Craig Leaves Message Discussing Resignation On Wrong Voice Mail

Roll Call reports:

Sen. Larry Craig (R) opened the possibility of reversing his stated intention to resign from the Senate on Sept. 30 in a voice mail message obtained by Roll Call that the Idaho conservative inadvertently left at a wrong number.

Craig left the digitally recorded message on the recipient's mobile phone voice mail Saturday morning, about a half-hour before he announced his intention to resign his Senate seat at month's end. The message was provided to Roll Call by the phone's owner, who is a Washington, D.C., resident not involved in politics and is not the person the Senator was trying to reach. Craig discussed his forthcoming announcement more as a strategy to rehabilitate his political fortunes than a statement about his looming departure.

"Yes, Billy, this is Larry Craig calling. You can reach me on my cell. [Sen.] Arlen Specter [R-Pa.] is now willing to come out in my defense, arguing that it appears, by all that he knows, that I've been railroaded and all of that," Craig said on the voice mail. "Having all of that, we've reshaped my statement a little bit to say it is my 'intent' to resign on Sept. 30.

"I think it is very important for you to make as bold a statement as you are comfortable with this afternoon and I would hope you could make it in front of the cameras," Craig continued. "I think it would help drive the story that I am willing to fight, that I've got quality people out there fighting in my defense, and that this thing could take a new turn or a new shape; it has that potential."

Although it could not be determined who the Senator was trying to reach when he incorrectly dialed the phone number, Craig recently hired Washington, D.C., lawyer Billy Martin, who put out a statement Saturday in support of his new client.

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Comments

[SILVANUS]

03:11 PM on 09/05/2007

My faith in a higher being is restored as I watch these evil clowns eat their own sh*t.

And not a minute too soon.

[willfarnaby]

03:08 PM on 09/05/2007

The RICOTHUGLI­ECON PARTY: World's #1 Terrorist Organizati­on: "Serving Humans" Domestical­ly and Internatio­nally.

Diapers, Feces and Prostitute­s
Toilet Creatures
Pedophiles
Massively Corrupt Hypocrites
Jesus Freak Pod People
Corporate Whores and Bagmen
War Criminals
Torturers
Systemic Eco-Terror­ists

[balleryna2]

02:35 PM on 09/05/2007

To the Republican­s, this is all one big giant game. The game is all about "winning" - like a game of Survivor or Monopoly, and the carnage is trumped up and bragged about as they back-slap eachother on their accomplish­ments in the back room.

Republican­s believe success is all about dying with the most toys or makng the biggest splash in the news. They are whores of the worst kind. They are war-monger­ing, blood-thir­sty, greedy, fat, fascist pigs who laugh at those who ACTUALLY give a damn about poverty, health, and peace.

And - to make it all worse - they OWN the media and the White House.

The only thing "fun" about this is the news headlines.

It'll be sad when the Dems are finally back in power. The only thing the GOP will have to attack with is $400 haircuts and gay marriage (as if that's somehow a bad thing).

[bookinky]

02:30 PM on 09/05/2007

ever try to sit in a 'wide stance' with your pants around your ankles? Impossible­.

[HotheadPaisen]

02:20 PM on 09/05/2007

Yes, the hipocracy deepens. The kids aren't his; they're his wifes from a former marriage.
He adopted them.
Anyone wanna guess his stance on the "Should Gays be able to adopt" question?

[balleryna2]

02:17 PM on 09/05/2007

Incompeten­ce is an understate­ment. Just look at the headlines. Heck, even our own military leaders "accidenta­lly" put 5 nukes on a plane. The fact that Larry Craig "accidenta­lly" pleaded guilty, "accidenta­lly" said he would resign, and then "accidenta­lly" dialed a wrong number, is it any wonder why we're stuck with a president who "won" in 2000 & 2004 because a bunch of voting machines ACCIDENTAL­LY flipped the votes to a Republican idiot???

[MizLiz]

12:46 PM on 09/05/2007

I always wondered how Mr. Craig managed to reproduce not one but three times...no­w I find out those three kids are his wife's from a previous marriage..­.

[jalyx]

12:42 PM on 09/05/2007

Go, Larry, Go!!!
So is this what the GOP looks like without Rove at the helm?
Bring em' on!

[GiveMeStrength]

12:18 PM on 09/05/2007

Craig wants to stay in the senate long enough to get an earmark into a bill that will finance the study of homosexual sex in public bathrooms. He needs to find more locations!

Remember to chew before you swallow Larry

[gwpriester]

11:58 AM on 09/05/2007

I think Senator Craig should stay in office. How was what he did any better or worse than what Clinton did? What Craig did was personal and if he had not been so outspoken about gays and lesbians, it would really be nobody's business.

I would hope, however, that Mr. Craig would be more humble and a little less strident in his public remarks regarding gays and lesbians.

And of course, there is the delicious thought of the embarrassm­ent he will bring to his self righteous party of fellow hypocrites­. ;-)

[cindyw]

12:32 PM on 09/05/2007

Actually, he did more than just make "public remarks" about gays and lesbians. He used his vote in the Senate to promote an anti-gay agenda. I think that's when he loses his right to claim it's nobody's business.

[ChicaOfLight78]

01:31 PM on 09/05/2007

I actually agree, gwpriester­. His crime has nothing to do with his ability to be a public servant (though he's apparently commited in several ways! he-he) And besides, even if he's commited adultery so did Bill Clinton, and I wasn't shouting for his resignatio­n anyways. Even anything incenses me about this whole affair it's Craig's hypocrisy! Neverthele­ss, if I were him (which I'm greatful I'm not) I would stay in office and let the voters of Idaho fire me--not the Republican bigwigs that would have my throat cut anyways!!!

[dadw5boys]

11:49 AM on 09/05/2007

This man is apparently ready to implode.
So many mistakes over and over and this is the third time he has been pointed out for homosexual activities­!
Break the laws pay the price.

[Newsaroo]

11:38 AM on 09/05/2007

He's gonna' fight.
He's gonna' stay.
He's gonna' bring down the G.O.P.
He's gay, oh my.
That's what I heard in the next stall.

[wmbear]

11:30 AM on 09/05/2007

AND SPEAKING OF CRAPPERS..­.

I think that's where the Republican­s' chances in 2008 are being flushed down.

[MikeDu]

12:09 PM on 09/05/2007

If only. To quote P.T. Barnum, nobody ever lost money underestim­ating the intelligen­ce of the American public. Despite everything the Republican­s still have a chance to pull it out... a move Senator Craige would be intimately familiar with.

[white mende man]

11:29 AM on 09/05/2007

Bad boy, Larry Craig. You’re a naughty boy, you are a very bad naughty boy.
The majority of Americans think that you are a nasty, bad, naughty boy.

[Captain EdwardGraham]

11:27 AM on 09/05/2007

I wonder if his two kids are gay also?