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Home Front: Politix

Craig to resign Saturday

2007-09-01

A Republican US senator arrested in a police sex sting in an airport men's bathroom will resign from the Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea, Republican officials said Friday. Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. MDT Saturday and say that he will resign effective Sept. 30, three state Republican officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Word of the resignation came five days after the disclosure that Craig had pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge arising out of his June 11 arrest during a lewd-conduct investigation at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The three-term Republican senator had maintained that he did nothing wrong except for making the guilty plea without consulting a lawyer. But he found almost no support among Republicans in his home state or Washington.

Posted by:Fred

#8 Is Larry Craig gay?

Ask Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Ebbeting the Anonymous9645 2007-09-01 13:59

#7 In other news former Senator Larry Craig announced he will begin his new career as the Ty-D-Bol Man.(wearing a Captain's hat, blazer and turtleneck) on a raft with two calypso guy musicians and two bushels of lemons [singing] "We put the lemon in the Ty-D-Bol for you."

Posted by: tzsenator 2007-09-01 13:40

#6 Christ to get a beaner in the Minneapolis airport can you must have to give signs like a third base coach...

Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-01 12:10

#5 While I don't have love for either party, at least the Trunks still have a modicum of shame which, of course, the MSM and Donks hypocritically exploit.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-09-01 08:48

#4 If he wishes to save his job he could announce he's now a Democrat.

Funny gorb.

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2007-09-01 08:06

#3 I hope his replacement shares an appropriately broad stance on policy.

Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-01 07:44

#2 I wonder who's going to be tapped to replace him.

Posted by: gorb 2007-09-01 03:45

#1 From what I heard, prior suspects divulged contact codes among gays seeking casual sex at that airport. I condone stings of this nature, especially where children use the same facilities.

Posted by: McZoid 2007-09-01 03:41

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