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Just Your Typical News from Washington: Sex, Hypocrisy, and Scandal
Caleb Thornton
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: Opinion
It's the end of summer in Washington - so it's a good time for an old-fashioned scandal?
On Aug. 27, CNN reported that Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, a staunch opponent of gay rights, pled guilty to disorderly conduct in a case involving an undercover police officer claiming the senator made clear suggestions for sex in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.
Now the senator is claiming that he did nothing wrong.
However, there is a lot wrong with his story.
First of all, if he's not guilty, why did he plead guilty?
The senator claims he just wanted the whole thing to go away and thought that by pleading guilty the whole issue would simply blow over.
This reveals two things - either the senator is dumb enough to think the media would miss a gay rights opponent admitting to asking for sex with another man, or he's lying through his teeth.
Considering the senator is a politician, I'm going with choice number two.
Another problem with his story is the police report that shows clear intent on the senator's part in asking the undercover police officer for sex.
The officer claims the senator tapped his right foot several times and even placed his foot under the stall, touching the police officer's left foot in the adjacent stall. The officer reported that all these acts were typical signals used by persons "wishing to engage in lewd conduct."
The senator's response? He claimed after the incident that he simply, "has a wide stance when going to the bathroom."
A wide stance? Alex Rodriguez doesn't have that wide of a stance when he's up to bat!
The point here is that the senator appears to be guilty not only of disorderly conduct, but of the worst crime a politician can commit - hypocrisy.
If you're going to be against gay rights, it might help your cause not to be caught attempting to engage in homosexual conduct yourself.
Ask Pastor Ted Haggard. He knows very well what hypocrisy can do to one's career.
On Aug. 27, CNN reported that Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, a staunch opponent of gay rights, pled guilty to disorderly conduct in a case involving an undercover police officer claiming the senator made clear suggestions for sex in a Minneapolis airport bathroom.
Now the senator is claiming that he did nothing wrong.
However, there is a lot wrong with his story.
First of all, if he's not guilty, why did he plead guilty?
The senator claims he just wanted the whole thing to go away and thought that by pleading guilty the whole issue would simply blow over.
This reveals two things - either the senator is dumb enough to think the media would miss a gay rights opponent admitting to asking for sex with another man, or he's lying through his teeth.
Considering the senator is a politician, I'm going with choice number two.
Another problem with his story is the police report that shows clear intent on the senator's part in asking the undercover police officer for sex.
The officer claims the senator tapped his right foot several times and even placed his foot under the stall, touching the police officer's left foot in the adjacent stall. The officer reported that all these acts were typical signals used by persons "wishing to engage in lewd conduct."
The senator's response? He claimed after the incident that he simply, "has a wide stance when going to the bathroom."
A wide stance? Alex Rodriguez doesn't have that wide of a stance when he's up to bat!
The point here is that the senator appears to be guilty not only of disorderly conduct, but of the worst crime a politician can commit - hypocrisy.
If you're going to be against gay rights, it might help your cause not to be caught attempting to engage in homosexual conduct yourself.
Ask Pastor Ted Haggard. He knows very well what hypocrisy can do to one's career.
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anon
posted 9/06/07 @ 9:48 AM MST
They need to get some of those undercover cops in bars. Think of all the arrests they could make at Old Chicago's! I'm still confused as to why this is illegal - is it because it occured in a restroom, or because it was a man soliciting another man?
wAsHInGtoN MovErS
posted 12/16/08 @ 12:10 PM MST
maybe he pleaded guilty to the actual fact that he did in fact imply that he wanted sex, but maybe after thinking about it he realized that even though he did imply it there is nothing wrong with it?! its a free world he has a right to say what he wants. (Continued…)
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