Larry Craig to Senate: I wish I knew how to quit you
By Nicole Belle Tuesday Sep 25, 2007 6:39pmA big thanks to Mike for the title.
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CNN:
Sen. Larry Craig won't resign from the Senate while awaiting a judge's ruling on his effort to get a guilty plea withdrawn in a restroom sex sting, a source said Wednesday.
Sen. Larry Craig is seeking to overturn his guilty plea stemming from an airport bathroom sex sting.[..]
Craig had said he would resign from the Senate if he could not get the guilty plea overturned by September 30.
But Craig on Tuesday said he won't resign until "legal determinations" are made.[..]
A Republican source involved in discussions about the case said Craig has made it clear he wants to find a way to stay in office.
Well, Craig may be kicking and screaming to hold on to his Senate seat, but Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL) announced that he is retiring at the end of this term.
So... Craig is a pervert AND a liar?
If my Democratic senators truly had any balls whatsoever (and a wicked sense of humor to boot), each time there would be a full Senate assembly every one of them would show up with a roll of Charmin bathroom tissue and a package of Pampers to place in front of them as they spoke. I think the point would surely get across.
The could also send up a bill to require retrofitting of the Congressional Men Room's stalls for a "wider stance". We certainly wouldn't want any misunderstandings.
I hope Craig stays in office and runs for reelection next fall.
I hope craig takes a wide stance and stays in the senate!
Bathroom Craig is obstructing justice if he remains since he pled guilty in the first place which would be grounds for dismissal.
This is the real America.
Dominic P. Lucarelli @ 2:
invertebrates generally don't have 'balls'! :lol:
LOL!! Great headliner! Tucker say's your just ANGRY!!!
AbbeyHoffmansGhost @ 7:
yep! this country hates itself.
If all the gay men came out of the closets in both houses of Congress we would have no issues with homosexuality in America.
Unlike Iran, where they don't have this phenomenon, They just kill them.
Craig is a delusional narcissist. The only way he will leave the Senate during his current term is feet first.
craig is a flaming closet-queen and needs to go. his hypocracy is insulting to every man and woman in the U S. the next thing he will be saying that he was never in the restroom in the airport. fuck him.
steelhead @ 12:
he would like someone to hold his feet, then his stance would not have been so wide.
You go girl! Keep another Repub sex scandal front-and-center! Maybe even keep it going until next November! You need any campaign cash?
Why would anybody want this dork to be their Senator? He has shown zero character and zero judgement since this whole sorry affair started.
in the closet gays like craig believe that homosexual behavior is a sin.
Craig has voted to thwart gay marriage, but its not like he went out and got married. The way he sees it, he just gave into a temptation that he probably believes anyone could give in to.
geez, trying to get into his mind is making me dizzy.
The brokeback mountain reference in the title is priceless.
I have an airport bathroom stall phobia now.
I should have quit you babe, a long time ago
I should have quit you babe, a long time ago
I wouldn't be here with all my troubles, down on this killing floor
Stand tall!
Stand wide!
I'm behind you, Senator Craig!
erm... but not in that way.
Craig gives new meaning to the phrase:
"What a weenie."
[*badoom-boom keiiisssh!*]
spit take @ 15:
Shirley he has a defense fund. I mean, surely.
"If at first you don't SUCCEED keep on sucking till you do SUCCEED."
-CURLY HOWARD
This strategy is the legacy of Spokane's late mayor, Jim West.
As the Spokane Spokesman-Review related, West "used the trappings of the mayor's office to entice and influence young men he met on a gay Web site." And when he was irrefutably caught in a sting he refused to step down, instead forcing the city to go through an ugly recall campaign. Of course he lost and died, but apparently many pulic figures took note and thought, "Well, what do I have to lose?"
This refusal to acknowledge shame has less to do with being right and more to do with constructing a narrative of parity or persecution, and forcing the other side to play the game out in the hopes that they make a some sort of misstep in executing your removal. And it speaks not only to a complete emptiness of character, but a complete absence of civic responsibility as well. It is profoundly, profoundly selfish and I'm sure McGreevey kicks himself every day for not doing it.
The people of Idaho ought to be screaming bloody murder. Craig's refusal to step aside is by far his worst transgression.
ARLEN SPECTER IS RIGHT: LARRY CRAIG SHOULD RETURN TO THE WORLD’S GREATEST DELIBERATIVE CHAMBER
Brokeback Senator... That's too good.
"Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL) announced that he is retiring at the end of this term."
It is certainly going to be a fun election!!
orion @ 6:
And he pleguilty after thinking about it for a MONTH!! He had to have given it a lot of thought.
At least he is not gay. He has never been gay.
He just likes sucking dick. What is wrong with that?
Brokeback Minneapolis.
Starring Larry Craig.
