The Craig arrest happened in June he went to court August 8???

[wndycty]

Why are we just now finding out about this? Was there a cover up? I find it hard in this day and age that a US Senator can get busted, go to court and plead no contest and no one knew about it.

[Lint Head]

1. There is always a court date set in the future.

The problem I have with this is that the actual arrest was not publicized. :dem:

[wndycty]

2. Yeah I don;'t have a problem with the court date either, I'm pointed out both dates

To demonstrate there was significant activity on this case and it was kept quiet.

[soothsayer]

7. the freeps say that's why he's been voting with the Dems (so they'd keep it quiet)

[wndycty]

14. So as usual the freeps blame the Democrats. . .

. . .classic but expected.

[peacetalksforall]

3. If your were Craig would you have reported it to your ethics person?

Or to a fellow Senator-neighbor such as Hatch?

Can't remember the Foley story - did they (House Repubs) hear about him from the outside or did he turn himself in to them? They had somebody in the House who handled 'scrapes'. Do they have one for the Senate?

[papau]

4. It was on the Daily Show in June - the "mainstream" press buried the arrest

n/t

[wndycty]

5. Really?

No one else touched it back then? Who did the Daily Show source?

[papau]

6. I did not hear the source - indeed it went over my head (a "just clearing his throat" joke - but the

I did not hear the source - indeed it went over my head (a "just clearing his throat" joke - but the
kids caught it (the kids are in their 40's)

[soothsayer]

8. aren't they thinking of the fla repug who got caught in the bathroom?

the guy who sponsored legislation about sex in public bathrooms? the guy who said he panicked and offered to pay the other guy $20 for the bj because the guy (an undercover cop) was black?

[papau]

12. Could be - seems the GOP have been in the news a bit on this topic & the

kids may have just assumed Dad was out of it as that is not a bad assumption on most things on most days! :-)

[MonkeyFunk]

9. No it wasn't

nobody'd heard about this until today.

[papau]

13. nobody'd heard about this until today. ??? - the arrest - the trial/verdict - or both? media shut

down for the GOP transgressor seems yet another proof of the value of political control of the media.

[MonkeyFunk]

16. but it DID come out....

he tried to hide it, and it didn't work. The national media don't have reporters in every courtroom in the country.

[MiniMe]

10. And then says he wishes that he had consulted with a lawyer

I call BS on that one. There is no way his lawyer wasn't involved in this.

[Vickers]

11. How can you expect someone who's only been in various levels

of state and federal legislature for a mere 33 years to know anything about his rights?

:sarcasm:

[goodhue]

15. It would nice to see some news about why this was not news earlier

Any analysis anywhere?