There have been rumors swirling for years about Sen. Larry Craig’s (R-Idaho) personal life, subcription-only Roll Call reports this afternoon that the rumors might very well be true.
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.
Craig’s arrest occurred just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court. He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence was stayed. He also was given one year of probation with the court that began on Aug. 8.
It’s obviously hard to know whether the charges have merit, but it doesn’t sound encouraging for the conservative Republican senator. Greg Sargent notes the details.
John Amato: He paid a 500.00 fine. I got this from Larry: “Meet the PressJanuary 24, 1999, Sunday 9:00 AM
MR. RUSSERT: Larry Craig, would you want the last word from the Senate be an acquittal of the president and no censure?
SEN. CRAIG: Well, I don’t know where the Senate’s going to be on that issue of an up or down vote on impeachment, but I will tell you that the Senate certainly can bring about a censure reslution and it’s a slap on the wrist. It’s a, “Bad boy, Bill Clinton. You’re a naughty boy.” The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy, a naughty boy.
Filed Under: Meet the Press, Republican Hypocrisy, Scandals, The Senate
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What is with closet gays and bathroom stalls? I mean, I like to think I’m kinky but…get real, bathroom stalls…in airports no less.
larry tripped and fell on some guys dick,
Two scumbags in one day. Not bad.
It’s funny: right now the Faux News website has the almost identical article as seen in this headline, but they have left out one very important thing: his political affiliation (R-Idaho). Nowhere in the headline or the article does it say he’s republican. Of course I guess I should just thank my lucky stars that they didn’t misidentify him as a Democrat!
What is it with these Republicans and public washrooms??? That’s the worst place in the world to “connect”.
If he was arrested in June and sentenced on August 8th, how come we are just hearing about it now?
Why does it take so long — sometimes forever — to find out what is really going on with the Republicans?
As i said over at Raw: Being from Idaho I wanted to be Frist to say bwahahahahahaha. LOL. Larry tehe Craig. ROTFLMFAO.
Um, I just read that ‘bad boy, naughty boy’ comment….um anyone else think that’s a strange way to refer to the POTUS? Why do I get the feeling, Bill was a featured charactor in some of Larry’s S&M fantasies? Oh, ehew, poor Bill.
Gee so little time and so many moral hypocrites.
He’s bound for his own Private Idaho
it’s really boring, so now we find another closetted republican gay conservative has been outed. i agree if you are gay that is ok, but keep it at home or an age appropriate
venue. bad form.
I’m thinking you have to be a perv to become a repug party member these days. I dare you to prove me wrong.
Why don’t they just hold Republican party meetings in public ‘johns’ (pun intended). I know they are usually fairly small places, but the way things are going with these perverts it’s all the space they’ll need.
tyree @ 2:
in his defense, craig said it was a “he said/he said misunderstanding’…
Being gay isn’t perverted! At some point, the media has to stop treating this as a “caught in the act” with a negative tone. Yes they’re hypocrites, but they also should be supported at some point, not made social pariahs.
He feared for his life and didnt want to be another statistic.
WHAT? A republican who has been caught for sexual deviance?! ( ( ((( GASP!!! ))) ) ) WHAT A SHOCKER! LOL….
It is amazing that there are so many in this nation who belly up to these low-lifers. The Republican party is representative of everything about American that I cannot stand… pro-war chicken-hawk child molesting hillybilly mo-fo’s!
But seriously, folks, what the hell is going on with these people? It doesn’t seem a day goes by without another ‘conservative’ (cough, splutter, barf) being arrested for some act they have publicly campaigned against. Is there really anybody left on earth who would vote for these creepy pervs?
It is getting so that a man can’t use a public restroom anymore without having to be on the look-out for one of those Republican men. They just can’t resist the call of the penis.
OMG, yes, let’s have an up or down, uh, mmmm mmuh, vote…
and vote these hypocritical scumbag pervert Republicans (but I repeat myself) out.
Being gay is OK. Being a hypocrite is perverted.
But, frankly, turning public spaces into sex parlors is something I cannot condone. Maybe one day we will have a society grown up enough that people don’t need to skulk about in the shadows looking for gratification.
Why do all these guys go for cops? How stupid does it get?
The guy in Fla. last week was so scared of the big black guys all around the park and you know if you give big black guys twenty bucks and a blow job they will leave you alone.
Could all you gay Republicans just come on out? It’s o kay, Jesus will still love you. But you may have some splaning to do for Momma.
……and these Repugs consider Barney Franks immoral?
Barney Franks is gay but he is not a lewd pervert in public.
Who is next Tom Delay?
To anyone who couldn’t tell that Larry was a closet case before this story came out, I have a question:
Would you like to buy a bridge?
