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Tap, Tap: Craig Returns To Partisan Politics, Weighs In On Global Warming, Hillary

November 8, 2007 06:15 PM


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After months of seemingly self-imposed exile, Sen. Larry Craig is tapping his foot back into the national political scene.

The Idaho senator abruptly weighed in today on global warming, charging in a statement that Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair of the Senate energy committee, is "rushing" into climate legislation without making a cost-benefit analysis. Boxer is a popular punching bag of conservative activists.

"We need to perform a fair and responsible vetting of all the climate change alternatives before us," Craig said. "My position is perfectly clear: a cap and trade system is obsolete in its approach to green house gas reductions, it has not worked, and I do not see it working."

Later in the statement, Craig offered back-handed praise to Hillary Clinton for what he says is her similar approach to global warming. Noting his support for a "sector by sector trading approach," Craig said, "I was pleased to see that Senator Clinton supports a similar approach, albeit on the unrealistic side given her political realities."

It's been a while since Craig has taken shots at other members of Congress. After it was announced that he had pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for soliciting a plainclothes officer in a Minneapolis airport men's room, virtually all of his public pronouncements have related to local concerns, with subjects like "Senate Supports Special Olympics In Idaho," and "Craig Pushes Legacy Waste Removal Out Of Idaho." Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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Both larry craig and pat robertson have toe tapped their way into the sinking rat infested ship of republicans. It is so good to see them all together at last for their last hurrah. Soon you will see the bubbles rising from the bottom of the ocean. Thanks Larry for crawling out from under your rock in an attempt to be relevant.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:46 AM on 11/09/2007

It wasn't Global warming.
It was Glow Ball warming.

Craig was warning about an adult novelty store product that makes your balls glow in the dark.
It may make your balls feel warm.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:34 AM on 11/09/2007
- davy I'm a Fan of davy 2 fans permalink

NOW, every time I think of the republicans I think of this guy and toilets.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 AM on 11/09/2007

It is not a homosexual, who is in the spotlight, that should concern anyone. It is the lying, stupid bastard inside the shell, that calls himself Craig or whatever.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:56 AM on 11/09/2007
- BobK I'm a Fan of BobK permalink

Larry Craig - tapping out Morris code (At least he THOUGHT the guy in the next stall was named Morris!)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:37 AM on 11/09/2007

This just tells you the shape the repukes are in.....anything goes....they are failures...they had there chance and they ruined this country and others as well...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:32 PM on 11/08/2007
- mimsnpips I'm a Fan of mimsnpips 13 fans permalink
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The repugs are getting every possible filthy slimebag up and ready for dirty battle in the coming year.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:40 PM on 11/08/2007
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Larry just wants it to get so hot,that it starts raining men...

Larry, you savage you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 PM on 11/08/2007
- dax49 I'm a Fan of dax49 18 fans permalink

this is the price the republicans have placed on graig to let him back into the fold- trash hillary clinton and global warming. i wonder exactly he sold his soul

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:17 PM on 11/08/2007
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tell the queer to get back to his toliet stalls-he is a disgrace and the gop allows him to have stature--what a disgusting right wing fanatic!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:05 PM on 11/08/2007
- eej I'm a Fan of eej 8 fans permalink

In all seriousness, what is terrible is that a person like Larry Craig has felt compelled to cover up his true nature all these years. This as much an indictment of our society as of him.

Still, Craig is a bad person who does it for the money.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:51 PM on 11/08/2007
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How this hypocritical slimeball has managed to retain his job is completely beyond me ...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:49 PM on 11/08/2007

If you ever sit and wonder how the US got to be in this horrible state we need only look at Craig. A moral bankrupt and pervert who now says he gets it on global warming. But only conservatives can come up with a free market solution to solve it. That will be the day...

Craig is a true pervert in every way.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:38 PM on 11/08/2007
- eej I'm a Fan of eej 8 fans permalink

The Republican party is where bad people flock so they can use it as a cover.

Though the Democrats are the most tolerant, there is not nearly the deviance there.

Google up "Vanity Fair Red State Babylon" and read about the "family values" of the red states.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:28 PM on 11/08/2007
- eej I'm a Fan of eej 8 fans permalink

Nice job Idaho!!!

Here's some fun information from Larry Craig's district, Idaho Falls:

Google up "Idaho Falls Boy Scouts Mormon" and just see what comes up. It would be a secret still but for a brave newspaper reporter who remembers what journalism used to be, and PBS which did a 2-part expose.

If you're outraged, you're a good person.

This is Mitt Romney's church we are talking about here, and Mormon country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:25 PM on 11/08/2007
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