It's just now come out that Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June in the men's room of a Minnesota airport and charged with "disorderly conduct" by an officer investigating complaints of "lewd behavior" there.
Prepare for Senator Craig to be referred to as a "prominent" or "leading" Republican extensively in the next few days, along with mention of Mark Foley and old whatshisname, the evangelist from the Mountain States, but nary a mention of Gerry Studds, Barney Frank, Jim McGreevy, or any other prominent Democrats caught up in gay scandals.
The really fun part would be to see Bill Moyers comment on this. After all, he was the one who was tasked with damage control when Walter Jenkins, a top aide to Lyndon Johnson, was caught doing something similar to what is alleged against Craig -- but Jenkins' men's room was in a YMCA.
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Repression can be very dama... (Below threshold)1. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 5:58 PM | Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Repression can be very damaging. I blame society.
1. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 5:58 PM |
Score: 3 (7 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 17:58
2. Posted by Piso Majoda | August 27, 2007 5:58 PM | Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
All these queer pols should just get together for one big circle jerk and invite the press and get it over with.
I'm tired of mopping up the floor.
Piso
2. Posted by Piso Majoda | August 27, 2007 5:58 PM |
Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 17:58
3. Posted by jp2 | August 27, 2007 6:20 PM | Score: -2 (6 votes cast)
I wonder why this story was sat on for so long?
Anyways, I hope he and his wife can pull through all the gayness and cheating.
3. Posted by jp2 | August 27, 2007 6:20 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 18:20
4. Posted by BarneyG2000 | August 27, 2007 6:25 PM | Score: 0 (6 votes cast)
"..to what is alleged against Craig" Jay
I guess he allegedly pleaded guilty?
4. Posted by BarneyG2000 | August 27, 2007 6:25 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 18:25
5. Posted by Moe Hongisto | August 27, 2007 6:26 PM | Score: -5 (13 votes cast)
I'm pretty sure the main reason Republicans bear the brunt of folks' frustration with their politicians when they get caught up in these types of scandals is because of their hypocrisy. By being gay-tolerant/friendly, the Democrats - who almost (well, half) as often get caught up in similar shenanigans - aren't as much a target of anger from the voting public. After all, they're not being hypocritical. The GOP acts holier-than-everyone, condemning everyone who is not like them, enabling all kinds of violence and hate against minorities - ethnic, religious, sexual - so we expect that they won't get caught doing the things they condemn.
5. Posted by Moe Hongisto | August 27, 2007 6:26 PM |
Score: -5 (13 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 18:26
6. Posted by John in CA | August 27, 2007 6:33 PM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Just heard an account of this on the radio. According to the account, Craig handed the arresting officer a business card identifying himself as a U.S. Senator and asked, "What do you think of that?"
For that alone, he should resign. It's the old "Do you know who I am? Well, do you?" That's almost as disgusting as what he was trying to do in the bathroom stall.
He should go, now.
Ted Stevens should be right behind him.
6. Posted by John in CA | August 27, 2007 6:33 PM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 18:33
7. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 6:35 PM | Score: 1 (7 votes cast)
Well, Barney, his guilty plea involved "disorderly" conduct, not "lewd." So, legally, "alleged" is still the proper term.
Unless you have better info, of course...
J.
7. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 6:35 PM |
Score: 1 (7 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 18:35
8. Posted by lowmal | August 27, 2007 6:37 PM | Score: 2 (8 votes cast)
"enabling all kinds of violence and hate against minorities - ethnic, religious, sexual - so we expect that they won't get caught doing the things they condemn." Posted by Moe
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Nice blanket statement you got there..
Yes, conservatives are to blame for every instance where people are wronged....
Do you really believe what you say, or does it just spew forth with no concern for reality?
So friggin' typical..
8. Posted by lowmal | August 27, 2007 6:37 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 18:37
9. Posted by John in CA | August 27, 2007 6:38 PM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
It's incredibly more difficult to be hypocritical when one takes no firm stance on any type of moral conduct.
But hey, to democratics, it's not hypocritical of Breck Boy to run around the country campaigning on Two Americas, when in fact, John Edwards is the other America.
9. Posted by John in CA | August 27, 2007 6:38 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 18:38
10. Posted by jp2 | August 27, 2007 6:41 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Jay - very much like the strategy of bringing Democrats and Bill Moyers into this scandal as quickly as possible. After all, isn't Craig trying to get a gay hookup in a public restroom really about them?
10. Posted by jp2 | August 27, 2007 6:41 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 18:41
11. Posted by jim | August 27, 2007 6:43 PM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
John in CA: are you saying that because Edwards is rich, he's a hypocrite for stating the poor have a harder experience of living in the US than the rich?
