Breaking: Senator Larry Craig Will Announce Resignation Tomorrow
By Logan Murphy Thursday Aug 30, 2007 5:56pm
AP Via Yahoo:
Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will announce Saturday he will resign from the Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea in a police sex sting in an airport men's room, Republican officials said Friday.
Craig will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. MDT and say that he will resign effective Sept. 30, three state GOP officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The announcement follows by just five days the disclosure that he had pleaded guilty Aug. 1 to a reduced misdemeanor charge arising out of his arrest June 11 at the Minneapolis airport.
The three-term Republican senator had maintained that he did nothing wrong except for making the guilty plea without consulting a lawyer. But he found almost no support among Republicans in his home state or Washington. Read more...
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he's innocent i tell ya!!!!
And . . . . . . . .
Bush Wants Immunity For Telecoms That Spied On Americans
Associated Press | August 31, 2007 06:04 PM
Another on bites the dust!
Now he'll have more time to play.
he was only trying to make friends in that bathroom
tHeGaMeOfLiFe @ 4:
So cruel, but funny! It's really pathetic that Vitter can go on unscathed by his sexual escapades and this guy can't. What, a double-standard? - or - What a double-standard!
Lavvy Larry Leave Latrines
retirement is
a good choice
when you're faced
with expulsion
heh...
Huzzah! Mead for everyone!
You can't do this stuff if your GOP and expect to have the respect of the right wing bush base.
That was fast - less than a week to boot him out of the GOP after nearly 30 years. You'd think people would get a clue as to what heartless bastards they are; but no, they just keep spewing the party line.
Please, sir, may I have another.
Damn.
I was hoping he was going to pull a Tom Delay and make it easy for us to take Idaho of all places.
Oh well do Senate Candidate Larry LaRocco a favor and donate today!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_LaRocco
Even though on balance the bad press isn't worth it, you know that the repukes are at some level glad to unload this guy. Buncha hypocritical homophobes. They were moooore than willing to use him to keep that seat as long as he toed the party line and now they are juuuuuust as willing to throw him under the bus because, and ONLY because, they will be able to replace him with another R, presumably one that doesn't reach under bathroom stalls. Shiiiit...who knows? Maybe there is a GOP operative at work somewhere in the shadows who helped push this story to forefront just to start the process of getting rid of a fellow who has had rumors of improper behavior following him around for many years.
That last part too much of a stretch? Probably.
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Imagine whats going happen if Hillary wins.
and just in time for the playoffs....the Mariners could use a guy with a wide stance....by the way he is not from washington but from Idaho.
Uh Oh!
7 minutes ago
DES MOINES, Iowa - Same-sex marriage was legal here for less than 24 hours before the county won a stay of a judge's order on Friday, a tiny window of opportunity that allowed two men to make history but left dozens of other couples disappointed after a frantic rush to the altar.
It must be the Friday before a holiday weekend...We wouldn't want any big headlines on the front pages, now would we?
I just read the WIKI on Craig, turns out he is one of the most hypocritical guys on the Hill. Always bad-mouthing gays and claiming the high road.
Now he crashes and burns on the whitehouse lawn.
It's getting very hard to keep up with all the rotten stuff coming down these days, Gonzales, Craig, Rove, Libby, Rumsfeld, NOLA ... I could go on all day.
Bu Bye!
Who paid for Casanova's plane ticket? If it were the state, it should be reimbursed.
Also he's a old pro doing the shithole hustle, who knew there were codes?
At this rate Bush will be the only guy left in Government.
L.A. Confidential @ 17:
I would not worry too much. If this judge came to the conclusion that same sex marriage was unconstitutional in Iowa using sound reason it will be difficult to overturn. Very difficult.
L.A. Confidential @ 17:
Crap, I was hoping for some signs of intelligence from Iowa after the first announcement. Of course if just one gay couple is allowed to marry, then all the hetero marriages in the US would fail, you know, gay marriage would "de-value" the straight version of marriage.
