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  Sen. Larry Craig Files Appeal , Idaho Republican Arrested In Sex Sting Vows He Will Finish Term In Senate - CBS News
Embattled Sen. Larry Craig asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals Monday to overrule a county judge who refused to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with an arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting.
Craig's appeal was filed at the court in St. Paul less than two weeks after Hennepin County Judge Charles Porter refused to overturn the guilty plea, saying it "was accurate, voluntary and intelligent, and...
Craig, a Republican from Idaho, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in August after he was accused of soliciting sex in a bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in June.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2007/10/15/politics/main3366698.shtml   (622 words)

  
 Larry Craig - Wonkette
Larry is gayly taking down what’s left of his party with him by bitchily attacking Mitt Romney and basically daring the Senate minority leadership to put a bullet in his head and dump his body behind a Boise truck stop with the “Super Tuber” recipe taped to his shoes.
As a Republican from Nebrasdaho or wherever the fuck, Larry Craig was a tireless champion of power companies and logging concerns, and he never stopped fighting the powerful salmon interests.
But with Larry resigning in disgrace for the “crime” of soliciting public sex with an undercover cop, these salmon may soon be free to infest the Snake River with their disgusting spawn.
wonkette.com /politics/larry-craig   (1707 words)

  
  Craig: I did nothing 'inappropriate' in airport bathroom - CNN.com
Craig's blue eyes were clearly visible through the crack in the door, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport police Sgt. Dave Karsnia wrote in the report he filed.
Craig, 62, pleaded guilty August 8 to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge in the incident, according to Minnesota criminal records.
Craig also has opposed expanding the federal hate crimes law to cover offenses motivated by anti-gay bias and, in 1996, voted against a bill that would have outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, which failed by a single vote in the Senate.
edition.cnn.com /2007/POLITICS/08/28/craig.arrest/?iref=mpstoryview   (0 words)

  
 Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) is Gay
On the show I have called on Senator Larry Craig to end his years of hypocrisy by leveling with Idahoans about who he really is. I am also calling upon several prominent Idaho social conservative leaders to ask them how they square their anti-gay positions with their support for this leader.
Larry Craig being mentioned as possibly connected to Congressional scandals is nothing new.
Craig isn't up for election until 2008, but solid-red ID-01 is on the verge of turning blue because rightwing GOP nominee Bill Sali is despised by every sane Republican in the state.
www.democrats.com /node/10483/print   (0 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Idaho Sen. Larry Craig to stay in office pending ruling in bathroom sex ...
Craig's comments Wednesday were greeted with chilly silence from Senate Republican leaders who have made clear they wish he would step down and let Idaho's GOP governor name a replacement.
Craig has said he panicked and foolishly pleaded guilty without consulting a lawyer, in part because an Idaho newspaper had been pursuing claims he is gay.
Craig “sat and was able to think about it a thousand miles away at his apartment on the Potomac,” Renz said at the hearing.
www.uniontrib.com /news/nation/20070926-1707-craig-senate.html   (871 words)

  
 Sen. Craig announces resignation - Politics - MSNBC.com
Craig at first tried to hold on to his position, contending in a public appearance on Tuesday that he had done nothing inappropriate and that his only mistake was pleading guilty Aug. 1 to the misdemeanor charge.
Craig said he would remain in the Senate until Sept. 30 in hopes of providing a smooth transition for his staff and whoever is chosen as his successor.
Craig was arrested June 11 in a police undercover vice operation.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/20467347   (687 words)

  
 ABC News: Sen. Larry Craig: Liability to Republicans?
In the continuing effort to clear his name, Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, this week filed an appeal to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with an arrest in an airport men's room sex sting.
The four-page appeal does not explain under what basis Craig is filing his appeal to the order issued Oct. 4, 2007, by Hennepin County District Court Judge Charles Porter for Craig's original guilty plea not to stand.
Craig told NBC that he "was very proud of my association with Mitt Romney," the GOP presidential candidate, "and he not only threw me under his campaign bus, he backed up and ran over me again."
abcnews.go.com /GMA/story?id=3734906&page=1   (486 words)

  
 BlogActive: Real Truth, Direct Action
On the show I have called on Senator Larry Craig to end his years of hypocrisy by leveling with Idahoans about who he really is. I am also calling upon several prominent Idaho social conservative leaders to ask them how they square their anti-gay positions with their support for this leader.
Larry Craig being mentioned as possibly connected to Congressional scandals is nothing new.
Senator Craig has consistently relied on the support of Idaho's "values voters," but he has not been honest with them about his own conduct.
www.blogactive.com /2006/10/senator-larry-craig-whats-with-gay.html   (649 words)

  
 Sen. Larry Craig chosen for Idaho Hall of Fame - CNN.com
Larry Craig was selected for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame in March.
The nonprofit Idaho Hall of Fame Association picked Craig in March, months before he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a Minneapolis airport police officer accused him of soliciting sex in the men's restroom, the organization's board chairman said.
Craig vowed Thursday to serve out the last 15 months of his term, despite a court ruling that left intact his guilty plea in the sex sting operation.
www.cnn.com /2007/POLITICS/10/07/craig.hof.ap/index.html   (426 words)

  
 Larry Craig - Congresspedia
Larry Craig's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
Craig was born July 20, 1945 in Idaho, where he was raised and educated, earning a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Idaho in 1969.
A statement from the GOP leadership read, “Senator Larry Craig has agreed to comply with Leadership’s request that he temporarily step down as the top Republican on the Veteran Affairs Committee, [Senate] Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, and [Senate] Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Larry_Craig   (0 words)

