Sen. Craig resigns over sex sting

[Scurrilous]

Source: Associated Press

<snip>

"Idaho Sen. Larry Craig resigned Saturday over a men's room sex sting, bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans worried about a scandal dimming their election prospects.

"I apologize for what I have caused," Craig said.

Craig's resignation completed a stunning downfall that began Monday with the disclosure that he had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge following his arrest during a sex sting in a Minneapolis airport men's room.

Although leading members of his own party had called for him to step down, Craig steadfastly resisted resigning for days, contending that he had done nothing wrong and that his only mistake was pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge."




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_go_co/craig_arrest

[kenny blankenship]

1. And that is the most painful elimination of the day!

[rodeodance]

2. ha ha. That is a great headline.

[mitchum]

3. The wheels on the bus go round and round...

[rodeodance]

4. He says, I think......will spend time now Clearing his good name

[grace0418]

11. He be out looking for the real killer.

Oh wait...

[Vidar]

43. Must be the one-armed man.

[scarface2004]

5. besides being gay [nothing wrong with that] he's...

a chickenshit! if it was me i would remain defiant...and run for president!!

[Chovexani]

32. Sorry, but you're no Jerry Seinfeld

And your grammatically incorrect Brackets of Asshattedness don't give you a pass for mentioning gayness in the same breath as cowardice.

You get the Chovexani Seal of Fail.

[Skittles]

33. *BUZZER*

you should have said besides being a hypocrite he is a chickenshit. But then, Craig is a g.d. repuke which goes hand in hand with being a hypocrite and a chickenshit.

[rodeodance]

6. CNN: The president called Craig

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject CNN: The president called Craig
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1712590#1712590
1712590, CNN: The president called Craig
Posted by eleny on Sat Sep-01-07 12:12 PM

Being reported just now on CNN.

Edit: "The president wanted to reach out to him."

[BRLIB]

28. He wanted to feel his pain....

[kestrel91316]

48. I think he wanted to "feel" something else.

[kestrel91316]

46. Along with the reaching out part, did he want to give him a hand signal?

[kestrel91316]

47. Along with the reaching out part, did he want to give him a hand signal?

[rodeodance]

7. cspan 1 starting covrage of Craig thing.

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject cspan 1 starting covrage of Craig thing.
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1712343#1712343
1712343, cspan 1 starting covrage of Craig thing.
Posted by rodeodance on Sat Sep-01-07 11:29 AM

[rodeodance]

8. As Craig feels heat, Vitter stays cool

Forum Name Latest Breaking News
Topic subject As Craig feels heat, Vitter stays cool
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2974601#2974601
2974601, As Craig feels heat, Vitter stays cool
Posted by funkybutt on Sat Sep-01-07 11:55 AM

Source: Times Picayune, New Orleans

"Republican politicians moved quickly this week to condemn Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from his alleged solicitation of an undercover officer in a Minneapolis airport men's room.

But the same Republicans were notably mum on the admission by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in July to having called a Washington, D.C., escort service whose proprietor is under federal investigation for allegedly running a prostitution ring.

The different responses have some suggesting a double standard, based on societal discomfort with homosexuality and others questioning whether it had more to do with political calculations. "

snip

"An ethics watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said that in terms of their ability to hold a Senate seat, there is no significant difference between what Craig and Vitter admitted to."

Read more: http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/08/as_craig_feels_heat_vitter_sta.html

[Joe Bacon]

9. Well, Larry can devote himself to CRAIG'S LIST full time now

:evilgrin:

[Zambero]

10. What's next for Idaho?

Larry Craig's antics will be extremely difficult to upstage. Perhaps it'll be Islamaphobic Rep. Bill Sali caught wearing a burkha?

[MaineDem]

12. Why wait until the end of September?

Seriously, is he going to be welcomed back to the Senate for a month? What votes will he cast? How effective for Idaho will he be?

[dailykoff]

13. So who picks his replacement

and how?

[LanternWaste]

15. I believe I read on DU yesterday...

I believe I read on DU yesterday that it's the state governor who picks an interim appointee-- and that the governor is a Republic.

Although, I don't know if the information is correct-- I haven't checked it.

Edited for third grade spelling errors...

[dailykoff]

16. Right, just found it: Jim Risch, another puke.

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.

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/2647

So I don't see how this is an improvement.

[Major Hogwash]

38. The Governor said at Craig's public resignation appearence today that report is not true.

He said he hasn't chosen anyone yet. He also said that whoever published that report was spreading garbage. Otter made these comments while walking as fast as he could to get away from the reporters that were covering Craig's public announcement. I mean, if Otter had been going any faster, he would have been jogging, he was walking away so fast. It was hilarious to see on the tv news tonight.

[NI4NI]

18. Repugs called for Craig's resignation, but not Vitter's

because Idaho Governor is one of them, while the Louisiana Governor is one of ours.

[Major Hogwash]

14. Greatest thing to happen for Idaho in the last 50 years!! Craig was a warmonger.

And now he's leaving office in disgrace!

I can't believe it.
I thought maybe they'd talk him into not running again, but to have him resign is just desserts for those of us who have been fighting against the right-wing propaganda machine here in Idaho.