Well, back to the dark ages....
bilhelm-X @ 6:
Cruel? But I'm a passive progessive?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I have to look up what vitter did, I can't seem to remember. Did he get a hotel room or a stall?
tHeGaMeOfLiFe @ 25:
Call girl. Illegal in DC.
xoites defends Constitution @ 23:
I know it's just the ideological battle-culture war between bible thumping America and the other half of America is getting ridiculous.
Here I sit
broken hearted
paid a dime
and got busted by a vice cop.
So long Larry.
Is Vitter still Pro-Diaper?
Of course, wait until the weekend when the GOP thinks nobody is paying attention. I'm sure it wasn't Craig's decision to wait until Saturday to announce this.
Now that he is doing the right thing and resigning, I can forgive him. I know what he's going through. Hopefully he'll have a good look at himself and realize how much hurt he's caused other gays (all other people). It's wishful thinking, but maybe he'll realize where he went wrong. Ya see, we live in a society, and he was a memeber of a party, that demonizes gays. There so much fear about being found out. Unless you're out, happy, and successful, like I am, it's a life in hell. Larry Craig, get some help and get to know yourself.
At the risk of repeating myself...
He claims he was "picking up a piece of paper." Say what you will about this situation but when he said that it sealed the deal for me. He's full of shit right up to his ears and grasping for straws! Unless it's a hundred dollar bill or better this little Irishman aint pickin' up any piece of paper off the floor in a public restroom especially right next to the commode where all the splashage and fecal misfires land. What is this guy, some sort of psychotic neat freak? I think not, he's a lying bastard. Now he can go home and get a job digging spuds or swinging a mop.
L.A. Confidential @ 17:
If you're stupid enough to live in Iowa (or the USA???)... (or any red state-- get out while you still can.)
I'm surprised he's leaving.
I'm wearing my tap shoes in honor.
His announcement will be a serious of taps and hand signals.
so is he now a powerless bottom
I'm sorry, but as long as people like Bush and company get away with (and they ARE getting away with) all of the disgustingly horrible things they do, the entire country is a 'red state.'
Its funny how close this hits home I have a grandfather that did this same kinda thing Craig got busted for but in adult shops,luckily only family found out and he never got arrested he confessed he was gay and now I get make jokes about my old queen grandfather.
bilhelm-X @ 6:
No double standard. Craig was just unfortunate enough to come from a state with a Republican Governor. If Idaho had a Democratic Governor, they'd be standing right behind ... er, well ... oh never mind.
Wake up people.
He has not resigned yet. I predict he fight this.
He is a crusty old coot.
milkman @ 32:
Now he can go home and get a job digging spuds or swinging a mop.
I seriously doubt that...Craig has been either a U.S. Congressperson or a U.S. Senator
for 25 plus years, and am almost positive his Retirement Benefits (with probably life-time
free health insurance) will be substantial and he'll have a rather fat pay check each month.
Maybe it's time for the repukes to try a whole new approach. Declare hetero sexuality
deviant.
So an annoucement for his future annoucement. Did I miss the annoucement for the annoucement for his future annoucement?
Will he say that he's been a naughty boy? Will he say that he now just wants to go find his own private Idaho?
the governor of ida"ho" will appoint another republican but,,,,,,,,the other 49 states are watching the party unravel bit by bit
Craig's continual denial about being gay sounds just like a scene out of Brain Candy.
I went out driving, because as you know I love driving... when suddenly I had to take the biggest pee in the world. So I saw this washroom. I stopped in, but it was full of those "types." You know, queers and queens. So one of them tried to kiss me... and I said, "No! No, no." But he just kept kissing me. Why would he do that?
Well, didn't you tell me that you had... gripped him by the buttocks and pulled him closer?
Yes, but that was 'cause I was concerned that he might fall. Doctor, his pants were down around his goddamn ankles. Doctor, why do those-- you know-- those "types" keep thinking that I'm one of them?
Because you are one of them. You are gay. You are gay. You are a homosexual. The opposite of straight. You're gay. I know it, your family knows it. Dogs know it! Everyone seems to know it except you!
