Senator Larry Craig reconsidering resignation

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Washington - AP, September 4, 2007) - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.

"It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign," said Sidney Smith, Craig's spokesman in Idaho's capital.

"We're still preparing as if Senator Craig will resign Sept. 30, but the outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will have an impact on whether we're able to stay in the fight - and stay in the Senate."



Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=nation_world&id=5635193

[cloudbase]

1. Flip-flopper! n/t

[Hepburn]

2. Should be an interesting ethics committee hearing if he decides to stay.

Pretty much from what I have read, the threat from the Repigs is that they burn him if he decides to stay.

[ginnyinWI]

85. I think this is the last thing the Senate repubs want!

I hope he stays so that a Dem can take his seat in a year!

[DrDan]

86. I wish that were true . . . but my impression on the rePigs that live

here and in nearby states is that they would vote for a restroom-trolling "pervert" than vote for a Dem.

(flamers - please note that I am absolutely not calling gays perverts. But - those that cruise public restrooms may be close. I am only characterizing the voters from this area of the U.S. and their choices.)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. Just like he reconsidered his guilty plea?

Mr. DTBK just said he should really just quit the GOP, become a Dem and admit he's gay if he's disgusted that the GOP pressured him to resign.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. reconsider his plea, reconsider his resignation ...

Can we call him Senator Mulligan from now? (subject to revision, of course ...)

[maddezmom]

13. I was watching Hardball earlier and they were discussing the words intend or intent re: to resign

and said they felt he had some wiggle room. At the time, I was thinking you dudes are over working this thing. Then on KO the news came out. Either CM knew something was coming.

[rodeodance]

23. I recall his speech and that word raised my ear also.

[More Than A Feeling]

5. I gotta think this would make Idaho at least a toss-up if he were to stay in.

His opponent is former congressman Larry LaRocco.

www.laroccoforsenate.com
http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/17920

[aquart]

11. Is this making you smile all over?

It's doing it nicely for me.

[riona]

80. I enjoy a good laugh first thing in the morning

:rofl:

[Jim Sagle]

6. THAT'll suck all the oxygen outta the room, so to speak.

;)

[Olney Blue]

7. Can you claim coercion on a mail-in guilty plea?

[liberal N proud]

8. This gets more stupid by the minute

:wtf:
We have already accepted your resignation and you are to pack your belongings and get the fuck out you hypocritical pervert.

(By pervert I mean soliciting sex in a public restroom where little kids might see)

[Purveyor]

9. I can think of few better ways to keep the 'Iraq Report' out of the media glare than to keep the

Craig story alive...

[rodeodance]

26. OH GAWD, you are RIGHT.

[LEW]

37. I agree Purveyor

My first thought was, "what an idiot", then "what are they trying to divert atttention from now". Nothing better then a sex story to keep other things from the headlines. Certainly wish media would get smart and ignore this one. Ah, well a nice dream, no way wolfie will leave this one alone.

[physioex]

40. Yes.....

But every action has an equal but opposite reaction. On the bright side it will bring spotlight to the gay rights issue....

[zippy890]

91. what I'm thinking too

the timing on this sent Gonzales resignation off
the screens, now look at the mileage on it.

[aquart]

10. I love it!

So how many Republican Senators will stay in the john when Craig walks in?

And he's still been thrown off his committees, right?

Sounds like someone has to write him a check. LOL!

[onehandle]

12. Good. A "pervert" poster child in the Senate.

Keep talking, Senator. More seats for us.

[partylessinOhio]

14. Going down-

Approval rating-

Now at 18%-

:applause:

[DrDan]

87. so 18% of Idahoans think that it is ok to cruise public restrooms in search of a sexual laison???

[partylessinOhio]

97. Congressional approval is at 18%. With Craig deciding to refuse to resign

that number should be going down. That is a national percentage, I don't know any numbers for Idaho. Sorry if I confused you.

[AX10]

15. Flip Flop Republicans, first Romney, now Craig.

Who will be next?

Any guesses?