"I wish I could quit hanging out in the mens room and being a family values hypocrite"
Captain Kangaroo @ 30:
So long as you aren't hypocritically pushing through gay bashing legislation while you're sucking dick, absolutely nothing.
unreal....these repugs think they are above the law, or beneath it or? what....he and Vitter...there must a be a Hell waiting for them both...
The biggest thing is he is way to stupid to be a senator. Who would plead guilty to what he was charged with? In reality there was no proof he did anything wrong. I know and you know what he was doing but there certainly was no proof. They would not even have charged him if he had any balls and told them to shove it like a real man (gay or not gay) would have.
Ruthless People @ 32:
Make no mistake, I agree with you 100%. It’s all about the hypocrisy.
I encourage this. No better way to marginalize everything you represent.
On the bright side, he shattered a sexist myth:
It's not just a woman's prerogative to change her mind.
Well Larry..... Good luck with that keepin yer seat plan... for all the good it will do ya.... You did the one and only fuckup that will get ya abandoned by your party..... Annnd, yas got caught... Probably the main thing that landed you in hot water with your compadres.. So, yea... Good luck with that, but don't hold your breath waiting for everyone to line up behind ol Arlen Spector defending you...... The evangelicals aren't going to appreciate fag lovin by their lapdog politicians... Unless it's with a priest behind closed doors.....or an animal....or a small child of either sex... But whatever it is.... get er dun without anyone knowin... You didn't play by the GOP rulebook on this little bruhaha...So reality being what it is... It's lookin like yer dun boi.... You just don't know it yet evidently...............JD
You say that this was a "sting". I don't think so.
In a sting the mark is set up.
In this instance Craig approached somebody in a neighboring stall on his own.
It happened he picked on a cop.
I don't like Craig because if I have to go in a public bathroom I don't want to have to think about fending off
somebody. I just want to do what I have to do and get the hell out. I would like to keep whatever privacy I
can find in that situation without having to think about some schmuck bugging me.
No do overs. But if we had any good liberal judges in Minnesota we could have the case dropped and we could have a chance to win his seat in 08. Let him move back to Boise and sashay around town in his bicycle shorts for the rest of his days
Go Big Larry Go....
Show that NOTHING matters to Republics but holding down that office, no morals or ethics, nothing but keeping that seat.
The really sad thing is, Larry knows, he has no golden exit strategy,
no lobbying firm is going to pay him big bucks, something about filling out
your work history with the tag line:
US Senator, till I got caught trying to fellate an undercover cop
in an airport bathroom
Probably shuts a lot of doors on K-street.
Rushing to Craig's defense is Sen. Mike CRAPO.
You can't make this stuff up.
You know, the subject of a "wide stance" came up a few times in this thread, as it was bound to. Think about it for a minute: you're sitting on the toilet, pants around your ankles... how wide a stance can you manage? Try it yourself next time you're "in the office". It's impossible! Unless you're wearing clown pants, or you've shed your trousers completely, you really can't establish a stance much wider than your shoulder width.
That's the best headline I've seen in a blog article ever!
So many closet Gays, Too few public toilets to play......
I KNEW IT!!!! He would wait to take this to the appeals court! He WILL go down in the appeals court. The prosecution had an iron-clad motion and he will ride this psychotic horse back into the burning barn, it's his only move. Nice! We get to see another crazy attempt by the right to discredit the "liberal" media machine. Of course this isn't about rule of law, this is about "liberal hate" for the right, not an individual's closeted behavior caught by a cop.
Larry Craig's fellow Republican Senators keep trying to throw him To The Dogs. Senator Craig needed a defender who knew something about such happenings, so he hired Michael Vick's lawyer!.
LOL ... BROKEBACK Senate ...!!
Andrews,
At least there is one non-Gay-Gay who is not going to be hanged by your friend Ahmadinejad, the great people of Idaho are going to take care of that.
(and i know Ahmadinejad, Hitler's carbon copy is not your friend...)
LARRY CRAIG FOR PRESIDENT!
Let's all change our voter registration to Republican and pencil in Larry Craig as the Republican nominee.
Since the vast majority of folks are going to vote Democratic, it's a shoe-in. Get the word out: Larry Craig as a write-in nominee for the Republican candidate. I mean, we're already practically assured a Democratic President in '08, but we'll be able to rub salt in the Republican wound, like they've spent the last several years doing to us.
Vengeance is a Republican ideal. I know that. But sometimes, it's necessary to use the opposition's ideals against them. It's not our way... humility is our way. The Republicans need to be taught a little humility. If we set aside our own instincts in this direction, maybe we can eventually stop being a bipartisan government and get some Goddamn work done for a change.