How is that hypocritical?
11. Posted by jim | August 27, 2007 6:43 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 18:43
12. Posted by Phil | August 27, 2007 7:04 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Jim-
No. Edwards is a hypocrite for talking about how rich people don't pay their "fair" share of taxes, yet specifically setting up an S corporation with himself as the sole employee, to lessen the tax impact in the years he made big fees on lawsuits.
Or,
Complaining about poor people getting foreclosed on, when he made hundreds of thousands for six months work. for a company that forecloses on people
12. Posted by Phil | August 27, 2007 7:04 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 19:04
13. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 7:17 PM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
Funny, jp, I brought up Republicans before I brought up Democrats. Dang, I KNEW I did something wrong...
J.
13. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 7:17 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 19:17
14. Posted by Kevin![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 7:29 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Larry who?
14. Posted by Kevin![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 7:29 PM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 19:29
15. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 7:31 PM | Score: -1 (5 votes cast)
I guess the the Singing Senators may be looking for a new lead. "Real Man" John Ashcroft will probably start the search soon.
15. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 7:31 PM |
Score: -1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 19:31
16. Posted by FreedomFries | August 27, 2007 7:33 PM | Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Hey Jay, Craig wants one of your GI Transgender "Pat" dolls w/ an extra set of genitalia.
16. Posted by FreedomFries | August 27, 2007 7:33 PM |
Score: -3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 19:33
17. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 7:48 PM | Score: 0 (6 votes cast)
Since you brought up Walter Jenkins, Jay, here's what Barry Goldwater had to say about using it against Johnson in the campaign:
"It was a sad time for Jenkins' wife and children, and I was not about to add to their private sorrow. Winning isn't everything. Some things, like loyalty to friends or lasting principle, are more important."
What a long way we have come, from Goldwater's principles to John McCain's black baby. Real men, indeed.
17. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 7:48 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 19:48
18. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 8:12 PM | Score: -1 (5 votes cast)
But you forgot the really, REALLY important one, mantis: did you hear Dick Cheney's daughter is a LESBIAN?!?!?!
J.
18. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 8:12 PM |
Score: -1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 20:12
19. Posted by jp2 | August 27, 2007 8:20 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Getting better by the minute...
"Craig stated "that he has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine." (RollCall)
Still looking forward to comments on Craig from a Wizbang writer. Can't wait.
19. Posted by jp2 | August 27, 2007 8:20 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 20:20
20. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 8:30 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
But you forgot the really, REALLY important one, mantis: did you hear Dick Cheney's daughter is a LESBIAN?!?!?!
Yeah, that too.
20. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 8:30 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 20:30
21. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 8:34 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Which is not to say that it's wrong to talk about Mary Cheney, just that it's wrong to try to use her to turn bigots against her father. After all, the fact that she's a lesbian is not a secret, nor an embarrassment.
21. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 8:34 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 20:34
22. Posted by Brian | August 27, 2007 8:38 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Well, Barney, his guilty plea involved "disorderly" conduct, not "lewd." So, legally, "alleged" is still the proper term.
Well, it depends what the facts are as listed in the charge he accepted in his plea. Just because he pled to a lesser charge doesn't mean they change the facts to conform to that plea. If the facts being reported are the ones that he accepted in his plea, then those facts are no longer alleged, even if he was charged with nothing more than littering.
22. Posted by Brian | August 27, 2007 8:38 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 20:38
23. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 8:51 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Thanks for proving my point, Brian. Until the precise details come out, it ought to stay "alleged."
I'm not saying it didn't happen that way, just that I'm not going out on a limb and insisting that it did. Not without seeing the details -- and I don't care about them enough to find 'em out on my own, I'll let others do the legwork (so to speak) on it.
J.
23. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 8:51 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 20:51
24. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 9:04 PM | Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
Also, mantis, I seem to recall something about "draft the Bush twins" going around a LOT...
J.
24. Posted by Jay Tea | August 27, 2007 9:04 PM |
Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 21:04
25. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 9:30 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Mantis
just that it's wrong to try to use her to turn bigots
Your comment might carry more weight if you specified which "bigots" because Kerry and Edwards were aiming at a wide audience. There are not an insignificant number of "bigots" in the Democratic Party. Why else would they bring it up twice in debates?
25. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 9:30 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 21:30
26. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 9:31 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
I remember that too, and it was pretty stupid. Don't remember that coming from the other guy's campaign, though.
26. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 9:31 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 21:31
27. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 9:36 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Your comment might carry more weight if you specified which "bigots" because Kerry and Edwards were aiming at a wide audience. There are not an insignificant number of "bigots" in the Democratic Party. Why else would they bring it up twice in debates?
