Larry Craig!!!

[seemslikeadream]

:rofl:

[lisa58]

1. ditto

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Why Does His Staff Continually Lie?

eom

[lisa58]

4. they all do until the truth comes out....

...they never learn.

[krispos42]

17. His "staff" wasn't lying, that's the problem!!!!

:rofl:

[Beetwasher]

3. Beat Me To It!!!

Holy shit ANOTHER ONE!!!!

The Repubs are becoming the total farce of history. I mean, this is more than just mere coincidence that these guys keep getting busted for sex crime after sex crime after sex crime.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. It's The Hyporcisy

It's been an open secret for nearly three decades...

[AlCzervik]

9. who they hell held back that arrest report? Isn't that public record?

in my city i'm like yours there is a weekly police blotter that lists names.

[orleans]

12. held back due to an "ongoing investigation"? just guessing n/t

[AlCzervik]

5. OMG!!!!!!! I just looked him up and bam! first story!

[orleans]

7. just heard it on tweety's show!

what a fucking stitch!

did they say he was outed by a gay magazine, and his office denied it.
then he was busted for lewd conduct in airport men's room, pleaded guilty, paid $500 and a managed to get out of ten day jail sentence?

ha!

good luck running for reelection.

[seemslikeadream]

8. I can't get in to Roll CAll

:rofl:

[orleans]

10. got a link? we'll all try! n/t

[malaise]

13. Roll call is down

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[Robbien]

22. Here is what Roll Call said

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.

Craig was detained for approximately 45 minutes, interviewed, photographed, fingerprinted and released, and police prepared a formal complaint for interference with privacy and disorderly conduct.

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.

Karsnia entered the bathroom at noon that day and about 13 minutes after taking a seat in a stall, he stated he could see “an older white male with grey hair standing outside my stall.”

The man, who lingered in front of the stall for two minutes, was later identified as Craig.

“I could see Craig look through the crack in the door from his position. Craig would look down at his hands, ‘fidget’ with his fingers, and then look through the crack into my stall again. Craig would repeat this cycle for about two minutes,” the report states.

Craig then entered the stall next to Karsnia’s and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door.

“My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall,” Karsnia stated in his report. “From my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me.”

Craig was wearing dress pants with black dress shoes.

“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. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. 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,” the report states.

Craig then proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times, and Karsnia noted in his report that “I could ... see Craig had a gold ring on his ring finger as his hand was on my side of the stall divider.”

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

“With my left hand near the floor, I pointed towards the exit. Craig responded, ‘No!’ I again pointed towards the exit. Craig exited the stall with his roller bags without flushing the toilet. ... Craig said he would not go. I told Craig that he was under arrest, he had to go, and that I didn’t want to make a scene. Craig then left the restroom.”

In a recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or ‘didn’t recall’ the events as they happened,” the report states.

Craig stated “that he has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine,” the report states. Craig also told the arresting officer that he reached down with his right hand to pick up a piece of paper that was on the floor.

“It should be noted that there was not a piece of paper on the bathroom floor, nor did Craig pick up a piece of paper,” the arresting officer said in the report.

On Aug. 8, the day he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in the Minnesota court, Craig appeared via satellite at a ceremony that took place in Idaho in which former Idaho federal Judge Randy Smith was invested into his new position as a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

In October 2006, Craig’s office publicly denied allegations that he was a homosexual made on a gay activist Web site — blogactive.com. Craig’s office told the Spokane Spokesman-Review that the charge was “completely ridiculous,” saying that the allegations had “no basis in fact.”

Steven T. Dennis contributed to this report.

[TwilightGardener]

26. Oh. My. God.

[Fridays Child]

35. WTF! He has a wide stance when going to the bathroom?

What ever in the world are we to infer from that comment? :eyes:

[TwilightGardener]

38. Yes, just what "equipment" does he possess?

[Fridays Child]

42. Somebody call for a crane! Craig needs to take a leak!

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

47. He probably holds out for the handicapped stalls (extra room, you know)!

:rofl:

[Beetwasher]

48. Here's A Pic!

[Beetwasher]

46. Perhaps Something Like This?

[Fridays Child]

57. ...

:spray:

[cureautismnow]

55. "What do you think about that?"

:spray: :rofl:

[JNelson6563]

59. rofl!!

It's an epidemic!

Julie

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. lewd conduct in airport restroom

a us senator no less. tweety said it's a sad story. sad that it was a republican, tweety?

[orleans]

16. yeah, tweet always has such sympathy for those pubs. n/t

[seemslikeadream]

18. Freedom to Travel

:rofl:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. It's A Sad Story

He needs to come out of the closet, fess up, and stop lying...

It's sad at a human level but it's fun to see the "party of God" implode over sex scandals...

[seemslikeadream]

14. Larry

[hatrack]

27. Is he the guy with the hat or the red-white-blue sweater dude?

:evilgrin:

[napi21]

45. Sweater dude. n/t

[deminks]

15. I can't get into the Roll Call link - server is overloaded.

Daaayyyam. Is it a Republican hipocrasy outbreak or what?:evilgrin: :rofl:

[Robbien]

25. It is a great story. So much slime

rollcall's story

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.

Craig was detained for approximately 45 minutes, interviewed, photographed, fingerprinted and released, and police prepared a formal complaint for interference with privacy and disorderly conduct.

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.

Karsnia entered the bathroom at noon that day and about 13 minutes after taking a seat in a stall, he stated he could see “an older white male with grey hair standing outside my stall.”

The man, who lingered in front of the stall for two minutes, was later identified as Craig.

