AP: Larry Craig is reconsidering resignation

[DemKR]

If this is true, eat it repukes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I hope he sticks around.

The more time he has in which to embarrass the bigoted fundie hypocrites that comprise a large segment of the demented mob sometimes called the Republican Party, the better.

[Hieronymus]

9. Yes, keep Craig on .. make them squirm.

[Fridays Child]

2. Well, isn't he a clever, nasty, bad, naughty boy!

[rocktivity]

44. Wouldn't it be funny if he had some "clever, nasty, bad, naughty-boy"

information on one his Rethug oppressors?
:popcorn:

But wait! On the other hand, what if this is being scripted as a weapon of mass distraction from something ELSE that's about to happen?
:scared:

:shrug:
rocknation

[AlCzervik]

3. Yay, thanks Larry for keeping the republican hypocrisy in the news for at least

another week.

[Webster Green]

4. Perfect!

Hang in there Larry! }(

[high density]

5. That's great!!

He's setting himself up for an even greater crash and burn. Can't wait to watch.

[Olney Blue]

6. With his kids and Arlen buying his story, he probably feels empowered

to fight it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. They Should Make Him Minority Leader

eom

[Stephanie]

26. The Corrupt Caucus would back him.

Too bad so many of them have already resigned themselves.

[adarling]

8. Well let him come

then maybe they will force Vitter and the other pos's as well as himself. He is a fool but a fool that deserves to go out with some more fools :)

[Coexist]

10. great - lets keep this in the news a little longer.

cool.

[annabanana]

11. hooray!

Prepare for a formal unveiling of the Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

12. he should set the condition that Vitter goes with him

it's only fair

[rocktivity]

46. I agree--especially if Craig has something he could take Vitter down WITH.

Unless you can withdraw a plea bargain, I can't think of any other reason why the Rethugs would allow him to change his mind.

:headbang:
rocknation

[rsmith6621]

13. I hope the Biose DA now goes after......

....Craig for perjury....

[Nite Owl]

14. What a gift

all the talk was just dying down.

[durrrty libby]

15. The gift that keeps on giving

[warrior1]

16. Thanks Larry

great news

[AlCzervik]

17. "What do you think about that?"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. I Think He Should Be The Minority Leader Or Whip

That's what I think about that...

[JackBeck]

18. Yet another Republican "flip flopper". n/t

[TheUniverse]

20. I don't know what to think about this.

I'm sure if he were caught with a woman in the bathroom he would still be in the Senate just like David vittor. This is part of our country's bigotry towards homosexuals. And the reports make it sound like he didn't do anything except tap his foot and look in the stall. It all sounds so weird, and I can see the reasoning behind pleading guilty to hide it considering hes a public figure. But then there are reports he has done this before. That said, I don't know that I necessarily like cops in bathrooms trying to entrap gay men.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Question

"And the reports make it sound like he didn't do anything except tap his foot and look in the stall."

Where does the right to peek through a crack in a bathroom stall at someone on the shitter come from?

When I go into the bathroom and lock the door I don't want anybody peeking though a crack in it, even if that person looks like Brad Pitt or Natalie Portman.

[TheUniverse]

31. Heres the question I want to know

Was he peeking in to see if the stall was empty, or was he doing something perverted. I dont know the whole story and everything sounds strange.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. He Watched The Undercover Cop On The Shitter For One To Two Minutes

He would look through the crack, fidget with his hands while looking away, then repeat the process for one to two minutes...

[TheUniverse]

34. one two minutes?

I'm sorry I did not know that. Yeah if thats the truth, that sounds pretty bad. But was the cop doing something to give the appearence he was "cruiser" also. I'm not defending vittor, but it sounds like the reason he has to resign is because its gay sex, and not heterosexual sex.

[Jade Fox]

28. Entrap? All the cop did was......

sit in the bathroom stall. Craig made all the moves/overtures.

