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Gerontion

If you want your opinions to be taken seriously, it's best not to say stuff like that. Really. Have a think about it....Now back into your bath chair.

Hootad Binky

I'm saving this for later use

Boon Mee

Well, Craig has hired Michael Vick's mouthpiece and it's not over yet. Craig might be out of Congress but it's not 'proven' that he did indeed do the 'river dance' with the cop's feet in the bathroom. After all, this cop has the worst job in the world and to get out of that, he has to move up by busting men who 'come on' ...but, who's to say it wasn't all a misunderstanding?

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blackgang

Hey Bob, if you would like, PM me your contact details and I will call you when I come to CM next month and we will meet and you will have your chance to do to me what ever you think is possible.
Then maybe you will have a regret about meeting me.

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AntRobertson

^

Internet Tough Guy alert.

raycarey

raycarey

a few months ago senator vitter from louisiana (one of those 'family values' republicans) was outed for frequenting prosititutes. well, it is possible there might be more to this sordid tale.

i'd like to recommend that people do a google the following phrase" senator vitter diaper".

i have no idea if it's true, but if it is, i can only hope there is videotape!

Boon Mee

A few years ago Senator Ted (the swimmer) Kennedy was directly implicated in the death of his mia noi.

A few years ago, Congress impeached President Cinton for lying to them.
Only second president in the history of the union to be impeached - great honor, eh?

raycarey

you forgot about skylab!

let's keep the scandals to this century, eh?

btw, have you seen the reports that craig is reconsidering his resignation.

beautiful!

raycarey

Southpinellas: Scandal and suicide on St. Pete City Council

guess which party he belongs to? go ahead, guess.

from bill maher...

raycarey

Sen. Craig to ask judge for 2nd chance - Yahoo! News

this whole case is sad, but it does serve the purpose of highlighting the seemingly inherent hypocrisy of republicans.

raycarey

Craig vows to remain in office - Politics - MSNBC.com

nice.

Boon Mee

Yes?
And your point?

raycarey

should be clear....

i'm glad he's staying in office.

how about you? 55555

Boon Mee

I really don't give a rip one way or another as the senator who would have taken his place would have been another staunch upholder of the American Way - a Republican

raycarey

does he have a 'wide stance' too?

Boon Mee

Perhaps not only a 'wide stance' but he's probably a better swimmer than Ted too.

Hootad Binky

Craig Says He’ll Stay in Senate, Defying G.O.P. Wishes

By CARL HULSE

Published: October 4, 2007

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 — Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho, defying the wishes of many in his own Republican Party, said today that he would remain in the Senate through next year despite a court ruling against him in Minnesota, where he sought to rescind his guilty plea stemming from an undercover sex sting.

Shortly after a state judge denied his request to withdraw the August plea admitting to disorderly conduct, Mr. Craig said he had reversed his previously announced decision to leave the Senate if he could not get the plea thrown out and would instead serve out his third term, which expires at the end of 2008. He said he would not run for a fourth.
“When my term has expired, I will retire and not seek re-election,” said Mr. Craig, who was accused of soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in the bathroom of the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in early June. “I hope this provides the certainty Idaho needs and deserves.”

His decision was a major disappointment to Republican leaders, who had hoped Mr. Craig would make good on his initial pledge and spare them from the potential political liability of having a senior lawmaker who has become a national punch line.

His decision came as Senator Pete V. Domenici, the longtime New Mexico Republican, announced he would retire at the end of his term in January 2009, creating yet another opportunity for Democrats who already have their eyes on three other Senate vacancies that are opening up. Republicans are unlikely to lose Idaho’s Senate seat but are worried Mr. Craig could tarnish the party’s overall reputation.

Senator John Ensign of Nevada, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, demanded that Mr. Craig keep his initial pledge and leave the Senate.

“The type of behavior we are talking about here is not exactly something that I think a senator should be engaged in,” said Mr. Ensign, who again raised the possibility of public ethics committee hearings into whether Mr. Craig brought discredit on the Senate, which could be grounds for action against him.

