Craig Vows To Stay In Senate Until End Of Term

Despite failing at his efforts to overturn his guilty plea, Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) says he will not resign from the Senate until his term ends in January 2009. A statement released moments ago:

Craig Reaction to Court Ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Idaho Senator Larry Craig issued the following statement in reaction to today's ruling by the State of Minnesota District Court Fourth Judicial District allowing the guilty plea to stand:

"I am extremely disappointed with the ruling issued today. I am innocent of the charges against me. I continue to work with my legal team to explore my additional legal options.

"I will continue to serve Idaho in the United States Senate, and there are several reasons for that. As I continued to work for Idaho over the past three weeks here in the Senate, I have seen that it is possible for me to work here effectively.

"Over the course of my three terms in the Senate and five terms in the House, I have accumulated seniority and important committee assignments that are valuable to Idaho, not the least of which are my seats on the Appropriations Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Veterans' Affairs Committee. A replacement would be highly unlikely to obtain these posts.

"In addition, I will continue my effort to clear my name in the Senate Ethics Committee - something that is not possible if I am not serving in the Senate.

"When my term has expired, I will retire and not seek reelection. I hope this provides the certainty Idaho needs and deserves."

UPDATE: Much more from the AP:

Craig's lawyer, Billy Martin issued a statement saying his client was considering whether to appeal the ruling.

"Senator Larry Craig maintains that he is innocent and there is insufficient evidence to support a finding that he is guilty," Martin said. "Thus, we renew our arguments that it is manifestly unjust to deny Senator Craig's request to withdraw his guilty plea. Senator Craig continues his steadfast denial that any inappropriate behavior took place at the airport."

Craig, in his separate statement, said he was disappointed in the ruling. "I am innocent of the charges against me," he said.

Comments

[MajorKong]

He couldn't bear to leave his fellow Senator's behind?

[Ping]

Good.

[ThomasDoubting]

The new face of the Republican Party. . Larry Craig is getting more press, than the presidential candidates. They must love seeing all that attention going to Lavatory Larry. Now that he is so well known, maybe he should throw his hat into the ring. Run, Larry, Run

[HumeSkeptic]

So, where would the escape helicopters land?


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Opening of US Embassy in Iraq Delayed

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 4, 2007
Filed at 9:22 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The opening of a mammoth, $600 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, which had been planned for last month, has now been delayed well into next year, U.S. officials said Thursday.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Iraq-Embassy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[SeconLine]

No Worries.

"Diplomacy" is just another excuse to spend millions of taxpayer $$$ in Iraq.

Bush hopes it never gets completed. It's like the Winchester Mystery House.

http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/

[SmellyOne]

I don't think the U.S. Peacekeepers are going anywhere anytime soon, HumeSkeptic.

[HumeSkeptic]

Does anyone know where miami-danny is?

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Man shoots 5 at Louisiana law firm

By DOUG SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer
54 minutes ago


ALEXANDRIA, La. - A man shot five people in a downtown law office Thursday afternoon and holed up in the building, shooting repeatedly at police with two victims still inside, authorities said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_re_us/louisiana_shooting

[JackSlappyNotYourPappy]

"Does anyone know where miami-danny is?"
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aside from who cares ... probably along with a lot of those who think the new format sucks!

[JackSlappyNotYourPappy]

Like me!

One shot n gone ... boring.

[dougbob]

doesn't anybody realize that this bathroom encounter was a secret anti-terrorism meeting gone awry? geez, this is national security stuff, and the good senator from i'da ho was merely trying collect secrets from an informant.
if craig takes a fall, the terrorists win!

[HumeSkeptic]

He was using Morse Code.

[BlueStateMan]

....tapping out the words, "Dan Perino".

[Ping]

Good one.

[Peabodies]

Just as the Republicans sent money to the Green Party in NY, NJ, MN ? in 2004, I would like to contribute to Senator Craig's re-election campaign. He's quite an asset to the Repugs. They love sex, any kind of sex, the more perverted the better, and Senator Craig just fits the bill!

[HumeSkeptic]

They don't love sex. They say sex is bad unless performed in a Godly manner and for the sole purpose of procreation.

A related thought: For Republicans, life starts on the internet, not at conception. It is when they order Viagra online.

