum bum!
eric
http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
P.S. All of this reminds me of the 80s tv show “WKRP in Cincinnati.” At the beginning of the credits before the music was a radio announcer saying, “The Senator, although insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.”
Toilet trolling and the appearance of impropriety by a Republican power broker……disaster for Romney. Will it end him? Dunno. But it is creating one helluvan echo.
“How come you didn’t know this about a trusted advisor?”
This is gonna just get nastier.
Craig needs an intervention. If he’s planning on running next year, he probably won’t even be able to get elected dog catcher. Someone needs to sit him down and talk some sense into him.
He’s about to drag his family and the party through a very messy, public defense of the indefensible. Best he resign and keep his mouth shut.
The only thing I would question is what kind of record the arresting undercover cop has? How many of his arrests have been denied by high profile people and how were those cases were settled? If the senator is truly confused about the arrest, and innocent of whatever charges or plea deal was reached, he should resign and go after the truth. He’d regain his seat next election. If he resigns and does nothing, he’s eternally tainted.
This is another case of fallin dominos because someone has been leading a secret life, while milking dollars from people “who believe” in the cardboard merchandiser that these creeps hide behind. Vick, Craig….what is the difference?
All the donors who have supported this reprobate, his family, all of his friends, his constiuency….all of them are stuck with a first class liar who used them.
Clean out the bathrooms and clean out the campaigns and the NFL. We must demand it.
The moral void is being filled by veil wearing head chopping fanatics who believe in a violent “god”. Every piece of filth like Craig simply proves our enemies “right”.
One helluva predicament for the Right. It will never be for the Left because they stand for nothing other than their right *TO* stand for nothing.
This kinda stuff makes me sick to my stomach.
*WE* are better than this. Anyone want to start a news network that focuses on something else besides the proclivities of American society?
Keep him in office to counterbalance the Dem scumbags.
If we allow only perfect Republicans in Congress, the Congress will be all-Democrat.
Well my “pool” time went down in flames for noon today, I was thinking Rick had it by noon tomorrow until Crapweasels little speech sent everyones time down the poop shoot.
Just saw Michelle’s bit on the Factor covering this, and the end of the segment sounded a LOT like the argument I made…
And as an aside…
That’s the WORST idea I have ever heard.
We shouldn’t keep ANYONE in officer if they are office-abusing, anonymous sex-seeking (ok, I suppose if their single, but there are limits people), unhinged (his cries that his rights have somehow been violated) politicians.
They should be booted from office.
ALL of them.
EVERY SINGLE DAMN ONE OF THEM!!!
I don’t care what party they are. If engage in acts of moral turpitude, and/or attempt to abuse their office, they should GO!
To suggest we should let republicans slide because democrats let their people slide is 100% wrong.
We’re better than the “But they do it tooooooooooooooo” game.
Who says that he is “gay”? Notice how that is the only word he uses to describe what he is supposedly not.
Ever heard of “bi curious”?
If we can eliminate both Rep and Dem scumbags, I agree, swj719AWG, but how do we eliminate the Dems?
The greater good may be served by keeping the Rep scumbags in place, think about all of the ramifications of further reducing the Rep/Dem ratio.
A scumbag in his/her personal life can still cast good votes.
Just one more in a line of arrogant bastards…
At the very least, he’s gotten himself a new nickname. Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you Senator widestance
Brokeback Larry?
If boyCraig is innocent, why is he not charging the cop with false arrest?
Or why is the cop still on duty after arresting a USA Senator without just cause.
Who would you believe, boyCraig or the cop?
I vote for the cop!
Three things:
1)
Vitter asked to resign… doesn’t.
Durbin asked to resign too… doesn’t.
2)
Gonzales was the AG, and it seems conservatives and democrats both asked for him to be gone.
3)
If you are going to include bureaucrats, you convienently fogot to leave Secretary Rumsfeld off your list of people who were asked to resign (which may have been because he offered his resignation twice and the President refused to accept it).
One things you, Sean Hannity, and I agree on. The double standard is sickening.
