Well, good thing he has family values, since he's gonna spending so much time with his family soon.

The GOP's hate for gays shines. When they say "conduct" they mean his homosexuality. When they say "disgusting" they're referring to his homosexuality. ..not the crime or a lewd act.

There are these rare moments in life when you feel that this old world might contain a little justice after all...

Remember, if you want to stay in the GOP's (Gay Old Party) good graces you need to take bribes or have sex with female prostitutes. Gay sex is just wrong, unless it involves young congressional pages.

I think propositioning people in the bathroom is annoying no matter whether you're gay or not.

Then lying about it. Then pleading guilty. Then lying that you pled guilty b/c you weren't guilty.

This guy is done. He'll have resigned shortly. It must really suck to be so far in the closet.

This reminds me of that south park where Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet.

I love him
I love him
I love him
And where he goes I'll swallow
I'll swallow
I'll swallow
I will swallow him
I will swallow him whereever he may go

Gilda Radner as Emily Lettla on Weekend Update

I agree that this is a story of hypocrisy.

But the true believers are going to see it differently. To them it is a story of sin and wickedness.

How long before God sends a Hurricane to destroy Washington DC, to punish it for all of it's gay Republicans?

Dan @ 12:

I heard just recently... might have been on the 'Young Turks'... that the person happiest about the Craig issue is Alberto Gonzales... Alberto just vanished from the radar... and what other news has also been shunted to the side and left unreported whilst the MSM has been dredging for salacious facts about Craig?

as someone else noted on a previous thread... where's the other shoe? you wanna talk about a 'wide stance'...

Yep. Convenient that the Craig incident was reported the day after Gonzo announces his retirement... after all, he got busted back in June and charged back in early August... what took so long to report this incident?

Blue Buddha @ 15:

Yep. Convenient that the Craig incident was reported the day after Gonzo announces his retirement... after all, he got busted back in June and charged back in early August... what took so long to report this incident?

Craig has been in the Senate for at least 25 years, and hasn't done much for the GOP that is noteworthy (except bring up suspicions about his homosexuality a while ago). Sounds like a perfect decoy.

blogenfreude @ 8:

StirFry @ 3:

The GOP's hate for gays shines. When they say "conduct" they mean his homosexuality. When they say "disgusting" they're referring to his homosexuality. ..not the crime or a lewd act.

This has less to do with homosexuality and more to do with the fact that he'll be replaced by a Republican. If Idaho had a Dem governor they'd be blaming the media and protecting poor Larry.

B.I.N.G.O.

just compare it to the support vitter got in LA.

the GOP KNEW wide stance was gay (like david dreier), they can deal with that as long as he is the right kind of gay: willing to support the GOP's designs on totalitarianism--and MOST importantly have a vitriolic, anti-gay, crunchy exterior in order to hide the soul crushing life of denial and hypocrisy.

Interesting how Vitters' consorting / cavorting with prostitutes is not deemed conduct unbecoming a Senator. Perhaps this tells us all we need to know about the standards of that august body of rich pr*cks / c*nts.

I swear, in some future day someone will make a mini-series about the GWB regime and the U.S. Senate that will make "Caligula" look positively family-friendly (both versions).

Making the rounds of my favorite progressive blogs this a.m.

Make sure you don't miss this:

How to get a Republican Horny.

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As noted on my website, I own this photo and want to freely share it with whatever media wish to recycle it.

Enjoy.

is this what a Republican layover at the terminal intales??

So Craig is from Idaho, yet he gets caught in a restroom in Minneapolis that is apparently notorious for this type of thing, enough so that an undercover officer had to be put there. I guess I am wondering how he knew to go to that specific place for his wants. He can't be totally closeted; he must be communicating his desires with someone who shares his outlook on such things.

Personally, I see the issue here as less hypocrisy than criminality.

Fact: Clinton cheated on his wife with a woman he met at work. Although adulterous, that behavior is not against the law - he was not impeached for cheating on his wife but for lying about it under oath.

