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(Sen.) Craig (R-Idaho) Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom

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Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.

Craig’s arrest occurred just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court. He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence was stayed. He also was given one year of probation with the court that began on Aug. 8.

A spokesman for Craig described the incident as a "he said/he said misunderstanding," and said the office would release a fuller statement later Monday afternoon.

After he was arrested, Craig, who is married, was taken to the Airport Police Operations Center to be interviewed about the lewd conduct incident, according to the police report. At one point during the interview, Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a business card that identified him as a U.S. Senator and said, "What do you think about that?" the report states.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19763-1.html

Link isn't working for me right now, but it should be back up soon.
 
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Oh so let me guess when your a Senator you get a free pass? ROFL
 
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I've got two questions:

What was this "he said/he said" misunderstanding?

How the hell was this kept quiet until now?
 
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It's been an open secret that Larry Craig is gay, for quite some time. Is it possible that he was meeting a lover there? Seems like a risky place for a US Senator to meet someone, but that doesn't mean that it didn't happen.
 
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This is like an epidemic in the conservative movement. I beginning to think that the GOP is like the San Francisco of Closeted Gays.

You would have to look to interior design or male florists to find a demographic with a higher percentage of gays in it.
 
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* Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
* Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
* Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
* Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)

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Oh, the irony.
 
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SouthernDemocrat said:
This is like an epidemic in the conservative movement. I beginning to think that the GOP is like the San Francisco of Closeted Gays.

You would have to look to interior design or male florists to find a demographic with a higher percentage of gays in it.
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Republicans just need to get the sticks out of their a$$es, and admit that they are just like anybody else, complete with all the foibles and fallibilities that human beings have. If they do that, then GOP members won't be repressed to the point that they end up sneaking around, looking for gay sex in men's bathrooms.

Republicans also do NOT have the market cornered on morality, as they would like you to believe, but we all know that already. :)
 
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I think its time for the President to appoint an independent commission to determine why so many Republicans are catching the gay. Perhaps they could put together a flow chart to determine who was the initial source. For example, did Craig infect Haggard? If so, who did Craig catch the gay from? Maybe Matt Drudge? Just to be safe, they should probably quarantine Ann Coulter. It can't help matters when young Republicans look to a narcissistic tranny as a sex symbol.

Something must be done, or the GOP Convention in 2008 will end up being the National Closeted Gay Pride Convention.

In the meantime, the President should also call for a national day of "Pray out the GOP Gay".
 
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danarhea said:
Republicans just need to get the sticks out of their a$$es, and admit that they are just like anybody else, complete with all the foibles and fallibilities that human beings have. If they do that, then GOP members won't be repressed to the point that they end up sneaking around, looking for gay sex in men's bathrooms.
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Human nature suffers irremediably from certain grave faults, the conservatives know. Man being imperfect, no perfect social order ever can be created.

~Russell Kirk


You're 100% right Dana. These frauds need to stop pontificating as if they are the perfect infallible Christ reincarnated, heed Kirks words and stop trying to present themselves as something very different from what they actually are.

Perhaps they should replace the Elephant with the teary-eyed Jimmy Swaggart?
 
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danarhea said:
Republicans just need to get the sticks out of their a$$es, and admit that they are just like anybody else, complete with all the foibles and fallibilities that human beings have. If they do that, then GOP members won't be repressed to the point that they end up sneaking around, looking for gay sex in men's bathrooms.

Republicans also do NOT have the market cornered on morality, as they would like you to believe, but we all know that already. :)
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Gee, I think I heard that Michael Vick is Republican, too. :roll:
 
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The silenced majority said:
Human nature suffers irremediably from certain grave faults, the conservatives know. Man being imperfect, no perfect social order ever can be created.

~Russell Kirk


You're 100% right Dana. These frauds need to stop pontificating as if they are the perfect infallible Christ reincarnated, heed Kirks words and stop trying to present themselves as something very different from what they actually are.

Perhaps they should replace the Elephant with the teary-eyed Jimmy Swaggart?
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You guys just don't get it.

