Larry Craig

The 12 Most Shocking Political Sex Scandals Of The Decade

Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slidepoll, John Ensign, Don Sherwood, David Vitter, Sex Scandals, DC Madam, Jeri Ryan, Jack Ryan, Gary Condit, Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Political Sex Scandals, Politics News

As 2009 ends, the Huffington Post is taking a look back at one of the recurring themes of the past decade -- embarrassing political sex scandals. Whic...

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GOP Purity Test: Republican Party's Version of the Longest Suicide Note in History

Kara Vallow | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Foley, Womens Rights, Ronald Reagan, John Ensign, David Vitter, Republican Purity Test, Women and Politics, Gop Purity Resolution, Gop, Purity Balls, Larry Craig, Defense of Marriage Act, Gop Purity Test, Politics News
Kara Vallow

You can tell the sun is setting on a once-great political party when it starts issuing angry, demonizing mission statements that seem deliberately devised to alienate as many moderate voters as possible.

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ReThink Review: Outrage -- One Reason Why the Bird/Shepard Hate Crimes Act Took So Long

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hate Crimes, Homosexual, Rethink Reviews, Matthew Shepard, Gay, Charlie Crist, Jonathan Kim, Larry Craig, Barney Frank, Movie Reviews, Ken Mehlman, Louie Gohmert, Mike Huckabee, Michael Steele, Outrage, Homophobia, Documentary, James Byrd Jr., Glenn Beck, Kirby Dick, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

And the main reason is because hatred/fear of gays is running neck-and-neck with hatred/fear of government for the most defining, unifying characteristic of the "modern" republican party.

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Revisiting Misstressed Opportunities

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 10.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mark Sanford, Monica Lewinsky, Stephanie Birkitt, Dave Matthews, John Edwards, Amy Fisher, Rielle Hunter, Saturday Night Live, Larry Craig, Joey Buttafuoco, Eliot Spitzer, Ashley Dupre, David Letterman, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, Comedy News
Meredith C. Carroll

If only Monica Lewinsky had made a name for herself a few years earlier, I could have had the perfect role model. After all, Monica and I are the same age, attended good colleges, have loving parents.

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LettermanGate: One Week Later

Bruce Kluger | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Mark Sanford, Ed Sullivan Theater, Bill Clinton, Sex Scandal, Joe Halderman, The New York Post, Larry Craig, Cbs, tmz.com, Sarah Palin, Worldwide Pants, brucekluger.com, USA Today, Lewd Conduct, John Ensign, Argentina, Elliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Extortion, The Daily Beast, Bruce Kluger, David Letterman, Media News
Bruce Kluger

David Letterman successfully navigated his way through three explosive crises -- personal, professional and legal -- by simply telling the truth.

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Letterman Hurled Spit Balls In Glass House

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 10.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mark Sanford, Mark Foley, David Letterman Affairs, Gary Hart, David Letterman Extortion, Larry Craig, Sarah Palin, David Letterman, Comedy News

NEW YORK — Some of the politicians zinged by David Letterman over the years for their indiscretions are offering pity and advice for the scandal...

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Hypocrisy, Lies and Videotape

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, John Ensign, Family Values, Orange County, David Lynch, Larry Craig, Mike Duvall, Republicans, Conservatives, Sex, Politics News
Michael Sigman

The closer we look at the self-righteous leaders of the Right, the more we see the ugliness of -- well, let's use Mike Duvall's euphemism -- inappropriate story telling.

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Other Politicians Who Should Join Reality TV Shows Now That Tom DeLay Did (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mark Foley, Slideshow, Ted Stevens, Reality TV, Mitch McConnell, Larry Craig, Marion Barry, Slidepoll, Comedy News

Since Tom DeLay has agreed to do the cha-cha on Season 9 of "Dancing with the Stars," we think a few of his compatriots should follow suit. Here are o...

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Jason Linkins

Fox News Misplaces Egypt (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Video, Birther-Movement, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Larry Craig, Canada, Dave Weigel, Media News

It's been said that history will judge whether or not President George W. Bush will be found deserving of credit for having a transformative effect on...

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Larry Craig, Former Republican Senator, Opens Consulting Firm

AP | idffilskjr | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Craig, Senator Larry Craig, Larry Craig Consulting, Craig Consulting, Craig Consulting Firm, Politics News

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig has opened a consulting firm and says he's focusing on energy issues. The Idaho Republican se...

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Hypocrisy in High Places

Ruth Bettelheim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Mark Sanford, Ted Haggard, Rob Livingston, Hypocrisy, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Sexual Misconduct, Henry Hyde, John Ensign, Jimmy Swaggart, Family Values, Chip Pickering, David Vitter, Sexual Infidelity, Politics News
Ruth Bettelheim

When we repress important needs and desires so severely that we are unable to accept them as a part of ourselves, we give up the possibility of a controlled, thoughtful response to them.

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Ode to Our Elected Officials

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jim McGreevey, Bill Clinton, Gop, Maria Belen Chapur, John Ensign, Poetry, Hypocrisy, Monica Lewinsky, News, Politics, John Edwards, Political Scandals, Larry Craig, Sanford, Marital Infidelity, Eliot Spitzer, Sarah Palin, Comedy News
Michelle Schweiger Schecter

Last week's headline was quite salacious. "Gov. With Latina Quite Curvaceous" Guess he found someplace finer than his home state of South Carolina.

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Daisies for the GOP

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Gop, John Ensign, Sen. David Vitter, Republicans, Republican Party, Larry Craig, Sen. Tom Coburn, Politics News
Peter J. Ognibene

DAISIs preach biblical fidelity to the masses, castigate those who veer from the straight-and-narrow but fail to practice in their own lives what they so sanctimoniously preach.

