Craig Saga Continues - Gay, Not Gay, Will Resign, Might Not Resign!
Terry Trippany on Sep 04 2007 at 10:01 pm | Filed under: Feature Article, Linkfest, Politicians at Work
Never underestimate the ability of politicians to go back on their word. Senator Larry Craig (R-Reconsidering), has decided that perhaps resigning might not be his final decision.
BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening.
“It’s not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign,” Sidney Smith, Craig’s spokesman in Idaho’s capital, told The Associated Press.
I heard Rush defending Craig this afternoon by comparing what he did to other Democrats who have definitely done worse by all accounts. The problem though is that this is not about other politicians; it’s about Craig. As they say, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover up. In Craig’s case there was no big conspiracy to cover it up but he definitely tried to keep it quiet. Now that he has been caught he should spare the Republican Party and do what is right. We don’t need this distraction.
Unfortunately some Republicans think otherwise.
A telephone call Craig received last week from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig’s decision to reconsider his resignation, Smith said.
“It was a little more cut and dried a few days ago,” Smith said. “There weren’t many options. He was basically going to have to step aside. Now, there’s a little more to it.”
On Tuesday, Specter, senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, suggested Craig’s GOP colleagues who pressured him last week to resign should re-examine the facts surrounding his arrest June 11.
“The more people take a look at the situation, there may well be second thoughts,” said Specter, a former prosecutor. If Craig had not pleaded guilty in August to a reduced charge and instead demanded a trial, “I believe he would have been exonerated,” Specter said.
Craig gave up his senior positions on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and the Appropriations veterans subcommittee last week, at the request of Senate Republican leaders. The Senate began debating the veterans spending bill Tuesday.
You can always count on people like Arlen Specter to through Republicans under the bus every chance they get. I especially like the “if Craig had not pleaded guilty” line. What a bunch of crap. Sorry Mr. Specter, he did plead guilty. You may pull some rabbit out of a hat and find some way to reverse the ruling but that doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. Why don’t you do us a favor and join Craig on the way out of Congress. We don’t need your Republican backstabbing type on the team.
Others: Michelle Malkin, Hot Air
Senator Larry Craig, Sen. Arlen Specter, Congress, Republican
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