Posted on 09/01/2007 9:46:52 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig resigned Saturday over a men's room sex sting, bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans worried about a scandal dimming their election prospects.
"I apologize for what I have caused," Craig said.
Craig's resignation completed a stunning downfall that began Monday with the disclosure that he had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge following his arrest during a sex sting in a Minneapolis airport men's room.
Although leading members of his own party had called for him to step down, Craig steadfastly resisted resigning for days, contending that he had done nothing wrong and that his only mistake was pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge.
Craig was defiant after the arrest and guilty plea were first reported. "I am not gay. I never have been gay," he declared Tuesday in Boise, Idaho, with his wife, Suzanne, at his side. He said he had kept the incident from aides, friends and family and later pleaded guilty "in hopes of making it go away."
Craig, 62, has represented Idaho in Congress for more than a quarter-century and was up for re-election next year. He had not said if he would run for a fourth term in 2008 and was expected to announce his plans this fall.
"It is with sadness and deep regret that I announce it is my intention to resign from the Senate effective Sept. 30," Craig said, with his wife again at his side and Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter standing behind him.
"For any public official at this moment in time to be standing with Larry Craig is in itself a humbling experience," Craig said.
Craig was arrested June 11 in a police undercover vice operation in a men's room at the Minneapolis airport. The arresting officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia, said in his report that the restroom is known location for homosexual activity.
"I am not gay. I never have been gay," Craig said at a news conference here Tuesday, a day after his guilty plea became public.
Republicans, worried about the scandal's effect on next year's election, suffered a further setback Friday when veteran Republican Sen. John Warner announced he will retire rather than seek a sixth term. Democrats captured Virginia's other Senate seat from the GOP in the 2006 election.
“Footsies is now illegal”. Watch out!!
The Rats make re-elect their rotten apples.
You were 3 minutes ahead of me...:)
Solicitation for gay sex in a public bathroom is sick. How he managed to know all the signals and the fact that he plead guilty to anything is enough. Buh bye weirdo.
I must have had new t’ars. ;-)
The Fox All-Stars on Friday, discussing the rumor that Craig would resign effective Sept. 30, disapproved of him putting off his departure till the end of September. There will be important things happening in September (such as Petraeus’ report) and it would make sense for the new senator to be in place. Plus it does no good to the Republican Party to have this disgraced character hanging around for another month.
Senatorus Homo Defunctus ping.
How he managed to know all the signals and the fact that he plead guilty to anything is enough.
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George Michaels fan 8-?
It was in my yahoo alert, but I went looking at CNN to confirm... nothing at Fox.
Also I just put lotion on my hands and my mouse is wearing out .... yada yada...:)
Grrrr, I pinged on another thread. D’oh!
(This is what i Get for going on vacation)
#11 ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“Sen. Craig resigns over sex sting”
If it stings he needs to go see a doctor.
That's probably right where Craig wants somebody named 'Butch' to be.
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it does no good to the Republican Party to have this disgraced character hanging around for another month.
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Yup.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Notice how they want to make it all about his homosexuality?
Big news for the PC media, if it had been hetorsexual conduct in a public rest room, we would STILL want him gone.
Intresting reflection on how the average Leftist has a slave mentality.
On the Right, we demand politicans to hold to higher standards BECAUSE they are in office. On the Left, they hold their elected officals to no standarards because they are in office.
Another example of the power uber alles mindset of the political Leftists.
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