MSNBC is reporting that Craig has stepped down as the ranking GOP. . .

[wndycty]

. . .member on 3 senate committees. The heat is on and he is getting burned bad.

[LynneSin]

1. Yes but Vitter isn't being asked to step down from anything

This is so pissing me off!

[wryter2000]

Me, too

Gay sleazy sex is worse that straight sleazy sex. :mad:

[ronnykmarshall]

2. He was a 'screwin a gal!

That's OK! :sarcasm:

[LynneSin]

4. Louisiana -> Democrat Governor , Idaho -> Republican Governor

I don't think it has anything to do about sex. Republicans can show they're tough on these sleazy crooks as long as they have a sleazy crook in the governor seat to fill the empty seat with a new sleazy crook.

[CottonBear]

9. He's been forgiven because he's a heterosexual sinner!

:(

[LSparkle]

5. I agree -- what he did was also ILLEGAL ...

Where are the D.C. cops who should be pursuing this? I can understand NOLAPD not going after him (as they say, it's less likely we would have heard about Craig had he taken his bathroom break in Boise) but where are the D.C. guys?????

[TwilightGardener]

6. Exactly. I want Vitter's head now.

VITTER, VITTER, VITTER, VITTER, VITTER (you'll just have to visualize my torch and pitchfork)

[napi21]

8. I suspect it's because nobody believes Craig! The excuses he

gave sounded worse than a first grader has after stealing a cookie!!!! Vitter, if you remember, appologized, said he was wrong, sorry, and would never do it again. Agree with it or not, it seems to make a big difference...at least to the Pubs...if someone admits to wrongdoing and shows remorse.

[LynneSin]

10. Vitter and Craig are both up for re-election in 2008

If you replace them with a new senator, that senator would have a head's up in the upcoming election. It's best that they go with the safe best which is replacing Craig. Louisana is too much of a risk at election time

[TwilightGardener]

12. oops, delete

[Yurovsky]

11. Credit institutionalized homophobia ...

do something indiscreet in the straight world, and you'll get off pretty easy.

If you're GLBT, it's a mortal sin (but it's hard to be too upset when the person getting skewered is a self-loathing right-wing closet queen).

[polichick]

3. So when is Bush going to be asked to step down for...

Screwing the entire world???

[Yurovsky]

13. NLT Jan 2009.....

about 8 years too late I'm afraid.

[CottonBear]

7. CNN: Sen. Larry Craig is stepping down from his committee assignments...

Sen. Larry Craig is stepping down from his committee assignments amid calls for his resignation from the Senate.
http://www.cnn.com/

[Bitwit1234]

14. The republicans in his home state want him to resign.