Exactamundo!

Idaho has a Republican governor; the Republican Lt. Governor is already being talked about as a replacement for Sen. Craig. Louisiana has a Democratic governor, who presumably would select a Democratic replacement for Sen. Vitter. Since Idaho is a safe seat, it's easier to hang Sen. Craig out to dry. Seems like the Republican leadership is more driven by power than morals.

Unless the Seattle Times thinks that paying a hooker to put you in diapers is somehow more dignified than trolling for sex in an airport toilet.

The longer we can divert the goi with the sexual foibles of their leaders the easier it will be to continue our war.

The penis picadellos of politicians have served as public distractions for centuries and have allowed governments to accomplish much good.

Good job Dan on writing page after page about the Minneapolis masterbation incident. The less the goi think about our war the better.

Did he ever say what he was doing at the airport in the first place? I mean, was he going anyway or coming back home? If anyone knows, I'm extremely curious to know.

And why are we letting Tucker Carlson off the hook? That asshat is still on MSNBC after admitting he returned to a restroom with someone else to beat up someone that hit on him. If his story isn't true, he's then using the Larry Craig story to feather his own journalistic nest. Michael Savage was thrown off MSNBC for less in my opinion.

Craig, Vitter and Carlson. This week. Who's next? Hypocrisy abounds.

@5 It was mentioned in the transcript that he travels thru there several times a week going to and from Idaho.

Maybe the Times thinks that it should be legal to pay a hooker to put you in diapers in private but illegal to troll for sex in an airport toilet.

Sen. Craig was on his way east to a benefit performance of the "Singing Senators" who were originally a barbershop quartet until Jim Jeffords left the GOP. They were most famous for their hit "Let the Eagle Fly" but also sang the catchy Elvira as seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1Mpp0HZVI

Actually, I too was wondering when the FBI would arrest Tucker for his Hate Crime.

I still don't see as much of a double standard as you Dan. Craig plead guilty to a crime - albeit a misdemeanor. He admitted guilt to a crime. Vitter has only admitted a "sin" - not a crime. He has not publicly said what his crime was, even though it seems pretty obvious. He has not been arrested, or charged, or convicted. He most certainly has not plead guilty to anything in a court of law. If Vitter was eventually tried and convicted - or plead guilty - on charges of soliciting prostitution, but was still allowed to keep his seat, then definitely I'd see a double standard.

Too bad Vitters story didn't break earlier.

How exactly did the Craig story stay quiet for two months and what made it come to our attention when it did?

Vitter is comparable -- Vitter admitted engaging a prostitute -- That's a crime. End of story.

At least hiring a sex worker doesn't involve bystanders who are just trying to take a dump.

I'm ambivalent about this resignation. Too bad Craig wasn't booted out of the Senate for being a heartless motherfucker instead of hitting on someone in a toilet. The only moral lesson from this episode is: Closeted public officials - be more sly about your fucking hypocrisy!

So you wanted the Times to defend Craig? Would that have appealed to your sense of consistency and fairness? Right....

@6 - I wouldn't want to start spreading any really nasty, unsubstantiated rumours - but you best believe Mitch McConnell don't want nobody from his murky past speaking up anytime soon. The fact that he's probably having ulcers just thinking about it warms my heart, though.

But isn't using a hooker in one's own private life something different than public trolling?

in some cases a prostitute is a paid professional. Is that the same as propositioning some stranger in a restroom? Is there an issue here with private/public balance and conduct?

Is it OK to read the hypocritical Seattle Times while I'm sitting on a public toilet? Or will their shit fall between my thighs to join my own production? How will this affect my political chances? But seriously folks, blatant hypocrisy on the part of red-state assholes should be punished.

Comment #1 is right on the money. This is about the GOP being as sanctimonious as they can afford to be without losing another seat in the senate. Tolerance, bigotry and hypocrisy are not at issue here. They're just the byproducts of a deep, simple calculation about power.

I mean, comment #2

"Unless the Seattle Times thinks that paying a hooker to put you in diapers is somehow more dignified than trolling for sex in an airport toilet."

Yes. That's exactly what they think. Homophobes think that any homosexual act (married committed gay men having monogamous sex in the privacy of their bedroom( is worse than any heterosexual act (raping the 14 year old babysitter).

They've said so. Over and over and over. "Homosexuality= bestiality= necrophilia."

I don't know if anyone has made the point on any of these threads yet, but it ought to be pointed out that the GOP is probably not pursuing Vitter as hard because Louisiana's governor is a Democrat and would probably appoint a Dem to replace him if he were to resign. That has at least as much, if not a lot more, to do with the double standard than the respective nature of Vitter and Craig's crimes.

Well, I see that the point I made @ 23 WAS made @ 2. Sorry for the redundancy.

'Vitter admitted to sexual “sin,” or hiring hookers, and claims that his wife and God have forgiven him.'

Can he produce statements from both of them on this point?