Fact: Senator Craig's behavior in a public restroom was a misdemeanor and a crime, to which he plead guilty. Same deal with Vitter - he admitted in public not merely to cheating on his wife, but soliciting prostitution to do so: a felony offense.

The issue is that those who knowingly break the law have no business keeping their jobs as legislators. I'd like to see the law changed to that effect - legislators of either side of the aisle who are convicted of crimes perpetrated while in office must be required to resign as a matter of course. I find it difficult to see how this should be a partisan issue.

I just can't believe republican values.

Ignore, misread, slant, and maybe even outright lie about intelligence to drag an entire country into a destructive, expensive, incompetently-run war and the repubs rally around you and defend you.

Hinder, stifle, and block investigations into crime using even on such laughable pretenses as the VP office is not part of the executive branch, of government and fellow repubs will defend you.

Testify before congress and be contradicted by practically everyone who was ever around to witness the words or deeds you testify about, and utterly demoralize your critically important justice department, and enough republicans will still defend you with a straight face enough to keep you in power if you choose.

Bankrupt the country, drive the military to ruin, obstruct criminal investigations, destroy America's standing in the world, fail to help disaster victims, roll back civil rights, divide the country with hateful politics, and fellow republicans will still circle the wagons and rally to each others' defense; but by gosh, do something that doesn't harm a single human being like solicit sex in a public restroom, and you're CAST OUT OF THIS PARTY LIKE A LEPER!!

The mind boggles.

-Scott

Ah, the spirit of unity - a true tenet of today's Republic party.

Wow... those Republicans sure are divided against themselves. It's a good thing the Democrats are so united. =)

I wonder how many more Republicans we can out before the next election.

gf120581 @ 32:

Craig getting practically lynched while Vitter gets off with nothing can partially be attributed to GOP homophobia (if only Craig had screwed hookers, he'd be okay), but also remember this: Vitter's from a state with a Dem governor. Forcing him out would result in a Dem replacing him. Idaho has a GOP governor, so if Craig's forced out, no problem. Once again, with the GOP, politics and power trump everything.

I'll say this, between Craig and Mark Foley, that supposed underground gay network of closeted GOP Reps and Senators that David Brock talked about is looking really damn plausible right now. Anyone checked up on Lindsey Graham lately?

What about McConnell?

I'm starting to feel bad for Craig. He's obviously got compulsions and might be a tad mentally ill, but he's still a human being. The kind of piling on with the jokes by late night comedians and his "friends" on the right could drive a guy to suicide. That would be, truly, a tragedy. Please, I'm not being sarcastic. I think people should show the guy some compassion while gently pointing out that his past statements and votes have hurt people just like him and demonized people who happen to be gay.

Repugs, don’t get rid of him, just make him hand over his keys to the Senate’s executive washrooms.

enigma4ever @ 4:

I find it interesting NOT ONE person came forward in support of this man, this man is not loved by his fellow GOPers? or do they KNOW something we don't ? Even the Foley mess didn't unravel with such rapid venom....what gives ?Does he have dirt on the rest of them and their "bathroom" habits?this is the quickest that I have ever seen the GOP throw someone under the Bus......( hmm, or maybe they just don't want to share the mens room with him...)

If he resigns, then the Republican Governer of Idaho can appoint a Republican Senator to replace him. If he doesn't resign, he might have to run against a Dem challenger in '08.

Therefore, they're trying to push him out as soon as possible.

Biggus:

Not that I don't agree with you, but for Larry Craig's vituperative attitude, not to mention outright activism in his legislative record relegating gays and lesbians to less than human being status - well, he brought this on himself.

One thing I expect from any elected official is to at least uphold, abide by, and obey the laws they help create. If you legislate behavior, this incident, or similar incidents, is what you'll get.

Most lawmakers think they can make the laws for US, but not have to have those same laws apply to THEM. The Larry Craig incident proves otherwise. What is done in the dark truly comes to the light.