The leaders of the ethics panel said today that a complaint filed against Mr. Craig by the Republican leadership in August, when the news of his guilty plea became public, remained an open case, given his decision to remain in office.

Other Republicans stopped short of calling on Mr. Craig to give up his seat, but they were clearly dismayed that he would stay in office, citing the distraction his presence could provide as well as the potential harm to the party and the Senate.

“I can’t think of anything good about it,” said Senator Saxby Chambliss, Republican of Georgia.
“You don’t want to know what I really feel,” said Senator Jim DeMint, Republican of South Carolina.

Mr. Craig had his defenders among the Republicans, including Senators Michael Crapo, also of Idaho, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, both of whom said Mr. Craig was within his rights to remain and try to clear his name.

“Senator Craig is entitled to make his decision and I respect it,” Mr. Specter said. “Disorderly conduct is not moral turpitude and it is no basis for leaving the Senate.”

Mr. Crapo, a friend and ally on state issues, said he strongly supported Mr. Craig. “I look forward to working with him in the Senate as he resolves his legal battles,” said Mr. Crapo.
If Mr. Craig sticks to his plan, he could be unseated before his term expires only if he were expelled by his fellow senators. Expulsion requires a two-thirds majority and has been used to remove just 15 senators since 1789, according to the Senate Web site. Ten of the 15 were expelled because they were sympathetic to the Confederacy during the Civil War.

After the news of Mr. Craig’s plea was first disclosed on Aug. 27, Senate Republicans leaned heavily on Mr. Craig to leave, concluding that his acknowledged offense disqualified him from remaining. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, called it unforgivable and the party ousted Mr. Craig, a popular lawmaker at home before this episode, from his committee leadership slots.

Republicans were also eager to quickly dispose of a scandal after Senator David Vitter of
Louisiana acknowledged his involvement with an escort service under police investigation for prostitution, and in light of the problems of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest serving Republican senator in history, who is under investigation in a federal corruption inquiry.
Mr. Craig he announced on Sept. 1 that he intended to resign at the end of the month, touching off speculation about his successor. Today, Gov. Butch Otter of Idaho let it be known that he had settled on a replacement if Mr. Craig stepped aside, but did not say who that would be.

But in recent weeks, it became clear that Mr. Craig was hoping to stay in the Senate. To the dismay of many of his colleagues, he returned to work on Sept. 18 after a two-week absence and, after an initial flurry of attention, began going about his business. At a private luncheon for Senate spouses last week, Mr. Craig’s wife, Suzanne, told friends he was hoping to finish out his term, according to one senior lawmaker.

“As I continued to work for Idaho over the past three weeks here in the Senate, I have seen that it is possible for me to work here effectively,” Mr. Craig said in his statement, saying that he believed he could do more for his state than an interim replacement.

Mr. Craig has been treated politely but coolly by his colleagues since his return, with many of them assuming he would leave if the court rejected his effort to withdraw his plea, which was considered likely from the beginning.

Republicans unhappy with Mr. Craig said they had little recourse except for the ethics inquiry, but it was clear the case was going to be at least a temporary distraction. Rather than face a barrage of questions about Mr. Craig, the leadership canceled a news conference this afternoon that was to lay out the party position on children’s health care. And Mr. Craig, who was being sought by news organizations, did not go to the Senate floor to vote.

In dismissing Mr. Craig’s effort, Judge Charles A. Porter Jr. ruled in Hennepin District Court in Minnesota that the senator knowingly admitted to his offense even though Mr. Craig said later he acted too rashly since he was worried about a state newspaper investigation into reports of homosexual conduct.

“The defendant, a career politician with a college education, is of, at least, above-average intelligence,” Judge Porter wrote in a ruling issued earlier this afternoon. “He knew what he was saying, reading and signing.”

Craig Says He’ll Stay in Senate, Defying G.O.P. Wishes - New York Times