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you got to read this article...he is married but apparently was trying to get aroused in a mens room at an airport and play some weird ....ok im not going to go into it just check this out.


Craig Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom
Monday, Aug. 27, 2007; 4:48 pm
By John McArdle,
Roll Call Staff


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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.

Craig was detained for approximately 45 minutes, interviewed, photographed, fingerprinted and released, and police prepared a formal complaint for interference with privacy and disorderly conduct.

According to the incident report, Sgt. Dave Karsnia was working as a plainclothes officer on June 11 investigating civilian complaints regarding sexual activity in the men’s public restroom in which Craig was arrested.

Airport police previously had made numerous arrests in the men’s restroom of the Northstar Crossing in the Lindbergh Terminal in connection with sexual activity.

Karsnia entered the bathroom at noon that day and about 13 minutes after taking a seat in a stall, he stated he could see “an older white male with grey hair standing outside my stall.”

The man, who lingered in front of the stall for two minutes, was later identified as Craig.

“I could see Craig look through the crack in the door from his position. Craig would look down at his hands, ‘fidget’ with his fingers, and then look through the crack into my stall again. Craig would repeat this cycle for about two minutes,” the report states.

Craig then entered the stall next to Karsnia’s and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door.

“My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall,” Karsnia stated in his report. “From my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me.”

Craig was wearing dress pants with black dress shoes.

“At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present. I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use. The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area,” the report states.

Craig then proceeded to swipe his hand under the stall divider several times, and Karsnia noted in his report that “I could ... see Craig had a gold ring on his ring finger as his hand was on my side of the stall divider.”

Karsnia then held his police identification down by the floor so that Craig could see it.

“With my left hand near the floor, I pointed towards the exit. Craig responded, ‘No!’ I again pointed towards the exit. Craig exited the stall with his roller bags without flushing the toilet. ... Craig said he would not go. I told Craig that he was under arrest, he had to go, and that I didn’t want to make a scene. Craig then left the restroom.”

In a recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or ‘didn’t recall’ the events as they happened,” the report states.

Craig stated “that he has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine,” the report states. Craig also told the arresting officer that he reached down with his right hand to pick up a piece of paper that was on the floor.

“It should be noted that there was not a piece of paper on the bathroom floor, nor did Craig pick up a piece of paper,” the arresting officer said in the report.

On Aug. 8, the day he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in the Minnesota court, Craig appeared via satellite at a ceremony that took place in Idaho in which former Idaho federal Judge Randy Smith was invested into his new position as a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

In October 2006, Craig’s office publicly denied allegations that he was a homosexual made on a gay activist Web site — ****active.com. Craig’s office told the Spokane Spokesman-Review that the charge was “completely ridiculous,” saying that the allegations had “no basis in fact.”

Steven T. Dennis contributed to this report.

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i guess he's a Log Cabin Republican [Eek!]


http://online.logcabin.org/

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What sickens me most about this incident is not the fact that Sen. Craig is a closet homosexual that attempts to engage in lewd sexual encounters in a public mens room, but rather the fact that he seems to think that because he is a Senator, he should somehow get special treatment.....

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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.
Source: http://****s.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/08/sen-craig-arres.html (****=bl ogs, no space)

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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?”

could you imagine being a cop and having that happen to you?

your whole career on the line...

ya gotta wonder if they setup electronic surveillance too

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Why did it have to be a Republican?

The Republican Party has enough problems.

And now this.

Right minded people know there are more perverts among Democrats than Republicans.

The Munchkin Man cannot help but wonder if Larry Flynt is behind this.

Larry Flynt is a Democrat.

Munchkin Man

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Right minded people know there are more perverts among Democrats than Republicans.

uh, you just keep telling yourself that MM...

i might remind you that we had some pedophillic instant messaging from a FLA GOP Congressman last year, and it appears that Hastert knew about it and covered it up...

i think it's all an act.. true conservatives are now fully aware that even Bush isn't "one of them"

IMO? being gay doesn't make somebody a perv, but playing footsie in the public bathrooms does....

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The idiot could have been from any political party... doesn't matter. They are both comprised of sick minded individuals.
That being said.
Munchy are you touting yourself as "Right minded"?
Surely you jest.