[jmm]

16. I think we've found a VP candidate for Romney.

;-)

[Ilsa]

17. Except for it being a distraction, it could be the gift that keeps on giving.

Take advantage of it all the way through 2008.

[MichiganVote]

18. God, somebody get out the long handled cane from the Vaudville days

[BeatleBoot]

19. "Wide-Stance Larry" - Born in Idaho, Reared In Minnesota

He Admits Guilt, Then Says He's Not Guilty - He Resigns, Now Doesn't Resign

Ole Wide Stance must have done some Polling back home.

If you know what I mean...

<wink> <wink> <nudge> <nudge> <say no more>

[NMLobo]

20. I'd stay

if I were him. Just to piss off his "distinguished colleagues" who threw him under the bus. I doubt if he's any more immoral than the rest of the repukelickin gang.

[ribrepin]

33. The repubs didn't just throw him under the bus, but revved up the motor and hit him and then backed

up over the body. I heard some pundit say this(I think it was James Carville).

[Pirate Smile]

21. So he lied to the court when he pled guilty? Court's love that.

[bluestateguy]

22. I've decided to ignore this story

nt

[rodeodance]

24. I did before I didn't

[DuaneBidoux]

36. We must not ignore the Republican victims! Help them fight to run again.

(That way our candidate will cream their ass.)

[rodeodance]

25. Craig was a no-show Tuesday as Congress reconvened after a summer break and

Craig was a no-show Tuesday as Congress reconvened after a summer break and it wasn't clear whether he'll return at all since deciding to resign over his guilty plea in a sex sting this summer at the Minneapolis airport.

Another spokesman, Dan Whiting in Washington, said Tuesday that Craig was expected to spend the week in Idaho as the Senate votes on spending bills for veterans and other programs. Whiting did not rule out Craig's returning to Washington before the end of the month.

[ronnykmarshall]

27. I'm not shocked ...

When he said "it is my intention to resign", I knew he was giving himself some wiggle room. Hell, I hope he stays and runs for re-election.

[maddezmom]

28. I heard it, but honestly didn't think much of it at the time

now I'm thinking I should have paid more attention.

PS: saw your pics of the house, looks great. love the colors and layout. :hug:

[sofa king]

29. He'll make an excellent Gonzo replacement in the public eye.

If I were Harry Reid, I'd even let a few of the annual bash-the-gays bills that the GOP regularly submits crawl out of their subcommittees, just so CNN could speculate ad nauseam on which direction Craig would twist in the wind.

[alfredo]

30. Let him stay and be a millstone around the Repugs neck.

[NoodleyAppendage]

31. Poster Child of Freudian DENIAL.

Craig's denial of his homosexuality runs VERY deep. I figured he would fight this to the end...even to his party's detriment. To admit his homosexuality would mean laying bare his very soul and all of the bullshit heaped upon it to subvert his natural urge.

J

[David Zephyr]

32. Good for Larry Craig. Why should he be held to a higher standard than Vitter?

The double standard that the GOP has established between their two U.S.Senators is breathtaking!

Vitter's involvement in illegal prostitution, cheating on his wife, covering it up and lying about it until it was brought out against his wishes is no different than what Larry Craig has done with one glaring exception:

Vitter would be replaced by a Democratic Governor, while Craig can be replaced by a Republican governor.

And the fact (and this is the knife's cutting edge of the double standard) that Senator Vitter's situation has not been even reviewed by the Senate Ethics Committee, which the Senate Rules & Regulations REQUIRE, proves that Vitter is being protected in order to keep his seat in the Republican's control.

Should Vitter be investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee, the ugly truth about his sordid and illegal behavior would merit the GOP to push him also to resign.

Bully for Senator Craig! I hope he tells his hypocritical, gas-bag fellow Republicans the following:

"You know what, I'm no more guilty that Senator Vitter of anything and unless you pressure him out, I'm staying."

The worse that could happen to Craig has already happened, he can only go up from here. But the same can not be said for his fellow Republicans in the Senate.

That old Larry Craig is not such a dummy after all.

