(Sen.) Craig (R-Idaho) Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom

[Newsjock]

Source: Roll Call

Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.

Craig’s arrest occurred just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court. He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence was stayed. He also was given one year of probation with the court that began on Aug. 8.

A spokesman for Craig described the incident as a "he said/he said misunderstanding," and said the office would release a fuller statement later Monday afternoon.

After he was arrested, Craig, who is married, was taken to the Airport Police Operations Center to be interviewed about the lewd conduct incident, according to the police report. At one point during the interview, Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a business card that identified him as a U.S. Senator and said, "What do you think about that?" the report states.


Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19763-1.html

[AngryAmish]

1. hahaha

[Kikosexy2]

247. Public restrooms..

are the new Gay Ole Perverts' hang-outs...aahh! those family values guys...

[astroBspacedog]

250. I live in Ketchum Id !!

I've met Senator Craig twice, back when I was active with "The Alliance for the Wild Rockies" he pissed me off both times, he hates us tree huggers. He also isn't very big on Blaine County (where I live) because, --- being in an area where the local economy is based on recreation we have a lot of environmentally consciences people. We are the only blue county in Idaho.

We are currently on the edge of a huge forest fire. I just returned home after a couple of days because my evacuation status had been changed from mandatory to voluntary, but this can change any minute, the fire is right over the hill from my house.

Senator Craig paid us a visit last week and more or less just wished us luck and left. I wasn't surprised. I hate to gloat but after reading this on the front page of The Idaho Statesman this morning, ------- I'm laughing so hard, ---- I just might have to sedate myself.

Oh well, It's been a rough week and we have a rough one ahead, We deserve a good laugh. te he he he he

[CabalPowered]

264. I can't believe Baldy is on fire

:cry:

[astroBspacedog]

274. It's burning right now. !!

It's looked like a volcano today. A very sad sight to see after all these years. They had to evacuate all of Warms Springs Road to the bridge., ---- 1,400 houses !!

[Kikosexy2]

265. Hope your...

home doesn't get caught in the fire..prayers to you all..

[DS1]

2. Mein Gott!

another one?

[More Than A Feeling]

3. I don't even want to speculate about what was going on there.

Here is the website for his Democratic opponent, former congressman Larry LaRocco:

http://www.laroccoforsenate.com/

You can donate to him through ActBlue here:

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

[Loki]

4. The GOP is truly self destructing.

Gross Old Perverts - the party is full of them.

[durrrty libby]

46. And what truly frosts me is that so many dems are afraid of them.

We should not be afraid of these nasty slugs

[lumberjack_jeff]

61. But heaven forbid we should neglect to "offer them a seat at the table". n/t

[liberation]

119. That wouldn't be nice...

And we should always be good gracious hosts to those who just want to come uninvited, call our wife a whore, eat all our food, shit all over the bathroom, and in between belching breaks try to cup a feel of our teenage daughter.

You know, we need to kill them with politeness... right?

[populistdriven]

127. Polite is good. But why is it that the smell of pee soaked urine cakes makes the repugniks horny?

This liberal is prepared to support funding for them to receive free counseling. Can we get a sponsor?

:shrug:

[Ken Burch]

134. What would that make them-Uromintosexuals?

:wtf: :wow: :puke:

And would you want THOSE sorts of people teaching in the schools?

[lumberjack_jeff]

143. Urinal cake fetishists. n/t

[0007]

212. .....and.....and we should look the other way when they scratch their

balls with the salad fork and wipe their ass on the curtain.

[Pirate Smile]

5. Whaaaaa? Republicans and bathrooms - I don't get it.

[CBHagman]

222. You've got to read this quote from James Wolcott.

From his blog:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/blogs/wolcott

Republican lawmakers seem to be having a difficult time visiting the men's room these days without a Joe Orton play breaking out.

:rofl:

Read the rest of it, too.

[mitchum]

6. Another right wing tearoom queen

[Rosa Luxemburg]

186. LOL!

[napi21]

7. Oops! Another member of the Senate Barber Shop Quartet gone!

Now tell me, does the Senator keep his Senate seat? After all, he plead guilty!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

14. It makes one wonder...

If the restrooms off of the repuke cloakrooms have gloryholes.

As I understand it, and I could be wrong on this, this is not considered "vanilla" behavior. But I will happily select correction on this matter.

[Cha]

152. Are there any "singing senators" left?

or have they all bitten the dust?

[napi21]

158. I remember Lott saying they disbanded. n/t

[Autobot77]

188. Maybe they can form a new group

Called the "sucking senators" and hang out in mens restrooms. When they start singing its a "signal" they want to engage in lewd conduct.

[DUlover2909]

209. high crimes and misdemeanors?

Shouldn't he be impeached? or something?

[yardwork]

231. Welcome to DU! What do you think about his positions on family values?

The conservative senator has supported an amendment to the Constitution banning same-sex marriage and voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in the 1990s. Craig, who served in the National Guard, has also spoken out against homosexuals serving in the military.

[Pab Sungenis]

246. Congressmen and Senators don't get impeached

because impeachment is supposed to be the people's bulwark against appointed officials and tyrannical Presidents.

The Senate could vote to censure or expel him, but that's unlikely. Otherwise, it's up to the voters who put him in there.

[Elidor]

8. The party of illicit anonymous bathroom sex

So much for family values.

[Old and In the Way]

146. More like the Party of Familiar Values.

It's getting to be quite a familiar pattern amongst these 'family values' freaks.

[Pirate Smile]

9. OK - MSNBC just reported it. He is up for reelection next year.

[leftchick]

10. Photo of The Senator in case he does not seem familiar

[waiting for hope]

16. That's just creepy -

There is the "Candy, Little Boy/Girl" look in those eyes. Yuck.

[formercia]

19. It's Skeletor's twin brother.

He looks healthier, though. Must be all those protein supplements.

[Name removed]

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[saigon68]

161. WOW Another PERVERT

[truthisfreedom]

166. We should be blaming this on the bush white house because of Gannon/Guckert.

Their tolerance of overnight stays at the White House by male prostitutes has caused this kind of behavior again and again in the 'thug party.

[bluestateguy]

11. This is just too easy to make jokes about

nt

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

12. I know

It's too bad the Daily Show and Colbert Report are on vacation for two weeks.

[bigworld]

13. This should go over well with the Idaho right.

[mwb970]

83. What is the rest of the Idaho delegation like?

Hopefully it's not like in Alaska, where they're all Republicans under some kind of investigation!

[Baltimore]

131. Idaho delegation

Why hopefully?

[Cirque du So-What]

15. I just got a 'server error' message when trying the RollCall site

Must be a lot of traffic for some reason :rofl:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

17. Probably...

A lot of repuke melting-down going on right now.

[MaineDem]

40. I just got "service unavailable" n/t

[Snarkoleptic]

18. Mebbe the lewd behavior was with a 'family values' constituent?

After all, his Senate.gov homepage shows the following missions...
1) Deliver timely, high quality constituent service.
and
3) Defend and strengthen the traditional values of the American family.

[lyonn]

41. So much for family values!

Course they can't wait to hack on gay/lesbian's that want a family of their own. Guess public bathrooms are the answer for these family values types.

Does this mean we can chalk up one more Dem. Senator?!

[KitchenWitch]

132. How the hell could he deliver constituent services in Minneapolis

:shrug:

[Ken Burch]

136. IT depends on what you mean by "Constuent Services"

"Nudge, Nudge, Wink Wink, know what I mean?"

[KitchenWitch]

138. Say no more!

:rofl:

[awoke_in_2003]

206. yeah

but is he a goer? Does he go?

