Conservatives DUMP Senator Larry Craig, for sticking fingers under a bathroom stall wall.

[isthisnickcool]

After reading the transcript and listening to the tape of the Senator I'm amazed that a powerful man who has spent years writing and passing laws would put up with such laughable antics from the police. Tapping feet?

I thought the Martha Stewart thing was nuts. The Scooter Libby case was insane and the Duke case was just off the charts. But this is simply weird.

[I slam Islam]

He did not take a dump
because he wanted another queer to hump...

[what's up]

Oh, NOW the cop is crooked? And you have evidence

I didn't say that. And you don't have evidence that the Senator is crooked.

I said people are knee-jerking by automatically taking the cop's word for it and assuming that the Senator is crooked.

[La Enchiladita]

Okay, that’s plausible...

[Alberta's Child]

The good people of Idaho will resolve this issue.

You're right about that. You're wrong about the Republicans dumping their own solely on the basis of the liberal media. Craig is being dumped because he ain't going to garner much support from "the good people of Idaho" in places like Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry.

[Swordfished]

I knew that was said. But you claimed something different was said and I wanted your citation.

I explained that in post #231:

"What do you think about that?" is essentially the same as "Do you know who I am?".

I initially read "What do you think about that?" in an early story (like the one referenced) and remembered it wrong as "Do you know who I am?"

Do you claim there is a material difference in the intent of these two questions?!

[what's up]

this game for days now

2 days. Ever since it came out. And every since the bigger story of Clinton's corrupt money has been wiped out of the news.

[keepitreal]

And on Larry King right now someone is gleefully stating that this is so stressful it might cause him to commit suicide. Gotta love the media.

[txhurl]

More likely a Log Cabin type.

[what's up]

He should NOT be forced to resign his seat prior to Jan. 2009 unless it is PROVEN that he lied and covered up criminal sexual actions.

You are exactly right.

[John Leland 1789]

In the absence of an accepted moral standard he is okay with ANYTHING

[navysealdad]

Since he mailed the guilty forms in he may have a out from a legal standpoint.

[KingKongCobra]

Oh gee, I’m sorry, I said seduced instead of solicited. Here’s the transcipt.

DK: All right. I, I know I can bring you to jail, but that’s not my goal here, okay? (inaudible)

LC: Don’t do that. You You

DK: I’m not going to bring you to jail

LC: You solicited me.

So, I’ll ask you again - How did Larry know just from homo feet signals that he was being solicited? Dude, game over. Give it up.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

And you don't have evidence that the Senator is crooked.

He pled guilty - QED.

[keepitreal]

So I am supposed to guess what was said? I asked for your citation. You sounded like you were quoting verbatim since you place quotation marks around the statement, so I wanted to know where you got it from.

I do believe that accurate quotes should be used when convicting a man.

[BillyBoy]

>> No. He needs to get his butt out so the GOP guv can pick someone NOW. <<

Suppose the GOP guv picks a RINO or another open-borders type to "replace" him? Then we're stuck with an even worse incumbent. We have primary elections in this country for a reason. Idaho Republican voters have the right to make that choice. There's no reason to create an artificial vacancy when none exists. The Guv can pick whoever he wants provided Craig falls into a coma, dies or is sent to prison. Until then, screw him.

The idea that Craig should resign when a PROVEN crook like William Jefferson is allowed to serve out HIS term is the biggest joke I've ever heard. Craig should call the Dems on their hypocrisy and announce he will resign the moment Jefferson does. I won't hold my breathe waiting for them to take him on it.

What next, we make every GOP Senator suspected of having perverted sex lives resign as well?

[I slam Islam]

I predict that more skeletons will come out of the closet in the days to come. Possibly more “stall-buddies” of his will go public.

[txhurl]

Exactly. When have you ever seen a Senator plead guilty to anything? Or even a Congressman?

I mean, they're nearly ALL lawyers.

[keepitreal]

Seduced and solicited are so very close in meaning.

Accuracy in quotations is important.

[freespirited]

There’s a reason that not a single senator has stood up for him. They know a lot more about him than any of us do.

This is the most insightful comment on this thread so far.

No one who has spent any amount of time on Capitol Hill could have been surprised at the allegations against Craig ... only at his recklessness in engaging in conduct that confirms rumors he knows have been threatening his career for decades.

Ask yourself this: when a guy has been rumored to be gay and to have previously engaged in gay sex in a public men's room, what are the chances that an officer's allegations of solicitation against him are false? Assume, of course, that the officer has no idea of the individual's identity or past history.