Why am I not aware of it?
It's called denial.
I guess that there's no stopping the governor of Idaho from appointing a Republican to replace Craig, but can we at least get that person to openly state that he isn't some sort of sexual deviant? Maybe present that person with a long laundry list of the sickest, most disgusting sexual acts and he can initial by each one stating that he will not do that thing while in office.
What I really hate now is that up till now, I never bothered to think about what I was doing other than the obvious task at hand as I sat with my pants around my ankles in a public bathroom stall. Now I've got to make sure I am not sending any sort of weird signal to someone who may think I am suggesting something deviant who will then alert the police.
Craig can be at peace with himself by coming out, writing a book and moving to a tolerant urban area.
Or if he fails to come to grips with this monkey on his back the consequences could be devastating.
I hate to say suicidal type thoughts but look at the grave situation he finds himself in.
He is at war inside his own mind. Denial, disgust, ridicule or life or openness , counseling, repent, understanding, love and forgiveness. Choose your course Mr. Craig.
I would support him if he denounced his own hypocrisy and accepted his homosexuality.
It would do him wonders.
No. No. Say it ain't so. Hang on, Larry. Vitter the Shitter should be your mate, handle your fate, there beside the potty gate.
milkman @ 32:
I went into this men's room in Boston about 17 years ago and there was this guy throwing coins in the toilet. I thought he was crazy. I asked him, "What the hell are you doing?"
"I dropped a quarter down there!"
"So?"
"You don't think I'm putting my hand down there for a quarter, do you?"
"I see the future"?
I think you better polish your crystal ball pal.
This Goose is cooked.
Buh-bye, big fella.
Enjoy your retirement cruise down that river in Egypt.
this is bad for the dems
idaho has a repug governor, who will apoint a repug to take craig's place...which will give that individual a leg up on next year's election
plus the repugs will now run around saying how well they do in getting rid of their crooks
but craig isnt a crook...he is just a sad, horny old man
Considering the GOP's continued embrace of Vitter, I suspect that Craig truly understands what discrimination for sexual orientation feels like. It's the only way any of his ilk ever understands empathy. They have to experience a specific type of pain themselves, personally. I doubt that he will ever understand what it feels like to have to choose between paying the rent or buying medicine for a sick child.
Craig's republican successor is already a done deal.
Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter appeared Friday to have already settled on a successor: Lt. Gov. Jim Risch, according to several Republicans familiar with internal deliberations.
Greg @ 30:
This is great...great cookout icebreaker.
I see the future. @ 39:
Wrong, loverboy goes tomorrow.
Looks like Repubs are cleaning house. Seems they want no more Oct surprises in 08. I wouldn't be surprise of Rove isn't behind all of this. There will probably more shoes to drop in the coming month. Looks like they are consolidating but they still not going to win in 08. They are eating their own for the sake of the party. Craig was right ! He was set up by his own party. No more Foley's. Before someone screams conspiracy, remember this are same people who brought you Florida 2000 and the Iraq war, nothings to low for Rove.
uncle joe mccarthy @ 51:
The Democrats were going to take Idaho?
From Wikipedia's article on "The Singing Senators"...
In June 2007, Ashcroft, Craig, and Lott gave their first performance in more than six years. Craig said that the group was now a threesome.
Hmm...they are, are they?
They want to hustle him off stage and change the subject. ASAP. The GOP fears losing the Fundy base - and then who do they have?
Craig pled GUILTY....that's what sealed his fate.
Good riddance to craig, the hypocrite. If the repuke party had any respect for the law, vitter would soon be joining him.
I just wonder how many other closeted folks there are among the over 300 repuke members of congress? Approximately 10% of the population is born gay, so that makes about 28 more to be exposed - now that foley and craig are gone.
Wonder if craig and guckert/gannon ever hooked up?
uncle joe mccarthy @ 51:
It's not like we're going to have a Democratic sweep in Idaho any time soon. Every major office in Idaho is held by a Republican, and all national ones.
uncle joe mccarthy @ 51:
He's a crook all right! He was screwing around when he should've been taken care of business.