Captain Kangaroo @ 35:
I know CK :)
I think they need to take all the doors off the stalls in the mens room. We can't have that kind of shit taking place in the rotunda.
Damn that is a great headline!
I wish I had thought of it.
And to show my respect I won't even steal it.
(Nicole: Go ahead and steal it...I appropriated it (with credit, of course) from someone else)
Well someones got to fill in for Foley at the christmas PAGE-ent ;)
I guess Craig's christmas stocking will be full of soap-on-a-ropes from all his "good-lovin" GOP friends :)
"you are my rock"-Larry Craig to Arlen Specter
I think that Craig's refusal to leave the Senate is brilliant - why should he be the only one forced out? If I were a "closeted gay republican" serving in the house or senate, I'd be a wee bit nervous about now. The cgr's were more than happy to see Craig leave - takes the pressure off them, but as long as Craig stays, the "others cgr's" have a chance of being exposed. Why do Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham keep coming to mind?!
Well at least the press has been nice and quiet and good ol' "Lar" so no real harm done...
It's very simple Craig!
Just say, I am a bad bad boy and quit!!!!
OK, i must give you props for the awesome heder 'I wish i knew how to quit you.'
that is just plain good stuff.
I love this site.
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You know Tim Mcviegh of the Oklahoma bombing pleaded guilty " just to make it go away ".
Aftr he was put to death, it did go away, for him.....................
waterboarding for jesus @ 16:
The morons in the neo nazi state of Idaho.
Your Honour: "I did nothing wrong. I just want this to go away." Brilliant. Why hasn't anyone thought of that before??
How about the old Paul Simon song: "There Must Be 50 Ways to Leave Your Senate Seat"
Just make a new plan, Stan
Hop on the Bus, Gus
Move in with Barry, Larry
The asshole is like all of them in Washington cant,t give up the power, big pay, best health care, best retirement, money under the table. this is why we should vote them all out the next two elections vote for anybody but a Dem or republican the country will be better off with either party.
Rickey Bones @ 46:
"...He WILL go down in the Appeals court...."
Badda- BING! Nice.
Idaho famous Potatoes and strange old white guys.
Has anyone thought to question those 100,000 dollar pages who worked for him. Please lets us see if there is connection between the mail guys and the families of kids on payroll.
Idiotland @ 62:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFyBH-z6c1w
"Well, Craig may be kicking and screaming to hold on to his Senate seat, but Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL) announced that he is retiring at the end of this term."
They will elect another Repuke to replace him. The 2d Congressional District in Alabama voted 72% for Everett in 2004. They haven't had a Democratic congressman since the Dixiecrats.
I live in Idaho and have, absolutely, no respect for any of the repub bufoons currently embarrassing this, moderately, great state. I mean we're entering serious Foghorn Leghorn territory with Wide Stance. The senator really needs to be gone...for good.
But, I was over at Marcia's site, http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/ ,and she has a little different take on Larry's antics that involve ducking Brent Wilkes' supoenas, which makes sense...in an oily Republican (Party-before-Country) way.
As soon as the Cunningham-related issues are dodged, I'm sure the Rs will hate him as much as ever and he'll be shown the door. I just wonder what price Larry is extracting for all this?
Thank god Sen. Craig is staying. I can only hope we don't have an 'activist' judge. You know,
someone who would consider it inappropriate to throw out a guilty plea like it didn't ever happen. Geesh...those darn activist judges would surely streeeeeeeetch to find some way
to look at that Guilty plea and through some darned convoluted logic reach the conclusion
it meant Craig is guilty. I hate it when that happens!!!!
And brothers and sisters...let us hope and pray that someone..maybe Lindsey Graham or
Mitch can introduce some oppressive anti gay legislation for Sen. Craig to exercise his
voter bestowed right to endorse. More sauce for him to 'prove' he isn't gay. Not even a
little bit.
We need you Sen. Craig!!!!!!!
Overheard in the john at X Game in Salt Lake City,
"For Gods sake nobody take a WIDE stance."
Long pause,longer laughter.
best title of a blog entry. Ever. LMAOOOOOOO!
Larry
Please don't ever quit me. I love that your hypocrisy has made every closet case in the world nervous.
If you weren't so old and ugly, people would admit to having sex with you. As that country song goes, all the girls look good around closing time.............
The same holds true for old hornball men in toilets.
I hope you recieved my email that listed all the toilets in American that have glory holes. I am really surprised you didn't write back to thank me. You are to old to be getting down on your knees in a toilet. Stand up, stick it in the hole and be a proud closet case.
jack jett
[...] Today, the Crown Prince of Porcelain announced that he will be staying in the US Senate beyond his original pull-out date of September 30th. [...]
You had me at the headline .... excellent!!
BAC
The Republicans should declare a general amnesty for pedophilia and all their other forms of sexual expression.