And that's why he's being ridiculed, and his party slung him under the bus because they're angry he got careless and got caught - some might be wondering how to tone down their own behavior because by the grace of their god, Larry Craig could have easily been ONE OF THEM.

Craig should have pulled a "Hugh Grant" apology and been done with it. His denial and his assertion he was going to reverse his plea deal escalated this whole she-bangabang. I feel more sorry for his wife, kids and grandkids, because they're the ones who are really going to catch hell because dude's "compulsion" got him outed as gay, and got his proclivities outed as well.

I'm a woman, but you can believe I will damned sure think twice about going into public bathrooms from here on in...

Smack_dab @ 42:

STR009 @ 31:

but by gosh, do something that doesn't harm a single human being like solicit sex in a public restroom, and you're CAST OUT OF THIS PARTY LIKE A LEPER!!

There is harm being done by his solicitation; it is assault. It is totally inappropriate behavior. A bathroom is a bathroom, not a singles bar.

Exactly, I'm never letting my young sons use a public restroom alone again. Christ, what if a child had walked in? I had to have a talk with my teenage son, and that like totally sucked. Toe tapping, wide stances...the look on my son's face. He thought I was joking until I showed him the Olberman clip down thread.

Ex-Canuck @ 44:

This one is a done deal for craig. He pleaded "guilty". His being gay should have nothing to do with his imminent ouster from the repukes.

What about vitter? He hired prostitutes, which is illegal, yet he still serves in the senate. His (apparently) being straight should have nothing to do with how the repukes handle his willful breaking of the law. He is as unfit to serve as craig, and deserves nothing less than craig's fate in the senate.

What a bunch of hypocrites these repukes are!

In Vitter's case, he is still popular with his Louisiana constituency. However, Idaho is quite red. Republicans want Craig out because they know he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning another election. That way he can be replaced by a Republican by the Republican Governer.

paulywood @ 29:

Personally, I see the issue here as less hypocrisy than criminality.

Fact: Clinton cheated on his wife with a woman he met at work. Although adulterous, that behavior is not against the law - he was not impeached for cheating on his wife but for lying about it under oath.

Fact: Senator Craig's behavior in a public restroom was a misdemeanor and a crime, to which he plead guilty. Same deal with Vitter - he admitted in public not merely to cheating on his wife, but soliciting prostitution to do so: a felony offense.

The issue is that those who knowingly break the law have no business keeping their jobs as legislators. I'd like to see the law changed to that effect - legislators of either side of the aisle who are convicted of crimes perpetrated while in office must be required to resign as a matter of course. I find it difficult to see how this should be a partisan issue.

I personally believe that if you are charged with a crime you should be required to resign.

I know a lot of you will disagree, but how can you honestly expect anyone to trust you with anything if they suspect
that you are a Criminal. If you have put yourself into a position to be charged or Indicted then you haven't been that smart and you certainly shouldn't be trusted to be smart in decisions you make. Try to get a job if you're charged or indicted with a crime. It's tough even with a misdemeanor.

Another way to look at it. Of all the people on this site, how many have been charged with a crime and that later proved to be wrong and their record was cleared. Not many I'll bet. With our elected officials it's the same way.

I expect the Republican voices demanding Craig's resignation to increase. If they let this drop and keep Craig on board even with a reversal of a minor conviction, the Christian fundamentalists will want Craig's head anyway simply for the perceived homosexual act and they will let the other Republicans hear about it. personally, I think Craig's political career is now over and the Republican Party knows it as well.

Anonymous @ 26:

I found this little gem on Craig's Senate website (http://craig.senate.gov/idwomen.cfm):

Idahoans of the Gay Nineties sometimes savored fairly simple pleasures such as a summer picnic at Robie's Creek in the foothills above Boise.

Enjoy!

sounds like a 'village people' song.