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quote:
Originally posted by glassman:
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?”

could you imagine being a cop and having that happen to you?

your whole career on the line...

ya gotta wonder if they setup electronic surveillance too

Yeah... Pretty brave cop... Sad part is though, he shouldn't have to be, Senators are no more above the law than your average joe.... at least, they aren't supposed to be.

IMO, if anything, public officials caught breaking the law should be punished MORE severely than the average citizen... Especially when they try to use their position of "power" to get out of it...

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Statement of Senator Craig:

Boise, ID - Idaho Senator Larry Craig made the following statement in response to the Roll Call story this afternoon:

"At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions. I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct.

"I should have had the advice of counsel in resolving this matter. In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty. I was trying to handle this matter myself quickly and expeditiously."

Call or stop by one of my offices

My staff is available to assist you during regular business hours in six convenient locations throughout Idaho. My Washington, DC, office remains open until 6pm Eastern Time, or until the Senate adjourns each evening.

• Boise • Coeur d'Alene • Idaho Falls • Lewiston • Pocatello • Twin Falls •
• Washington, DC •

Send me an email message

http://craig.senate.gov/webform.cfm


http://craig.senate.gov/keyportal.cfm

[Big Grin]

anybody wanna send him their kid?
Monumental Opportunity

My Washington, DC office needs interns who are hardworking, independent, and resourceful team-players who share my political philosophy.

Most of the interns I have had the honor of working with in my office have moved on to much greater things, from leaders in all facets of government to significant players in the private sector. It is my genuine hope that each intern in my office will gain insight into her or his career path, as I did interning for Idaho Congressman Orville Hansen.

[Eek!]

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It seems the republicans take the moral high ground and yap there flappers about it more than anyone.

When they fall they go down in complete digrace.

Also republicans seem to be very repressed people.
Repressed people tend to lean twards preversion the very thing they complain about.And criminal acts are another one you know you can't steal but I can.

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Drudge Report lists it as "brokeback bathroom" lmao


Craigs list: "terror in the toilets"


Washington sex scandals

* In July, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., acknowledged having been in touch with the D.C. Madam, whose phone records were examined by an investigator for Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt. Vitter went into seclusion for a week, then had a news conference with his wife to apologize for his conduct.

* Last fall, Mark Foley, a Republican congressman from Florida, resigned from Congress after news reports surfaced that he sent lewd computer messages to a former congressional page. Last week, a Florida newspaper reported that he is unlikely to face criminal charges.

* In 1998, the House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton after his affair with former intern Monica Lewinsky became public. The Senate acquitted the Democratic president.

* And at the height of the public interest in Clinton’s affair with Lewinsky, Idaho had its own Washington sex scandal when the late U.S. House Rep. Helen Chenowith, a Republican, admitted that she had once had a six-year affair with a married man.

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If Craig says its all a mistake why was he caught looking in the stall and playing footsy
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i hate how people claim it was all a mistake...why cant the guy just stop being a liar like the rest of the politicians and say "ok i admit it i am a closet homosexual and i have problems"

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Wait a second CCM...maybe hes an alcoholic... [Confused]

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lol that seems to be the excuse these days for everything doesnt it.

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Oh, c'mon, like we don't all do this on occassion?

uh, right guys?

*crickets*

guys?

*more crickets*


kidding, of course. Very bizarre story. I wonder how stuff like that gets set up... "okay, go to the airport bathroom, rub the foot of the guy next to you and put your hand down there. If he's there for the same reason you get to have gay sex"

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When he was putting his hand under the partition the person in the next stall should have slipped a nice big fresh turd in it.
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quote:
Originally posted by bond006:
When he was putting his hand under the partition the person in the next stall should have slipped a nice big fresh turd in it.

LOL.. i was thinking the same thing...

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the Senator Craig Memorial Outhouse:

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Hey! I think I been there!

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sure enough you know that you are heading upward when you get your first two holer
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quote:
OFFICER: "...there are two ways, yes can, you can uh, you can go to court, you can plead guilty..."

SENATOR CRAIG: "...yup..."

OFFICER: "...there will be a fine you wont have to explain anything in the...(?)..."

SENATOR CRAIG: "...alright..."

OFFICER: "...and you pay a fine, that's it, DONE. Or if you want to plead not guilty, uh and I can't make any decisions for you..."

SENATOR CRAIG: "...no no, just tell me where I am...(?)..."

