I just watched the dishonorable Sen. Larry Craig's news conference, or statement more specifically, on television and one thing that's clear is that this lawmaker's career is all but over and it's completely and utterly his fault. Even Mitt Romney said, in a statement through his surrogates, that this Senator's behavior is "disgusting".
On August 8, Sen. Craig plead guilty to a crime committed two months earlier, mid-June, in the bathroom of a major public airport. He's an elected United States Senator, has been in public service for decades, has been a staunch opponent of gay rights, has helped write and implement countless legislative acts, but he didn't understand what he was signing when he, two months after the fact, conscientiously plead guilty in writing to charges of lewd conduct at the Minneapolis airport stemming from the June incident.
According to the arresting officer, who also happened to be the victim in this particular incident, was using a bathroom urinal stall when Sen. Craig walked in and stood beside the officer (who happened to be dressed in civilian clothes). After a moment or so, the U.S. Senator started to tap the officer's foot, intermittently, while resting closer and closer to his with each quick pass. According to CNN, this type of behavior is known in the Gay community as a signal that the person doing it wants to engage in lewd behavior. Suddenly, the officer subtlety took out his badge and held it down toward where the Sen. Craig was looking and could see it. Using his other hand, the officer directed the Senator to move toward the door. After some words and Mr. Craig's refusal to cooperate with the officer, he was outright placed under arrest.
Today, he suddenly decided he was tricked by his enemies and he's innocent of all charges. It also, most interestingly, came out at today's news conference that Mr. Craig not only didn't mention his arrest to the Senate Ethics Committee, not that words Senate and Ethics make sense together in the first place, but he also failed to give his wife and other immediate family members the heads up.
Wikinews has published this editorial, but it had to be slighty revised to be used. Quite honestly, it's not too different and still get the points across nicely.
Click Sen. Larry Craig claims he is innocent of lewd conduct to see Wikinews' version.
On August 8, Sen. Craig plead guilty to a crime committed two months earlier, mid-June, in the bathroom of a major public airport. He's an elected United States Senator, has been in public service for decades, has been a staunch opponent of gay rights, has helped write and implement countless legislative acts, but he didn't understand what he was signing when he, two months after the fact, conscientiously plead guilty in writing to charges of lewd conduct at the Minneapolis airport stemming from the June incident.
According to the arresting officer, who also happened to be the victim in this particular incident, was using a bathroom urinal stall when Sen. Craig walked in and stood beside the officer (who happened to be dressed in civilian clothes). After a moment or so, the U.S. Senator started to tap the officer's foot, intermittently, while resting closer and closer to his with each quick pass. According to CNN, this type of behavior is known in the Gay community as a signal that the person doing it wants to engage in lewd behavior. Suddenly, the officer subtlety took out his badge and held it down toward where the Sen. Craig was looking and could see it. Using his other hand, the officer directed the Senator to move toward the door. After some words and Mr. Craig's refusal to cooperate with the officer, he was outright placed under arrest.
Today, he suddenly decided he was tricked by his enemies and he's innocent of all charges. It also, most interestingly, came out at today's news conference that Mr. Craig not only didn't mention his arrest to the Senate Ethics Committee, not that words Senate and Ethics make sense together in the first place, but he also failed to give his wife and other immediate family members the heads up.
Wikinews has published this editorial, but it had to be slighty revised to be used. Quite honestly, it's not too different and still get the points across nicely.
Click Sen. Larry Craig claims he is innocent of lewd conduct to see Wikinews' version.
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