1. what happened to innocent untill proven guilty?
2. I thought the left was the champion of gay rights?
3.craig was not in a pubiic office {at the time If he did this} Clinton wasbut that is ok?
So who is the bigger hypocrite?!
2007-08-28 15:31:16 · 15 answers · asked by and socialism 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
In office and in session are not the same.
As pointed out above, he plead guilty.
Why are the neocons making such a big deal out of this when the so-called Liberals have not?
I just rec'd a message from my son in Northern Iraq. He wants you neocons to know how proud everybody over their is to be fighting for the rights of Republican pansies that like sex in the crapper with other men.
In fact they are so happy that they would like Sen. Craig to pay a visit, but they realize neocons don't go near that kind of action.
Screwballs!
2007-08-30 04:38:02 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
He is innocent until proven guilty... and he plead guilty to a reduced charge, and allocuted that the evidence as presented by Police were in fact true.
Now.. I don't care what sexual acts someone does provided every single person involved consents. But when it happens in public, where an 8 year old child could happen upon it, different, but the legal system did it's job and I no longer care about that.
But Craig is a person who has spent his entire political career vilifying homosexuals. If he is the Champion of Gay Rights then I'm the King of Atlantis. That doesn't make him a hypocrite... that makes him the defination of hypocrite.
2007-08-28 22:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel E 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1. He plead guilty to a lesser offense. He has already admitted guilt..
2. They are. Libs don't complain about the fact he may be gay, they complain because he has consistently voted against gay rights. That is hypocrisy, plain and simple.
3. Who the hell cares where it happened?
A hypocrite is someone who says one thing and does another. Neither Clinton nor Craig get a pass on it. It is a damn shame though that both of them are held to standards that some of the American people do not hold themselves to.
For god's sake, how about if conservatives try having a little heart? Let these people's private lives be private. Their marriages are their marriages,the fidelity within them is none of our damn business. There should be no victimless crimes.
Geez, it blows me away to think there was some cop laying in wait for some poor schmuck who needed his willy oiled to come in the bathroom and make advances toward him. I am sure if we think really hard, we could definitely find a better way for him to spend his time.
2007-08-28 22:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by Slimsmom 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Craig WAS in office at the time and he was proven guilty because he told them he was. My god at least go to wikipedia before you attempt to make a point about someone. He probably would have recieved a larger sentence if he plead not guilty. (He would have been convicted even if he had plead not-guilty; A police report is pretty hard to debunk)
Edit: ...King of Atlantis lol
That one made me chuckle... I am so gonna use that later on.
2007-08-28 22:50:27 · answer #4 · answered by cheezbawl2003 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're missing the point, genius. Larry Craig attacked gay people and gay rights. Larry Craig was obviously trolling for gay sex. Larry Craig is a hypocrite. The Republican Party has more than a few closeted gay men in their ranks and yet they still go full throttle with their homophobic rhetoric. And you're an idiot to bring up Clinton by the way, the Republicans never gave him the benefit of the doubt and accused him of just everything they could think of, or did you not remember the 90's?
2007-08-28 22:41:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
By definition, all elected representatives are hypocrites.
They are elected to represent their constituents regardless of their personal inclinations.
Craig ran on an anti-gay platform, and voted in the senate on an anti-gay platform as he was elected to do.
When a lawyer or politician serves as an advocate for those they represent, their personal positions are irrelevent. I don't see a relevence between Craig's personal life, whatever that really is, and a voting record that is consistent with what he was elected to represent. Therefore, I see no hypocrisy.
2007-08-30 21:30:40 · answer #6 · answered by Houston, we have a problem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Um... Craig did plead guilty.
2. The left is the champion of gay rights, but what is Craig doing? He's an opponent of gay rights, why?
3. What does this have to do with anything?
2007-08-28 22:39:03 · answer #7 · answered by ck4829 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
1) He already pleaded guilty and was convicted.
2) This has nothing to do with being gay, it's about soliciting prostitution, which is a crime.
3) He wasn't in public office 3 months ago when this happened? Uh...yes, he was.
So what the hell are you talking about?
2007-08-28 22:40:16 · answer #8 · answered by Mitchell . 5 · 5⤊ 3⤋
He pleaded guilty! Most of us on the left don't give a sh*t what someone's sexual preference is.
He's been preaching anti-gay rhetoric for years and denying he's gay for decades. Why doesn't he just come out of the closet and acknowledge who he is? Most of us don't care. We just don't appreciate the WAY he got busted. It's pretty tacky for a politician to solicit sex in a bathroom, isn't it.
2007-08-28 22:39:19 · answer #9 · answered by katydid 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
I think all of the libs that see this as evidence of Republican hypocrisy need to step back for a while and take the "Liberal Thought Police" (TM) into account before leveling any further accusations.
2007-08-28 23:36:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