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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[CaptEdwardGraham]

http://podblanc.ath.cx/?q=node/6721 Republicans, we know how to use the bathroom right.

[CaptEdwardGraham]

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070917/480/7f12299170864dec92f0918acd80ea9f

The bathroom at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis where U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested in a sex sting is shown Monday Sept. 17, 2007. Karen Evans, information specialist at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said the airport has since been giving directions to the men's room near a central food court and shopping area. 'It's become a tourist attraction,' said Evans. (AP Photo/Andy King)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070917/480/56e0e6460a8843b4951259f167cf95cb

The bathroom at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis where U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested in a sex sting

[Bystander]

The sexual deviate, Craig, needs to resign!

[Misanthrope2]

I don't care if he is gay. I do care that he has been a shill for land rapers and corporate consumption of our natural resources including the areas we all own as Americans. He was horrible for the environment.

Resign, fascist pig.

[AbbieX]

This poor woman has no sense of self worth. Doesn't she realize that if she dumps this pervert and tells all, there is a multi-million dollar book deal in it for her??? He is either gay and a mega liar, which should be enough to get the good people of Idaho to throw him out of office now, or he is a pervert, which should be enough to get the good people of Idaho to throw him out of office now! Maybe she is just sympathetic to gays and is in a closet of her very own...sad!

[Thalia]

He's lying, of course. IT was not a tough call at all. He had no intentions of ever telling her or anyone about the arrest.

Nice to see a Republican grasp the notion of something being so embarrassing you keep it to yourself though.

What a bunch of slimeballs Repubs have become.

[transendentilist]

He is finding out just what the flip side of showing his "Senate," id to cops who catch him.
The cop probably didn't know he was a senator.....until Larry (LoLA) Craig showed him.

What a fricking dumb ass. Just further proof that these senators and congressional men and women are completely out of touch with normal life (and abnormal as well) in the U.S. of A.!

[amizetta]

I think Senator Craig needs to step down. He continues to make a fool out of himself and his family. If he resigns does he lose his pension and health benefits?

[protagonia]

Leave 'em right where he is.

Perfect.

[ReadALot]

Craig was involved with a Page scandal in 1982. The Page later recanted and Larry shortly after married. I don't know if Suzanne was a widow or a divorced woman with children. I'd say Suzanne couldn't have been ignorant of the 1982 Page scandal. The marriage was a benefit for both of them. She got security and he got a cover, a beard.

[CaptEdwardGraham]

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070917/480/7f12299170864dec92f0918acd80ea9f

The bathroom at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis where U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested in a sex sting is shown Monday Sept. 17, 2007. Karen Evans, information specialist at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said the airport has since been giving directions to the men's room near a central food court and shopping area. 'It's become a tourist attraction,' said Evans. (AP Photo/Andy King)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070917/480/56e0e6460a8843b4951259f167cf95cb

The bathroom at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis where U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested in a sex sting

[mimsnpips]

captain: they both come up as bad links.

[LindaSmart50]

I think Craig is one of these type of guys that would stick his dick into anything.

[lornejl]

I don't know much about Senator Craig, but he is impeccably dressed.

[chuckgraner]

The majority of gay men are sharp dressers.

[JimGroom]

Hey Larry, do you really think your wife does not know your gay? Unless she has an IQ equal to room temperature she has known for years and now the world knows. Start facing reality and shut that old closet door behind you and celebrate your new found freedom. LOL

[sa]

check the look at :17 -
oh god, i married a gay guy.

[olivia]

I guess the part where religion gets them through this, he gets forgiven by a higher power, she turns to God for strength to forgive him, etc. comes AFTER Craig finally abandons the pretense that he is anything but guilty of the alleged behavior.

[helonias]

He's really, really, really,really, really, really, really, really, really,really, really, really,really, really, really,really, really, really, really, really, really,really, really, really,really, really, really,really, really, really, really, really, really,really, really, really,really, really, really,really, really, really, really, really, really,really, really, really sorry.

That he got caught with his pants down and thats his stance, like it or not.

[helonias]

So he's an adulterer and a barer of false witness, but those thing weren't in his wedding vowels.

No problemo

[A Meat Beetle]

Wedding vowels???? What about his wedding consonants?

[olivia]

His wife does not even live with him. He lives on a boat near D.C. and she lives in Boise.

Like most of these Republican perverts' wives, she is in it for the money. (Just my guess and I could be wrong!)

[phansen]

Of course the Liberals are jumping all over this... Listen, this could happen to anyone. I was just in the airport yesterday, and I was definitely worried that I was going to be arrested and charged with trying to blow a cop for absolutely no reason. It happens all the time. Cops just totally misunderstand what's going on when you put their d*ck in your mouth. They just ASSUME it's some illegal gay-sex-in-the-bathroom thing. It could happen to any of us.

[revko]

FLAGGED AS PARANOID

[Evelyn]

Flagged as lacking the ability to detect irony.

[protagonia]

A kazoo is more difficult to play.

[Truss]

you were afriad to go in the bathroom because you're sick and paranoid. what a great place the world would be if everyone was like you. have a great day.

[Truss]

ya know on second thought, maybe you're a closet case?

[k8k9]

Ditto