Larry Craig Opens Up About Why He Did Not Tell Wife About Arrest

Idaho Senator Larry Craig and his wife sat down with "Today host Matt Lauer to break their silence and talk about his guilty plea in a sex sting at an airport bathroom. Craig answered a question about why he didn't tell his wife about the arrest until the press was about to break the story months later. We suspect that his reluctance to tell his wife stemmed less from his "embarrassment" and more from his desire to keep the arrest as quiet as possible. After all, Craig had a Senate career and a marriage to protect. From NBC 10/16

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[dredge]

This man is a danger. To the rest of us. All that denial has to be directed somewhere: His wife (poor pathetic thing. She just sat there and looked at the ground or off camera. And she just takes it.) Once the person that loves him the most accepts his dishonesty, then it seems to embolden Craig to continue his self desception.

[wmbear]

YEAH, YOU COULD TELL BY THE PATHETIC EXPRESSION ON HER FACE...

What she really thought of her asshole husband's excuses....

[cynic]

Of course he didn't tell his wife. He's a coward. He's a republican. (Yes that's redundant, but there it is.)

He was simply terrified of her. He was scared she would stop playing his beard.

He's a coward.

[CaliforniaMike]

10-1 he's one of these Republicans like Reagan who calls his wife "mommy" or "mother."

[cynic]

He pled guilty
In writing
He signed a multi-page Plea Agreement.

The drafting, vetting and negotions involved in developing that agreement were done with appropriate counsel. Craig is a liar.

well, we knew that already...

The curious thing is what does he hope to get out of this PR campaign he's on. He'll NEVER be re-elected. His political life is over. Perhaps he's just fighting for that juicy congressional pension and government provided health care for life.

[Bushwhacked]

Don't they all get that anyway? He's served for years and years. Even convicted reps and senators get their cushy nesteggs I thought.

[NAOMA]

I read in one of the comments that Larry's kids were adopted, and I checked it out. Yes, they belonged to his wife (from a previous marriage). Interesting. Interesting. No?

[CaliforniaMike]

Could Larry be ... wait for it ... a virgin?

Perhaps his intensive Bible study taught him that women are evil, and his love of gladiator movies, showtunes and Ru Paul turned him to the other side.

[cynic]

Ru Paul??? I thought Larry supported the Mittster?

[WilliamWallace]

These kinds of people just give me the creeps, and not just because they seem so stupid.

[CaliforniaMike]

I heard the Chimp told Larry that "as long as you don't let them put it in you, you're not queer."

[Truss]

Yes, but Miss Larry has an o so difficult time with self-restraint. He's acutally a barebacker.

[wmbear]

IF YOU LISTEN TO THAT HORRIBLE UNCTIOUS TONE OF CRAIG'S...

You realize that the guy has made an entire career out of this kind of phony sincerety....

[LenP]

He looks like a skinny Cheney.

[baygirl]

Honey, have you ever heard of George Michael? No, oh, never mind.

[ghostsofamerica]

It's the hypocrisy. It runs rampant in Washigton,D.C.

[DocManhattan]

This guy and his ilk make me feel physically ill, with his mendacity, his arrogance and his apparent conviction that people will accept even the most obvious lies if they're repeated enough.

He thinks the rest of humanity are fools to be manipulated. He knows he's a hypocrite and he doesn't care, because he's been taught that winning is more important than being right. He is a vile excuse for a human being. I'm leaving this thread before I puke.

[wcfar]

Absolutely nutty...this guy doesn't need to be in OUR Senate. I'll quit, no I won't, I pled guilty, I didn't mean to, it was the officer's fault not mine, I have a wide stance, bullshit plus bullshit=bullshit. Forget you Larry.

[Dantana]

He is a Senator, and therefore capable of twisting and manipulating the situation to his advantage. God love him for exposing the conservative right for the hypocrites they are.
He was elected by the people of Idaho and shouldn't have to leave unless the Senate has the balls to have a Senate hearing to expell him with all the dirty details.

[ilovedessert]

THIS IS A CROCK. APPARENTLY, THERE WAS A GROUP SENDING OUT A LETTER, DURING THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE, (2006), THIW WAS ON MSNC AND ON THIS SITE! THE LETTER STATED, THAT ONLY SENATOR CRAIG HAS THE BACKBONE TO CLEAN UP THE SEX GOING ON IN THAT AND A FEW OTHER AIRPORT PUBLIC BATHROOMS. THAT HIS OFFICE ADMITS IT KNEW ABOUT, THE LETTER, THEREFORE HE KNEW, ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT BATH ROOM.

YET, HE NOW CLAIMS HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT BATHROOM.

HE IS SO FULL OF IT. MAKES YOU WONDER WHY HE NEVER HAD KIDS OF HIS OWN. I WOULD THINK THEY ARE WINDOW DRESSING.

AFTER ALL THIS IS FAR FROM THE 1ST TIME HE HAS GOTTEN IN TROUBLE WITH A SEX STING.

THE OTHER THING IS I DO NOT BELEIVE HE DID NOT GO TO A LAWYER, BEFORE PLEADING GUILTY. AFTER ALL, THE COVERSATION WITH THE LAWYER IS PRIVELIAGED AND WE WILL NEVER KNOW IF HE DID OR DID NOT HAVE A LAWYER!

[LenP]

Wow! Did you know you can turn OFF Cap locks?

[ming099]

...he's shouting so he will be heard..........

[Dantana]

His children were adopted as teenagers and a couple of them were boys. Wonder if they have some secrets?

[cynara]

Not fair. I haven't heard any rumors that would lead us to suspect Larry Craig was a pedophile. I'm all for outing a hypocrite, but it perterbs me that people are mixing gay with pedophile. Most gays are not pedophiles. Padophiles can be straight or gay, there's no scientific evidence of a connection between gay and pedophile.

[lornejl]

Look at his photo, it makes my skin crawl, I have to leave this thread before I throw up.

[mimsnpips]

Now this guy totes his wife around arm in arm, I really doubt this was the case before his story broke. The other day it even looked like he had granny on one arm, wifey on the other. Sick, disgusting.

Fess up man. Be a man.

[JoeBlough]

Craig has always had a problem with telling the true. To his wife or the public. It's part of his personality.

[transendentilist]

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

[transendentilist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMz-wi50ACU

[autodefensa]

There is a wonderful line in the musical comedy =Best Little Whorehouse in Texas= where the madam encourages a potential customer who hesitates because he is married:

=Oh Fred, you don't mean to tell me that the cows don't appreciate the time off when the bull goes to another pasture!=

If you take a look at Sen. Craig, there is nothing attractive about him. His wife is probably secretly grateful that he takes his sexual behavior elsewhere.
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[dezzertguy]

What a fake and phony. The Senate should move to remove him promptly. His poor wife has been decieved all these years and his most important call should have been to a lawyer. Some partnership. This guy is disgusting.

[transendentilist]

Some people will put up with anything for money.