[SmellyOne]

Holy shit, Hume.

You should stick to being condescending and leave the funnies to people who know what they're doing.

You really suck at being funny.

Really.

[Ping]

Good. What's the web site?

[levibatgirl]

Here's beej and his buddy going after a city slicker in a BMW with their truck.

Real tough guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc2MuQG8_A4

[Thalia]

Jesus!

What is it with conservative white men and being obsessive stalkers who love to harass people???

BJ? Any input?

[BlueStateMan]

beej's 'input' is stretched beyond recognition.

Must be the Rush suppositories.

[Chubbster]

Conservative?

[BillN]

Great, Larry... stick around.

The republicans need you to help bolster their image.

[MI6troll]

Craig announces he will fight to stay in the Senate.

Domenici announces his retirement.

Log Cabin starts running anti-Romney ads.


This is just the beginning.

The Republican Party implosion has begun.

[wars4profit]

Nonsense. The Republican Party is not imploding.

[MI6troll]

GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119127620102645595.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us

Republican Forecast: Cloudy
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118895742058917747.html?mod=blog

Fatalism Dominates GOP Outlook For '08
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/25/fatalism-dominates-gop-ou_n_65815.html

Perhaps if you would read something other than BS from your favorite constipation theory sites, you would be better informed.

[BWonka]

You mean it already has, right?

Otherwise your comment is just plain stupid.

[wars4profit]

It says a lot about our society that there is so much outrage about sex between CONSENTING adult males yet no outrage at all about troops and mercenaries RAPING helpless women and children in Iraq.


Practically ignored in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal are the Iraqi female prisoners who have told their attorneys they were raped by U.S. soldiers. The Taguba report confirms that some women were indeed raped by American G.I.'s. There is one photo of an American soldier [raping] an Iraqi woman. And there is the by now infamous story of how American soldiers harnessed a 70-year-old woman and rode her around, calling her a donkey.
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0421,mondo2,53784,6.html

--James Ridgeway, Rape at Abu-Ghraib
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[wars4profit]

This link should work better:

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0421,mondo2,53784,6.html#

[wars4profit]

If this one doesn't work, I'll give up!

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0421,mondo2,53784,6.html

[MI6troll]

Your links never work, raise.

wars is a fan of EtJ. EtJ posts links to anti-Semitic white supremacist websites run by Alex Linder.

wars is a supporter of the regime in Teheran which subjugates women and executes people for being gay.

Wars thinks that the US should apologize for the Amhadinejad skit on SNL.

[GW Crow]

What, and anybody was naive enough to think he would leave? He's a politician, so he's duty bound to lie. So, he likes a little dick now and then...we're letting them all ass fuck us!

[wars4profit]

We're probably better off with him staying. If he left, we'd have to pay the new guy's salary PLUS Craig's pension.

[Ping]

Scatological.

[HumeSkeptic]

Huh?

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Iraqis to Pay China $100 Million for Weapons for Police
By Robin Wright and Ann Scott Tyson
The Washington Post

Thursday 04 October 2007

Experts fear more will go to insurgents.

Iraq has ordered $100 million worth of light military equipment from China for its police force, contending that the United States was unable to provide the materiel and is too slow to deliver arms shipments, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said yesterday.

The China deal, not previously made public, has alarmed military analysts who note that Iraq's security forces already are unable to account for more than 190,000 weapons supplied by the United States, many of which are believed to be in the hands of Shiite and Sunni militias, insurgents and other forces seeking to destabilize Iraq and target U.S. troops.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100302464.html

[SaviourMachine]

Ruh-Roh!

[lthuedk]

http://www.light-to-dark.com/closeted.html

Why are so many Republicans so angry? Too much Rush, or O'Reilly, or Bush?

[MI6troll]

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/3/Q/penis_size.jpg

[Thalia]

Getting bit in the ass with your own shit is painful.

[BlueStateMan]

...and VERY messy.

[pangardenguru]

too much jesus juice

[Thalia]

Too much hubris.

[meandmagoo]

Thanks to guys like Craig and Vitter,the Grand Old Perverts are in danger of becoming a very small minority next year.

I say we should all encourage Larry in his courageous fight and donate generously to his reelection campaign.

[HumeSkeptic]

Cheney's hideout discovered:

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