[bdamomma]

236. like the way Vitter went, he didn't go either.

what a bunch of sick men, why don't they just come out of the closet like Barney Frank!

[Ken Burch]

276. Of course he's a goer..

He's from Boise.

[meow2u3]

171. What he doesn't mention

It's OK for a "family values" Republican to have gay sex in the men's room just so long as you don't get caught with your pants down.

[Diane R]

20. I predict a resignation, a replacement by the Republican governor, and a GOP incumbent.

[Kolesar]

33. Idaho is pretty darn right wing. No progressive enlightenment like Montana or Colorado

... will happen for a long while. Raytheon and LDS.

[ScottytheRadical]

65. Idaho is leaning more Democratic than it was a few years ago...

I went to high school in Idaho a couple years ago, and my parents still live there, so I know a little about the politics...

Although Idaho is very heavily Republican, the Republican candidate in the 2006 Governor's race took only 52% of the vote, whereas the Democrat took 44% and won Ada county, the state's largest, by a margin of 52-46%.

It's also noteworthy that Sen. Craig faced a very weak Democratic opponent the last time around, whereas his 2008 opponent, Larry LaRocco, served as a US Congressman for Idaho's 1st District from 1990 to 1994, before being taken out wtih the "Republican Revolution".

Of course, it's also worth noting that Larry LaRocco is a DLC-supporting "Democrat-Lite" who would very much be in the mold of Sen. Ben Nelson, etc. if he were elected to the Senate.

But Idaho's state capital, Boise, where my parents live, is starting to trend Democratic. In 2006, 4 of the 5 State Senate seats in Boise went to Democrats, as did most of the House seats, so much so that Boise was considered a "Democratic sweep". The City of Boise also voted "No" on the anti same-sex marriage constitutional amendment that was on the ballot that year, and in 2004 they elected Idaho's first GLBT state legislator, Rep. Nicole LeFavour.

[Diane R]

68. That's good to hear....I live right next to North Idaho, and it's still rabidly right wing.

The good ol' boys from the mountains in the north are NOT going to like this news. Thats why I foresee a resignation. They need a strong incumbent for this next election, and Craig will be very weak.

Interesting that this news broke on the Gonzales resignation day....I imagine it's no accident.

[Kolesar]

270. Thanks for the update

and welcome to the forum!

[eridani]

174. How is it that Frank Church managed to be a senator from Idaho for so long? n/t

[Doctor_J]

73. Vitter didn't resign. Why would Larry?

Repukes can get away with anything

[brooklynite]

85. Um, because Vitter was hanging out with women?

[catgirl]

226. Yes, but they were prostitutes

and he's a "family values" preacher.

[ButterflyBlood]

277. Because Vitter's state doesn't have a Republican governor. n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

75. If it's true that he's up for re-election in 2008, his

replacement would serve out the rest of his term and then have to run for re-election.

That's how Georgia got stuck with Zell Miller. He was a good Dem governor and when GOP Sen. Paul Coverdell died, Dem governor Roy Barnes appointed Zell to replace him.

It was such a short time before Zell had to run for re-election that he hadn't done anything weird in D.C. yet, so naturally he was re-elected. Then Georgians were going :wtf: for six years about Zell.

So I don't see anyway around Craig's replacement having to run for re-election next year, which probably gives the Dem candidate a better chance.

I agree that Craig will probably resign "to spend more time with his family" and the GOP guv will appoint another Gross Old Pervert to fill out his term.

[matt819]

129. If there's a resignation, you just know what's going to be said`

Need to spend more time with the family
Though why they would want to spend time with him is a mystery

Problem with alcohol/drugs and entering rehab
Can you just imagine the group sessions with Foley, et al?

Have confessed to my wife/family/god, and they have forgiven
What is it with these people? If I did these things and was caught, there'd be a vacuum behind me as my wife kicked me out the door. Forgiveness? Give me a break!

A quick question for all the male DUers out there who have used public restrooms in airports. How many times have you done anything in a men's room that has been - or, hell, can be - misconstrued as lewd behavior. How complicated is it for these republicans to use a friggin' men's room. Enter men's room. Unzip zipper. Stare at wall in front of you. Pee. Zip up zipper. Wash hands. Leave. Where's the room for misunderstanding? What part of this has them confused? And remember, people elected these idiots. Maybe that should be a debate question. How do you use a men's room? How can we trust you with foreign policy if you somehow are unable to use a men's room? What have we become??

[kanrok]

159. Good point.

Man rules dictate that you look straight ahead while peeing. If there are three urinals available use the one to the far right or far left, not the middle, as it increases the odds that you'll have someone next to you. And never...let me repeat...never pee next to a guy who's already peeing unless it is the last urinal available. That is all.

[eridani]

176. Now we know why they are against gay marriage

If too many gay men get married, there will be fewer of them available for bathroom sex.

[smb]

227. Truth-In-Advertising Version

"If there's a resignation, you just know what's going to be said"

He needs to spend more time trolling restrooms? :rofl:

[yardwork]

232. "How do you use a men's room?"

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

21. This is great! This made my day, along with Gonzo being gone-zo.

[habitual]

22. I am very curious if anyone has ANY idea

why this happened in the beginning of june and we are JUST NOW hearing about it... i mean WTF???

[The Backlash Cometh]

29. Who knew that the Republican downfall would come because of the

increased surveillance in public bathrooms due to the Republican constituent's anti-gay stance. Who knew who was really involved?

[donheld]

245. I'd love to know that as well

If it were you or me we'd have fried by now.

[The Backlash Cometh]

23. Holy shit! What a bunch of degenerates!

[Stinky The Clown]

24. Fami .... hahahahahaha ..... ly ....... hahahaHAAAAA .... values

O

My

Gawd

I cannot contain myself. This is just a friggin' laff riot.

:rofl:

[partylessinOhio]

25. Will Craig get his pension in light of the fact that new legislation was

passed recently trying to take away pensions from persons like Traficant.

Repugs seemed to have an extraordinary fixation on sex. They should really be more careful who they shake their fingers at.

[eridani]

177. And who they shake everything else at

Shake it more than three times and you're playing with it, as all the 5th grade boys used to say.

[Maraya1969]

26. I hope he had a nice time in jail.

Seriously. Maybe it was the first time in his life the guy could be himself.

It's not so much people deciding to come out of the closet right now as other people turning the lights on in the closet. I bet many years ago this stuff went on just as much as it does not but without all the security cameras.

[durrrty libby]

43. The article said he never served any jail time.

[Tab]

27. This shit never ends

I'm in such an alternate universe. Please tell me how to get out.

[CottonBear]

28. OMG! Atrios is reporting this story as well. Link:

What the hell did a US senator think would happen if he got caught having sex in a public restroom?

According to the incident report, Sgt. Dave Karsnia was working as a plainclothes officer on June 11 investigating civilian complaints regarding sexual activity in the men’s public restroom in which Craig was arrested.

Airport police previously had made numerous arrests in the men’s restroom of the Northstar Crossing in the Lindbergh Terminal in connection with sexual activity.

http://www.atrios.blogspot.com/

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19763-1.html

[nealmhughes]

199. Like Angelo in Confederacy of Dunces! Trying to get him to quit the NOPD!

Good Lord, a character out of a comedy catches a character out of a farce (US Senate Republican Caucus).

[debbierlus]

30. The Neo-nut party attracts people with ISSUES

They seem to have real sexual hang-ups.

[villager]

31. What's the name of that one Republican, again, who's not in the closet?

:shrug:

[djjimz]

48. Lincoln

And from what I gather, they are not even sure about him now a days...
Oh well, another one bites the dust.
There is a God!
:dem:

[ejbr]

225. Some congressman from Arizona. Kohl, I think. n/t

[ryanus]

32. Is it like a requirement that you have to be a perv to be high in the Repub party?

These sorts of stories are becoming par for the course.