And to think that we only hear about the ones who approach cops. Imagine how many other Republicans are out there lurking in the men’s room.
The dude looks like a repressed perv in his photo. This is what happens when gay guys feel so ashamed to be openly gay. Like any ordinary human being, they need to get their rocks off. So they have to find it in sleazy places, in sleazy ways.
He placed his roller bag in front of the stall, he tapped his foot, he touched the cop’s foot.
I swear these closeted gay men have the worse luck.
Bill Maher said it best: there are so many Republicans in the closet, they are changing the party mascot from an elephant to a moth.
Alex @ 15:
Dude, it has nothing to do with being gay. Hell, we have tons of openly gay folks in the Democratic party (proudly so) but you never here of any of them pointing fingers at other people, calling them perverts, or NAUGHTY! Then get caught trying get laid in public restrooms. God, just yuck!!!!Hell, I don’t even sit down in those places…blech!
Ok people jokes aside Democrats now have an actual chance to win the Senate race in Idaho of all places.
Do America a favor and donate to Larry LaRocco’s campaign.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_LaRocco
Jebus, what is wrong with reich-wingers!? Talk about a party of sick and disgusting hypocrites.
Bookem Danno @ 20:
For real. Please watch your children. Although a pedophile is one thing but a young kid watching these sexual acts is also bad.
I’m sure Sean Hannity will somehow try to blame John Kerry.
Hooorah! Lots of folks have wispered about Craig for years. Now there is irrefuteable proof. Pleading guilty, paying a fine over a “misunderstanding”?????? I can’t wait to hear the spin on this one… There has been speculation on whether or not Craig would run again next year. He has been coy about announcing. The sad fact is that he probably could run and get reelected. If he does I’m gonna go and ask him about his criminal record.
Strawberry @ 27:
Not just a public restroom, but an AIRPORT public restroom. Those places are so high-traffic and almost always completely disgusting.
@Alex #15
He was ‘caught in the act’. The act of engaging in activities he condemns in others. And since he writes laws, his condemnations are serious goddamn business! Since these contemptible scum won in ‘04 partly by drumming up gay marriage fears, it is IMPERATIVE we call these hypocritical bastards out.
On a lighter note: ‘08 GOP Convention will be held in the men’s room of the Port Authority bus terminal. 3rd stall. Cough twice.
Mike Mid City @ 21:
way to turn the blame on Bill again you degenerate, perverted, hypocricital son of a bitch.
They watch CNN, Fox and pay a lot of attention to the cialas commercials. I just wonder if any of them had a sudden loss of vision or an erection that lasted over 4 hours yet. I would love to see them rushed to the emergency room.
I am from Texas and I waiting for this to happen to Cornyn. I’m surprised it didn’t happen to Delay.
FilthyHarry @ 34:
That will be the location of the “naughty boy caucus”
This sort of thing is happening so often now that I think we need a label for these people. How about “Restroom Republicans”?
Where is Larry Flynt? I thought he had a bunch of reich-wingers involved with the DC Madam?!
Knothole Republicans?
Why are we just hearing about this now? Craig was arrested in June, plead nearly a month ago, and nothing in the press until today? I thought the media was supposed to have a liberal bias!
How many Republicans does that make this year?
Dr. Matt @ 44:
I think he’s going to keep that info under raps untill a critical moment next year and then destroy some Congressmen’s campaigns.
I think we can conclude that about 10% of the republicans are like this.
slacker_george @ 45:
Bunghole Republicans?
always those who live in glass houses are the ones who throw stones. this is strange, and maybe i’m way off base, but isn’t there a preponderance of republublicans who caught doing the dirty deeds they are so fond of denouncing. this is not to say the other side of aisle is squeaky clean, but it just appears that every time there’s a scandal, sexual or financial or otherwise, at the bottom of the dirty laundry is a self-righteous republican.
in all likelihood there are as many dirty dems, maybe they just have not surfaced yet. i say that only because i believe that crookedness does not belong to a particular party; however when the head of the party and his posse are indeed crooked, they stand as the benchmark. i’m just rambling.
Chris @ 47:
I can name two.
But Foley proved that Republicans in Congress really don’t care what your perversion is so long as there’s a R next to your name.
What an interesting way to talk about a censure resolution:
Bad boy, Bill Clinton. You’re a naughty boy.” The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy, a naughty boy…
And should be spanked. While being made to wear little red lace undies and garters. And nipple-clamps. Right, Larry?
nonny mouse @ 53:
NONNY! You caught that comment too, eh? I thought it was odd….
Alex @ 15:
Having sex with a total stranger in a public restroom where children might be present - or anyone else - is perverted. Had it in fact been in a gay nightclub or other slightly more appropriate place - preferably with a lock