“I could see Craig look through the crack in the door from his position. Craig would look down at his hands, ‘fidget’ with his fingers, and then look through the crack into my stall again. Craig would repeat this cycle for about two minutes,” the report states.

Craig then entered the stall next to Karsnia’s and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door.

“My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall,” Karsnia stated in his report. “From my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me.”

Craig was wearing dress pants with black dress shoes.

“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. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. 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,” the report states.

Craig then proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times, and Karsnia noted in his report that “I could ... see Craig had a gold ring on his ring finger as his hand was on my side of the stall divider.”

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

“With my left hand near the floor, I pointed towards the exit. Craig responded, ‘No!’ I again pointed towards the exit. Craig exited the stall with his roller bags without flushing the toilet. ... Craig said he would not go. I told Craig that he was under arrest, he had to go, and that I didn’t want to make a scene. Craig then left the restroom.”

In a recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or ‘didn’t recall’ the events as they happened,” the report states.

Craig stated “that he has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine,” the report states. Craig also told the arresting officer that he reached down with his right hand to pick up a piece of paper that was on the floor.

“It should be noted that there was not a piece of paper on the bathroom floor, nor did Craig pick up a piece of paper,” the arresting officer said in the report.

On Aug. 8, the day he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in the Minnesota court, Craig appeared via satellite at a ceremony that took place in Idaho in which former Idaho federal Judge Randy Smith was invested into his new position as a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

In October 2006, Craig’s office publicly denied allegations that he was a homosexual made on a gay activist Web site — blogactive.com. Craig’s office told the Spokane Spokesman-Review that the charge was “completely ridiculous,” saying that the allegations had “no basis in fact.”

Steven T. Dennis contributed to this report.

[Sparkly]

19. Link to story on Real Clear Politics

http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/08/idahos_craig_arrested_in_june.html

I just posted the text in GD-Pol.

[KingFlorez]

20. This is just too good

First Gonzales and now this, this certainly is day of super hits.

[krispos42]

21. His Wikipedia entry's gonna be locked

I was going to update it, but the rollcall site is busy. But, already, this change has ocurred:

Craig was born in Council, Idaho, to Dorothy Lenore McCord and Elvin Oren Craig.<2> He grew up on a ranch outside Midvale in Washington County. In 1969, he earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Idaho, where he served as student body president and was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. He pursued graduate studies at George Washington University before returning to his family's Midvale ranching business in 1971. Craig was a member of the Idaho National Guard from 1970 to 1972, attaining the rank of E3. According to MSNBC he is also a huge, flaming, turd burglarizing butt pirate due to his man-puss soliciting in a Minneapolis airport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Craig

boldface mine

[orleans]

40. if that was on wiki, it's gone now. n/t

[krispos42]

50. Oh, it changes each time you hit the 'refresh' button!!!

It's gonna take hours to sort out. Plus, some bright guy on his staff might get busy, too!

[Kingofalldems]

54. Whoa! He was in the guard for two years?

Guard service is six years. How and why did he get out after 2 yrs I wonder.

[mitchum]

23. Another right wing tearoom queen

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. I Can Not Think Of A Less Erotic Place

I have seen it dozens of time...

Who wants to have sex while other people are going to the bathroom?

Ewwwwww

[mitchum]

37. Maybe the smell of urinal cakes have an aphrodisiac effect?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. They Are Sitting In A Stall

You could be in the next stall taking a , well you know....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. Great Explanation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laud_Humphreys


I remember it from my Sociology days...

[shadowknows69]

28. was this the guy that solicited a cop? Or someone new?

[AlCzervik]

30. that was Bob Allen from Florida, this is a whole new thing---yay!

[SoCalDem]

51. If only he & Bob Allen could get together, they'd both be under the radar

but NOOOOOO, they want the excitement factor and the ambience of a mens room :puke:

[The_Casual_Observer]

31. Another "Family Values" republican

[CatWoman]

33. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

34. larry's going on the "no fly" list

[Catherine Vincent]

36. This is awesome reading. What is it with these guys in restrooms?

Is he after stocky black guys too? :)

[Aptastik]

39. This made me el oh el

In a recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or ‘didn’t recall’ the events as they happened,” the report states.

HAHAHAHAH

These Repubs can't recall anything

[WI_DEM]

41. And this was kept under wraps all this time?

[seemslikeadream]

44. Larry and his boa

[SoCalDem]

49. Republican male theme song..

"Lookin' For Love, In All the Wrong Places"..

[seemslikeadream]

52. Larry and Wolfie

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

53. lol - body language

[SoCalDem]

56. Remember Leisure Suit Larry?

[ljm2002]

58. Who could forget ? ;-> n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

60. "In hindsight" he should not have pled guilty, he says.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/27/AR2007082701235.html?nav=rss_politics/congress

Idaho Senator Pleaded Guilty After Arrest In Restroom

By Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer and Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 28, 2007; A01

Sen. Larry E. Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrest by an undercover police officer in a men's restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a court spokeswoman and the senator's office said yesterday.

Craig issued a statement confirming his arrest and guilty plea, which were reported in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. But the Idaho Republican maintained that he had not engaged in any "inappropriate conduct" and that the airport police misunderstood his behavior.

"At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions. I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct," Craig 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."

Now in his third term, Craig, 62, has been a member of Senate Republican leadership and ran unsuccessfully in 2002 to become the GOP whip, the No. 2 leadership job. He has been a prominent figure on gun rights and Western lands issues, and he resigned yesterday as Idaho chairman of the presidential campaign of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R).

...

Staff researcher Madonna Lebling contributed to this report.

Yeah he was trying to handle SOMETHING quickly and expeditiously all right (nudge nudge wink wink).