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Now this Craig idiot, guilty or not, did plead guilty, yet the point being
he is a fine example and excellent argument why term limits are so
desperately needed to clean house in Washington. Further, it's not whether
or not Craig is gay- no one cares, nor it's not that his seat will change
parties- this is unlikely. What it is, this fool has been in Washington so
long, he wants to argue what "WAS" should have been- something he should
have thought of when accepting his guilty status. In reality, Craig's lust
to remain in power is his overwhelming concern, not his word, nor not that
he's changed his word on this topic many times over- thereby Clintonized
himself. And now Craig is both an embarrassment to himself -his family too
and also to the institutions of congress.
As if Larry Craig isn't a great example why term limits time has come, I
believe if the majority of congress were exposed, there'd be overwhelming
similar examples why this country would be better off if these decision
makers were essentially a product of American society, not American society
a product of career politicians. Just look at teddy Chappiquiddick kennedy
as another fine example what career politicians morph into!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20071005/cm_uc_crsesx/op_394013
He didn't even flush the toilet.
When he exited the bathroom stall, Senator Larry Craig never flushed the
toilet. As my kids would say when they were little, that certainly suggests
he didn't have to go.
So what was he doing peering into someone else's stall for long enough that
the officer was able to see he had blue eyes? Why did he wait for the
adjoining stall to be empty when there were plenty of others available? What
was he doing tapping his foot and waving his hand underneath the divider
between the stalls? Certainly not going to the bathroom.
Larry Craig must think the people of Idaho are fools. He certainly has no
problem lying to them, and the rest of us. Maybe it's all those years in
Congress that have left him thinking he can get away with anything he wants.
After the media - Roll Call in particular - disclosed that Craig had pleaded
guilty to cruising for sex in a men's room at the Minneapolis airport, the
distinguished gentleman from Idaho announced he would resign as of September
30.
Then he changed his mind and said he was going to try to withdraw his guilty
plea and would hold off on resigning until the judge reached a decision on
that issue.
On Thursday, the judge reached a decision. To the surprise of no one who
knows anything about criminal law, Judge Porter of the Minneapolis Superior
Court concluded there was absolutely no basis for Senator Craig to withdraw
his plea, no new evidence of anything, no showing that he'd been coerced by
the prosecutors or police to plead guilty, nothing approaching the proof of
a "manifest injustice" that would allow the plea to be withdrawn.
So now Craig has changed his mind again. Now, he's decided that even though
he lost in court and has as much chance of winning on appeal as I do of
winning the lottery (I don't even buy tickets) he's going to serve out his
term for the good of the people of Idaho.
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
The best thing he could do for the people of Idaho, and the rest of us, is
spare us the embarrassment of what's to come next. Just what we need is an
ethics hearing on the mechanics of bathroom pickups.
he is a fine example and excellent argument why term limits are so
desperately needed to clean house in Washington. Further, it's not whether
or not Craig is gay- no one cares, nor it's not that his seat will change
parties- this is unlikely. What it is, this fool has been in Washington so
long, he wants to argue what "WAS" should have been- something he should
have thought of when accepting his guilty status. In reality, Craig's lust
to remain in power is his overwhelming concern, not his word, nor not that
he's changed his word on this topic many times over- thereby Clintonized
himself. And now Craig is both an embarrassment to himself -his family too
and also to the institutions of congress.
As if Larry Craig isn't a great example why term limits time has come, I
believe if the majority of congress were exposed, there'd be overwhelming
similar examples why this country would be better off if these decision
makers were essentially a product of American society, not American society
a product of career politicians. Just look at teddy Chappiquiddick kennedy
as another fine example what career politicians morph into!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20071005/cm_uc_crsesx/op_394013
He didn't even flush the toilet.
When he exited the bathroom stall, Senator Larry Craig never flushed the
toilet. As my kids would say when they were little, that certainly suggests
he didn't have to go.
So what was he doing peering into someone else's stall for long enough that
the officer was able to see he had blue eyes? Why did he wait for the
adjoining stall to be empty when there were plenty of others available? What
was he doing tapping his foot and waving his hand underneath the divider
between the stalls? Certainly not going to the bathroom.
Larry Craig must think the people of Idaho are fools. He certainly has no
problem lying to them, and the rest of us. Maybe it's all those years in
Congress that have left him thinking he can get away with anything he wants.
After the media - Roll Call in particular - disclosed that Craig had pleaded
guilty to cruising for sex in a men's room at the Minneapolis airport, the
distinguished gentleman from Idaho announced he would resign as of September
30.
Then he changed his mind and said he was going to try to withdraw his guilty
plea and would hold off on resigning until the judge reached a decision on
that issue.
On Thursday, the judge reached a decision. To the surprise of no one who
knows anything about criminal law, Judge Porter of the Minneapolis Superior
Court concluded there was absolutely no basis for Senator Craig to withdraw
his plea, no new evidence of anything, no showing that he'd been coerced by
the prosecutors or police to plead guilty, nothing approaching the proof of
a "manifest injustice" that would allow the plea to be withdrawn.
So now Craig has changed his mind again. Now, he's decided that even though
he lost in court and has as much chance of winning on appeal as I do of
winning the lottery (I don't even buy tickets) he's going to serve out his
term for the good of the people of Idaho.
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
The best thing he could do for the people of Idaho, and the rest of us, is
spare us the embarrassment of what's to come next. Just what we need is an
ethics hearing on the mechanics of bathroom pickups.