Craig to announce ‘future plans’ tomorrow.
By on Aug 31st, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Craig to announce ‘future plans’ tomorrow.
AP is reporting that tomorrow, Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) will announce whether or not he intends to resign. “Idaho Gov. C.L. ‘Butch’ Otter already appears to have settled on a successor – Lt. Gov. Jim Risch, according to several Republicans familiar with internal deliberations.”
UPDATE: According to four Idaho GOP officials, “Craig will announce at a news conference in Boise Saturday morning that he will resign effective Sept. 30.”
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How will he signal his intentions?
August 31st, 2007 at 5:29 pmGood grief so he is gay what is the big deal? Let him stay in office and remake his bio of the family values guy. Is Vitter any different? Oh, but if Vitter goes a Democrat would take his spot, Craig goes and a Republican is appointed see the connection?
August 31st, 2007 at 5:30 pmwould it be unfair to extrapolate we will have yet another homophobic and homosexual senator is due from the state of ida. ho. ?
August 31st, 2007 at 5:31 pmBad news things are usually not done on Saturdays, so sounds like Craig might defy the GOP leadership, since he was supposed to resign late today > Friday night.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:34 pmHe’s taking a stance…tomorrow.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:35 pmI hope he stays. He is a poster boy for the GOP. I don’t see what the big deal is. There was no illegal sex act that took place in the airport bathroom. Let him continue to represent the good families in Idaho. We are all sinners at some time in our lives.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:36 pmobecean > Craig has a past history of cruising for sex in restrooms. He just got caught this past June, so he will continue to do it.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:37 pmPerhaps he can go on Fox News and repent. Or maybe Chris Mathews or Tucker.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:38 pmI bet his plans are for the bus station in Pocotello.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:39 pmA news junkie and web monkey, I surf all the news sites,-like Huff, Drudge, Crooks and Liars and the mainstream ones. Surfed into your site for the first time just now and you broke this story first–I am impressed! I will be looking here first from now on. This little piece of news made my weekend! Buh-Bye Senator Craig. He wrote his own epitaph: “He Had a Wide Stance.”
August 31st, 2007 at 5:39 pmMaybe he can tap his announcement out in Morse Code with his foot.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:40 pm#8: Perhaps he can go on Fox News and repent.
Republicans don’t go on Fox News to repent. They go there to do damage control.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:41 pmI don’t care if he stays are goes. If he stays he’ll be a major thorn in the GOP’s side.
Vitter’s diaper escapade is forgotten while this guy gets raked over the coals.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:44 pm# 12 Fox and Tim Russert’s show.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:47 pmHaving his replacement named by a republican nicknamed ‘butch’ only makes Larry’s story funnier……
August 31st, 2007 at 5:50 pmHe should go on tv and prove his manly bonafides by doing what Vladimir Putin has done.
That’ll dispel any gay notions about Wide Stance Larry.
-GSD
August 31st, 2007 at 5:51 pm#14: Fox and Tim Russert’s show.
Yes, the ever-credulous and naive Tim Russert. I suppose you could add Larry King, too, although I sort of have a soft spot for Larry King after his rather touching interview with Johnny Cash shortly before Cash died.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:53 pmHis future plans include writing a book: “A guide to America’s airport restrooms”. Should become a Repubilcan bestseller.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:57 pmBe weary of those who thump the Bible the loudest. They most likely are RELIGICRITS.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:00 pmCraig knows the House and Senate membership are away from DC, for this Holiday weekend, so if he chooses to NOT resign then Saturday is the day to do it. On Tuesday next week the GOP leadership would freak out and scream like hell.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:00 pmBuh-bye Tappin’ Larry!!
Good thing Risch is a fairly decent guy. Gov Plastic Man must have made a mistake…..
August 31st, 2007 at 6:01 pmI sort of have a soft spot for Larry King after his rather touching interview with Johnny Cash shortly before Cash died.
Comment by Jim — August 31, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
That interview with Cash was before he died? And what about King, was he still alive at the time as well? :D
August 31st, 2007 at 6:05 pmLarry Craig will announce that his seat is now wide open for the taking.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:30 pmGimme those wide open spaces!
August 31st, 2007 at 6:36 pmWhat goes around cums around, Larry m’boy!
August 31st, 2007 at 6:37 pmWhat about VITTER?
August 31st, 2007 at 6:37 pmDid you notice the TEAR in Barney Franks eye when Craig was outed…..
Apparently the BATHROOM in CONGRESS is also a wonderful place to meet that SPECIAL other.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:39 pmSo now I learn that the Idaho governor’s name is Butch. What will the late night talk shows do with that one?
August 31st, 2007 at 6:43 pmAP: Sen. Craig (R-ID) to resign tomorrow.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:44 pmhttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/052088.php
I’m hoping the AP is wrong. I think Craig ought to try and stick it out. :P
August 31st, 2007 at 6:48 pmI heard Larry Craig is starting a new business as a consultant to the Department of Restroom Security
August 31st, 2007 at 6:51 pmNow CNN is reporting that craig will announce he is stepping down tomorrow at 12:30 est effective Sept 30.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:52 pmBill > I hope you are correct that he resigns at end of September.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:55 pmHe will resign. And if he has any self respect he should say he is gay and live the rest of his life in some kind of peace. America forgives but you have to ask for it.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:56 pm“I reached down to pick up a piece of toilet paper.”…anyone who would pick up a piece of toilet paper from the floor of a public restroom has issues…now really who has ever saw a piece of toilet paper on the floor of a public restroom and thought”Hey I should sit down here and drop my drawers and pick that up.” That doesn’t even pass the giggle test..