Enlightened Christians understand that ALL of mankind is imperfect.

If any of you Christian bashers want to assert your superiority over Christians you can get their goats by saying this.

We are ALL sinners.

And if you want to quote scripture to them, try this:

James 2:10 - 12

10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder."[c] If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
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That should make them listen.

But don't be surprised if one of them replies to you that Christians strive to be better Christians tomorrow.

Now The silenced majority, do Christian bashers even bother trying?
 
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bhkad said:
You guys just don't get it.


Enlightened Christians understand that ALL of mankind is imperfect




If any of you Christian bashers want to assert your superiority over Christians you can get their goats by saying this.

We are ALL sinners.

And if you want to quote scripture to them, try this:

James 2:10 - 12



That should make them listen.

But don't be surprised if one of them replies to you that Christians strive to be better Christians tomorrow.

Now The silenced majority, do Christian bashers even bother trying?
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Please understand that I'm not trying to be a smartas$ here...



What in the hell are you talking about?
 
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bhkad said:
But don't be surprised if one of them replies to you that Christians strive to be better Christians tomorrow.
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People can "strive to be better" without shaking their fingers at everyone who sins just as they do.
 
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The silenced majority said:
Please understand that I'm not trying to be a smartas$ here...What in the hell are you talking about?
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Kandahar said:
People can "strive to be better" without shaking their fingers at everyone who sins just as they do.
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1. Conservatives sometimes act holier than thou.
2. Events such as Sen. Craig's arrest shows that even Conservatives are imperfect and shouldn't point fingers at others' moral imperfection.
3. Anyone who wants to stop this unfortunate tendency of some Christians to act holier-than-thou should think of reminding these holier than thou Christians that EVERYONE is a sinner to some degree.
4. And if you really want to make them think, quote for them James 2:10 - 12
5. But in case you begin to think your **** doesn't stink, keep in mind that Christians are constantly struggling to be better Christians.
6. I question whether Christian bashers have such commitments to self improvement.
7. If Christian bashers strive to be better every day, what are their values and goals?
8. If Christian bashers would bash Christians and tell them that no one is perfect, when the Christian stops acting holier-than-thou he will have grown as a person. But the Christian basher will just be a better basher.
9. Which is best? To be a better basher or simply better?
10. Which value judgment is best a Christian's or a basher's?
 
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SouthernDemocrat said:
I think its time for the President to appoint an independent commission to determine why so many Republicans are catching the gay. Perhaps they could put together a flow chart to determine who was the initial source. For example, did Craig infect Haggard? If so, who did Craig catch the gay from? Maybe Matt Drudge? Just to be safe, they should probably quarantine Ann Coulter. It can't help matters when young Republicans look to a narcissistic tranny as a sex symbol.

Something must be done, or the GOP Convention in 2008 will end up being the National Closeted Gay Pride Convention.

In the meantime, the President should also call for a national day of "Pray out the GOP Gay".
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An openly gay Democrat having sex in the privacy of his home with his partner of however many years isn't news.

A repressed and deprived Republican, bitter and stale from years of loveless marriage with a woman, wanting to felch any twink who gives his junk an extra shake in the urinal next to him, is.

The GOP doesnt have more gays. It just has more crazy ones.

And I've said it before, Ann Coulter wants vagina on her face, all the time. If you could somehow put ***** in a feed bag, like the ones on horses (appropriate considering the length of her face), and strap it on her, she'd be happy as a clam (or happy in a clam).

It is my most fervent wish that I could have a random hook up with a closeted GOP member and then out him. I'd give anything.
 
