Craig: Romney 'threw me under the campaign bus'

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Larry Craig, the Idaho Republican caught in a Minneapolis bathroom sex sting this summer, said presidential candidate Mitt Romney "threw me under the campaign bus" when news of his arrest came out.

"He not only threw me under his campaign bus, he backed up and ran over me again," Craig told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview set to air later this week on the "Today" show.

Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, said Craig's behavior was "disgraceful" and called for Craig's resignation when news of the senator’s arrest came out at the end of August.

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Romney spokesman Kevin Madden defended the presidential candidate's response. "Governor Romney simply believes that a public office is a public trust," Madden said. "He believes when a public official enters a guilty plea, they have broken that public trust and should step aside for the sake of their constituents."

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/15/craig-romney-threw-me-under-the-campaign-bus/

[liberal N proud]

1. Only after Craig threw himself under the bathroom stall

:rofl:

[ryanmuegge]

22. lol

[Enrique]

2. go Larry!

do more interviews! Become part of the GOP presidential campaign! :woohoo:

[rodeodance]

3. ha ha. love the dickering amongst the Repugs. Who can be meaner?

[yellowcanine]

7. Did you mean to say "DICKering" or was that a freudian slip? Either way, I think we should adopt it

as the standard language to describe what it is that the Republicans are doing.

[rodeodance]

4. Craig is appealing the Mpls court decision (the one not to allow a new trial)

[SpiralHawk]

5. republicons Craig and Romney = a pervert and a selfish clod

The BEST the republicons have to offer

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. OK, which Democrat is paying Craig?

If none, then someone draft the man a check! He's a gem in the crown of the Democratic 2008 campaigns.

[Ian David]

8. Is Larry Craig accepting donations for his re-election campaign yet?

I am *so* going to donate the maximum!

[Buzz Clik]

9. Craig: "So, Mitt can have multiple wives, but I can't have multiple boyfriends? I hate him!"

[Ian David]

10. Hello, Larry

http://www.youtube.com/v/JXroB-yhtfU
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/FineOnMedia/archives/2007/03/hello_larry_and.html

[Doctor_J]

11. SHould've stayed in the closet - hard to get run over there

:shrug:

[Froward69]

12. Funny how the gop forgets

about Vitter. as he would be replaced with a Dem.

[fujiyama]

24. With Vitter they know that he's not up for reelection until 2010

They're hoping the electorate has a short memory and forget about the hookers and diapers (and men's room stalls and pedophile protectors) by then.

[hatrack]

13. This just in: fire hot, water wet!

:eyes:

[Semper_FiFi]

17. LOL

very funny!

[Danieljay]

14. Out of the closet and under a bus. Effing Coward I'd say. n/t

[Seedersandleechers]

15. My favorite GOP senator.

Keep hanging in there, and congratulations on the hall of fame induction.

[KamaAina]

16. It could have been worse

the Ken Doll could've strapped Wide Stance Larry to the top of the bus :evilgrin:

[Vanje]

18. Larry CRaig is talking up a storm

He is doing a one hour uninterrupted interview on a local (Boise)news station sometime this week.

Tell it, Brother Larry!

[sufrommich]

19. I suspect Larry Craig is just beginning his career

as a loose cannon. More will come from this guy,I'm waiting for the "you're all a bunch of hypocrites" phase. That should be fun.

[MLFerrell]

20. Oh, Larry, I only have one thing to say...

:nopity:

Cry me a river, bitch!

[TroglodyteScholar]

21. Have to agree with Romney & spokesman on this one...

...and I feel nothing but contempt for anyone who sheds a tear for Craig.

Oh boo-hoo, he's just really a victim in all this.

If he's still denying the reality of the situation this many months in, he will SNAP when he reaches acceptance. That's where there's a potential up-side: once he FINALLY realizes everyone wants him gone, the anger and feelings of betrayal will be UNBEARABLE, giving Craig no other option but to seek vengeance by revealing questionable activities by other prominent NON-GAY (SO STOP SAYING THAT) politicians.

Excellent...

[ryanmuegge]

23. I don't blame Romney. He's not going to fuck up his campaign

just so some guy can solicit sex in a men's bathroom. Some guy screws up and he's out the door. This guy's been safe in the unaccountable culture of incumbency of the Senate so long that he doesn't know what real life is about.

The voting base are homophobic racists, so having some guy soliciting sex on the campaign staff is not acceptable.

[CRK7376]

25. Bumpity bump...

bump bump!

[phillysuse]

26. It could have been worse - Romney could have

tied him to the top of the car, like his dog!

[JBoy]

27. Craig is a dumbass

The bus is pretty clearly marked - stay away!

[rocktivity]

28. Um, that's pretty much word for word what Keith Olbermann said.

I can understand Craig not willing to admit to plagiarism, but shouldn't the reporter have been aware of it?

:shrug:
rocknation

[ProudDad]

29. Here's romney...

Gov. Mitt Romney meets a medical marijuana patient--Oct. 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY6UTnS6Z-A

No matter how you slice him, he's a SHIT...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/08/muscular-dystrophy-patien_n_67556.html



Is he going to throw himself under the bus now:

Romney's Rap Sheet:

http://romneyfacts.com/issue_rap.php