Here's hoping that Larry makes the sweat like Nixon now.

[goodhue]

34. cool

I hope he sticks around. Talk about denial.

[DuaneBidoux]

35. Go for it Craig!!! Fight it! That's right--you have been unjustly treated poor man.

[swag]

38. Beautiful!

[NastyDiaper]

39. La Re, La Re, La Re. HANG IN THERE BRO

You can beat this. You party is behind you!

[Snot Hannity]

41. I hope he does not resign.

I hope he takes back his guilty plea and fights the charges in court. The longer he stays in the news the better this homophobic society will get to know what kind of desparate, double-life leading people it is creating. I wish Jim McGreevy had stayed on the news longer too.

[MarkInLA]

42. I'm totally with you!

I never vote for Republicans, but I say, "Fight it, Larry! Don't let 'em run you out of town so easily!"

If he had been charged with hitting on a woman in an inappropriate manner, I'm very sure that his colleagues would have simply looked the other way.

He made a mistake. We all make mistakes. A silly misdemeanor crime (where no one was hurt) shouldn't ruin his life.

[Snot Hannity]

43. Thank you!

I was actually bracing for vicious attacks against me for what I said :-)

I also admire his children for supporting him in his time of need instead of ostracizing a family member in trouble. May be the family values party will learn something from them.

[DrDan]

88. no - the "silly misdemeanor crime" shouldn't ruin his life

but cruisin' public restrooms might . . . as well as those close to him.

Do you really think this guy is the right person to be the poster-boy for the gay cause? He legislates against gays. He adamantly denies being gay. He cruises public restrooms.

[Placebo]

44. He also needs to reconsider his "I am not gay" statement.

Just sayin'.

[Harper_is_Bush]

45. Good for him. n/t

[ProudDad]

46. Run, Larry, RUN!!! (n/t)

[demgrrrll]

47. I love it. Especially since I just read that his primary supporter will be

that other lily livered traitor Arlen Spector. DEElicious. D to the e to the l i c i o u s...... Please let this be true!

[Frank Cannon]

48. NGU, Larry!! Hang in there, buddy!!

:rofl:

[maseman]

49. Sen. Craig may not resign, spokesman says

Source: MSNBC/AP

BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.

“It’s not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign,” Sidney Smith, Craig’s spokesman in Idaho’s capital, told The Associated Press.

“We’re still preparing as if Sen. Craig will resign Sept. 30, but the outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will have an impact on whether we’re able to stay in the fight — and stay in the Senate,” Smith said.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20593999/?gt1=10357

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't resign. Oh the more we can milk this the better!

[valerief]

50. Clinton changed everything. nt

[maseman]

51. What CLinton did was wrong

but could you imagine if Clinton was trying to get a blowjob in an airport bathroom? The Republicans would've burnt down the White House.

[valerief]

52. 9-11 changed everything. nt

[maseman]

54. If we don't fight gays in the bathrooms

then they will fight us in the daycare facilities.

[valerief]

55. LOL! Janet Jackson changed everything.

[everydayis911]

58. Yes

It's called "Stall Tactics" where we lure little girls and little boys into bathrooms and do the Hokey Pokey. That's what it's all about. You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out ,you put your left foot in and you tap it all about. Were staring them young so they know the signals. But I'm not GAY Nor have I ever been GAY. :sarcasm:

[maseman]

59. I will be in two airports tomorrow

I can't wait to use the John. If I see a foot coming over into my stall I am getting a policeman.

Funny, I travel weekly for a living. Never have I seen anything like this in an airport bathroom. I have seen my share of nasty toilets.

Oh, and I have NEVER picked up a piece of toilet tissue off the floor like Craig claims he was doing. An upscale, white US Senator picking up a piece of dirty toilet paper off the floor? Come on...

[defendandprotect]

53. It will probably work if he never goes to the bathroom again in the Senate --

[maseman]

56. You know something

Regardless of politics...can you imagine catching your good friend trying to get a BJ or sex in an airport bathroom?

I could never look at that person the same again. There's stupid and then there's Larry Craig.

