Posted on 08/31/2007 6:41:19 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
NBC has reported that Larry Craig will resign tomorrow in the midst of his sex scandal. The resignation will be effective September 30th according to reports from GOP officials from Idaho. Lieutenant Gov. Jim Risch is said to be appointed to the Senate by Governor C.L. Butch Otter.
Craig was stripped of powerful leadership positions from leaders in Washington and tried in vain to gain backing to keep his seat in the Senate leading to his resignation announcement tomorrow.
Lt. Gov. Jim Risch was elected to his post earlier this year after he served a stint as the Governor of Idaho. He has been in statewide office since 2003 as both Lt. Governor and Governor. He had been rumoured to be the number one candidate to replace Craig since the scandal broke earlier this week.
(Excerpt) Read more at clevelandleader.com ...
McCain, 82? That’s twice what he really is.
2) From postings on homosexual websites, it was well-known that the bathroom in question was the one homosexuals at the Minneapolis airport used for casual sex in a public place.
3) After entering the men's room, Craig cruised one of the stalls by peering through the crack at its door jam, while he waited 13 minutes to occupy the particular stall adjacent to it.
4) Craig then used all the agreed-upon homosexual "signals" for soliciting sex. The odds of somebody doing this by chance are nil.
5) During this time, Craig's hand and foot crossed the divider between the two stalls repeatedly, making physical contact with the undercover cop's foot at one point.
6) Craig's reaction and subsequent utterances at the time of arrest strongly suggest that he knew exactly why he was being arrested and exactly what signalling behavior he needed to deny or rationalize.
7) After failing to intimidate the arresting officer with his senatorial status, he did not retain legal counsel, he let it be known that he would not put up a court fight and gave every indication that he just wanted the matter over with -- quickly, cleanly and above all, quietly.
8) By dropping the more serious charge, the prosecutor's office made it very easy for Craig to follow through with his plea arrangement, paying the $575 fine and accepting the one year unsupervised probation in lieu of $1,000 fine and one year of incarceration.
9) More than two months later, when the Roll Call whistle blew, Craig had still not informed his wife, his lawyer, his colleagues or his staff of any of this.
10) Considered in its totality, the pattern of Craig's behavior from start to finish is that of a man intent on soliciting others to commit overt sexual acts in a public place. It was not the behavior a reasonable person would expect of somebody who was innocently using a public bathroom for its intended purpose.
It was Craig's ill fortune that a sting was in progress when he entered that men's room. It was his good fortune that both the arresting officer and the prosecutor were inclined toward leniency in exchange for a plea arrangement.
In the end, Craig has shown himself to be a blockhead.
Leni
Remember that Craig’s actions were several months ago and just now brought to light. People knew and said nothing.
Craig’s career joined him in that stall.
Larry Craig: 100%
bttt
Thanks for the backstory.
You have to hand it to the Dems for having brass balls. I just wish some Repubs would have a transplant.
vaudine
Just chillin, my man.
The ratings are based on how a politician votes. How could the ratings be deceptive? If anything, it is the politicians that are deceptive.
And went right down the toilet.
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed the travel-log. It was a great trip and experience for me and my youngest son. Made for life-time memories.
Remember also what happened in 1982. In no time after one of the male pages claimed to have had sex with a couple of unnamed Congressman, Craig held a presser to deny he was one of them. Even though no one had claimed he was.
In retrospect, I have to wonder if that wasn’t a man who protested too much.
Rule #5 - No Pooftas !!!
why not Bill Sali?
Aside from the question of whether a conservative would solicit sex in a public men’s room; ask:
1. Would a conservative push amnesty for illegals the way Craig did?
and
2. Would a conservative be co-chair of the Romney campaign?
The man's got a giant flashing neon sign over his head that starts with Q, ends with R and rhymes with rear.
“ACU ratings
Craig: 93.4
Good evidence of how deceptive those manufactured ratings can be!”
Wow, you are calling the legislative analysts at the American Conservative Union liars?
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