Who believes Larry Craig's assertion that he did not attempt to solicit "relations" with an undercover cop?

Question

In an airport restroom?

Answer 1

I don't. But who really cares? This is old news and I think you're pretty much pumpin' a dry well with it. Find something new to ask...or simply stop asking.

Answer 2

If any gay politician picks up guys in a toilet and gets caught soliciting like Craig has been, it says a lot about the man. It's a really disgusting thing to contemplate an elected official doing. Even if the politician was a good public servant, this sort of activity is not acceptable. It's really creepy to look at the guy lately and hear him say he was framed. If he hadn't tried to hurt the gay community so much in his voting record and thereby cleanse his soul, it might be a different story....but the guy is hiding a lot in that closet of his...Honesty or at least the public perception of a politician's honesty is what keeps him in office. He should listen to what the people in his state want him to do...if he stays and they think he's creepy and they wish he'd just go away, he should do so...but if most are OK with it, fine...it's mainly his arrogant attitude that gets me.

Answer 3

Who believes Larry Craig's assertion that he did not attempt to solicit "relations" with an undercover cop?
I'm sure he did not mean to have relations with any COP, lest he get busted, but he did want some serious (relations) if thats what you call that.

Answer 4

I think the cop was simply overzealous. I don't think cops should be allowed to go undercover. I believe that is entrapment. When all the 12-20 million illegal immigrants can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and our courts stop being Kangaroo courts, maybe we'll have a return to justice. Right now, there is no true justice because the cops are able to put undue pressure on people to plea bargain rather than go through the expense of going to court. Furthermore, the cops get to be lazy because they can intimidate people into plea bargaining rather than having to prove their cases. Look at all these big companies who "settle" all these lawsuits rather than go through the court system and have the truth exposed and have a greater possibility of having to pay big time -- in prison and money and maybe even loss of the business! When justice can be bought rather than adjudicated, it is not justice -- it is corruption! I think the cop's case would be extremely weak were it to go to court and he just wanted to make a name for himself by getting a big-wig politician. If I was a judge, I'd throw out all plea bargains and insist that the case be proven in court. That would certainly tie up the courts for awhile but it would also ensure that the cops weren't intimidating people into pleading guilty. As I said, 12-20 million illegal immigrants and those who hire, harbor and help them have committed felonies just by illegally entering the country, working illegally, using fraudulent identifications, etc. and the companies that hire, harbor and help them are cheating the government and are getting away with crimes against the state. Why shouldn't Larry Craig have the right to rescind his guilty plea and force the cop to prove his case? I believe that the judges won't let him have his day in court because the cop can't prove his case and because they want to climb all over a politician. I hope Craig pushes this -- big time -- and exposes the flawed, unjust legal system for what it is -- a collossal fraud!

Answer 5

After listening to the tape, I don't know what to believe. The cop was trying to bully Craig into a confession, which should not be the case-confession should not be coerced.

I drove a Hummer through a perimeter fence once and the MP's wanted me to "admit" that my AD was driving, who tested with alcohol on his breath. They kept us at the MP station for SIX HOURS trying to twist our testimony, keeping me and my AD in separate rooms and then telling us that the other confessed and ratted the other out, while threatening us with stockade time.

But all that happened was I hit a patch of black ice that caused the Hummer to spin. And I was the driver.

Police go for the big conviction whether it is there or not. And they will lie and overstep the bounds to get that confession. Those MPs wanted to arrest my AD so bad. They even wrote up my "confession" for me and tried to get me to plea bargain. In the end, they kicked us out and threatened me. "Wooooooo," scary!!! They were a bunch of pricks. They didn't feed us either.

Craig's tape with the police officer reminded me of that.

But he should resign because he said he was going to.

Answer 6

Yeah, he said he was reaching down to pick up a piece of toilet paper on the floor. Even if that is true, he should resign. No sane man (making over $100K/yr) would touch the floor of a public toilet to pick up anything less than a fifty dollar bill (I guess when I made less than I do now I would have picked up a twenty from a public toilet floor, but remember that's right in the splatter zone, no way anyone would pick up a piece of t.p.)

Answer 7

Only he & the cop know for sure! No one else has come forward to accuse him of anything. I know that just because a person is accused does not make them guilty. However, he did confess to having done what the cop said, so what are we to think? I don't have a clue about his truthfulness in this matter & I don't think anyone else does either.

Answer 8

He is a Republican, so naturally he is going to lie about his Gay life style.

But I am sure that he is not the only Republican with a wide stance.

The Republicans are full of hypocrisy.

Answer 9

He admitted to his actions by signing a guilty plea in the first place. If he really thinks that he didn't do anything wrong, why did he plead guilty?. He is is a senator and he knew very well the consequences of his guilty plea.

Answer 10

Only the terminaly gullible and those who can't accept the reality of what Craig did.