[MaineDem]

44. I think a lot of people are high in th e Republican party

It just doesn't get reported.

;)

[ryanus]

51. hehe. touche

[AllyCat]

113. Or anywhere in the GOP, national or local.

There are many lists for GOPers of all levels of government who have been busted for stuff like this.

[Aviation Pro]

34. " "What do you think about that?" the report states."

"Not much, shitstain," the arresting officer replied.

[johnfunk]

38. BWAHAHAHAHAAA! Comeback of the Year!

But... but... but...
Whatever will we tell the children?

[MaineDem]

35. OMG, I can't believe this!

So much for Republican family values.

Oh my!

[HughMoran]

36. Jiminy Crickets - not again

Too many pat expressions to say here - just gonna say - doh! :silly:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

37. Wait a minute.

An airport? Just after noon on a Monday? Hardly the sort of place anyone would go for privacy. Odd....

[MarkInLA]

125. This is what happens to men in the closet

Life "in the closet" leads to all kinds of sad, irrational behavior, so really, I'm not that surprised that this happened in the middle of a weekday.

[KurtNYC]

142. yep, with some of the comments I have read above

I am thinking many here would be surprised by the sex life of the average person. Plenty of married men have sex with other men, with prostitutes, with other married people of either gender. When they do it in a public bathroom they can get caught and that part of their sex life is exposed. It doesn't mean that they are gay or "in the closet" -- it may only mean that they are sexually compulsive and possibly even turned on by the danger.

A few other responses above haunt me. Jail/prison is NOT a good place for gay people or for people to "be themselves" Gender preference is a range, not a choice between 2 preferences. Cross-dressing is an activity common to both heterosexual and gay men and it is therefore independent of sexuality. It is a myth that gay men want to be women. MMM-kay?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

160. I'd be surprised if I had a sex life.

Or is that delighted?

Ba-da-boom.

[yardwork]

233. Yes. This is the behavior of a troubled person.

I'm gay, and I can't imagine (Can Not Imagine) having sex with a stranger in a bathroom. My partner and I are very out lesbians who are deeply committed to one another.

Obviously, we are much healthier - in all respects - than filthy people like this Republican "family values" senator who supports hate legislation against gay people and skulks around in public restrooms soliciting sex from strangers.

Seriously. These people need therapy.

Oh, and welcome to DU, MarkInLA! :hi:

[SacredCow]

262. anonymous sex is more of a gay male thing....

Never done it myself, and there isn't enough tequila in existence to make me consider such a thing. But there are those that really dig the thrill of it. And yeah- they need help with that little issue!

[dflprincess]

135. He'd probably heard from Fred Phelps* that Minnesota is tolerant of homosexuals

so he thought he'd take advantage of it during his LAYover at MSP. :rofl:



*For those who missed it, that ass Fred Phelps said the 35W bridge collapse was God's punishment for our tolerance of homosexuality.

[tabasco]

39. Just another lie-beral smear!!

The evil lie-berals are tricking these God-fearing republicans into public restrooms and forcing them to crave cock!!

[awoke_in_2003]

207. "and forcing them to crave cock"

well, we saw their obsession with the Clenis.

[Mad_Dem_X]

221. !

:spray:

[swimmernsecretsea]

42. Hmmm. Let's assume that all the 'pubs want anonymous restroom sex and work backwards.

Well, that's what they do to the dems! Turnabout is fair play!

[lumberjack_jeff]

60. In their case, this seems a logical conclusion.

I'm convinced that to successfully obtain elected office as a republican, you must test in the 99.9th percentile for hypocrisy, and have a personal life that enables you to be easily blackmailed.

Seriously, I think that the party likes its guys extort-able.

[Old and In the Way]

151. I totally agree.

I think the RNC is a criminal syndicate and they cannot allow themselves to run smart, ethical people for Congress. Last thing they want are people with integrity, voting their own mind on bills. I suspect that the majority of national Republicans have issues that could be used against them, but the RNC looks the other way as long as they get the vote they want. There have been way too many of these episodes to think this is coincidental.

[northernsoul]

45. Why are we hearing about this now?

If he was convicted on August 8 - why are we hearing about it nearly three weeks later?
Are there any other sources reporting this?

[whistle]

52. Called damage control and he must have a very good PR firm

[against all enemies]

54. I can believe the media was looking the other way but where was

Larry Flynt?

[whistle]

67. In the bathroom stall next to Larry Craig watching him...

:spray: :rofl:

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

105. Hope he was behind the scene. eom

[shanti]

101. well, he USED to have a good pr firm!

somebody leaked!

[rzemanfl]

47. K&R. GOP=Generally Outrageous Perverts. n/t

[rfranklin]

58. Grievously Outrageous Perverts...

Actually it is a tragedy because if they just admitted they were gay they could live normal lives.

[rzemanfl]

66. The day I grieve for a Republican is not going to be in this

lifetime.

[ScottytheRadical]

86. Seriously! But you rarely, if ever, hear about Democrats being caught doing things like this....

One thing I've really got to wonder: Okay, so some people like having anonymus sex. There's nothing terribly bad about that in and of itself. But why exactly do closeted Republicans feel the need to do it in PUBLIC restrooms, where people who *aren't* looking for sex could be present? I know for a fact that there are gay strip clubs and at least one male bathhouse in Washington D.C., where guys who are looking for sex with other guys can find it perfectly *legally* and without bothering people who aren't looking for sex. But there's no logical reason to try to seduce strangers in a public bathroom - I'm a gay male, and that's not something I've ever done before. So I find it *really* hard to grasp why closeted Republican politicans seem to have such a fetish for picking up trade in bathroom stalls...

[rfranklin]

89. If they went to a bathhouse, someone might think they are gay....

And we can't have that, can we?

[AllyCat]

116. yeah, but when they do, they get impeached...never mind that

it was with another consenting adult of the opposite sex. That last bit only important in that the person involved claimed to be heterosexual--and by God, when he got caught, it was with someone of the OPPOSITE sex--you know, he wasn't a total hypocrit unlike these "family-values" Repukes.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

154. There are gay clubs in Minneapolis, in case he couldn't wait till he got home

:eyes:

[yardwork]

234. I think it is because they have serious issues. They aren't healthy.

These hypocrites are twisted. They have an authoritarian mindset that considers all sex to be "dirty" and forbidden. They make such a big deal out of it that their brains start to crave the "bad" behavior and then they engage in bizarre behavior.

[maxrandb]

258. Grumpy Old Perverts n/t

[Mz Pip]

49. Whatever he did

it must have been because he was afraid of the Black guys. :sarcasm:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Divine Discontent]

155. hey now! those are Bob Allen's black guys - Craig has to find his own!

anyone can copy and use these in emails, I just made them...

[whistle]

50. Somehow Senator Larry Craig's website just seems so ironic now

GOAL ONE: Deliver timely, high quality constituent service


While I am interested in the views of all Americans, my primary responsibility to serve Idahoans bumps their requests, letters and messages to the top of the stack.

My colleagues in the Senate have similar priorities. If you are not an Idahoan, and want to express your opinion or you need help with a federal agency, I hope you will give your Senators the opportunity to serve you.

As one of Idaho's United States Senators, I believe it is important to listen to and understand the views and beliefs of my fellow Idahoans so that I may properly represent Idaho on the Floor of the United States Senate. My position as a federal representative also allows me to intercede on the behalf of my constituents to assist them with any problem they may encounter when dealing with the federal government or its agencies.