When I joined DU I had no idea that it would lead me to read news about Larry Craig resigning.
This is a dream come true for me.
This is the best news Democrats have had in many decades here.

[dailykoff]

17. Is Risch any better?

Somehow I think they just replaced one tool with a better one.

[Major Hogwash]

19. No, in fact, Risch will be easier to beat, if he is Craig's successor.

Especially after he called for a 3-day special session of the state Congress last winter to change the tax base formula for Idaho while serving as a temporary Governor.

Risch is almost as hated among Republicans living here as he is by Democrats.

[dailykoff]

22. Meanwhile we've got another uber-nutcase in the Senate,

probably itching to ice Social Security and who knows what else. Somehow I don't feel like breaking out the champagne.

[_Wayne_]

20. Goodbye you SACK OF SHIT

Rot in hell Craig.

[ourbluenation]

21. yep - off to his own private idaho...bye now. n/t

[Dj13Francis]

23. How many is this now?

I've lost count... Haggard, Foley, Vitter, the young republican guy from the midwest who started fellating a guy in his sleep, the Florida state rep who offered a cop $20 to let him fellate him, and now Craig... Am I missing anyone? I must be cause I know there are more...

[NI4NI]

24. McConnell calls Craig's action "unforgivable".

"Unforgivable"???????
That's mighty un-Christ-like of Mr. McNeoConnell considering that Craig is only guilty of (other than rank hypocrisy).....disorderly conduct.

I wonder how many surviving family members of the multi-thousands and thousands of dead innocent Iraqi citizens consider the enabling of the war by McNeoConnell and his fascist friends as "unforgivable" as I do?

[mitchum]

27. McConnell doth protest too much...his own discharge from the Army will be one of the next loafers...

dropping

[Hepburn]

29. Makes me VERY curious as to WHY

he will not release those records. Hmmmm.....

[rodeodance]

30. do tell us please (at least tell me as i know naught of this)

[Binka]

31. Check Out Wonkette Rodeo

The stuff about Larry Craig cracked me up! This is from March of this year.

http://wonkette.com/politics/mitch-mcconnell/your-monthly-unsubstantiated-republican-outing-248055.php

[0007]

34. According to what I read the other day, there are those who think

Mitch is in the closet and the 'Labor Secetary' Elaine Chao is just a front. I believe I read it in smokinggun.com :shrug:

[rodeodance]

36. thanks. i will check them out.

[0007]

44. Pardon me.....it was conduct unbecoming to a senator, according to Norm Coleman. nt

[Seabiscuit]

25. What do you know if the guy in the public bathroom stall next to you

moves his foot under the partition and starts tapping it?

1. He's not Fred Astair.

2. He's not auditioning for a part in an amateur production of "Dancing Cheek To Cheek".

3. He doesn't have a case of Happy Feet

4. He's a Republican.

5. When arrested for soliciting a bathroom blowjob, he'll tell the world: "I'm not gay!"

[BRLIB]

26. "The Stalls of North America" now beckon the senator!

Adios and have a good vacation!

[rodeodance]

35. (AFP)--US Republican senator resigns after bathroom stall sting

US Republican senator resigns after bathroom stall sting

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070901/ts_alt_afp/uspolit... ;_ylt=Akf19ckWWJibMo.50HXMVA2s0NUE

by Paul Handley 16 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senator Larry Craig announced his resignation Saturday after his arrest for allegedly soliciting sex with a man in an airport bathroom threatened to engulf the Republican party in yet another embarrassing scandal.


"It is with sadness and deep regret that I announce that it is my intent to resign from the Senate effective September 30," Craig said at a news conference in Boise, Idaho, the state he represents.

The resignation brought a quick end to the newest of a skein of sex and corruption scandals which have eroded the conservative Republicans' moral stance and threaten to damage its performance in next year's national elections.

But it will not likely improve the Democrats' narrow edge over the Republicans in the Senate.

[onewholaughsatfools]

37. i say Craig, should resige from public bathrooms

that's what got him in this mess to begin with

[demgrrrll]

39. His vote on the Patriot Act sealed his fate with Bush and Rove not his

actions in the washroom. What I have been reading today indicates that "they" were looking for someone else for 08 because Craig did not toe the line on the Patriot Act vote. This media flurry is a shot across the bow to anyone else who is thinking about stepping out of line. You know there are plenty of skeletons rattling around in some of those closets. The thing that bugs me the most is how they still control the media to such a strong degree. If some of those newsreaders thought there was going to be jail time involved for deceiving the public they might take their jobs more seriously.

[dailykoff]

40. Now we're getting somewhere.

Neocons don't want loyal republicans, they want rubber puppets and/or frothing loons.

[donheld]

41. Anybody know if he

got out before the door hit him in the ass? :D

[jamesinca]

42. Give the man a break

he is not gay, he said so and as proof he said he loved his wife. He was in an airport restroom, and it just so happens that the smell of airport urinals are a turn on for him, not the guy in the stall next to him.:sarcasm:

[wordpix]

45. he's got "restless leg syndrome." At least now I know what it is

:rofl: