are a bunch of buffoons who have total disregard for the principles of the party,
the law of the land and the future of the country.”
Posted on 08/29/2007 6:40:03 AM PDT by RDTF
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Just when Republicans thought things could not get any worse, Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho confirmed that he had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct after an undercover police officer accused him of soliciting sex in June in a Minneapolis airport restroom. On Tuesday, Mr. Craig, 62, held a news conference to defend himself, calling the guilty plea “a mistake” and declaring, “I am not gay” — even as the Senate Republican leadership asked for an Ethics Committee review.
It was a bizarre spectacle, and only the latest in a string of accusations of sexual foibles and financial misdeeds that have landed Republicans in the political equivalent of purgatory, the realm of late-night comic television.
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It is enough to make a self-respecting Republican want to tear his hair out in frustration, especially as the party is trying to defend an unpopular war, contain the power of the new Democratic majority on Capitol Hill and generate some enthusiasm among voters heading toward the presidential election in 2008.
“The real question for Republicans in Washington is how low can you go, because we are approaching a level of ridiculousness,” said Mr. Reed, sounding exasperated in an interview on Tuesday morning. “You can’t make this stuff up. And the impact this is having on the grass-roots around the country is devastating. Republicans think the governing class in Washington are a bunch of buffoons who have total disregard for the principles of the party, the law of the land and the future of the country.”
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Luckily Democrats are true blue and never cross the law!
It would be nice, for a change, if the GOP would stop giving them fuel for the fire.
I certainly agree with this.
Your point is well taken!
How low can the Republicans go?
I think they’ve got a long way before they can match a drunken Senator who drives off a bridge and leaves a young woman to a terrible death to save his own reputation.
C’mon folks! Larry just wanted to be loved!!
from article (re: Craig):
“He sounded almost as convincing as, ‘I did not have sex with that woman,’ ” said Gary Bauer, a Christian conservative and onetime Republican presidential candidate, reprising President Bill Clinton’s remark initially denying involvement with Monica S. Lewinsky. “
Only because they are. It's not a message problem. ;)
NYT sees with one eye closed. Run a male prostitution ring from your DC apartment and its not a big news item if you are a Dem. Get caught with your fly open as a Republican and it’ll be a headline. This is a page 5 news item, not a major story.
Case in point...
When conservatives blame Hastert for Foley's problems, that's not fuel...that's stupidity on the part of conservatives.
The great thing about Democrat scandal is that when it happens the Republicans lift the rug while the Democrats sweep it under.
Very useful.
Given a choice between Craig's "I am not a fag" speech and Clinton's fundraising, which did you expect them to focus on?
Oh, they break the law.
Their attitude is that it's okay to be a degenerate as long as you're not a hypocrite about it.
Lovely standard, eh?
Now that's illegal.
Tapping someone's foot (even if you're gay) is illegal?
No kiddin !
When will the nyt’s cover our Sen. DiFi being forced from her committee chair for corruption in giving Billion dollar no bid contracts to family members.
Sen Difi should not even be in the congress and should be in jail.
But what did Barney get censured for??
Fixing a parking ticket for Hot Bottom!
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