Craig Family Values: Arrests, Warrants and Restraining Orders

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

In an effort to rehabilitate his reputation and save his political career, Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, dispatched his children Michael Craig and Shae Howell to talk to ABC News' "Good Morning America" this week and testify that their father isn't gay and was not in fact guilty of the lewd conduct for which he was arrested.

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But the criminal records of Michael Craig and his sister, whom Sen. Craig adopted after marrying their mother, Suzanne, in 1983, not only call into question their credibility as character witnesses but may even further undermine Craig's portrayal of himself as a defender of family values.

At least two women have sought restraining orders against Michael Craig, who was once charged with statutory rape, though the charge was dismissed. He did not return a call for comment. And at the time of Howell's appearance on "Good Morning America" there was a warrant out for her arrest resulting from her allegedly breaking into her estranged husband's home and destroying property.

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By far the charges against Michael Craig, 38, seem the more serious. One of the restraining orders against him was issued by a former girlfriend after he was arrested in 1993 for committing an act of battery against her that broke her nose, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to the charge in May 1994 and was ordered to have no contact with her.




Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3573171&page=1

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:rofl: Wonderful family values there! And to break a woman's nose, Michael must be a punk!

[snappyturtle]

1. hee hee! n/t

[MindMatter]

34. Notice one of the reporters is Jake TAPPER

How good is that?

[saigon68]

38. Thugs and Hoodlums defending a public embarassment

[kestrel91316]

2. Oh, my. I have no words.

[kimmylavin]

3. People are only immoral if they're Democrats.

The Craig family will make their peace with God, and continue practicing their holier-than-thou ways.

[rocktivity]

4. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...

There they were on the public fighting for their father's credibility, and NEITHER of them had any of their own????

:rofl:
rocknation

[aquart]

11. Makes you wonder what went on in that house.

A house so full of secrets and lies.

[Barrett808]

12. Wow, don't even make start to think about that!

:scared:

[SoCalDem]

36. Water closet?

:rofl:

[Joey Liberal]

5. Must be those "Wide Stance" values:).............

[Sarah Ibarruri]

10. hahahahaha! I'm going to have to use that. :)

[Joey Liberal]

37. Craig is the gift that keeps on giving:)..............

Hate to see him go, but I'm sure there are other Reich Wingers with those "Wide Stance Values" just waiting to make headlines.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Typical bunch of weird-ass republican hypocrites.

[KoKo]

28. Yep...that Craig would use those two to defend his values and that they would publicly

come out as if they didn't have a care in the world.

Repug psychopaths is what they are. No shame ...no guilt...not sense of what they really are. They have the POWER and don't ever think they will be caught out... Sheesh...us the story that just keeps on giving in sleaze....

[truthisfreedom]

7. Brave MSM, using the phrase "family values" when publishing this stuff.

The thugs must be fuming. This story simply WON'T GO AWAY!

[Major Hogwash]

8. Well, this is very sad to me that Larry would push his kids into the spotlight to defend him.

Now that their records have been investigated, they have to suffer themselves from public scrutiny.
There seems to be no bottom to the pit that Larry will go to in order to stay in office. He has accused the newspaper here of a witchhunt, yet the newspaper didn't print a single article about Craig's sexuality over the previous year. Not one single article could be found to prove that there was any kind of withchunt going on at all. Not only did the Idaho Statesman sit on the article they were going to run in May of this year, they didn't even hint to any of the allegations in any other articles.

Clearly, Craig doesn't have a conscience. He will lie about anything, say anything, or claim anything to stay in office. Rightwing radio talk programs have been on fire all week with calls from people who are very angry, from people who feel hurt by Craig. He lied to them, he deceived them, and he continues to embarrass them.

[KoKo]

30. And, why didn't the 'Statesman" newspaper know about the two kids arrests?

The orginal article said they had done a thorough investigation for over a year on Craig and couldn't get enough corroborative evidence. I guess they felt checking out if there were any arrest records on his adopted kids would 'crossed the line.' Amazing.

[ClintonTyree]

9. Michael sounds like a chip off the old blockhead.....

yet they can't resist the chance for their 15 minutes of fame, even if it makes them look like complete idiots and hypocrites. :eyes:

Typical Republicans.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

19. "Jiminy!" You'd think that with histories of statutory rape...

and "malicious entry to property" charges that they'd keep a low profile, rather than appearing on one of the morning crap shows. Fame, notoriety, whatever... they're not too bright, are they?

[Olney Blue]

13. There is some serious dysfunction in that family. Hope they get help.

[Up2Late]

14. OMG!

:spray: :rofl:

[acmavm]

15. Sheesh! People with jerks, nut cases, and criminals in their families

shouldn't convince them to stick their faces in front of a camera and try to pretend that they're the Cleaver family.

[Blue Fire]

16. Coming to FAUX NEWS....their first REALITY SHOW......

the CRAIG FAMILY VALUES!! The season finale will be a mud pit FAMILY BATTLE ROYAL between the Craigs, Hogans, and Osbournes. Only on PPV!:popcorn: :popcorn:

[DeepModem Mom]

17. What could be next in this story??? nt

[barkleyg]

18. Genes vs. Environment

I am big into the genes vs. environment argument of human actions. Since it obviously can't be the genes( they have none of DNA), I think this one fits perfectly into the environment .
His (show them I'm straight) wife says all families have problems. Yeah, but how many go 2 for 2 with kids with rap sheets, plus the ol man?

Looks like Repug family values to me!!!

[scarface2004]

20. i'm sure there are some abortions in there somewhere too!

the way this is going we can't be far from cocaine addiction, vehicular manslaugther ala laura bush, heroin overdoses, fights with cops involving tazers, and urinating in public. this is gonna be good...i need to microwave some popcorn!!

[Divine Discontent]

32. make sure that popcorn uses 100% real butter - the other is cancer causing! n/t

[Maestro]

21. What a wreck of a family.

They just need to shut-up and go away.

[riqster]

22. Meanwhile, those evil, librul Clintons raised a....

well-adjusted, intelligent, law-abiding young woman...

(tell that to a wingnut and watch their head explode.)

[barkleyg]

25. King George also raised law- abiding twin daughters

OOOOOOOOOOPPPPS!! Forgot about the twins getting busted( in pictures, I'm not sure daddy and his whore consigliere didn't get the charges dropped)? Were they ever properly charged with underage drinking?

[femrap]

23. So..does Larry Craig have any

children of his own?

[janetle]

24. Not that we know of

[femrap]

35. That's interesting, isn't it?

Maybe his wife is just for decoration? Hey....maybe she married him for his Health Insurance!!!

[xxqqqzme]

26. wow - is there a picture of this

sterling example of family values?

[RamboLiberal]

31. Family Portrait

[Klukie]

27. His bio says he has 3 children.....

another son named Jay. I wonder why the other boy did not defend him?

On edit: Apparently Jay defended daddy to the associated press.

[KoKo]

29. Well....maybe Jay has even darker skeletons in HIS closet and they didn't want to chance it.

:eyes:

[orleans]

33. these "family values" are killing me! n/t