Senator Pleads Guilty, Claims Innocence

Scooter's Report ^ | 8-28-07 | Scooter Van Neuter

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Senator Pleads Guilty, Claims Innocence

U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) 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. "At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions," he said in a statement Monday afternoon. "I admit I was greased-up, naked, and dangling my genitals beneath the stall wall, but who hasn't done that?"

Response to the story on Capitol Hill was cool, although Democrat Barney Frank warmly offered Craig encouragement as well as a personal invitation to join his party. Whether Frank was referring to 'party' in the political sense was unclear.

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[GitmoSailor]

I smell Clinton campaign funds at it again!!!!....

[TexasCajun]

If you are ever in dire straights and have to use a public toilet stall, make sure you keep your feet to yourself!!

[striver1]

Certain men have been engaging in this behavior for centuries. A Laud Humphries even "researched" this back in the fifties. The message I got was these men have to resort to these locales to maintain their anonymity. I don't understand why in these days since there are so many other ways. But public figures like Craig, George Michael, Pee-Wee Herman have done it while knowing the risks of getting caught. I guess it is some type of addiction for them. My concern is that a man like Craig who evidently is in the closet would vote against gay issues just to keep his job. This is the type of hypocrisy that dissuades me in believing in politicians.