It doesn't really matter which party's votes you're driving away from your opponent, does it?
That said, it seems that the Republicans rely much more heavily on the religious anti-gay vote than do the Democrats, wouldn't you say?
27. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 9:36 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 21:36
28. Posted by SPQR | August 27, 2007 9:38 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
If so, mantis, why is it that Democrats ridicule conservative gays and threaten outing and other intimidation toward such?
28. Posted by SPQR | August 27, 2007 9:38 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 21:38
29. Posted by Imelda Marcos | August 27, 2007 9:40 PM | Score: -2 (6 votes cast)
You just don't get it, dirtbag bigot. It's not the sordid facts demonstrating that Craig is gay -- it's the hypocrisy entailed in his personal behavior. The sex scandals of Barney Frank, Gerry Studd and others completely lack that hypocrisy.
29. Posted by Imelda Marcos | August 27, 2007 9:40 PM |
Score: -2 (6 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 21:40
30. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 9:45 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Because a) They see it as very hypocritical when closeted homosexuals in office promote anti-gay agendas, and b) Republican constituencies won't re-elect outed Republicans (the betrayal!). I'm not condoning it, but that does seem to be their reasoning. You do realize it's almost always gay people doing the outing of gay conservatives, right?
30. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 9:45 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 21:45
31. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 9:55 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Bottom line, his actions, which got him in trouble with the law, should also lead to his swift expulsion from the party.
It matters not if the conduct in question was heterosexual or homosexual... doing things like that in a public place--regardless of the gender of the other party--is wrong and has no place in the party that stands for traditional family values.
I say Craig should resign or be shown the door.
31. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 9:55 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 21:55
32. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 10:03 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Mantis
It doesn't really matter which party's votes you're driving away from your opponent, does it?
It does in the South. Democrats in the South have remained the same in spite of the many national monikers they have been given: Yellow Dog, Boll Weevil and Blue to name such for a few decades. There are certain issues they will not wander far from: religion, sexual preference and crop supports.
32. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 10:03 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:03
33. Posted by Jim Addison | August 27, 2007 10:04 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Craig should resign immediately. He is a disgrace to the Senate.
mantis should also resign immediately, as a disgrace to the internet.
33. Posted by Jim Addison | August 27, 2007 10:04 PM |
Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 22:04
34. Posted by civil behavior | August 27, 2007 10:06 PM | Score: 0 (6 votes cast)
The party that stands for traditional family values
Uh Huh.
Tee hee hee.
34. Posted by civil behavior | August 27, 2007 10:06 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:06
35. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | August 27, 2007 10:07 PM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)
So Imelda, you're OK with sex with subordinates and minors so long as they are out of the closet?
Good to know.
35. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | August 27, 2007 10:07 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:07
36. Posted by SPQR | August 27, 2007 10:12 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Mantis, that does not explain why Democrats ridicule the sexuality of openly gay conservatives where there is not any claim of hypocrisy.
36. Posted by SPQR | August 27, 2007 10:12 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 22:12
37. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 10:13 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
CB
Uh Huh.
Tee hee hee.
By default, and your poor attempt at humor, you just remind us of the fact that you have no values...
37. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 10:13 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:13
38. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 10:18 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
But some interesting comments about the political ID of the perps:
http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=9671
38. Posted by HughS | August 27, 2007 10:18 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:18
39. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:20 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
It does in the South. Democrats in the South have remained the same in spite of the many national monikers they have been given: Yellow Dog, Boll Weevil and Blue to name such for a few decades.
And driving their votes away from an opponent would benefit a Democratic candidate just as driving Republican votes away would.
mantis should also resign immediately, as a disgrace to the internet.
Whereas you, Jim, are a shining beacon of intelligence and civility. I am humbled in your presence.
Oh wait, you're the guy who bitches about getting rid of RINOs, but then when some Democrats on the web want those elected to stick with their program, they're a bunch of communists committing a purge (and all the implications that go along with that).
39. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:20 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:20
40. Posted by jhow66 | August 27, 2007 10:20 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
cb tell us what your party stands for? huh uh
hee hee tee. They tell me that B. Franks has red bulbs in his porch lights. Don't he know that you use yellow bulbs to keep the bugs away?
40. Posted by jhow66 | August 27, 2007 10:20 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 22:20
41. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 10:23 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
I second both motions. I once thought Mantis was a reasonable liberal. I have been disabused of that notion.
41. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 10:23 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 22:23
42. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:23 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Mantis, that does not explain why Democrats ridicule the sexuality of openly gay conservatives where there is not any claim of hypocrisy.