Whether you wish to communicate your views, ask for assistance, or determine my stance on a particular issue, I hope you will take a moment to get in touch with me. For your convenience, there are several ways you may do so. These contact options are described below.

If you have questions or need information about a particular legislative matter, I would encourage you to use this website as a resource. The information you need may already be available online, and a few likely starting points are offered in the Website Resources section at the bottom of this page.



<link> http://www.senate.gov/~craig/lec_biography.cfm

[mrbluto]

219. A term that could be dangerous to republicans....

"bottom of this page"

Heh - get it?

"bottom of this page"

No?

Mark Foley must have thought it to himself occasionally, as in "Oh the things I'd like to do with the bottom of this page."

[yardwork]

235. He says he "bumps" Idahoans.

Yes, reading this is causing me to laugh involuntarily at work.

[0007]

53. This just goes to prove that GOP er's are absolutely wired different from Dem's,

Got milk?

[Guaranteed]

203. One word: fear. nt

[LibDemAlways]

55. Wonder how it was kept quiet for over 2 months.

If a Dem was involved, it would have triggered immediate 24/7 coverage and the guy would have been forced to resign the same day.

[0007]

57. I'm more than sure that the shit hitting the fan right now will bring

that point up.

It is hard to believe how it was covered up for so long.

[KurtNYC]

149. possibly for blackmail of this Senator

blackmail would explain a lot - Jeff Gannon, etc.

[ronnykmarshall]

56. ANOTHER ONE???

Can't these fuckers keep it in their pants?

[FredScuttle]

87. These clowns want us to keep ours in our pants

while they parade throughout the public restrooms of the nation, cruising for action. Can I start a Neighborhood Watch of my local restrooms to protect the community against these predators?!!

[Divine Discontent]

170. seriously... are we IN the twilight zone?? there's way too many stories of

illicit republican sexcapades! another new design I made...

[Bosso 63]

59. Get a room!

Sex,(gay or straight) in public bathrooms is rude and unsanitary.
I guess I'm a romantic.

[Divine Discontent]

173. I guess I'm a romantic

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

[Behind the Aegis]

62. Suggestion for a new Republican song.

(Sung to the tune of YMCA)

Young man, there's a need to look around.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy.

Young man, there's a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you're on the downlow.
You can play there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.

It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.
It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.
It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.

You can get yourself cruised, you can have a good feel,
You can do whatever you will...

Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, will you watch me pee?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you got to know this one thing!

No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your junk on my shelf,
And just go there, to the j.o.h.n.
I'm sure they can help you today.

It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.
It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.
It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.

You can get yourself cruised, you can have a good feel,
You can do whatever you will...

Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, now we are both here to cruise.
I felt a man at a quarter past five.
I felt his hole wow,it was so tight ...

That's when someone came up to me,
And said, old man, take a walk up the street.
There's a place there called the y.m.c.a.
They can start you back on your way.

It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.
It's fun to play at the j-o-h-n.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

J-o-h-n... you'll find it at the j-o-h-n.

Young man, young man, there's a need to feel around.
Young man, young man, get yourself on the ground.

J-o-h-n... you'll find it at the j-o-h-n.

Young man, young man, there's a need to feel around.
Young man, young man, get yourself on the ground.

J-o-h-n... you'll find it at the j-o-h-n.

Young man, young man, are you listening to me?
Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?

[Joanne98]

114. Ooh! Good one!

[Vinca]

63. Ouch! You've got to feel sorry for the family. From Valentine's Day:

"Madam President, today is an essential day in my life. It is not just Valentines Day. It happens to be the anniversary of the first date I had with my wife Suzanne. Am I a romantic? Well, maybe just a little bit."

[FredScuttle]

80. Ah, the new Romanticism

Cruising airport restrooms for blowjobs. God, I love America.

While a small, small part of me does feel for the embarassment the family is going through, that wife of his decided to ignore or was oblivious to this closet queen, so fuck her too.

[L0oniX]

96. Looking for a glory hole.

:sarcasm:

[superconnected]

64. I knew a lot of the gay bashers were gay

I just didn't realize it would end up being all of them.

Ah well, another mark on the already full republican suppresed gay chalk board for the year.

[Bryn]

184. I recall Joseph Murphy's saying

"You become what you condemn."

Joseph Murphy, author of "Power of Subconscious Mind"

[Dj13Francis]

69. HAHAHAHAHA

You gotta love these guys!!!
:popcorn:
I just can't get enough of watching these fools implode.

[tularetom]

70. Perhaps he could become the "solicitor general"

Bwahahahahahahahaha...

:rofl: :rofl:

[Wapsie B]

71. Have to wonder how many like him in the gop are lurking in the shadow?

[immoderate]

95. An exterminator told me...

"For every cockroach you see, there are a hundred behind the wall."

--IMM

[Divine Discontent]

165. WELL,

apparently one more that we know of as of today! lol.... sick bastards...
new design for kicks -

[Doctor_J]

72. "Craig, who is married..."

so what?

:shrug:

[SimpleMan]

74. From the police report...

...posted on Wikipedia:

"At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot.... The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area. Craig then proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times."

[Cant trust em]

108. I tap my feet all the time...

but I have fantasies of being a drummer in a rock band. I guess that's a little habit that I'll stop doing in public restrooms.

[MelissaB]

181. Type the following into google and read

gay bathroom sex tap foot

[FredScuttle]

76. I can't wait for this to be blamed on the Clenis

You see, Larry Craig was an upstanding, God-fearing HETEROAMERICANPATRIOT, but because of that diabolical Bill Clinton, he had an eight-year delayed reaction and all of a sudden was struck with a sudden desire to cheat on his wife....with a dude! In an airport bathroom!

Behold the Power of the Clenis!

[Ken Burch]

137. ...And not only that....

Right after he finished doing the dude, Craig was gonna have COFFEE!!!!!:scared:

[redqueen]

240. ...

:rofl:

perfect picture of bill for that :thumbsup:

[Jackpine Radical]

77. Hasn't Fox labeled him a (D-Idaho) yet? (nt)

[FredScuttle]

84. Great call

you know that's coming. Also, show a loop of him with Barney Frank.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

78. We've already heard about this guy here!

Isn't this the GOPer that was reported on w-a-y back by the guy outing the closeted RWers? I just remember the story was about a GOPer who was notorious for hanging out in bathrooms and engaging in certain behavior, and it that the latest episode had taken place in an airport. There were no names at the time, just a lot of speculation here on DU just who it was.

This has GOT to be that guy!

[CottonBear]

249. Apparently, Craig has been crusing for gay sex since 1967:

Popkey


As McJoan reminds us, an Idaho Statesman reporter was working on the Craig story for awhile and then it got held up in lawyer limbo. Here's what he writes today:


In an interview on May 14, Craig told the Idaho Statesman he'd never engaged in sex with a man or solicited sex with a man. The Craig interview was the culmination of a Statesman investigation that began after a blogger accused Craig of homosexual sex in October. Over five months, the Statesman examined rumors about Craig dating to his college days and his 1982 pre-emptive denial that he had sex with underage congressional pages.

The most serious finding by the Statesman was the report by a professional man with close ties to Republican officials. The 40-year-old man reported having oral sex with Craig at Washington's Union Station, probably in 2004. The Statesman also spoke with a man who said Craig made a sexual advance toward him at the University of Idaho in 1967 and a man who said Craig "cruised" him for sex in 1994 at the REI store in Boise. The Statesman also explored dozens of allegations that proved untrue, unclear or unverifiable.

