Do Republicans keep electing these clowns so the rest of us will have something to laugh at?
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. (Raw Story)
“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.”
Man I love those family values Republicans!
I saw a comment on another blog(I cannot find it now) where the guy compared the self loathing gays in the republican party to a fat guy trying to get ice cream banned so he wouldn’t be tempted anymore. I am not doing the comment justice as it was really funny, but the message seems pretty clear as to what may be the reason for the republicans war on gays.
This kind of thing puts Mel Gibson’s arrest to shame. At least if you’re hammered there’s a built in excuse. Totally sober and compelled to touch ankles under a bathroom stall divider is no way to go through life.
Single men should appreciate homosexuality, it is hard enough to meet a girl and every gay guy is one less guy that is competing for Miss Right. Not to mention that if you are out at a bar and a couple of girls start kissing in front of you, it is pretty fun to watch, and you don’t even have to give them one dollar bills.
I really think the only people who have a problem with homosexuality are people that for some reason find it tempting and are bothered by it.
I’m compelled to post a link to that video of Max Blumenthal crashing the Young Republicans convention…that guy talking about “urges”…
Young Republican Video
A thining out of the field is a plus I suppose, but it’s that type of attitude that has me and Pat Robertson convinced that armageddon is just around the corner.