OFFICER: "...because if you are not guilty...(?)..."

SENATOR CRAIG: "...(?)... this guys, I need to make this quiet..."

OFFICER: "...ok, ok then I go to... if you go to not guilty then I would have to go to court and I would have to testify..."

Officer accused Craig of lying

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070830/ap_on_go_co/craig_arrest

Make sure you listen to the audio of his arrest that accompanies this article...

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quote:
Originally posted by CashCowMoo:
i hate how people claim it was all a mistake...why cant the guy just stop being a liar like the rest of the politicians and say "ok i admit it i am a closet homosexual and i have problems"

At least New Jersey's ex Governor admitted to being one and now lives openly homosexually.

But anyways I always took the moralistic rants of the conservative right as a joke. The biggest pervs have always been the Righties. I love when the closet pervs in the Right get caught and they are exposed for their hyprocrisy. Guliani, Newt etc. anyone?.

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quote:
Originally posted by bond006:
If Craig says its all a mistake why was he caught looking in the stall and playing footsy

He simply mistook it for a voting "Stall" and was looking for votes.

Yeah that's the ticket.

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Interesting audio.

I'm most surprised that he began answering questions without his lawyer, even after the Officer read him his rights.

I don't think that the officer has much of a case, though. So he bumped shoes and rubbed the bottom of a stall with his hand? So maybe that is a signal, but because it didn't go any further I can't see how it will stick. I'm not sure how these "activities" go after the signal, but do they ever talk? Couldn't the officer have waited until the guy said something?

Funny excuse given by the Senator to why his hand was under the stall. To pick up a piece of toilet paper that was on the floor? EEWWWW!! Who does that?

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Jo, my bet is that the DA could parade any number of witnesses to testify in open court just how these things go down...

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quote:
Originally posted by Jo4321:
Interesting audio.

I'm most surprised that he began answering questions without his lawyer, even after the Officer read him his rights.

I don't think that the officer has much of a case, though. So he bumped shoes and rubbed the bottom of a stall with his hand? So maybe that is a signal, but because it didn't go any further I can't see how it will stick. I'm not sure how these "activities" go after the signal, but do they ever talk? Couldn't the officer have waited until the guy said something?

Funny excuse given by the Senator to why his hand was under the stall. To pick up a piece of toilet paper that was on the floor? EEWWWW!! Who does that?

I was surprised too.... It doesn't make sense to me, unless the Senator really had something to hide and knew it. It is interesting that the senator suggests at the very beginning of the audio that the police officer "solicited him" and then later acts as though nothing odd occurred until he was handed a card that identified the person in the other stall as a police officer.

Also it seems odd, like you said, that anyone would reach down and pick up a piece of toilet paper off the floor of a public restroom. I certainly wouldn't, even if it were a piece that I had just dropped...

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Idaho GOP Sen. Larry Craig Resigns in Storm Over Sex Sting in Minneapolis Airport Men's Room


Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, with his wife Suzanne beside him, announces his resignation from the Senate during a news conference Saturday morning, Sept. 1, 2007, in Boise, Idaho. Far left behind Craig is Idaho Gov. C.L. "Buth" Otter and his wife, Lori. (AP Photo/Troy Maben)
09-01-2007 2:41 PM
By JOHN MILLER and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writers

BOISE, Idaho (Associated Press) -- Idaho Sen. Larry Craig resigned Saturday over a men's room sex sting, bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans worried about a scandal dimming their election prospects.

"I apologize for what I have caused. I am deeply sorry," Craig said, his wife Suzanne at his side.

Craig's resignation completed a stunning downfall that began Monday with the disclosure that he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge following his arrest during a sex sting in a Minneapolis airport men's room.

Although leading members of his own party had called for him to step down, Craig steadfastly resisted resigning for days, contending he had done nothing wrong and that his only mistake was pleading guilty Aug. 1 to a misdemeanor charge.

President Bush called Craig from the White House after the senator's announcement and told him he knew it was a difficult decision to make, said White House spokesman Scott Stanzel.

"Senator Craig made the right decision for himself, for his family, his constituents and the United States Senate," Stanzel said.

Craig was arrested June 11 in a police undercover vice operation in a men's room at the Minneapolis airport. The arresting officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia, said in his report that the restroom is a known location for homosexual activity.