  
 Idaho Sen. Larry Craig Denies Allegations of Same-Sex Affairs | Boise | New West Network
Craig will be seeking that kind of election day support in the near future and it's time we know who he is. The time to expose him for the liar he is is now.
Craig deserves to be stung up by his big gay balls, along with all the other hypocritcal religious wackjobs out there from Bush on down.
I want to see Larry Craig gone but, not because he might be gay, but because he wants amnesty and an open border, but I dang sure hope that he isn't replaced by a democrat.
www.newwest.net /index.php/city/article/idaho_sen_larry_craig_denies_allegations_of_same_sex_affairs/C108/L108   (0 words)

  
 Larry Craig on Civil Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Craig scores 25% by the ACLU on civil rights issues
Click here for SenateMatch answers by Larry Craig.
Click here for a summary of Larry Craig's positions on all issues.
www.ontheissues.org /Domestic/Larry_Craig_Civil_Rights.htm   (1464 words)

  
 Sen. Larry Craig appeals ruling on bathroom sex sting guilty plea
Larry Craig asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals today to overturn a ruling that he cannot withdraw his guilty plea in a men's restroom sex sting.
But Craig, who is married, said he bumped the cop's foot by accident because he has a "wide stance" in the bathroom.
Craig said he entered a guilty plea without a lawyer and only did so in an attempt to make the whole thing go away.
www.nydailynews.com /news/wn_report/2007/10/15/2007-10-15_sen_larry_craig_appeals_ruling_on_bathro.html?ref=rss   (260 words)

  
 Larry Craig - The Huffington Post
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is considering resigning, Republican officials said Friday, after days of public and private pressure stemming from his arrest in June in a police undercover operation at an airport men's room.
Craig, who pleaded guilty recently to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct stemming from lewd acts in a men's room in a Minneapolis airport, is...
Larry Craig run for re-election in 2008 and complete a fourth term, he would be the longest-serving Idahoan in Congress ever.
www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Larry+Craig   (0 words)

  
 Larry Craig | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
See how Larry Craig voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
Larry Craig has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 90.0% of the time during the current Congress.
View Larry Craig's official financial disclosure statements, which describe the sources, types and amounts of income earned in a given year.
projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/c000858   (621 words)

  
 Larry Craig, US Senator for Idaho: Capitol Connection
Idaho Senators Larry Craig and Mike Crapo voted in support of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill for FY 2008, which cleared the full Senate today.
Senator Craig Announces Intent to Resign from the Senate - 09/01/07
Senator Craig was born on the family ranch near Midvale, Idaho, which was homesteaded in 1899 by his grandfather.
craig.senate.gov   (788 words)

  
 Larry Craig - Salon.com
Craig lawyer: He may stay in the Senate no matter what
Lawyers for Sen. Larry Craig prepare to make his case.
Having announced his resignation, Larry Craig mounts his defense.
dir.salon.com /topics/larry_craig/index.html   (311 words)

  
 Larry Craig Investigation | Idaho Statesman
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in June and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after an undercover police officer said Craig made a sexual advance toward him in an airport men's room.
A restroom-sex scandal will drive Sen. Larry Craig from office today, bringing an anguished end to the Idaho Republican's 27-year career in Congress.
Larry Craig's wife joins other political spouses who support their husbands during sex scandals
www.idahostatesman.com /1264   (0 words)

  
 MPR: Sen. Larry Craig: 'I am not gay'
According to a Hennepin County, Minn., court docket, Craig pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge on Aug. 8, with the court dismissing a charge of gross misdemeanor interference to privacy.
After a man in the adjacent stall left, Craig entered it and put his roller bag against the front of the stall door, "which Sgt. Karsnia's experience has indicated is used to attempt to conceal sexual conduct by blocking the view from the front of the stall," said the complaint, which was dated June 25.
Craig then passed his left hand under the stall divider into Karsnia's stall with his palms up and guided it along the divider toward the front of the stall three times, the complaint said.
minnesota.publicradio.org /display/web/2007/08/28/craig/?rsssource=1   (1189 words)

  
  Larry Craig at AllExperts
Larry Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945 in Midvale, Idaho) is the senior United States Senator from Idaho.
Craig was reelected to the Idaho State Senate in 1976 and 1978.
Craig defeated Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones in the Republican primary and former state legislator Ron J. Twilegar in the general election.
en.allexperts.com /e/l/la/larry_craig.htm   (643 words)

  
  Larry Craig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Craig was elected to the Idaho State Senate in 1974 and reelected in 1976 and 1978.
Craig was reelected in 1996 with 57 percent of the vote, defeating Democrat Walt Minnick, and in 2002, when he spent $3.2 million to defeat Alan Blinken, winning with 65 percent of the vote.
Craig and his wife Suzanne have two sons, Mike and Jay, and a daughter, Shae; the childen are from her previous marriage and were adopted by Craig.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larry_Craig   (1128 words)

  
 Hon. Larry Craig Bio
Larry Craig is serving his second term as a United States Senator from Idaho.
Senator Craig is a member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, where he is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management.
Larry was born on the family ranch homesteaded in 1899 by his grandfather, and later served as the Idaho State President and National Vice President of the Future Farmers of America.
www.welfareacademy.org /conf/papers/craig.shtml   (563 words)

  
 Senator Blocks 850 Air Force Promotions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Craig's hardball tactics have angered and frustrated even some of his Republican colleagues, including Senator John W. Warner of Virginia, who is chairman of the Armed Services Committee and has tried to mediate the dispute.
Craig's action has been felt throughout the Air Force, from young captains and majors to its senior ranks, where the promotions or new-job nominations for more than two dozen generals are in a holding pattern with no end in sight.
Larry Craig has been as much a friend to freedom in the Senate as anyone and yet look at the awful things people are saying after an article in the NY Times.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/925904/posts   (3360 words)

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