Well, you'd have to point some of that out so I know what you're talking about. In any case I'm not saying there aren't assholes, homophobic or otherwise, in the Democratic party (which I don't belong to, by the way). There are plenty, but the anti-gay thing doesn't seem to be much of a vote-driver for them.
42. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:23 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:23
43. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:25 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
I once thought Mantis was a reasonable liberal. I have been disabused of that notion.
It's about time. ;)
43. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:25 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:25
44. Posted by John in CA | August 27, 2007 10:25 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
If I had buck for every time that happened...
A couple of weeks ago, blogged on a New Orleans City Councilman who resigned his seat after he was indicted for taking kickbacks. Four news stories and not ONE mention of his party.
I'm guessing since it was New Orleans and he was favored to run for mayor, he's a democrat, as I'm certain if he had been a Republican it would have been noted.
44. Posted by John in CA | August 27, 2007 10:25 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:25
45. Posted by Rance | August 27, 2007 10:27 PM | Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
That's two reports of politicians getting in trouble in airports in less than two weeks. Maybe congress should investigate to see if the airlines are putting stupid in the in-flight meals.
45. Posted by Rance | August 27, 2007 10:27 PM |
Score: -1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 22:27
46. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 10:35 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Okay, if you wish, from here on out I will consider you just another frothing-at-the-mouth lefty troll in the mold of Lyin' Leeward and Baghdad BarneyG.
Is that what you want, Mantis?
46. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 10:35 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:35
47. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 10:36 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
I'd say Congress should investigate what's being put into the coffee in the House and Senate Office Buildings.
47. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 27, 2007 10:36 PM |
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Posted on August 27, 2007 22:36
48. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:47 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Okay, if you wish, from here on out I will consider you just another frothing-at-the-mouth lefty troll in the mold of Lyin' Leeward and Baghdad BarneyG.
Is that what you want, Mantis?
I imagine I care about what you think of me about as much as you care what I think of you.
48. Posted by mantis | August 27, 2007 10:47 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 22:47
49. Posted by Brian | August 28, 2007 12:36 AM | Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
I don't care about them enough to find 'em out on my own, I'll let others do the legwork (so to speak) on it.
Well in that case, since AP has done the "legwork" and reported the facts, you should accept them as no longer "alleged".
49. Posted by Brian | August 28, 2007 12:36 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 00:36
50. Posted by Live@9 | August 28, 2007 12:51 AM | Score: -4 (4 votes cast)
It's official:
The GOP in the party of Gross Old Perverts.
50. Posted by Live@9 | August 28, 2007 12:51 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 00:51
51. Posted by Ryan | August 28, 2007 2:49 AM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
What the hell is it with these nasty, disgusting staunch conservative Republicans getting caught with their pants down soliciting gay sex? Does condemning and persecuting a certain class of people make you somehow curious of what it's all about? But yeah, I have to agree with others here that it's all about hypocrisy. Guys like Jim McGreevy don't get crucified when they end up being gay, because they don't spend their lives CRUCIFYING GAYS!!! Get it?
51. Posted by Ryan | August 28, 2007 2:49 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 02:49
52. Posted by WildWillie | August 28, 2007 7:47 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Craig should resign. This is not the democratic party where you can act on your perversions and be embraced by the party for it. He is a goner. Bye, Bye. ww
52. Posted by WildWillie | August 28, 2007 7:47 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 07:47
53. Posted by wavemaker | August 28, 2007 8:13 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I don't know how he could possibly continue to be effective. I assume there are plenty of other (non-public bathroom oriented) conservative Republicans willing and able to hold the seat.
53. Posted by wavemaker | August 28, 2007 8:13 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 08:13
54. Posted by FreedomFries | August 28, 2007 8:28 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
"Craig should resign. This is not the democratic party where you can act on your perversions and be embraced by the party for it"
WildWillie, this is just the kind of hateful right-wing hypocrisy that seems to be typical of Republicans.
This phoney ass P.O.S. Republican senator, among other things, opposed legislation to prevent discrimination in the workplace while he played the "queer" toe-tap in public bathrooms. Craig is one more of the filthy vile Republicans who would persecute gays while hiding his own behavior. The use of gay-persecution is the most recent method of the Republicans to gin up hatred of others to gain electoral advantage.
It just goes to show that the very concept of a Gay Republican is about as oxymoronic as a Jewish Nazi or an African-American KKKer.
