Things That Just Piss Me Off

Craig pleads guilty in airport restroom incident
By Jared S. Hopkins
Times-News writer

Senator Larry Craig’s Arrest Report Here.

WASHINGTON - A report Monday that U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested in June on charges of lewd conduct in a Minnesota airport men’s room left Idaho’s political circle stunned and unsure of how to react.

Craig was arrested June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by a plain-clothes police officer looking into complaints about activity in a public restroom, Roll Call, a news organization that intensely covers Capitol Hill, reported on its Web site Monday.

The revelation, coming nearly 20 days after Craig quietly entered a guilty plea, paid a fine and was placed on a year’s probation, prompted the state’s senior senator to resign as the Senate co-chair of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

“He didn’t want to be a distraction, and we accept his decision,” the Romney campaign told CNN.

I bet they do.

In a statement released late Monday, Craig said he did nothing improper.

“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,” Craig said. “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.”

So he was caught. He plead guilty. He now says he wasn’t. This surprise anyone? It shouldn’t. Par for the course for politicians who break the law.

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