[TheUniverse]

36. Maybe this cop didn't

But I know there are cops all over the country who use entrapment. We don't know the facts of this case, and its mostly his word against the senator's.

[ruggerson]

42. Umm, you apparently are not aware

that these cops had made online "dates" with people, lured them to that specific restroom, dressed as they had indicated they would to their "prey", and then busted them when they reciprocated the advances.

Have no idea if that happened with Craig, more than likely he walked unknowingly into an ongoing sting.

But, if someone like Craig was used to doing this, and someone like the cop was used to baiting people, there is no way in hell Craig stood outside that stall door for one or two minutes without the cop cruising him back.

To preempt the "you're defending toilet sex!" crowd. No, I'm not. Craig is an idiot. I'm just explaining that there was an ongoing sting and that had the cop NOT returned Craig's gaze initially, Craig would have moved on to find someone else more interested.

[sandnsea]

37. No, leering at women in stalls

is not acceptable. He would be so far gone and not one single person would have come to his defense if he'd been leering at unsuspecting women in ANY bathroom, anywhere.

Gads.

[TheUniverse]

39. True that would be bad.

But there isn't a cruising heterosexual scene. And I believe the cop was in the stall for a very long time to give the appearence he was a cruiser also. I would say the real equivilent of this would be getting caught joining the mile high club with a consenting intern.

[sandnsea]

40. There's a hetero prostitution scene

There will never be a quicky sex with women scene because women can go to any bar and get laid any time they want. So much so, that quicky scenes for hetero men require payment - and yes there are many alley and restroom scenes where prostitution stings occur. If hookers started congregating at the A&W up the street from me, you know what, I want them arrested. Them and the johns.

It's all well and good to think about somebody's freedom to live their life however they want, until you have to live with others choices yourself.

Toilet Sex is not acceptable, particularly not at the friggin' airport.

[TheUniverse]

43. But men who get caught with prostitutes aren't forced to resign.

Look at David Vittor. He is still in the Senate. It's a double standard in our society.

[sandnsea]

45. That's because of Blanco

and the hyper-partisan situation we're in.

Perhaps you've forgotten all the other Congressmen who were forced to resign over hetero sex scandals - Bob Packwood comes to mind right off. Bob Livingston for having an affair. Jack Ryan withdrew from the Illinois race. Gary Hart from the Presidential race.

Any other time, Vitter would have been gone. It's only because they don't want a Dem appointed in LA, which would give that person an automatic advantage as the incumbent.

[npincus]

21. LOL- link:

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

Way to go, Larry! :rofl:

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."

[shireen]

22. if that's true, something else must be going on

With the media fussing over this scandalous story, the Bush administration will be quietly positioning to invade Iran. No one will notice ....

[rocktivity]

47. Another example of great minds thinking alike!

See Post #44.

:headbang:
rocknation

[LittleClarkie]

23. Like he reconsidered his guilty plea?

Not terribly decisive, is he.

[LisaL]

25. One might even say, a flip-flopper. LOL.

[Earth_First]

27. What? Did he realize that he'd have to get a day job like the rest of us?

The new 9-to-5 (read: 8-to-7) isn't quite as lucrative as Washington politics.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. He Could Get His Dream Job

Bathroom attendant...

[AlCzervik]

30. he still doesn't a day job, he has a pension worth about $120,000 a year and

he will still get senatorial health care.

[spanone]

33. he's gonna fight his own guilty plea....bwahahahahahahahaaaaa

you gotta love it.:rofl:

[sandnsea]

35. With Ariana's support

and the majority of the left, why the heck not.

Craig gets the charges dropped.

The left goes on record as supporting toilet sex, confusing and alienating 80% of the country.

It's a win-win. Yeah!!

Dumbasses. I told you so.

:eyes:

[ruggerson]

38. This story has zilch to do with the left

we all can just sit back and watch.

[WinkyDink]

41. So---He's tap-dancing around the issue?