Craig, 62, was elected to Congress in 1980. Should he win re-election in 2008 and complete his term, he would be the longest-serving Idahoan ever in Congress. His record includes a series of votes against gay rights and his support of a 2006 amendment to the Idaho Constitution that bars gay marriage and civil unions.

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[indepat]

79. What's there to misunderstand. What I understand is that without sanctimonious reichous

hypocrisy, what 'puke values are left except maybe a little duplicitous mendacity and hyperbole?

[dmosh42]

97. Well, it was only a BJ!

How serious can that be?

[indepat]

145. The only thing serious here imo is 'puke hypocrisy

[yardwork]

237. How do you feel about the senator's "family values" stance?

The conservative senator has supported an amendment to the Constitution banning same-sex marriage and voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in the 1990s. Craig, who served in the National Guard, has also spoken out against homosexuals serving in the military.

[minnesota_liberal]

81. Prediction: Fox News will skip the [R] part of the caption

And instead of skewering the senator (as they would a Democrat), Bill, Rush and the rest of the talking heads will ignore the story entirely.

[Faygo Kid]

90. Fox has the story, but don't identify him as a Republican until fifth paragraph

Here's the link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294810,00.html. And this story will henceforth be ignored by Fox, Hannity, Rush, et al.

[redqueen]

242. Hah... if it were a Democrat it'd be part of the HEADLINE.

Mendacious fuckers. Oh, how I despise them.

[DuaneBidoux]

94. Well, they'll either forget the letter or even more probable accidently put a "D"

[brooklynite]

82. Senator Craig clears up the matter (from NBC Nightly News)

Senator Craig's quote this evening: At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were miscunstruing my actions. I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct."... "In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty."

Yes, any public official would be inclined to think that pleading guilty to a sex crime when you're really innocent is the best way to put it behind you...

(nb - #3 story on the network news tonight)

[depakid]

88. Actually he plead down to a non-sex charge

And this sort of disposition is available in many jurisdictions for first time offenders in cases such as this. That much is pretty well par for the course.

What interests me is how and why the charge AND the plea were "covered up" for so long....

[yardwork]

238. That totally cracked me up when I saw it on TV last night.

I was working out at the gym (not cruising, thanks anyway!) and I saw this story on the CNN crawl. When I read that comment "In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty" I laughed so hard I almost fell off the bike.

[Don1]

91. Jeebus Christ

We need to do something about all these black men scaring Republican Senators in the bathrooms.

[scarface2004]

92. law only applies to nonrepublicans!!!

he can now take over michael vick s dog fighting operation!!

[Snellius]

98. Suspicious timing.

I wouldn't be surprised if this "leak" was coordinated with the White House so it would be buried under the Gonzales resignation.

[ecstatic]

99. I wish the cop hadn't given himself up so quickly

Maybe next time wait until his pants are down or something.

[wicket]

100. There were rumors on the internet about this before

It finally came out BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

:rofl:

[Mr. Sinister]

102. Re-public-can

It's in the name. They must ALL love public toilet sexcapades.
Who knew you could build a party on such a basis and win elections.
America is a great land!

[olddad56]

107. very good.

[Mr. Sinister]

110. Thanks

:)

[olddad56]

111. Had this clown been a democrat, it would be the lead story on the national news.

except if he were a democrat, it wouldn't have happened to begin with.

[bklyncowgirl]

103. I can't even get into Roll Call. This must have crashed the site!

Another hypocrite pervert family values Republican caught with his pants down--in an airport men's room no less.

Ain't it sweet!

[villager]

104. From the Monsters & Critics website: "The Gay Old Party's closets are busting at the seams"

http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1348455.php

[Island Blue]

106. Please tell me that Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

aren't on vacation this week. PLEEEEASE! Today has just been too good of a day! :rofl:

[freefall]

140. The fact that Stewart and Colbert are on vacation probably explains the timing.

Hopefully they will both think this is too good to overlook when they get back!!

Peace,

freefall

[onehandle]

109. Fundamentalist Right Wing ? This ok with you? WWJD?

I'd stay home in 2008.

You don't want to vote for this pervert party. Do you?

No, of course not.

[Initech]

112. First Vitter, now Craig! Who's next?

:popcorn:

[jumptheshadow]

115. Larry Craig on the issues

* Voted YES on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration. (Jun 2006)
* Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
* Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
* Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
* Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
* Voted NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women. (Mar 1998)
* Voted YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
* Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
* Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)
* Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit flag burning. (Dec 1995)
* Voted YES on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)
* Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
* Rated 25% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

[Up2Late]

117. Herrumff... errr... bowjob... herrumph...

Man! I just don't know what is worse, the fact that they alway seem to be making life harder for "the gays" or the perversion aspect of this, or the total hypocrisy or just all of that.:nopity: :banghead: :rofl:

[Mad_Dem_X]

118. Another Repuke hypocrite

Quelle surprise!

[JTFrog]

120. Interesting videos from 1982

when he pre-emptively claimed his innocence in the page scandal:

http://www.blogactive.com/

[MindMatter]

121. Honest judge, it was realy crowded in the bathroom ...

... and I really, really had to go.

So this nice young man let me share his stall.

[IDemo]

122. Why doesn't MSNBC just do a 'Predator' style show to round up the rest of 'em

"To Catch a Hypocritical, Judgmental, Amoral Republic"

[W T F]

123. Another Gay Republican falls out of the closet!

[LynneSin]

124. BTW some DE state senator tried the same thing with the Business Card

got his ass busted anyways.

Just because you're elected doesn't put you above the law

[EV_Ares]

126. Was this a case where he did it because of the same reason the

republican congressman in FL who propositioned a undercover officer in a park bathroom? He said the fear of "large black males" caused him to say anything. The only problem according to the undercover officer he was in a stall where he couldn't be seen.

Also, have you noticed how Fox news has covered the altercation of a Dem congressman at some airport but never mentioned the FL incident and probably won't mention this one as well.

[Ken Burch]

128. As a famous fictional constituent of Sen. Craig would put it:

"Freakin' Sweet!"

[Sarah Ibarruri]

130. Is his wife going to take lessons from Diaper Boy's wife?

I do have one question. Are there any Republicans that aren't gay, engaging in wacky sex, or regular clients of prostitutes?

[Penndems]

133. Here is a .pdf file of the court document from ABC News:

http://abcnews.go.com/images/TheLaw/Craig_court_docs_1.pdf

[AnnieBW]

139. You know the sad part...

Normally, behavior like this would earn him the top of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. But not this month!

[Mark E. Smith]

141. Larry Craig has tasted sin.

And then he went back for more.

[jkilvik]

144. YooHoo; Tribune and P-Press. How did you miss this?

Seriously, why did it take three weeks before this became news? How lame are the newspapers in the Twin Cities that missed out on a United States Senator getting busted and pleading guilty for soliciting sex in a public restroom. I understand the Idaho papers choosing to hide the story but Minnesota?

[redqueen]

243. Wow...

I was going to say welcome to DU, but you've been around a while!

Nice to finally see you, then.

How's that?

:hi:

[izzie]

147. Well I guess I am finally shocked.

It leaves me with not one thing to say.

[Cha]

163. It is too surreal..A writer

could never have made this stuff up. As long as the repukes are such perverts, though, it's been really helpful for our Democracy that they seem to get busted at an alarming rate. Who knows how many are out there who haven't been stung yet?

[izzie]

213. I think when people know the top guy has got away with stuff they

feel it is a more open field. If you get what I mean. A well run company is usually run by a man who is a well run person. My husband was on subs and this is how they ran and every other place he worked and I have also seen this with things my whole life. Like people seem to bring in the same types. I think their is a great quote by Tolstoy on just that but to early for me to seem to be able to quote it.