Respectfully to you as well.
No.
No no no.
The greater good is NEVER served by keeping a crook of ANY kind in office. If it means a 100% Democrat congress, NO republican/independant crooks. NONE!
I will NEVER accept that you can cancel out someone’s feckless moral turpitude because they might be useful for the party. Never.
Republicans are supposed to be the one with ethics and morals. If you think we should keep someone without any sense of propriety in office, you become the exact thing we dislike so much about the worse of the democrats: a moral relativist.
What can anyone say about the culture of our nation’s capital when a Google search of escort services there turns up thousands of entries?
Capitalism works?
I truly thought more of Conservatives than I’ve seen on this thread.
He really broke no law.
He was not lewd, just stupid.
He has not been prooven to be gay, yet most on here think he is.
Why do I feel like I’m watching the McCarthy era all over again?
You have judged him… and are now executing the sentence, without knowing what really happend past that a Vice Cop, on a trolling expedition, saw him tap his feet and look in a bathroom stall. You know, the Vice cop whose JOB it is to BUST people… who was there to entrap people… who may very well have seen exactly what he wanted to see….
Sorry, I’ve been busted by a cop, then exonerated… and was asked to plead to a lesser charge on that occasion… but luckily was smart enough to fight it… instead of trying to just get it over with (especialy in another state… with all the court appearances you’d have to make to fight a silly allegation…).
swj.-excellent.Whatever either party is “supposed to represent”,THEY AREN’T DOING IT.Two election cycles,no incumbents,no returnees.It is time for our elected officials to do the damn job we are paying them to do,and since they aren’t doing it,the time has come to FIRE them.To H*** with the party,the country comes first.
Tapping his foot on the floor of his stall? I thought only Mr. Ed did that.
So, might we say Senator Craig is now out of the water closet?
Get over yourself, swj719AWG, life is not black and white. This man has cast good votes, yes. If he represents the people well by his votes, he has done his job. Real life is shades of gray, someone who ’sins’ can still do good. Sex in the restroom is not a a mortal sin.
We are not perfect, our government reps are not perfect, deal with it.
#142, You’re statments are beyond lame. Step away from the pipe.
correction # 141
Saying “I am not a homosexual” with his wife at his side? Reminds me of Bill Clinton. It’s TECHNICALLY the truth because homosexuals desire only their own gender, but bisexuals like both boys and girls. So of course a bisexual can truthfully say he’s not a homosexual! Slick, just like Slick Willy (pun intended).
Michelle / Rick
This was on my RR home page, Partial Good News if true.
Hey….wait just a doggone minute. lol
I agree.
Craig clearly realizes the homosexual lifestyle is wrong. If these allegations are true, he should seek treatment.
You are correct, GL, that a person can do wrong things but still have the correct views. e.g. his position against same sex “marriage” is right. It’s like a bank robber who knows robbing banks is wrong.
I hope we’re not going to get weeks of ’round the clock 24/7 media obsession with homosexual bathroom hookups. I’d even take “all-Paris, all the time” over that. Ewwww.
Give me a break. This story stinks to high heaven. We have no choice other than to believe him right now, given the lack of real evidence. However, if this doesn’t set off tons of alarms in your head, then I sincerely doubt you have any common sense.
Someone has now come forward claiming to have had sex with Sen. Craig in a bathroom stall. By all means, give this gentleman a lie detector test ASAP.
http://www.nypost.com
Stay tuned, folks, for the next heartwarming episode of “The Crapweasels.” [Schmaltzy sitcom music]
Don’t you mean “As the Crapweasels Squirm”?
Hey, purplepeep, thanks for a considered response to my views. I don’t believe the gay lifestyle is wrong, and I pity those who are forced to deny their lifestyle.
It is especially hard for a Republican politician, given the intolerance of much of the party. Someone who is mostly in line with Republican views, as the Senator seems to be, can do much good but be forced to conceal part of his private life.
That is a shame.
This isn’t about his private life. It’s about his decision to bring his private life into a public bathroom.