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Fox: Larry Craig "reconsidering" his resignation...
Fox News | 09/04/2007

Posted on 09/04/2007 5:35:49 PM PDT by tsmith130

Just reported on a news break.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: 110th; doovers; larrycraig; resignalready; resignation
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To: tsmith130

This may be the reason...

Rep. Frank Sad to See Sen. Craig Leave Congress

Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) announced his resignation following exposure of his arrest during a sting operation at a Minnesota airport men’s room three months ago. The sting operation was initiated after numerous complaints of harassment by men seeking anonymous sex at the facility. Craig was alleged to have solicited sex from a police officer staking out the next toilet stall.

The resignation of Senator Craig came as a cruel blow to Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.). “If only I had been the one in the next toilet stall this scandal could’ve been avoided,” Frank observed.

Frank, one of two openly gay members of Congress, said Craig “should have come to me. We could have made beautiful music together.”

Since Craig’s effective date of resignation is September 30, Frank expressed the hope that he would be able to give him a “proper send-off.”

read more...

http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm


41 posted on 09/04/2007 5:55:09 PM PDT by John Semmens
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I got to other better “supposes”:

1) Suppose he investigated and found there is some enormous pension windfall he gets if he hangs on to the end of his term.

2) Suppose other investigation indicated there were no law firms who would want to hire him so he was looking at total unemployment.


42 posted on 09/04/2007 5:55:21 PM PDT by Owen
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To: tsmith130

I guess he doesnt want to “hand-off” his Senate seat?


43 posted on 09/04/2007 5:55:23 PM PDT by blasater1960 (Rehavam Zeevi- HaShem Yikom Damo)
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To: tsmith130

Whether you are Republican or Democrat, a politician is a politician. They just cannot let go of that power!


44 posted on 09/04/2007 5:55:44 PM PDT by technomage (The true Conservative politician will win every time.)
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To: tsmith130

Larry, please, fish or get off the pot...so to speak!


45 posted on 09/04/2007 5:55:46 PM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: tsmith130

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890138/posts?page=14#14


46 posted on 09/04/2007 5:56:04 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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To: tsmith130
inadvertently left at a wrong number

Holy smokes. This guy sure has a bad habit of trying to send deliveries to the wrong address.

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47 posted on 09/04/2007 5:57:42 PM PDT by lonevoice (It's always "Apologize to a Muslim Hour"...somewhere)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

I got it right away - you’re about as good as me...


48 posted on 09/04/2007 5:57:53 PM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (They're "Terrorists" and they want to KILL YOU !!!)
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To: wolfinator
"Maybe he’s hoping he can be tapped for the 2nd spot on the ticket."

Yeah, he would make a great running mate for either Hil or OHB.

49 posted on 09/04/2007 5:57:55 PM PDT by YHAOS
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To: tsmith130
the Idaho conservative inadvertently left at a wrong number.

Huh?

50 posted on 09/04/2007 5:58:02 PM PDT by technomage (The true Conservative politician will win every time.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I personally think he got railroaded. Something about the officers story stinks. I haven't read that particular part of the penal code, but it sounds to me like he was just trying to jerk Craig around.

That's not a reason to flush someone's career down the toilet.

51 posted on 09/04/2007 5:58:09 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: ElkGroveDan; All

Now, the question is....who is Billy???

That is who he tried to call.


52 posted on 09/04/2007 5:59:11 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Dick Cheney should have gone hunting with Hillary." -- Yakov Smirnoff)
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001

No, better. I’m a trained professional on a closed course, do not attempt this at home :-)

Maybe he should just stall the investigation until all of this crap stops swirling around.


53 posted on 09/04/2007 6:00:50 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: tsmith130

Every step Craig takes in this saga just diminishes him further. For the good of everyone, he should slink into retirement.

Let’s recall:
a) pled guilty.
b) announced his resignation.

He was forced into b) because of a) and as long as a) is still true, b) should be the correct result.

To turn around now and try to undo it is like trying to reclaim your virginity.


54 posted on 09/04/2007 6:00:56 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (Global warming? Hell, in Texas, we just call that "summer".)
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To: tsmith130; Shermy

I wish he would announce that he is going to stop wearing his batman glasses. Everything about this guy is creepy. Even his voice.


55 posted on 09/04/2007 6:01:00 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: tsmith130

He might as well switch parties too!


56 posted on 09/04/2007 6:01:24 PM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: Williams
I don’t think Craig should stay, I doubt he can be reelected, but it’s a shame the GOP is so cowardly. They could have said he did something wrong, but shouldnt resign over an allegation of attempted gay sex

What allegation? Craig ADMITTED TO IT. He tried to pull rank as a Senator, then he ttried to make it go away. he's only sorry he got caught. I could care less he's gay. I hate the fact he's one of the self important bible banging Mr Morality types on one hand while on the other he's cruising dirty airport toilets for anonymous sex cheating on his wife. But worse, he pleaded guilty, THEN tried to cover it up.

No matter how you slice it, it's very poor judgement, and there is no room in the Senate for a felon.

57 posted on 09/04/2007 6:01:31 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

Talk about creepy. Mike Rodgers is creepy and a real SOB.


58 posted on 09/04/2007 6:02:00 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Nobody has ever addressed my question about this. Am I the only one who thinks this is/was a set up from the very beginning?

Just what in the hell was a Sargent with 23 years on the force doing crawling around in toilets trolling for perverts?

Does Minneapolis have THAT many Sargents on their payroll?

The last I heard, and I admit I may be wrong about this, A police Sargent is a pretty heavy rank — a senior officer, usually an administrator if not in charge of a squad of cops or something similar. They do not get stuck with sh+t details like lurking in public johns lurking for faggots.

It all stinks. Craig is known to travel through that airport, he normally uses that head. Well, so what? Its on the way from the flight he gets off of to the flight he takes.

I am not saying he’s not a homo, I am not saying he is. But the idea of a senior policeman just happening to be on hand to make the bust makes the whole thing sound fishy to me.

59 posted on 09/04/2007 6:02:10 PM PDT by Ronin (Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
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To: John Semmens

I knew this was going to come back to haunt us.


60 posted on 09/04/2007 6:03:04 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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