Google the “good” Senator-there have been a tons of articles implicating the senator in similar bathroom incidents in the past.

I first heard the “gay” rumor in 1990. Where there is smoke, there is fire….

Dunno if our esteemed senator can dodge this one.

However… based on the details of the incident and ensuing arrest, I’m wondering where the crime was. (So far, there was some toe-tapping and “footsie” going on between Craig and the cop in the next stall. Some sort of gay-secret-code? But if that’s all that happened, where’s the crime?)

BOLD PREDICTION: Senator Craig will announce that he’s decided not to run for reelection in 2008, “to spend more time with his family.” He’ll probably stay in DC as a lobbyist, rather than return “home” to Council. (The restrooms at the Council International Airport are outside, and only hold one person! hahaha)

I would like to see him quit. Unfortunately, he could probably stay and get reelected because Idaho is sooo conservative. Those die hard dead end GOP’ers will probably believe Larry’s side of the “affair”. Of course I find it hard to believe that he could not get legal representation in between the arrest date and the sentencing. I guess he was just trying to keep it quiet. He has no shame. Bye,bye,Larry.

Thanks to Wonkette

http://tinyurl.com/38h9a7

for the trail to this site that I had (thankfully) otherwise overlooked.

http://tinyurl.com/2o2xec

And just below a smiling pic of Sen. Craig is this ghoulish tidbit of how this group would like to see sex offenders punished and details the horrible, horrible habits of those nasty homosexuals in the Atlanta airport.

I beat you to the prediction some time ago Colleen, but the part about Kempthorne was news to me. From what I hear, Dirk better keep his tap shoes in the closet as well. What is it with these guys?

Rethinking your stance on Risch in DC now Sisyphus?

Who says politics is boring.

“My guess is Kempthorn will step down as Interior Sec. to run for the Idaho Senate seat. He has always prefered Washington D.C. over Idaho. It’s a little too slow here for him.”

Say it ain’t so Colleen.

Actually I don’t think Dirkie could get elected again in Idaho.

So your coverage on this one looks quite tantalizing. Did anyone step over the line with their comments? Hard for me to tell, but I do enjoy reading your blog today.

EDITOR NOTE–The line seems all but erased. We have had calls and comments from Texas, Minnesota, and North Carolina so far.

This was truly difficult to write.
I wanted to call the radio allegations “full blown,” but didn’t. I wanted to claim to have written the story “straight,” but you know how that would have sounded. Didn’t dare say his staff “stood behind him.” It was his own press release which explained he has a “wide stance” on the crapper!!

And we Idahoans can just plan on being the “butt” of a bunch of jokes for a long time.

So, Craig’s newest press release says he should have had a lawyer and shouldn’t have pleaded guilty to save time. “I was trying to handle this matter myself quickly and expeditiously” said Craig.

Somebody help this poor man. It was his trying to handle the “matter” himself that got him into this pre”dic”ament to begin with. Usually he’s “a-head” of the game. In short, pretty sure he’s blown his political career.

Larry was very lucky to get caught where he did. In many places on the planet, he’d immediately be sent to a PENAL colony.

Colleen, you are having way too much fun with this. You need a two minute penalty for piling on.
I find it amusing that all the libs who champion “alternative lifestyles” can’t wait to crucify Craig. I can hear the ” hypocrite” justifications already, so don’t bother. The bottom line is that liberal democrats and conservative republicans, have the same “bottom feeding” tendancies. You are just as big of a bunch of hypocrites as those you attack!

I agree with Cyclops analysis of this situation. If this was a regular citizen, there would be no news story here. In fact the citizens to the left of the fence/ACLU would consider this entrapment and call foul.

There are two side of this story that will come to light. The personal side that should be left alone. The political side will surface as to when he voted against same-sex issues. Politically this could be a road bump for a politician in Washington and disaster at home. All I can say is that hopefully you all exert the same restraint and give support to all involved just as if it were your brother or best friend.

Cyclops, sorry, but I am having trouble resisting the pun. Ah well, I apologize if the jokes are becoming a bit lowbrow. I’m not usually one for toilet humor.

Yes, hypocrisy comes in all colors, red, blue and gray. And yes, it is often the case and without a preponderance of doubt, party affiliates will hold up a situation, pointing at the speck in the other party’s eye, while ignoring the plank in their own. I am certainly not about to parse the meaning of “is” here today. The point is not whether Senator Craig is, or is not, gay, straight or anything else, and that is not my concern here.

The point is that our senior Senator has been around long enough to know that regardless of the situation, one doesn’t plead to a crime that one has not committed, short of being water boarded, and expect that it will go away by refuting it at a later date. Frankly, there’s not a lot more damage the “liberal media” can do to Senator Craig that he hasn’t done to himself already.

I agree completely Colleen. When all the dust settles on this, if it is concluded that Craig has been hypocritical in his voting record, I want him gone. Not for being gay, but for being terminally stupid. To do what he has been accused of doing knowing full well that Dan Popkey just spent the last 6 months trying to “out” him, would be beyond stupid!

While I am sure that other states eventually tire of their own clowns enough to send them away to preform in the hallowed halls of our nations’ capitol, why does Idahos’ contributions to the college of political baffoonery have to always show up in full make-up and costume? But seriously folks let’s think here;
1. why an undercover cop..(let’s face it that’s just too good to be true.)
2. Was Craig then being followed-and why?
3. Who paid for said cop if such was the case? 4. Is anyone else (of note or not) being investigated?
5. What was the origional charge, is playing footsie a crime in Min?
6. Or does this mean the mens’ rooms in our countries airports are so dangerous that cops are being posted in them on a regular basis?
Well politicians do seem to travel alot.
ohh, my bad…not
I find it too sad to be humorous, if it is true, that we now need “Crapper Cops”. Good grief!

Larry Craig is a seasoned, inside the beltway member of the Senate.

You don’t get that far in a political carreer, especially in that town, and NOT know how to deal with things like this.

His pathetic story is just another lie.

Chet, the reason The Statesman didn’t report what they knew is because they couldn’t get anyone to go on the record – and that’s a good reason to not publish. The Washington Post, New York Times, the National Enquirer and the other big coastal media have one thing in common: They are addicted to anonymous sources. I don’t think the NYT could report the weather without saying, “According to a high-placed official in the National Weather Service, who spoke on condition of anonymity, tomorrow will be partly cloudy.”

If the big coastal media followed the simple craft practice of mandatory attribution, politicians, business leaders and bureaucrats of all kinds would get away with far less.

The issue only surfaced in this case because Craig did something very dumb and weird, not because the coastal media somehow “uncovered” something.

EDITOR NOTE–Wonk, you failed to defend the GUARDIAN who depends on anonymous sources. We too refused to print the rumors. It is NOT a rumor that Craig pled guilty, telling a judge under oath he did the acts with which he was charged. To claim, “The Statesman made me do it,” makes for great bar room banter.

Cops are totally incapable of intrapment of otherwise innocent people. Cops never lie or write bogus tickets.They never shoot innocent people or get the wrong man,because well,all cops are highly honorable,perfect paragons of virtue. If a cop says it is so then by jove it is so. Therefore the senator must be guilty. Everyone knows you cross your legs when you poop.

The man pled guilty to disorderly conduct to get the thing over with. Cops always charge you with several things so you will plead to one or the other and they will have a successful arrest.

I say its insufficient evidence. Politicians and cops have something in common they are both capable of lying.

Spike – Video tape doesn’t lie. I don’t have to trust the cops to interpret things correctly… video and audio say it all.