The Republican governor of Idaho who will pick Craig's replacement goes by the name of Butch and once won a tight jeans contest. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/washington/31cnd-idaho.html?hp Does the Governor also wear leather chaps and hang out at the Ramrod also? Call that undercover cop, I think we got another live one here!
In a court you swear to tell the "TRUTH".
If you plead guilty when you aren"t, isn't that PERJURY?
[...] Breaking: Senator Larry Craig Will Announce Resignation Tomorrow » This Summary is from an article posted at Crooks and Liars on Friday, August 31, 2007 This [...]
I don't think you get sworn in when the judge asks you "How do you plead?" You only get sworn in when (and if) you testify.
xoites defends Constitution @ 57:
As deeply red as Idaho is The Democrats would have most likely taken Idaho if Craig was allowed to stay in over this issue, which is why the Republicans ate one of their own and threw Craig's ass under the bus within a week. Compare that to Vitter where they allowed him stay because a Democratic governor would have picked his replacement With prostitute solicitor Vitter the "family values" crowd will take there chances in the next election with Vitter rather than have a guaranteed lose of that seat by letting a Democrat appoint Vitter's replacement now.
That's how that good ole Republican "judgement" and "morality" works.
Craig will take one for the team, so Lindsay (Girly) Grahamn can still pretend he's straight.
uncle joe mccarthy @ 51:
Yes, you are right.
The people here and all over ProgressiveLand think that they've won this battle. They're still losing the war
Only Randi Rhodes got it right today.
We'd be much better off with this guy staying in office. Once more--no matter what you concoct in your imaginations--the guy didn't do anything remotely "lewd". All the guys here know damned well that this sort of thing happens in small towns and big towns, bus stations, train stations and airports. Yet, everybody's feathers are so ruffled because what "coulda" happened.
In GayLand, it's called making a pass. It happens all the time in StraightLand, but you don't see anybody getting arrested for it.
But it's the "sex that never happened" that the 'cons and the corporate media want everybody to focus on. They win...again.
Pathetic.
I was born and raised in Idaho (I live in the Bay Area now) and have never really liked Craig. I was visiting family last week in Boise when this story broke and could not have been happier, but now I really am starting to think this is just sad. Sad because, do to the reason why Craig is going to re-sign, it'll just make Idahoans vote in even somebody worse than Craig ever was. Gov. Otter's replacement is going to be Jim Risch, someone even more hard-lined. A man, last year, who ripped Katrina survivors by calling them to stupid to run away from the coming flood. A man who says that people need to understand that Bush is doing his best. And when the seat is up for election it'll be another Bill Sali type who will win the election on a platform of hatred and "what God wants".
Goombye.
The best publicity photos of Reich Wingers are their mug shots.
Senator Craig's actions have killed...?
President Bush's actions have killed...?
Republicans: The party of Death and Hate.
Smack_dab @ 45:
I'm sure we agree that being gay is not deviant but to be trolling for sex in public restrooms is deviant behavior.
Buh Bye Larry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvxHCeo-8EU
but vitter stays, eh?
Cantor de Mambo @ 73:
what a photo gallery!
I wonder what W thinks of so many droppin like flies, who is going to be left to give the reach arounds!! cheney?
Hmmmm...foot tapping in the men's room.
The Party of Ronald Reagan has become the Party of Ann Miller !!!
And Mark Foley shouts, "As long as it's a PARTY !!"
Craig should've stayed the course.
Hey former senator Larry Craig........You just resigned from the Untggied States Senate for lewd and inappropriate behavior............Now where are you gonna go...?????
I'M GOING TO THE MINEAPPOLIS/ ST. PAUL AIRPORT REST ROOM FOR SOME FUN AND RELAXSATION!!!!!!!
I really feel sorry for this guys wife she looks like she hasn't had a happy day for years and years and you know she knew about this guy and that she was just a cover. How long till that marriage is over? Well I mena really oveer it is clear that they were only together when he needed her to be his faux female companion.