[Benhurst]

57. Stay, Larry! Stay! Run, Larry! Run!

:rofl:

[kurth]

60. Yes, come back and fight!

[whopis01]

61. Sen. Craig may reconsider resignation, spokesman says

Source: cnn

Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho may reconsider his resignation if he is cleared of a disorderly conduct charge to which he pleaded guilty last month, his spokesman told CNN on Tuesday.

Dan Whiting said it was still the GOP senator's intention to resign effective September 30, "however, he is fighting these charges and should he be cleared before then, he may -- I emphasize may -- not resign."

On Sunday, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, said he would like to see Craig fight the allegations against him. But on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said he expected Craig's resignation to be final.

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, returned from the Senate's summer recess and made his first public comments on Craig's sudden downfall. He suggested that Republican leaders judged Craig more harshly than they did Republican Sen. David Vitter, of Louisiana, who was recently linked to a heterosexual prostitution service.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/04/craig.reconsideration/index.html

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Talk about flip-flopping!

[MadMaddie]

62. Typical Rethuglican....they say something and then they didn't

mean it or they want to take it back.

Bye..Bye...

[The_Casual_Observer]

63. The guy plead GUILTY. What elese is left to say about this?

[Trajan]

64. The die is cast ....

It's too late to slip out from under the dark cloud, even IF he were successful in reversing the guilty plea (which is unlikely)

Too many people have already loudly scoffed at his excuses ......

I hope he DOES stay..... and run for another term ....

GO 'Wide Stance' Craig !

[mac56]

65. Good!

I hope he stays on!

Lotsa larfs!

Not to mention that his base will abandon him like nobody's business.

[grytpype]

66. Cool! Hope he sticks around through November 2008!

[iaviate1]

73. Let him stay... he deserves a good lesson...

about the wrath of bigots... does anybody still believe he is straight? I wouldn't care about his sexual orientation if he didn't fight against gays throughout his tenure, so let him burn. Hang in there, Craig. The longer you stay in public office, the more people will dig into your past.

[C_U_L8R]

67. Stuck in the swirling vortex of doom

Craig is now either gonna have to deny he's resigning
or he's gonna have to resign all over again. Bwahahaha.

Only a republican can make such a f'd up mess of things.

Wow.

[OnyxCollie]

68. Specter suggested Craig withdraw his plea.

That makes me nervous. Like something will happen, and Craig's vote is necessary.

No, sir. I don't like it.

[iaviate1]

69. His children believe he's innocent...

And not gay. That's good enough for me. :crazy:

[gratuitous]

70. Attaboy Larry

Fight, you idiot!

[scarface2004]

71. spiro agnew should not have resigned either!!!

it was a huge disappointment when he quit instead of goin down swingin against the nattering nabobs of negativism!!!!

[pink-o]

83. Yeah, but don't forget, no one really went after Nixon

...with the proper vengence until they were sure Spiro wouldn't succeed him. I was 18 during Watergate, and I don't remember anyone calling for Agnew's impeachment.

The way I see it, Spiro resigning removed the last obstacle to go after Nixon. It would never happen with Cheney. Idiot Chimp may be the Decider, but Big Dick is the real president. No matter how many times he needs the Crash Cart, he ain't goin' anywhere unless we impeach him.

As for Craig, I've heard Chatter that Specter told him his resignation would be an admission--not only of his guilt, but of the fact that he really is (*gasp!*) GAY!!!! So that's the big reason he's reconsidering.

I hope he stays in the Senate until November 2008, then runs for re-election! I LOVE it when the repigs are hoisted by their own petards (and their own hypocricy.)

[varun]

72. Maybe Larry will come out as gay in the court...

...but that would be hoping too much from this coward and closet case.

But seriously, Larry's trial might ignite a real discussion about why closeted married men cruise restrooms for sex.

[DeSwiss]

74. This is a win-win situation for the Dems.....

...any way you cut it. If the Dems ever had a shot at all for winning in Idaho, it would be because the state Repuke party is splintered. But the Repukes there have already dumped poor Wide-Stance and he's become toxic waste. No one wants him, and no one knows where to put him. Except to tell him to get the hell out of Dodge before sundown.

