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

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 "My position is perfectly clear: a cap and trade system is obsolete in its approach to green house gas reductions, it has not worked, and I do not see it working."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.

Comments

[godlessclif]

08:25 PM on 11/09/2007

Hillary abandoned Sox the cat, how can we trust her.

http://perezhilton.com/?p=7512

[UltraClassic]

04:29 PM on 11/09/2007

Enough about Senator Craig, when is the Huffington Post going to begin covering Hugo Chavez?

[Libera1Texian]

02:02 PM on 11/09/2007

If we were more socially conscious, we might celebrate Sen. Craig as a hero of male sexual liberation.

Think about the social ills that harm women and children that are caused by excessive male sexuality:

Pornography
Prostitution
Sex trafficking
Child molestation
Rape
Sexual torture

If males would freely engage in sexual behavior with each other, it is just possible that the burden on women and children might lighten.

This would be a perfect solution. Everyone would be happier. Males would enjoy more and better sex. Women and children would experience increased bodily integrity and safety.
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[LorettaSingbiel]

01:12 PM on 11/09/2007

Closeted Craig has got to get back in the fight against The GLBT Community. He CERTAINLY isn't going to miss the opportunity to vote AGAINST employment protection for The GLB(not yet T) Community.

Craig's disgusting display of HYPOCRISY & HATE ... his ANTI-gay voting record...thus far:

Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation (9-10-96)

Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage (9-10-96)

Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation (6-20-00)

Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes (6-11-02)

Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (6-07-06)

And last, but not least...

In his first official vote since returning to the Senate, Larry Craig voted against the Matthew Shepard Act. His motive appears to be a fear of losing power, or access to free travel and thus opportunities to visit restrooms all over the country.

In the words of Craig's arresting officer: "Embarrassing, embarrassing. No wonder why we're going down the tubes!"

Stay safe, healthy and happy,
Love, Loretta

[OETKB]

12:55 PM on 11/09/2007

"The United States also needs to start paying attention to the Americas. We need better border security and comprehensive immigration reform. To reduce both illegal immigration and anti-American populism in Latin America, we must work with reform-minded governments to alleviate poverty, promote equitable development and strengthen energy cooperation." Governor Bill Richardson, candidate for president. More here:

http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/newsroom/articles?id=0226

[chirps]

12:37 PM on 11/09/2007

Yes, but how can one honestly say that the wide “stance” was an invitation to gay sex? Couldn’t he have been stretching? After a long flight who doesn’t enjoy a good stretch free of the airplane’s confines? I mean it’s not like he was humping the toilet stall door, now is it?

[AntiFascistMajority]

12:28 PM on 11/09/2007

What I like about Sen. Craig is he inspired some funny people to create some great humor. My favorite is Doug Clark’s wonderful rendition of “Tap Three Times” at the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvxHCeo-8EU
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[AntiFascistMajority]

12:18 PM on 11/09/2007

Ha-ha! The monopoly media have elevated Sen. Craig to the status of a statesman merely because he was caught playing footsie with a cop in an airport restroom. Is the USA decadent or what?

[BadBrad]

11:34 AM on 11/09/2007

Craig is gonna run for Senator in Idaho in 08 and he will win... (of course it will be a fixed election.)

Idaho politics is so corrupt any semblance of a true Democracy has long since vanished.

[msmaggie]

11:22 AM on 11/09/2007

Poor thing, his place in history is at worst a punchline, at best an answer to a trivial pursuit question ("What wide-stanced Senator...) You can't make this stuff up.

[liberal]

10:26 AM on 11/09/2007

He should tap tap himself into oblivion

[samuraijack]

09:03 AM on 11/09/2007

Of course Larry Craig would go after Barbara Boxer, he doesn't really like women. But he is not gay, has a manly wide stance. He can prove he is not gay because he loves huntin' fishin' and hangin' with his redneck buds. Can you say Brokeback Mountain? Come out the closet you all. Jack Out

[SonnyBono]

09:01 AM on 11/09/2007

Too bad Larry doesn't take a wide stance on the really important stuff like global warming but choses to tip-toe the Republican party line like the true toad that he is - with apologies to the real toads in nature who suffer when being lumped with scum like Larry Craig.

Idaho - you've got quite a guy there and welcome to him.

[VOTER]

08:30 AM on 11/09/2007

Larry Craig is back to tapping out his political opinions and

NO SURPRISE, NO SURPRISE - Republicans do understand

him.

Tap, Tap (pause) TAP-TAP- TAP! Hmmmm

[NotEasilyFooled]

08:10 AM on 11/09/2007

Be careful. Now that Craig has "come out", he has an "in" with the Dem leadership.