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bhkad said:
1. Conservatives sometimes act holier than thou.
2. Events such as Sen. Craig's arrest shows that even Conservatives are imperfect and shouldn't point fingers at others' moral imperfection.
3. Anyone who wants to stop this unfortunate tendency of some Christians to act holier-than-thou should think of reminding these holier than thou Christians that EVERYONE is a sinner to some degree.
4. And if you really want to make them think, quote for them James 2:10 - 12
5. But in case you begin to think your **** doesn't stink, keep in mind that Christians are constantly struggling to be better Christians.
6. I question whether Christian bashers have such commitments to self improvement.
7. If Christian bashers strive to be better every day, what are their values and goals?
8. If Christian bashers would bash Christians and tell them that no one is perfect, when the Christian stops acting holier-than-thou he will have grown as a person. But the Christian basher will just be a better basher.
9. Which is best? To be a better basher or simply better?
10. Which value judgment is best a Christian's or a basher's?
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In other words if your a Republican you get "Thats ok you just screwed up" but if your a non-christian or a Democrat "Throw him or her in jail and throw away the key"
 
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His post shows the Jesus people mentality perfectly. Consistant failings in practice don't prove that the practice is unworkable, just that the individual was flawed.

He wasn't "struggling to be a better Christian", he was a fighting a battle against being who he really is. A battle he has lost, and will always lose. Jesus cannot make you ungay. It doesnt matter how hard you pray, it doesn't matter how much federal funding you funnel into "faith based charities", it doesn't matter how many Democrats you call sodomites, you will still be gay.
 
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What the real shock here is, is how did RightinNYC beat danarhea in posting this story?
 
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WI Crippler said:
What the real shock here is, is how did RightinNYC beat danarhea in posting this story?
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Well it's actually newsworthy, for once. :lol:
 
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Speaking as someone who just loves "Republican queerer then Broadway musical" stories, is it really news worthy?

These incidents aren't going to make Christianity reconsider its position on homosexuality, they aren't going to prove anything conclusive about the Republican party (at least not in the minds of anyone who hasn't already formed their opinion) all it's going to do is satisfy a bunch of queers and partisans.

Not that there is anything wrong with that! Republicans get to fume over whatever Hollywood idiot is spooning with Chavez today, so it's just and right that we get this- but objectively speaking it's not "real" news. Whatever that is.
 
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bhkad said:
Gee, I think I heard that Michael Vick is Republican, too. :roll:
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Do you read? Republicans are just like everybody else. Unless the GOP learns to get off this 'we're anti-gay' cloud they've been one for quite some time, they'll only continue the embarrassment and punishment they suffer every time one of their prominent members is found with a dick in his mouth.
 
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new coup for you said:
Speaking as someone who just loves "Republican queerer then Broadway musical" stories, is it really news worthy?

These incidents aren't going to make Christianity reconsider its position on homosexuality, they aren't going to prove anything conclusive about the Republican party (at least not in the minds of anyone who hasn't already formed their opinion) all it's going to do is satisfy a bunch of queers and partisans.

Not that there is anything wrong with that! Republicans get to fume over whatever Hollywood idiot is spooning with Chavez today, so it's just and right that we get this- but objectively speaking it's not "real" news. Whatever that is.
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Well it doesn't really change my opinion of Senator Craig. I disliked him before, and I still dislike him the same amount. But IMO it's newsworthy this time, because it's a US Senator who is known to be an anti-gay crusader. That sets it apart from the usual stories we see on this forum, about some local dogcatcher who happens to be a Republican getting caught having gay sex.


I'm just surprised it took this long to come out. Craig's sexuality has been the worst-kept secret in DC for years.
 
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Hatuey said:
Do you read? Republicans are just like everybody else. Unless the GOP learns to get off this 'we're anti-gay' cloud they've been one for quite some time, they'll only continue the embarrassment and punishment they suffer every time one of their prominent members is found with a dick in his mouth.
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Well we certainly agree on that.
 
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Hatuey said:
Do you read? Republicans are just like everybody else. Unless the GOP learns to get off this 'we're anti-gay' cloud they've been one for quite some time, they'll only continue the embarrassment and punishment they suffer every time one of their prominent members is found with a dick in his mouth.
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LMAO. :rofl

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WI Crippler said:
What the real shock here is, is how did RightinNYC beat danarhea in posting this story?
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He cheated. The rules state that:

1) I am supposed to post it first.

2) NYC is then supposed to post about how full of $hit I am. :mrgreen:
 
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