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Wasn't that Craig's intent all along? To grasp the officer's lifeline?

Posted by captain obvious | September 10, 2007 12:05 PM
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Great! This means that there could be a trial then, right? Great!


I liked the idea floated of checking where his gates were at the airport -- what section he arrived, which bathrooms he would have passed as he proceeded to his departure gate.

Circumstantial, yes. But going to the other side of the airport to a known cruising spot would compound the outright obviousness of this douche. Hehehe

Posted by Lake | September 10, 2007 12:14 PM
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What kind of criminal justice system has police officers making plea bargains? Are there no prosecutors in Hennepin County?

Posted by giantladysquirrel | September 10, 2007 12:15 PM
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I think he should stay in office so people can remember what the face of gay-hating Red Bushies really is.

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 10, 2007 12:18 PM
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He should've tried the "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline, instead of trying to poll the audience.

Posted by Ziggity | September 10, 2007 12:22 PM
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I'd enjoy a full-blown trial. I can't wait for the state to put its sexpert witnesses on the stand to tell what the next step in the restroom ritual was going to be -- the officer's sticking his schwantz under the partition.

Posted by truth will come out | September 10, 2007 12:22 PM
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@2 -- a better question is why wasn't he using his airline's executive club? If being a U.S. Senator doesn't come with the perks of an airline's high-roller lounge, what's the point of running for office?

Posted by josh | September 10, 2007 12:55 PM
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Can you really recind a 'guilty' plea? I thought part of pleading guilty was that you admitted in writing that you commmitted the crime you were charged of.

Posted by Miz P | September 10, 2007 1:14 PM
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"High anxiety"? I've never heard it called that before.

Posted by Orson | September 10, 2007 1:15 PM
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Craig needs to go to Federal Court and take advantage of the Constitutional immunity from arrest while congress is in session.

Tight case. Too bad he does not know the constitution.

Read the constitution, pretty clear.

I think a Federal Judge would be happy to vacate his arrest. Conservative or progressive, the legal basis for his arrest is shit to begin with.

Posted by GUEST | September 10, 2007 2:10 PM
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The Constitution does not protect Craig from criminal arrest, only civil. From Gravel v. U.S. (1972) (the pentagon papers case): It is, therefore, sufficiently plain that the constitutional freedom from arrest does not exempt Members of Congress from the operation of the ordinary criminal laws, even though imprisonment may prevent or interfere with the performance of their duties as Members. Williamson v. United States, supra; cf. Burton v. United States, 202 U.S. 344 (1906). Indeed, implicit in the narrow scope of the privilege of freedom from arrest is, as Jefferson noted, the judgment that legislators ought not to stand above the law they create but ought generally to be bound by it as are ordinary persons. T. Jefferson, Manual of Parliamentary Practice, S. Doc. No. 92-1, p. 437 (1971).

I am continually surprised by the depth of support for anonymous restroom sex. I expect to hear of the Freedom to Fondle Foundation any day now.

Posted by know the law, the law serves you | September 10, 2007 2:29 PM
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Sen. Gordon Smith boasted to Oregon media that he will try to handle some of the work vacated by the disgraced Senator, now that Craig is on his way out.

Craig's legacy as a shill for the timber and resource industries needs to end with his resignation- help us defeat Gordon Smith before he can pick up where Craig left off.

Please join us at http://stopgordonsmith.com, and let your friends and family in Oregon know about Smith's real record.

Posted by oregon2008 | September 10, 2007 2:44 PM
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#11

The surprise is that someone so erudite as yourself is so dumb about biology.

In my horny years, I wanted sex three times a day and did not care where I found it, where I did it, nor with whom.

Your low sex drive doth serve thee ill.

Posted by al | September 10, 2007 4:12 PM
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True, I was never horny enough to blow a strange man in a public shitter. But I'm kinda comfortable with that level of libido. To put it in perspective, I've never been hungry enough to eat off the floor in a public shitter, either.

Posted by know the law, the law serves you | September 10, 2007 4:36 PM
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not understanding what motivates a man to suck off another man in an airport bathroom that typically smells of shit does not mean one has a low sex drive.

even the horny gay men i know think its disgusting.

Posted by maxsolomon | September 10, 2007 4:38 PM
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You are also a bit of a rube.

At the right location one finds very fine men in the BEST of executive dress, just wanting some action.

Suit and tie as in executives.

Honey, not about shit at all. So sorry for you, country boy.

Posted by al | September 10, 2007 4:45 PM
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al, if you want to polish some rich guy's knob, more power to you. Get a room, go to the Admirals' Club, or simply have his chauffeur drive you two around the block a few times. Just stay out of the public crapper.

It suddenly occurred to me: I'd bet that the thrill from the fear of getting caught in a public shitter is the only thing that gives old poops like Craig a stiffy.

Posted by know the law | September 10, 2007 5:04 PM
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"....he entered the plea under stress caused by media inquiries into his sexuality…."

You'd think that would be reason enough for someone who is not gay, nor has ever been gay, to NOT enter a guilty plea. I mean, if the absolute last thing you want to do is admit that you're gay, fessing up to cruising for gay sex is probably not something you should do.

How flexible does an old guy like Craig have to be to maneuver himself to stick/service something under a bathroom divider? With his wide stance, one of his feet would be halfway to the sink.

Posted by Bont | September 10, 2007 5:18 PM
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Craig needs to go to Federal Court and take advantage of the Constitutional immunity from arrest while congress is in session.

Not if he's disturbing the peace, which is what he was arrested for.

Posted by Aexia | September 10, 2007 6:46 PM
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Maybe Senator Craig's train of thought is lost on me, but I don't understand why a well-adjusted straight man would feel anxiety and stress over inquiries into his sexuality.

Posted by frantic | September 10, 2007 7:26 PM
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and of course, vice cops tapping their foot... pants at their knees, hard on ...

certainly all the good fairy boys posting here would never fall for the scam

35 percent of Idaho voter think he was set up by the big city corrupt cops, like the FBI who killed all the kids at Waco, the the sharp shooters who killed the wife at Ruby Ridge

Craig knows half the voters in Idaho by their first name

it will be interesting to see if he survives, I hate his politics, but appreciate a game fighter, against odds

Posted by Barry | September 10, 2007 7:50 PM
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so, he's going to claim that he thought "tapping the foot" meant "do you need toilet paper?" and that's what craig was reaching under the stall to receive when the officer busted him? hey, does anyone remember the politician who claimed that he was so scared because he was "the only white man in the mens' room" that he offered to blow some black stud as a way of protecting himself from hate crime? who was that imaginative fellow--i've forgotten.

Posted by ellarosa | September 11, 2007 12:03 PM
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so craig is going to claim that when the officer tapped his foot it meant "do you need toilet paper?" and craig was just reaching under the stall to receive it when he got busted. sounds slightly more plausible than the politician who claimed to offer a blow job to some black stud because he was the only white man in the mens' room, and was scared of violence from them if he didn't. who was that guy?

Posted by ellarosa | September 11, 2007 12:08 PM

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