54. Posted by FreedomFries | August 28, 2007 8:28 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 08:28
55. Posted by pudge | August 28, 2007 9:56 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
BULLETIN: Laura Ingraham, in reference to this story, just mentioned the importance of how public officials, "Hold themselves out to the public". She has some of the funniest parodies on radio, but me thinks Rush never would've stepped in it like that.(Jeez, if she's gonna have sidekicks, they have to be allowed to rib her when she says something inadvertently funny.)
55. Posted by pudge | August 28, 2007 9:56 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 09:56
56. Posted by pudge | August 28, 2007 9:58 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Lordy, now she just mentioned politicians who "wag their finger in our faces". The woman's on a roll I tell ya.
56. Posted by pudge | August 28, 2007 9:58 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 09:58
57. Posted by Oyster | August 28, 2007 10:12 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
"...this is just the kind of hateful right-wing hypocrisy that seems to be typical of Republicans."
And it's exactly why the frothing-at-the-mouth hypocrisy from you is used by others to malign all Democrats. The difference is that many of us here know there are decent people from both sides of the aisle while you spend all your time using a broad brush to spew your vile palaver. You do it blatantly and without shame. You're disgusting.
57. Posted by Oyster | August 28, 2007 10:12 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 10:12
58. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 28, 2007 10:12 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
I have one question for all the lefties here.
If Senator Craig had been arrested for lewd conduct with his wife, say, in the Minneapolis airport restaurant, how many of you would leap to his defense as a Victim of Conservative Bigotry?
Just askin'.
58. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 28, 2007 10:12 AM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on August 28, 2007 10:12
59. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 28, 2007 10:13 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A question for all the lefties here:
If Senator Craig had been arrested for lewd conduct with his wife, say in the Minneapolis airport restaurant, would you still be leaping to his defense?
Just wonderin'.
59. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 28, 2007 10:13 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 10:13
60. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 28, 2007 10:14 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Oops, apologies for the double post. It didn't show up the first time, and I even left the site and came back to force a reload.
Ah, well, such is modern technology.
60. Posted by C-C-G![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| August 28, 2007 10:14 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 10:14
61. Posted by Luke | August 28, 2007 11:13 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
I guess I will just be assuming that all bigoted Republican politicians are actually closeted homosexuals until proven otherwise.
61. Posted by Luke | August 28, 2007 11:13 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 11:13
62. Posted by WildWillie | August 28, 2007 11:32 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Leave it to FF to embrace the sexual deviancy of another person. That is what a democrat does. If Craig is guilty, he has to go. I do not support sexual perverts of any stripe as Freedom Fries does. ww
62. Posted by WildWillie | August 28, 2007 11:32 AM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 11:32
63. Posted by rachel | August 28, 2007 12:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
please, this isn't thefirst time for PIMP daddy craig!he's an old pervert from way back.
63. Posted by rachel | August 28, 2007 12:19 PM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 12:19
64. Posted by FreedomFries | August 28, 2007 6:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
lemme see, is it Republican Bathroomgate, Republican Urinalgate or Republican Toiletgate?
Or maybe Republican Gloryholegate?
Why not hold a Wizbang vote?
64. Posted by FreedomFries | August 28, 2007 6:26 PM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 18:26
65. Posted by Jason S | August 28, 2007 8:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The difference between him and Clinton? Clinton didnt lobby against BJs before having one!
65. Posted by Jason S | August 28, 2007 8:27 PM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 20:27
66. Posted by Al Weisel | August 28, 2007 9:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
For those who are unfamiliar with the Walter Jenkins scandal, which Jay Tea refers to, you might be interested in reading my detailed piece about it, which you can find here.
66. Posted by Al Weisel | August 28, 2007 9:54 PM |
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Posted on August 28, 2007 21:54
67. Posted by SPQR | August 29, 2007 12:23 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Live@9, is there a reason you wrote that homophobic comment?
67. Posted by SPQR | August 29, 2007 12:23 AM |
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Posted on August 29, 2007 00:23
68. Posted by Steve Savage | August 29, 2007 11:47 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Okay, first of all any straight male knows there are very rigid, yet unwritten rules for men's room behavior. We all know them, accept them and have no need to discuss them, but here's a simple summary.
1) No talking in the men's bathroom
2) Keep your wang to yourself
3) No talking in the men's bathroom
4) Stalls are for 2 things only, #1 & #2.
5) Talking only allowed in extreme emergencies such as out of TP.
6) No touching in the men's bathroom
7) Urinal courtesy, keep 1 urinal gap between you and others. If you can't, leave and come back later.
This is why nobody will believe Sen. Craig's (R) arguments....he knows the rules too.
68. Posted by Steve Savage | August 29, 2007 11:47 AM |
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Posted on August 29, 2007 11:47