Today in our POLS class we briefly discussed Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig's scandal. According to many different news sources, the senator allegedly solicited an undercover policeman in a Minnesota airport restroom on June 11, 2007. He plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct on August 1st and then it was filed on that following 8th at the courthouse.
According to this particular article, Sen. Craig did several gestures such as tapping his right foot, extending his feet under stall to touch the undercover officer, and running his hand under stall partition... palm up.
What I do not understand is where the line of entrapment starts and stops? And even beyond that, wouldn't the Senator have to verbally ask for sex? I do not claim to be any type of pro at law but I always thought that it was legal to have sex with someone; it just was illegal to pay for it!
Call me crazy but I think there is more to this story then being told. After reading another blog, Huckleberries Online, and the comments made in regards to this matter; I may have to agree that it sounds like some good ole fashion mud raking. Nothing seems to "add up" in the big picture of this scandal.
Give me a reply back... let me know your thoughts on the matter.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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Fair enough questions all.
So now it's time to speculate, which is basically what the media have been doing. What is the rest of the story? Is there some agenda against Craig that leads to this speculative nonsense? Or something less sinister?
I don't think the entrapment argument holds water. Saying he was entrapped is like saying the Highway patrolman hiding behind a billboard entrapped you when you drove by at 87 mph and didn't see him. An undercover cop would not have been assigned to that bathroom in the first place unless there was a problem with "lewdness" going on there. Entrapment or not, if you do something illegal you can't complain when you're caught, or you can plead NOT GUILTY if you think you weren't doing anything wrong. That did not happen with Sen. Craig.
I don't think the biggest thing is Craig being gay..except for the embarrassment he is causing the Republican Party.
He probably is leading a double life IMO. However, he should not have plead guilty. The evidence is flimsy at best. With no conviction it would have been hard to pressure him to step down.
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