Sen. Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame, despite his well-publicized arrest and guilty plea in an airport sex sting, officials said.
The nonprofit Idaho Hall of Fame Association picked Craig in March, months before he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a Minneapolis airport police officer accused him of soliciting sex in the men’s restroom, the organization’s board chairman said.
This really doesn’t say too much for the officials who choose who gets inducted into the “Idaho Hall of Fame”!
I guess if you are really desperate for your 15 minutes of fame, go to Idaho they’ll honor you for anything!
I’ve had a change of heart. For months now I’ve been calling out Senator Larry Craig to follow up on his promise to resign from the Senate after being busted in the now famous Minneapolis airport bathroom sting. He said he would resign, but has since changed his mind. Good!
Upon further thought about it, I want him to stay in the Senate for one reason only. That’s because of the Senate ethics panel investigation into Craig’s case, which will undoubtedly be televised.
Rumor has it that if the Republicans can’t get him to follow up on his promise to resign; they have asked the Senate ethics committee to go after him. Let the fun begin!
Finally something good on TV to watch. I want to see Larry demonstrate his “wide stance”, and hear about the piece of paper he supposedly picked up off the men’s room floor. Yes, good times indeed.
If he wasn’t embarrassed enough after his guilty plea came out (no pun intended!), the televised spectacle of his actions surrounding the case should make the all time funniest highlight reels of late night television! Bring it on Larry!
Get the popcorn, wake the neighbors and give the dog a beer, it’s the Latrine Queen Ethics hearing show! Read More
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig defiantly vowed to serve out his term in office on Thursday despite losing a court attempt to rescind his guilty plea in a men’s room sex sting.
“I have seen that it is possible for me to work here effectively,” Craig said in a written statement certain to disappoint fellow Republicans who have long urged him to step down.
When the charges first surfaced, Craig said he would resign by Sept. 30. But then he decided to attempt withdrawing a written guilty plea in August to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. He said he would stay in office at least until a judge ruled on that bid.
“Because the defendant’s plea was accurate, voluntary and intelligent, and because the conviction is supported by the evidence … the defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea is denied,” Hennepin County Judge Charles Porter wrote.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody that Craig is now waffling on his promise to resign from the Senate. After almost 8 years of a corrupt Bush Presidency, we’ve become hardened to listening to the politicians say one thing, and end up watching them do another. Typical. Read More
Larry Craig claimed he was “deeply panicked” after being arrested on suspicion of soliciting a plain clothes police officer in Minneapolis Airport men’s room, so he signed a guilty plea to try and keep the arrest quiet.
In court papers filed yesterday, he is asking the court to be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea. In other words become “un-guilty” after admitting guilt!
If he was innocent in the first place, why would he feel “deeply panicked” after his arrest, then sign a statement to the fact that he was guilty?
Sounds like more back pedaling from another politician trying to keep his phony-baloney job!
Yes, Larry Craig should resign immediately. It’s time for him to go away and crawl under the rock of obscurity like so many other disgraced politicians before him. Maybe Gonzo will share his ice cream!
On a more pathetic note Senator Craig, like Karl Rove thinks he is an entertainer and has regaled his audience with his voice. On November 4, 2005 Senator Craig got together with Paul Shaffer, from David Letterman fame and performed at a fundraiser for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
Paul and Larry sang a parody of “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better.” Below is an excerpt of the recording. Yes, you heard that right:
Craig: I can dodge the press!
Shaffer: Without being caught?
Craig: Yes!
Shaffer: That’s what I thought.
If you’ve got the stomach for it, you can listen to the complete recording Here