[DemKR]

148. Congratulations Sen. LaRocco

[Hepburn]

150. What a freaking co-inkie-dink....

...:sarcasm:

On the day that Gonzo resigns, Craig pleads guilty on a public disturbance for weenie wagging in the men's room.

Gee, I just cannot imagine that Craig managed to plead out on the day that all the headlines and flack was about Gonzo just by accident!

[Submariner]

153. Burying this story under the Gonzo news blitz

This dumb repuke needs to resign.

[djjimz]

156. Farewell Larry....

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, eh
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust...
:bounce:

[havocmom]

157. My head keeps playing a spoof of the song from musical Chicago

The song about 'I didn't do it' What a hoot to have a satire version featuring various GOP pols who have been caught in various stings of late.

Some clever soul could do a spoof of the whole musical and make it about GOP asshats in the clink trying to convince anybody who will listen that they really don't deserve to be locked up; there were such good reasons for their crimes. Ex-ten-u-a-tin' circumstances. Yeah dats it. Get my lawyer on da phone. I ain't talking ta any you guys witout my lawyer!

Cue the chorus: GOP politicians in satin shorts with little sequined sailor jumpers and navy caps, tight, bejeweled Army uniforms, fringe and bead trimmed Marine theme, skimpy cocktail dresses (they are all so patriotic) tap dancing their corrupt little hearts out. Their number decrease while da coppers cart off the hooligans, one by one, and throw 'em in da slammer.

Rudy Guiliani could play a part. It would make him happy to have another event to do his drag queen bit. Abramoff could play the shyster lawyer. He has hats!

Which evilDUer is up for the challenge? It'd be a realy box office hit!

[JoFerret]

162. It's disgraceful that these repubs are giving gays a bad name

Shame on them.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

164. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have our next AG

.

[liberal N proud]

167. And another fine republicon exposed

Can we just say the whole damned republicon party is criminal?

This is unreal!

[valerief]

168. I won't be satisfied until the Rethuglican Party renames itself to the Closet Party. nt

[JoFerret]

169. He was "outed" months ago

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2006/10/bill-maher-asks-barney-frank-if-larry.html

[Divine Discontent]

175. WOW he WAS outed last year

thank you for posting this - there's just such a glut of news of these guys getting outed, it's hard to keep up... well, it's not hard for them to keep something up, but it's hard for, oh forget it... lol


GOP - gross old perverts

they really need to come out on OCTOBER 11th (national coming out day), so this stuff will stop! or maybe they just like the smell of urinal cakes after all?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

187. Gross Old Perverts (you know what they say about men's bathrooms!

what a bumper sticker GOP

[Major Hogwash]

172. Oh, no, not Mister NRA hisself!! OMG!

Bye bye Larry,
Hate to see ya go.
Bye bye Larry,
Now everyone knows.

[sofa king]

179. So I guess a gun is only one of the things they'll have to pry out of his cold, dead hands.

The other thing being his U.S. Senate business card.

[olddad56]

178. Maybe it is time that the GOP put padlocks on all their senator's zippers.

[Maryland Liberal]

180. Thank God

our party never does this...

[Wednesdays]

198. Let's put it this way: we don't pretend we're something we're not

We generally don't wrap ourselves in the Bible and point the "family values" finger at others.

[tabasco]

200. Read and learn.

http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Examples_of_Republican_hypocrisy_on_moral_values

If you're not entirely lost.

If you are entirely lost, nevermind and go join the Army.

[tavalon]

182. Well, guess who just won himself a place in the top 10

Move over Bush, Gonzales and Chertoff.....

[barb162]

183. I bet this put a crimp in Craig's plans.

"Karsnia then held his police identification down by the floor so that Craig could see it."

heh, heh, heh.

[Bryn]

185. Jay Leno is coming on in a few minutes

can't wait to see what he has to say something funny about Craig!

[NastyDiaper]

189. Another self-loathing homophobe.

My first reaction was, why do we know this?

Then I see the usual pro-hate voting record. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[DirtyDawg]

190. Gee, I wonder why....

I was sitting in a restaurant/bar this evening - and of course the joint had FauxNoise on the TVs - saw a photo of Senator Craig with a Kyron about his having been charged with lewd behavior, or soliciting, or something. The one thing they didn't have was (R) next to his name. For a moment I wondered why not, then, of course, I knew it had to be because he was a Repug. Those guys - the Fauxs - have to be among the number that have never been and never will be circumcised...because there's no end to the pricks.

[Divine Discontent]

191. you mean

they didn't show his name with a D next to it??? wow, they're getting more fair...


oh wait, tomorrow's talk about it will have the D. ha... faux news should be forced by law to remove the word "news" from their network name.

[Rocknrule]

192. How long before Fox News displays his name with a "D" after it?

[Socal31]

193. Shit,

all the action is in the bathrooms these days! I should just skip the Bars and head straight to the bathrooms!

[Hepburn]

197. Wow....

....sure seems that way!

[sce56]

194. Maybe he was practicing for his blackmailing of Washington Elites

See a video on the use of kids to blackmail Legislators in Washington.

underground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x50273
http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/10/27/foley-gannon-gay-scandals-are-minor-compared-with-1989-wh-call-boy-ring/
http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/03-09-05/discussion.cgi.82.html
Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin
``Call Boys Took Midnight Tour of White House.''
Mon Mar 7, 2005 16:37
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``Call Boys Took Midnight Tour of White House.''

Chapter -XXI- Omaha
http://www.tarpley.net/bush21.htm

On the morning of June 29, 1989, pandemonium erupted in the corridors of power in the nation's capital. ``Homosexual Prostitution Probe Ensnares Official of Bush, Reagan,'' screamed the front-page headline of the Washington Times with the kicker ``Call Boys Took Midnight Tour of White House.''
http://www.tarpley.net/bush21.htm

he Times reported, ``A homosexual prostitution ring is under investigation by federal and District authorities and includes among its clients key officials of the Reagan and Bush administrations, military officers, congressional aides and U.S. and foreign businessmen with close ties to Washington's political elite.''

The expose� centered on the role of one Craig Spence, a Republican powerbroker known for his lavish ``power cocktail'' parties. Spence was well connected. He celebrated Independence Day 1988 by conducting a midnight tour of the White House in the company of two teenage male prostitutes among others in his party.

Rumors circulated that a list existed of some 200 Washington prominents who had used the call boy service. The Number Two in charge of personnel affairs at the White House, who was responsible for filling all the top civil service posts in the federal bureaucracy, and Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole's chief of staff, were two individuals publicly identified as patrons of the call boy ring.

Two of the ring's call boys were allegedly KGB operatives, according to a retired general from the Defense Intelligence Agency interviewed by the press. But the evidence seemed to point to a CIA sexual blackmail operation, instead. Spence's entire mansion was covered with hidden microphones, two-way mirrors and video cameras, ever ready to capture the indiscretions of Washington's high, mighty and perverse. The political criteria for proper sexual comportment had long been established in Washington: Any kinkiness goes, so long as you don't get caught. The popular proverb was that the only way a politician could hurt his career was if he were ``caught with a dead woman or a live boy'' in his bed.

Months after the scandal had died down, and a few weeks before he allegedly committed suicide, Spence was asked who had given him the ``key'' to the White House. The Washington Times reported that ``Mr. Spence hinted the tours were arranged by `top level' persons, including Donald Gregg, national security advisor to Vice President Bush''@s1 and later U.S. ambassador to South Korea.

We have already had occasion to examine Don Gregg's role in Iran-Contra, and have observed his curious performance when testifying under oath before congressional committees. Gregg indignantly denied any connection to Spence, yet it is public record that Spence had sponsored a dinner in Gregg's honor in the spring of 1989 at Washington's posh Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown.