My guess is that we're going to be seeing a lot more Publicans (look that term up in the Bible) trying on their choirboy robes and shunning the sinners in their midst. If you recall, Karl Rove was quite clear in stating that corruption cost them the last election. Look for their leaders in Congress trying to rehabilitate their tarnished image before Nov. 2008 by being first to condemn any other GOP malefactors.

Sheesh! I wish Bush would just pardon this guy already, and make it like it never even happened!

re: A Richard Head, comment 51

You'd be opening a huge door to dirty tricks with that approach: just find ways to charge political opponents with anything they can, true or not, and bam a political opponent is forced to resign. If you've ever served on a grand jury, you know full well how easy it would be for a politically motivated prosecutor to get an indictment as opposed to a conviction. (US attorney scandal) Besides, in America you're innocent until proven guilty. (knock on wood)

I hope Craig fights and denies and dances and weaves and wiggles and squirms and blames as long as possible, giving us Idaho Democrats a chance to vote in one of ours for a change. This Repuglicunt strangle hold on Idaho can't last for ever. Tip...next Boob from Idaho to poop his pants will be Bill Sali.

Going...going....

burt @ 58:

i think Craig should hang on as long as possible. just like Iraq, surrender is not an option. he is a true a family values candidate as is any other bi-republican pro-war never in the military chicken hawk, liar, thief or hypocrite

you typed a mouthful! :)

So is Craig going to get his own private Idaho soon?

burt @ 64:

just think of the cop who has to do "the restroom patrol". this job ranks right up there with coal miner, embalmer, slaughterhouse........how can a cop be compensated for this shit house job???

there must be SOME compensation in knowing he busted this asswipe and and the asswipe plead guilty. He was nice enough to not call the papers and ask them if they'd like a story about a hypocritical asswipe repug senator.

this is nothing to be giddy about

wingnuts use this tactic as providing evidence that they have moral superiority over dems

never mind that they (and a few dems) helped to cover up his connection to the page scandal of the 80s

never mind that most of them knew the man was gay for years

never mind that the wingnuts are complicit in covering for this administrations high crimes

no...they are morally superior because they want to kick out this poor, self loathing gay person cuz he got horny in a bathroom....and the dems are moral midgets cuz they didnt want to impeach clinton for getting a bj in the oval office

Well gee, I don't remember any repugs calling for Vitter to resign. I wonder what's the difference? [/sarcasm]

Once again........

Sexual Blackmail.

June 7,2007 Senator Larry Craig votes ‘against’ the immigration police state bill.
June 11, 2007 Senator Larry Craig ensnared by “Airport Police” on sex charge.
June 13 - Roll Call reports Craig has switched sides, now supports “immigration compromise.”
June 28, 2007, 11:04 AM - Craig votes for NAU-police-state “immigration” bill.

coincidence?

The only reason they're "piling on" Craig is because they want the Republican governor to replace Craig with a Republican senate appointee who is free of scandal. If Craig stays in place, they are afraid they will lose the Senate seat come election time. This has nothing to do with homosexuality or morality or hypocrisy: it's simple politics.

Republican assholes in trouble -- God, I just love this!

It just begs for analogies, like watching the Hindenburg burn or the Titanic going down.

I've been waiting for this since these self-righteous bastards went after Tip O'Neil and took over the House and Senate. I take no pleasure in what these turds have done to my country, but watching these pricks auger into the ground and bury themselves gives me almost orgasmic pleasure! Let's hope the Republican party is lost in the woods for the next 100 years.

lucid fiction @ 77:

Once again........

Sexual Blackmail.

June 7,2007 Senator Larry Craig votes ‘against’ the immigration police state bill.
June 11, 2007 Senator Larry Craig ensnared by “Airport Police” on sex charge.
June 13 - Roll Call reports Craig has switched sides, now supports “immigration compromise.”
June 28, 2007, 11:04 AM - Craig votes for NAU-police-state “immigration” bill.

coincidence?

Is the Republican Congress just a big closeted mess of male repression, or what?