"I am not gay. I never have been gay," Craig said defiantly after a news conference Tuesday. He said he had kept the incident from aides, friends and family and pleaded guilty "in hopes of making it go away."

He said Saturday he will pursue legal options to clear his name, but added that the effort "would be an unwanted and unfair distraction from my job and for my Senate colleagues.

"The people of Idaho deserve a senator who can devote 100 percent of his time and effort to the critical issues of our state and of our nation," Craig said. "I have little control over what people choose to believe. But clearly my name is important to me, and my family is so very important also."

Craig announced later Saturday that he has retained Billy Martin, a Washington lawyer who represented Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in his dogfighting case, to pursue his legal options. Washington lawyer Stan Brand will represent Craig before the Senate ethics committee, said spokesman Dan Whiting.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of Craig's resignation that Craig "made a difficult decision, but the right one. "

"It is my hope he will be remembered not for this, but for his three decades of dedicated public service," McConnell said. McConnell had been one of Craig's harshest critics, calling his actions "unforgivable."

He and other GOP leaders asked Craig to give up his senior positions on Senate committees on Wednesday, a day after they asked the Senate ethics committee to investigate his actions.

Craig spokesman Sidney Smith said he didn't know if Craig would return to Washington.

"We haven't decided that yet, whether he's going to return or not," Smith said.

Craig, 62, represented Idaho in Congress for more than a quarter-century and was up for re-election next year. He had not said if he would run for a fourth term in 2008 and had been expected to announce his plans this fall.

"It is with sadness and deep regret that I announce it is my intent to resign from the Senate effective Sept. 30," Craig said, with his wife again at his side and Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter standing behind him.

"For any public official at this moment in time to be standing with Larry Craig is in itself a humbling experience," Craig said.

Craig was arrested June 11 in a police undercover vice operation in a men's room at the Minneapolis airport. The arresting officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia, said in his report that the restroom is a known location for homosexual activity.

"I am not gay. I never have been gay," Craig said at a news conference here Tuesday, a day after his guilty plea became public.

Republicans, worried about the scandal's effect on next year's election, suffered a further setback Friday when veteran Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia announced he will retire rather than seek a sixth term. Democrats captured Virginia's other Senate seat from the GOP in the 2006 election.

Otter said Saturday he has not chosen a replacement, although several Republicans familiar with internal deliberations said he favored Republican Lt. Gov. Jim Risch. He called speculation that he has made a choice "dead wrong."

Otter declined to say when he would fill the seat.

Craig opposes gay marriage and has a strong record against gay rights. He was a leading voice in the Senate on gun issues and Western lands. Craig chaired the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and was a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, where he was adept at securing federal money for Idaho projects.

A fiscal and social conservative, Craig sometimes broke with his party, notably on immigration, where he pushed changes that many in his party said offered "amnesty" to illegal immigrants. Much of the impetus behind Craig's push to ease bureaucratic hurdles to immigrant farm workers stemmed from his background as a rancher and the state's large rural, farming community.

Craig has faced rumors about his sexuality since the 1980s. He has called assertions that he has engaged in gay sex ridiculous.

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Daly reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Todd Dvorak in Boise and and Liz Sidoti and Deb Riechmann in Washington contributed to this report.

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now he says he didn't resign?

sheeesh...

these guys are so hung up on technicalities of law anymore that they seem to have forgotten they are elected by the people, for the people...

if he doesn't resign? he's tripling the damage he's already done..

the worst part is how incompetent he's been thru this affair...

i am also hearing that his team may be going after the cop...

that's real rich... those cops are there in this case to protect regular people from being harrassed, and more specifically?
TO PROTECT OUR KIDS...

screw this senator to the wall IMO..

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People solicit straight sex on public street corners all the time. Should he be shot because it was gay sex? Or should anyone who's been with a prostitute be shot?

Seems like a bit of an overreaction. Yeah, he screwed up and did something illegal. Yeah, it's a different lifestyle than most (all?) of us would choose. But the incident in and of itself is really not the big deal it was made out to be, IMO. The big deal is probably the hypocrisy involved in his previous anti-gay voting record, not the fact that he was a dude who wanted some action, regardless of who it was from or where it happened.

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Senator Craig only likes one kind a shareholder:

LONG & STRONG Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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