George Bush was less than pleased with the media coverage of the prostitution charges and kept abreast of the scandal as it mushroomed. The Washington Times reported in an article titled ``White House Mute on Call Boy Scandal,'' that ``White House sources confirmed that President Bush has followed the story of the late night visit and Mr. Spence's links to a homosexual prostitution ring under investigation by federal authorities since they were disclosed June 29 in the Washington Times. But top officials will not discuss the story's substance, reportedly even among themselves.

``Press officers have rebuffed repeated requests to obtain Mr. Bush's reaction and decline to discuss investigations or fall out from the disclosures.''@s2 By midsummer, the scandal had been buried. The President had managed to avoid giving a single press conference where he would surely have been asked to comment.

As the call boy ring affair dominated the cocktail gossip circuit in Washington, another scandal, halfway across the country in the state of Nebraska, peaked. Again this scandal knocked on the President's door.

A black Republican who had been a leader in organizing minority support for the President's 1988 campaign and who proudly displayed a photo of himself and the President, arm in arm, in his Omaha home, was at the center of a sex and money scandal that continues to rock the Cornhusker state.

The scandal originated with the collapse of the minority-oriented Franklin Community Credit Union in Omaha, directed by Lawrence E. King, Jr., a nationally influential black Republican who sang the national anthem at both the 1984 and 1988 Republican conventions. King became the subject of the Nebraska Senate's investigation conducted by the specially created ``Franklin Committee'' to probe charges of embezzlement. In November 1988, King's offices were raided by the FBI and $40 million was discovered missing. Within weeks, the Nebraska Senate, which initially opened the inquiry to find out where the money had gone, instead found itself questioning young adults and teenagers who said that they had been child prostitutes. Social workers and state child-care administrators accused King of running a child prostitution ring. The charges grew with the former police chief of Omaha, the publisher of the state's largest daily newspaper, and several other political associates of King, finding themselves accused of patronizing the child prostitution ring.

King is now serving a 15-year federal prison sentence for defrauding the Omaha-based credit union. But the magazines Avvenimenti of Italy and Pronto of Spain, among others, have charged that King's crimes were more serious: that he ran a national child prostitution ring that serviced the political and business elite of both Republican and Democratic parties. Child victims of King's operations charged him with participation in at least one satanic ritual murder of a child several years ago. The Washington Post, New York Times, Village Voice and National Law Journal covered the full range of accusations after the story broke in November of 1988. King's money machinations were also linked to the Iran-Contra affair, and some say that King provided the CIA with information garnered from his alleged activities as a ``pimp'' for the high and mighty.

[Tab]

195. Now it's being glossed over

Without quoting the whole thing, which is here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_go_co/craig_arrest

This is what they're saying now... you have to do a bit of reading to get to the "lewd conduct part".

MINNEAPOLIS - Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho pleaded guilty this month to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after being arrested at the Minneapolis airport.

A Hennepin County court docket showed Craig pleading guilty to the disorderly conduct charge Aug. 8, with the court dismissing a charge of gross misdemeanor interference to privacy.

The court docket said the Republican senator paid $575 in fines and fees. He was put on unsupervised probation for a year. A sentence of 10 days in the county workhouse was stayed.

Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, which first reported the case, said on its Web site Monday that Craig was arrested June 11 by a plainclothes officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the airport.

Craig said in a statement issued by his office that he was not involved in any inappropriate conduct.

"At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions," he said. "I should have had the advice of counsel in resolving this matter. In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty. I was trying to handle this matter myself quickly and expeditiously."

Craig, 62, is married and in his third term in the Senate. He is up for re-election next year. He was a member of the House for 10 years before winning election to the Senate in 1990.

He has been one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's top Senate supporters, serving as a Senate liaison for the campaign since February. As word spread of Craig's guilty plea, a Romney campaign spokesman, Matt Rhoades, said in a statement: "Senator Craig has stepped down from his role with the campaign. He did not want to be a distraction and we accept his decision."
...
Roll Call, citing the report, said Sgt. Dave Karsnia made the arrest after an encounter in which he was seated in a stall next to a stall occupied by Craig. Karsnia described Craig tapping his foot, which Karsnia said he "recognized as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct."

[Siyahamba]

196. Has anyone talled the Republican to Democratic ratio on incidents like these?

I'm guessing at least 10 to 1.

[olddad56]

201. A democrat would come out of the closet and not a restroom stall...

What is with these republicans and public restrooms. Must have to do with them being taught that sex is dirty. Hello, those are stalls, not voting booths. These guys act as if they are trying to get caught. Surely the GOP would provide them with male prostitutes if they wanted them. Makes me wonder if Cheney and Rove ever got it on with each other.

[Pachamama]

202. I remember last year Ed Schultz having a man who was outing prominent Republicans shortly before the

elections....I can't recall his name, but I distinctly remember him saying that Larry Craig of Idaho was Gay. Nothing ever came of it, but I thought it was fascinating that Craig denied it, but didn't pursue slander.

I can't wait to hear what Ed Schultz has to say about this. Also, paging Larry Flynt....I have to believe that he's got the goods on him too....wow, this is going to get interesting. And ofcourse, no big surprise, that he is also one of the biggest homophobes and anti-gay Senators.

This is going to be interesting....please pass the popcorn.... :popcorn:

[Lindsey]

204. I swear...I'm just now hearing about this and all I can say is....

:wtf:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

220. My thoughts exactly...

How did a U.S. Senator get arrested in a men's room and we're just hearing about it now?

[CabalPowered]

205. LaRocco in 08'!

http://www.laroccoforsenate.com/

:bounce:

[Cleita]

208. Buwahahaha! He used to be my Congressman when I lived in

Idaho. He replaced the equally dispicable Helen Chenoweth, who lost support when it was revealed she had an affair while married. If you don't remember dear ole Helen, she was one of the most rabid pursuers of the impeachment of Bill Clinton for having sex with Monica. She then retired and married a white supremist anti-government A-hole. Hypocrites both of them. Poor people of Idaho. Will they ever learn?

[DUlover2909]

210. The FReepers are not defending him.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887436/posts

One post says, "We'll be lucky to have 40 senate seats in 08"

I LOVE IT!!! Way to go Craig.

[Ganja Ninja]

211. And naturally he was found out by Hilliary and her vast network ...

of spies that cover the country's men's rooms like a blanket.
:crazy:

[Vinca]

216. Well . . . duh . . . it had to be Clinton's fault. That's the law.

:rofl:

[yardwork]

267. I notice that asshole Buckhead is posting on the thread.

I wonder if he's getting ready to send Craig some paperwork.

[bejammin075]

214. If you feel "the man" breathing down your neck,

It might be Senator Vitter if you are blogging from a men's room at Union Station.

[bejammin075]

215. Crap, I meant Senator Craig

I goofed up my own joke, getting my Republican pervert hypocrites mixed up.

[Frank Cannon]

217. Don't worry. There are so many of them these days...

it's almost impossible to keep track of which is which.

[mrbluto]

218. What is it with these guys?

What is it with these guys?

Not exactly a startling or unique observation, but want to hear my guess?

If one has doubts about one's preferences and can't stand to formulate, never mind actually even consider and deal with the question, then the remaining strategy is to bluff it out and act all manly-manish and join the republican party.

But then .....there's this anxiety about how good the bluff is - it must be tested!

Test, test, test.

(of course such testing could be a rationalization allowing one to engage in behavior one desired to engage in in the first place.)

How do you know how strong the "bluff" is? Well the bad news for Mr. Republican is that, probably, it's only as strong as the next-to-last thing you did to test it before you got outed.

