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Sen. Larry Craig: Court Denies Plea Withdrawal | 23 comments (23 topical)

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"Semi-intelligent client" is, in his (none / 0) (#3)
by scribe on Thu Oct 04, 2007 at 03:31:47 PM EST
case, not appropriate.  He's a Senator, and pretty intelligent.  It's not a matter of intelligence.

Rather, he pleaded because of his fear - of disclosure, etc., regardless of whether he was gay or not.  He tried to get out from under it and I think (and thought) his lawyers did about as well with the case he handed them, as they could.

But even if he is to leave the Senate now (given his previous change of direction on quitting this is not a foregone conclusion), he has given us, and his party, the benefit of a new term in the language, together with context:  a "wide stance" in a Minneapolis-St. Paul airport mens' room.  And, his grateful party is running with both the term, and the idea, as seen in the logo for the coming 2008 RNC Convention in ... Minneapolis.
And, no, I'm not kidding.  That's the real logo.

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SEEE? He's no dummy! (none / 0) (#5)
by scribe on Thu Oct 04, 2007 at 03:43:37 PM EST
He knows that, if he leaves the Senate, he (a) will be a laughingstock, (b) won't be able to get a job nearly as good, (c) will be deemed to have admitted his gayness, and (d) won't have any more power.  So, per his office's announcement this afternoon, he's going to stay in the Senate and finish this term.

He says he's going to retire when this term is over, but a month ago, he was (supposedly) going to quit immediately.  Then it was by the end of the month, yadda, yadda.

Here's from the press release:

"I am extremely disappointed with the ruling issued today. I am innocent of the charges against me. I continue to work with my legal team to explore my additional legal options.

"I will continue to serve Idaho in the United States Senate, and there are several reasons for that. As I continued to work for Idaho over the past three weeks here in the Senate, I have seen that it is possible for me to work here effectively.

So, to answer TL's question - "exploring additional legal options" reads like "of course I'm going to appeal"....

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Yeh, he's got to stay in the Senate because... (none / 0) (#7)
by desertswine on Thu Oct 04, 2007 at 04:01:11 PM EST
"I will continue my effort to clear my name in the Senate Ethics Committee -- something that is not possible if I am not serving in the Senate."

he sez.

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Sen. Larry Craig: Court Denies Plea Withdrawal | 23 comments (23 topical)

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