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Ann Coulter, Olympics, Lobbyists, Blue States, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Adultery, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Manchurian Candidate, Constitution, Republican Party, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Lobbying, Scandal, Barack Obama, Red States, Homosexuality, John Ensign, Sean Hannity, Oxycontin, Neocons, Hypocrisy, Homophobia, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Alberto Gonzales, Bill O'Reilly, David Vitter, Conspiracy, Contract With America, Prostitution, Mail-Fraud, Big Tent, Tax Evasion, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Teenage Pregnancy, Divorce, Internet Porn, Fox News, Phil Gramm, Hal Turner, Al Gore, Summer Olympics, Pilonidal Cyst, Vietnam Draft-Dodger, Draft-Dodging, Vietnam War, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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Charlie Crist: Bad News for the GOP?

Adele Stan | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terri Schiavo, John Cornyn, Charlie Crist, Gay Rights, Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Closet, Latino Vote, LGBT Rights, Hispanic Vote, Religious Right, Gay, Larry Craig, Republican Party, Mike Rogers, Kirby Dick, Outrage, Politics News
Adele Stan

Is Charlie Crist the face of a new Republican Party, or a harbinger of the GOP's demise? He's handsome, personable and popular: a dream candidate for...

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Tribunal Announces Plan To Punish Dick Cheney By Featuring Family In Reality Show

Lee Stranahan | Posted 06.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: War Crimes, Andrew Sullivan, Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate Gosselin, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Mary Cheney, Larry Craig, Dick Cheney, Torture, Cheney War Crimes, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Comedy News
Lee Stranahan

Other cast members include George W. Bush, former Idaho Senator Larry Craig, former vice presidential nominee John Edwards, talk show host Michael Savage, political blogger Andrew Sullivan and reality star Kate Gosselin.

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Outrage: An Interview with Director Kirby Dick

Brad Listi | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jim McGreevey, Lgbt, New Releases, Ed Koch, Jim McCrery, Closet, Documentary Film, Larry Craig, David Dreier, Ken Mehlman, Homosexuality, Kirby Dick, Charlie Crist, Washington Blade, Outrage Film, Brad Listi, Gay Rights, Outrage, Closeted Politicians, Jim Kolbe, Entertainment News
Brad Listi

Dick: "It comes as a surprise to many viewers, but DC is actually a very gay town, and a very high percentage of the staffers who work on Capitol Hill are gay."

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Here's a Little Challenge for Iowa's Homophobic Republican Legislators...

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Barr, Foley, Iowa Supreme Court, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Iowa Republican Party, Gay Marriage, David Vitter, Vito Fossella, Mark, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

C'mon, Iowa Republicans, are you ready to prove that you practice what you preach? We won't hold our breath.

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Note To Spitzer: Gremilns?!

Lionel | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don Sherwood, Mark Foley, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Dan Crane, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Jeff Gannon, Henry Hyde, JIm WEst, Eliot Spitzer, Dan Burton, Jeff Miller, Richard Cutis, Neil Bush, Ed Schrock, Jim Gibbons, Ted Bundy, Strom Thurmond, Politics News
Lionel

No arena has been spared its own blemish and moral hiccup. Sports, entertainment, politics, the clergy -- name it.

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"Horny" Joe The Plumber's Next Career Move

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Humor, Joe the Plumber Interview, Porn Industry, Stormy Daniels, Larry Craig, Porn, Pornography, Media Research Center, Satire, Parody, Joe-Plumber-Horny, Joe the Plumber, Joe the Plumber Horny, Political Satire, Joe the Plumber Book, David Vitter, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Senator David Vitter, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

Don't get me wrong. It was a stupid joke and Joe definitely is a stupid man, but one thing that Mr. The Plumber does know how to do quite well... is market himself.

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Steele-ing the Spotlight

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Rnc, Larry Craig, Rush Limbaugh, Robert Downey Jr. Arnold Schwarzengger, Republican Party, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Poor Steele. He tries yet again, with great courage, to inject some logical, rational, science-based non-partisan thought into the debate only to be publicly rebuked by his political brethren.

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Poetry & Politicians: For Better or Verse

Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel | Posted 02.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Blagojevich, Mark Foley, Mitch McConnell, Clinton, John Boehner, Politicians, Palin, Dobson, Cheney, Mccain, Larry Craig, Richardson, Jeb Bush, Poetry, Bush, Rove, Portland Oregon, Style News
Margo Hammond and Ellen Heltzel

For Jeb Bush: "They fuck you up, your mum and dad./They may not mean to, but they do./They fill you with the faults they had/And add some extra, just for you."

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Larry Craig Drops Further Appeal

AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Craig, Senator Larry Craig, Larry Craig Scandal, Larry Craig Trial, Politics News

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has reached the end of the road in his effort to reverse his conviction in an airport bathroom sex s...

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Larry Craig Sex Sting Bathroom Tanking

AP | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Larry Craig, Larry Craig Bathroom, Craig Bathroom, Larry Craig Restroom, Larry Craig Airport, Larry Craig Sex Sting, Politics News

BOISE, Idaho — The men's room at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport where Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in a sex sting is...

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236.com: The Forgotten Heroes Of Airport Bathroom Sex (VIDEO)

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Larry Craig, 236.Com, Politics News

Now that a Minnesota court has rejected Larry Craig's sex sting appeal, can we start talking about some of the overlooked warriors in this thriving mo...

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