August 31st, 2007 at 7:05 pmAren’t ‘plans’ by definition in the future?
August 31st, 2007 at 7:05 pmSenator Craig, what’s your STANCE on bathroom security?
August 31st, 2007 at 7:11 pmYou know they gave Vitter a standing ovation when he returned but Craig they drive out of office. Guess family values are still intack as long as you cheat with a woman not another man. Republican thinking just boggles my mind.
August 31st, 2007 at 7:24 pmSenator Craig, what’s your STANCE on bathroom security?
Comment by mongo — August 31, 2007 @ 7:11 pm
Heh.
Senator Craig, assume the position….
August 31st, 2007 at 7:27 pmSenator Craig, assume the position….
Comment by Zooey
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“I tend to spread my legs as I take down my pants.” …
August 31st, 2007 at 7:39 pmGood riddance.
http://OsiSpeaks.com or http://OsiSpeaks.org
August 31st, 2007 at 8:11 pmOMFG…. I am almost in tears laughing… must breath… with that… I am out the door for the holidya weekend.
LOL too funny.
August 31st, 2007 at 8:17 pmGOP’s worst nightmare – Sen. Craig resigns from the Republican Party and declares himself an Independent. Also, advises that he will caucus with Democrats and become a more compassionate conservative.
August 31st, 2007 at 8:38 pmSo they replace Larry the Gay Guy with a dude named Butch Otter?!
August 31st, 2007 at 9:01 pmThe Republican Party is Getting What They Asked For…. and, of course, Deserve.
But the big question is, will the voters in constituent districts across the country learn one final lesson from Senator Larry Craig?
The Rovian political strategy has been to beat the bushes of the extreme right wing moralists for the votes that will put them in office. Thus their candidates have been forced to play into the fear mongering; the Gay Agenda, children and families threatened with extinction by ‘The Liberals,’ Special Rights, thinly veiled racism (the blacks are gonna take our white women), teaching our children to have indiscriminate sex…. and then forcing them to have abortions…. It goes on and on. The morality issues are endless and endlessly disingenuous.
Candidates are forced to adopt these issues as their own moral and political stands. Even though few really believe in these extreme positions or that their viewpoint must be applicable to all citizens by law. It is, simply, their route to political power. This is NOT public service or statesmanship!
Idahoans deserve (as do we all) elected officials who are competent, ethical, honest, and intelligent LEADERS. Senator Craig falls far short on all counts.
Craig is a liar, a deceiver and a hypocrite. Hypocrisy IS lying. Preaching one thing and living another. Craig lied to himself, his wife and family, his Senate colleagues, his party, and his constituents. He has violated both his oath of service and his marital vows. He committed ADULTERY by having sex in the rest room at Union Station in Washington. And he lied in his public statement regarding his activity in the Minneapolis airport; SOLICITATION for sex in a public place IS a criminal act. Craig said he did nothing wrong.
Perhaps Craig was entrapped in Minneapolis. In my opinion a young, an attractive police officer set up in a rest room stall, laying in wait for the next target, is entrapment. But Craig showed his ignorance and lack of intelligence. Bloggers who have said that Craig was thoroughly familiar with the Tea Room cruising techniques are thoroughly wrong. Craig certainly knew the ‘come on’ signals…. but was totally ignorant of (or ignored) the ‘response’ signals (or in the case the lack of response signals). His insistent attempts to entice the officer without receiving the appropriate, agreeable, response got him into trouble, and arrested.
Compounding and reinforcing his lack of intelligence, after his arrest he engaged the officer in a debate and further implicated and incriminated himself. He couldn’t keep his mouth shut and get a lawyer. That failure was arrogance as much as embarrassment. He should have called Foley’s attorney in Florida. He immediately and effectively removed Foley from public contact and contact with police investigators. Craig went even further in hanging himself by promptly holding a public press conference (with poor Suzanne Craig in tow) to humiliate himself again.
But Idaho voters got what they asked for. They allowed themselves to be stampeded into voting for a false, emotional political dogma rather than seeking out and learning what truth, integrity and honesty looks like. So can voters get past the knee-jerk reactions and develop a reasoned, intelligent and informed electorate? Can we learn one final lesson from Senator Larry Craig?
August 31st, 2007 at 9:09 pmIf the Senator could make a music video:
http://www.massachusettsobserver.com/larryvid.htm
August 31st, 2007 at 9:38 pmI heard Schwartznegger is in the running!
Since he can’t survive a primary battle…………They love him there.
The jet is refueled and ready to go to Boise.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:13 pmHomophobic GOP homos are the queerest people in the world…
August 31st, 2007 at 11:54 pmDid you notice the TEAR in Barney Franks eye when Craig was outed…..
Apparently the BATHROOM in CONGRESS is also a wonderful place to meet that SPECIAL other.
Comment by scooter — August 31, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
That’s where you and larry used to meet, so I understand your nostalgia. Of course, Frank had a tear in his eye, because he was laughing his ass off at your boyfriend being caught, finally.
September 1st, 2007 at 12:28 amWithout lies, the GOP has nothing to offer…that is why they lie their hypocritical asses off and the single digited morons of the 28% eat it up.
September 1st, 2007 at 2:15 pm