Craig Issues Statement: "I Should Not Have Pled Guilty"

[ProSense]

Craig Issues Statement: "I Should Not Have Pled Guilty"

By Greg Sargent - August 27, 2007, 6:30PM

We've just received a copy of the statement that GOP Senator Larry Craig has been promising in response to the news that he was arrested for lewd conduct in a men's room. Here is Craig's statement, courtesy of his spokesman:

"At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions. 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."

How his actions were misconstrued -- and what the actual intentions of those actions were -- is not explained.

Late Update: CNN reports that Craig and his family are currently on vacation and that he has no intention of speaking publicly at this time.

So he's claiming he pled guilty to lewd conduct out of expediency?

Because I just can't stand hypocrites:

LARRY CRAIG CAUGHT IN THE ACT-- IN A PUBLIC TOILET-- ARRESTED-- PLEADS GUILTY

[MrScorpio]

1. "Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?"

I smell a #1 Conservative Idiot next week

[rpannier]

2. rpannier issues a statement saying...

Larry Craig should stay out of public restrooms and stick to soliciting men for sex in adult movie theaters.

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. Yeah, I always plead guilty to things I didn't do too. It's *much* faster than

trying to prove your innocence. :sarcasm:

It's time someone just looks at these lying sacks of shit and screams "Who the *FUCK* do you think you're kidding?????" My god! They really think we're as dumb as they apparently are, and that we'll believe any friggin' thing they tell us, just because they feel they are superior to us.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Crock-of-shit. Terrible excuse! One would think he could have thought of a better excuse by now!

He's had 2+ months to think about it!

[BootinUp]

5. Simply Hilarious n/t

[peekaloo]

6. Shit happens when you lose your head.

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[ProSense]

7. Mitch McConnell?

Republican leaders also are "examining other aspects of the case to see if additional action is required," Sen. Mitch McConnell and other top GOP lawmakers said in a written statement obtained by The Associated Press.

They released the statement shortly before Craig's scheduled appearance before television cameras in Boise, his first public comments since confirming his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct.

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Seriously, Mitch McConnell, another alleged self-hating hypocrite?