Well Idaho is a lost cause when it comes to winning for Democrats. That is why they could afford to give this guy up but not Vitter. Vitter would have been replaced by a Democratic Senator I believe and there was never a chance of that happening with Craig. So Idaho will march on as very conservative because that is the way they like it up there so they will get what they deserve.
Just Me @ 70:
Yep, I would've rather had him finish out his term.
Dear Mr. Craig,
Gay is okay
Conservative is absurdistive.
Senator,
Your biggest mistake and failure as a representative of the United States of America will not be what allegedly took place in a Minneapolis Men’s room but not standing up for Freedom of Speech and Expression. Those fundamental rights were trampled on in that Men’s Room in Minneapolis and only open the door for all citizens to be further challenged and harassed by Law Enforcement and our Government. There were no lude or perverse actions or any sexual acts done in public, what did you do wrong? This is not an issue of being Gay, Straight, Bi-Sexual, Black, White, Brown, Christian, or Jewish it simply doesn't matter. What matters is how we as citizens are able to communicate. I am not judging you on your alleged actions but your inaction for not doing more to help eliminate these types of ridiculous laws. You instead went on the defensive because of your position as a Senator trying to protect yourself fearful of how and what people would think of you, fearful that you would lose all your power and support. Senator you were elected to STAND TALL in the good and the bad times, not being selfish and a coward and putting the 50 United States aside because of concern for only yourself. I don't care nor do I believe the general population cares about what or what you did or didn't do in Minneapolis, if you are Gay, Straight, Bi-Polar, or have one leg shorter then the other. What we do care about is what our elected officials stand for and how far they will go for what they believe in and what is right. I think our current President is a perfect example of this quality. I can't imagine +200 years ago that the founding fathers would have turned and run in the face of adversity, but rather faced it head on.
Do you want to be known as the Senator who stood up and took action for the Freedom of Speech, Expression and ridiculous laws and intrusions by Law Enforcement and the Government or the Senator who helped let our fundamental rights slip away? I can see the signs in Men's Rooms now "Please no I-Pods, M3P Players, Cell Phones or any other device that may cause sudden movement of the hands and feet as this could be cause for arrest and prosecution”. This is only the beginning!
Now my advice, get off your lily white ass and quit worrying about you. Don't resign stand up and fight this type of injustice, don’t be a part of it. Take the pressure from your colleagues and the public. Don’t read and believe the polls but believe in yourself! Do what is right! You might be surprised! And I can guarantee you this you will be a better man for trying!
Regards,
Lander Marks
Chicago, Illinois
Coward!
Just think about all the right wing christians he's let down. :) :) :) :) :) Time wounds all heels. JCB
Senator Craig,
It s a very interesting, indeed. to watch you fall from grace so quickly and permanently from your position in your party. Under ordinary circumstances I would be blaming your fall on the laws of our country which do not offer equal rights to gays and lesbians. I would be blaming your fall on the anti-gay rhetoric that the republican leaders encourage and cultivate in their constituents. I would be blaming the republican congress for propagating anti-gay sentiment. Under ordinary circumstances I would see you as a victim of bias, prejudice, hatred, fear and ignorance. But these are not ordinary circumstances. Your fall is 100% your own doing. You took the lead in all of the above.
You are a republican Kapo - - a self loathing gay man who so thoroughly despises himself that you joined the enemy to protect your identity and you clawed your way to the top by pushing anti-gay legislation and beating up on your fellow gay Americans. You are a selfish man who doesn’t care how many lives your self- loathing impacts, starting with the woman you deceived into marrying you, the children you lied to and the friends you conned.
With regard to your own anguish, I am thrilled. It is a pleasure to see you squirm. I can only imagine how embarrassed and ashamed you are, and I am relishing every moment of it. I hope that you find no solace.
Your closet now has a light in it. Enjoy.
Not only does he sound like South Park's Mr.Garrison, he looks like him too. I wonder if he was Matt Stone and Trey Parker's inspiration for the character?
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