What a twisted, viciously cyclic, waste of time and attention.

In my experience the few people I've met that felt that homosexuality was a problem they had to bring up and complain about were a little off into that territory anyway. Many that yodeled the loudest were out within six months. In the long run that's actually a healthy result. (Assuming our society retains at least whatever modicum of tolerance it currently has.)

Imagine living decades worrying about such stuff.

Imagine having your career, family & livelihood all rooted in an ethos that would drop you like a hot potato if it found out.

I have sympathy for those for whom it is or was a personal and private struggle, but it's tough not feel a bit of grim satisfaction when those aid and abet fervent persecutors finally take their place in that circular firing squad the religious right seems so apt in assembling.

And that's just one twisted kernel of the contemporary Republican party.

[closeupready]

241. Exactly.

n/t

[Magleetis]

223. Lonesome cowboy Craig n/t

[redqueen]

244. speakin atcha!

:)

[WillTheGoober]

224. :-)

Senator Craig ...
Open your mind, come over to our side ... it's really a relief to shed the lies and the shams ... :)
At the end of the day, it's OK to be gay o'er here. You don't have to go to bathroom stalls to get some.

You really have to love when hypocrisy is so blatantly showcased.

Peace.

[closeupready]

228. The real perversion here is that in his ambition, he apparently

lived a lie rather than in consonance with his true nature. Not surprised that it was a Republican - same crap, different day.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

229. Paging Mayor Naugle, paging Mayor Naugle

[suffragette]

230. Trapped in the Closet: the Restroom Chapters

He's trapped in the closet by his politics, but he wants it.


:evilgrin:

[peaches2003]

239. Faux News defense

Megan Kelly (Kendall or whatever her name is today) just gave the official FNC position- 'Craig hasn't really had the opportunity to give his side of it'. Hey, Megan---he gave his side in court, you biased idiot- Craig pled GUILTY!

[cd3dem]

248. blame the police officer who was obviously a dem

after all the poor guy is married with children... obviously he is straight.... no one ever heard of a married man with kids who was a closet gay man....

I feel sorry for the man's wife, she deserved better... imagine being married to someone who doesn't find you sexually attractive but is with you to fit into what society says is "normal" and "decent."

[peaches2003]

275. I don't feel sorry for her at all

Call me mean, call me cold. But, I don't feel sorry for her at all. Everyone has known about Craig since his college days. This is not the first incident of this kind and it has not been a secret. She is his enabler by providing cover for him with full knowledge of what he is. Her reasons?- money, a home, the prestige of being a Senator's wife? Who knows or cares, but I don't feel sorry for her. It could have been your teenage son in the stall next to him and she has been protecting this kind of behavior. :puke:

[cd3dem]

278. you make a good argument

I did see her standing by his side in a press meeting... he married her with three kids and adopted them... perhaps she is happy to have the life style and does not like sex....

[Massachusetts]

251. The 10 million dollar question

Did he flash his Willy at you officer?

Aren't there more important things to be concerned with?

[Liberty Belle]

252. Idaho senator fined for lewd behavior at Minneapolis airport

Source: Star Tribune

The Idaho Republican arrested June 11 in an MSP restroom entered a guilty plea Aug. 8.

Last update: August 28, 2007 – 12:13 AM


U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Minnesota this month after being arrested by a plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Craig denied the police account of what occurred and said he erred in pleading guilty.

<snip>


Craig has been one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's top Senate supporters, serving as a Senate liaison for the campaign since February. As word spread of Craig's guilty plea, a Romney campaign spokesman, Matt Rhoades, said in a statement: "Senator Craig has stepped down from his role with the campaign. He did not want to be a distraction and we accept his decision."




Read more: http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1386023.html

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Oops...This article says Craig tried to play footsie with an undercover police officer in the next stall! Kinda hard to wriggle your way out of that one.

Craig, 62, is married and in his third term in the Senate, but hasn't said if he plans to run again in '08.

Typical family values for Republican elected officials!

[BOSSHOG]

253. Two words you don't want to hear from a family values republican in a public restroom

Nice Dick!

[David__77]

254. This story is helping lift my spirits this week ha ha

I must say that I am so amused by this story. I love the light of day shining on the cockroaches, sending them to scurry.

[Double T]

255. Another phony bologna two faced hypocrite rethug bites the dust.

[kestrel91316]

256. Nah, the good people of ID know he's a god-fearing man who would

NEVER behave like that! That big-city cop (who MUST be a "lieberul") obviously made the whole thing up. They'll re-elect him in a landslide.

[Double T]

257. Then THEY must be putting some kind of mind control chemical.........

in their POTATOES.

[DainBramaged]

260. If he wasn't a Repuke, I'd be screaming entrapment

how fucking petty of the cops. "Sex crimes", what bullshit and a waste of precious resources. Always these stings are run by Repuke cops.

But now one of their own gets caught. And the scumbag couldn't be a man and admit it.

Out with the old prick I say, :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: out with him.

[smb]

259. That Explains It

All this time, I thought that Pubbies described gays as sex-obsessed degenerates who seek out anonymous sex in public bathrooms because they're bigots, or pandering to bigots.

Now, I recognize it as a textbook case of what psychologists call "projection".

[kirby]

261. Fox news caption is funny...

I love McConnell's look.

[shanti]

263. his voting record

:eyes:

Idaho’s Larry Craig on the issues:

* Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
* Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
* Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
* Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)

[funkybutt]

266. Anonymous bathroom sex: how common is this??

"plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom"

Guys, have you ever witnessed this type of thing? It's just hard to believe.

[goodhue]

268. The details of Craig's arrest are not unique.

Minneapolis Airport Restroom Sting Nabs Idaho Senator
by: Andy Birkey
Mon Aug 27, 2007 at 11:31:40 PM

http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=FAA388DB6725F8152161FFC1C2094B17?diaryId=2309

Karsnia was in the restroom as part of a sting operation to clamp down on lewd behavior. The restroom where Craig was arrested is well known among men who seek sex in public places.
Squirt.org is a site that runs a bulletin board for such men. "If you enter from the terminal, turn left and go past wash basins, urinals to the back where the stalls are. This place is THE most cruisy public place I have been," wrote one poster. "Just passed thru here the other day. This place is so hot. This place has a constant flow and variety of hot guys," wrote another. Even another poster wrote, "This is the best spot for anonymous action I've ever seen." Of all the postings in Minnesota, the airport restroom was ranked the top by that website.

The site, Squirt.org, lists how to get there: "Across from Food Court. Go through security to main Mezzanine where main shopping is located. Look for Starbucks Coffee stand and Men's Room is across from there," what to expect: "Very cruisy, no security cameras or guards. Most of the time, men will show themselves to you at the urinals and invite into stalls or nearby hotels. Plenty of dark stall action, too!Update: No one is permitted beyond the security checkpoints without an airline ticket now," and some of the biggest pet peeves: "Stall hoggers! Get off and get out! Cleaning crews may be overly curious, but won't interfere."

The details of Craig's arrest are not unique. According to a post in June at cruisingforsex.com, another public sex site, "Twenty people were arrested within the past week. Plainclothes officers wait in the stalls and tap their feet and even put their foot on yours and then arrest you when you look under the stall wall."

[funkybutt]

269. Wow...maybe it's me but..

that's fuggin crazy!

[TexasBushwhacker]

271. SOME (not all or even most) gay men ....

have thousands of sexual partners through encounters such as these.

[sarcasmo]

272. Kick.

[IsItJustMe]

273. For god sakes, a person should be able to use the frickin bathroom in peace, regardless of

their sexual preference. A person could get seriously hurt engaging in this type of activity.