But for Wide-Stance, what better way to gain some leverage for his "retirement fund" than to deny the Repukes a better shot at keeping the seat, than to deny them the an heir apparent. This is better than a soap.

Go Wide-Stance Go!!! Go Wide-Stance Go!!! Go Wide-Stance Go!!! Go Wide-Stance Go!!!

:popcorn:


K&R!!!

[Binka]

98. Wide Stance Is Tossing A Hail Mary! Pretty Impressive Considering He Is A Tight End!

What in the world was Arlen thinking? He musta been hammered, and felt bad for Larry and gave him a drunken "I Love Ya Man." phone call. Larry being the DUMB ASS that he is took this as a rallying cry of approval and he is now un-resigning. BEAUTIFUL! Way to go Arlen. Wide Stance is gonna burn your mother fucking party to the ground. I AM SO LOVING THIS.

:hi:

[orleans]

75. oh good. keeping the fucked up republicans in the news more.

he wants to stay.

the senate pukes want him out.

except arlen.

more talk about bathrooms.

fucking republicons!

[greyghost]

76. This is great...(for us) ;)

Christmas in September!

That a boy Larry! You're a gift that keeps on giving!

[Zambero]

77. Perhaps Vitter will come out to ID and campaign for Craig in '08

and vice-versa!

[deacon]

78. Very bad for the GOP - GREAT for Dems!

[Ganja Ninja]

79. This is great!

I can't wait until he stands up in the senate and delivers another lecture on "family values" or "the sanctity of marriage".

[groovedaddy]

81. I love it! The public spectacle will continue.

They deserve it!

[The Count]

82. Good, Larry! Fight it good and public - very public!

[Vinca]

84. What good news for Dems. Does Larry honestly think other

people he might have been associated with won't come forward if offered big bucks by tabloids and other sources? He's taking an uncomfortable and recoverable position and turning it into a circus. And what good timing - in an election cycle.

[maddezmom]

89. Craig's Lawyers: 'Senate Has No Business' looking into the conduct of one of it's own

AP) Boise, Idaho One of Sen. Larry Craig's lawyers said Wednesday the Senate has no business looking into the conduct of one of its own following Craig's guilty plea in connection with an airport men's room sex sting.

An unbroken line of precedents dating back 220 years makes clear the Senate does not consider misdemeanor private conduct to be a fit subject of inquiry, asserted Washington attorney Stan Brand.

"We ought to seek to have the committee dismiss this outright," Brand said of a Senate ethics panel's investigation. "The Republican leadership called for an ethics investigation that had nothing to do with his office," said Brand on NBC's "Today" show.

Craig says he may still fight for his Senate seat, a spokesman says -- if the lawmaker can clear his name with the Senate ethics panel and a Minnesota court.

more:http://wcco.com/politics/local_story_247203904.html

[Fly by night]

90. Craig also proposes changing GOP mascot from elephant to albatross ...

[Justitia]

92. You Go Girl! Give 'em hell Larry! -eom

[truthisfreedom]

93. I support his right to help destroy the Republickers party 1000%.

More power to him. Where can I donate?

[LynneSin]

94. I think he should stay - really, what has Craig done wrong?

I mean Vitters was using prostitutes, which last time I checked is illegal just about anywhere in this country other than certain regions in Nevada.

Having anonymous sex in the bathroom is not a crime unless both parties are not consenting. As far as I know - Craig never offered any money for the undercover cop's services. I'm still not even sure what crime that Craig truly committed.

BTW - when is the ethics committee going to investigate Ted Stevens.

Leave Larry Craig alone or give Vitters and Stevens equally harsh treatment that Craig is receiving.

[TexasBushwhacker]

99. Yes, it's illegal

Even if money isn't involved, it's considered "lewd behavior" whether it's gay sex or hetero sex. It's probably just a misdemeanor, but it's still illegal.

[goodhue]

95. .

[goodhue]

96. .