Give Larry Craig a Break

Yet another senator gets busted in a sex scandal .

First off: Who cares? Did it affect his job performance? We can mostly agree that it doesn't. It's not like he was trading highway funding for sex.

Second: Are we really spending taxpayer dollars cracking down on gay cruising? I find that more disturbing than the cruising itself.

Third: Despite the guilty plea, are we sure he even did the (relatively harmless) act in question? The cop said that bumping feet in a toilet stall is a well-known signal that you want anonymous gay sex. Well, _I_ didn't know, and if I had been arrested after bumping feet in a toilet I'd be pretty confused. I don't think I've ever bumped somebody's feet in a toilet, but hey, I could imagine it happening. I know if I was in a jury, I'd let the guy off pretty fast. Reasonable doubt, anyone?

Why would he plead guilty? He hoped to keep it secret, of course. And it almost worked -- this happened months ago.

The relevance of this to the nation is of comparable significance to Paris Hilton's hemline. Shouldn't a democracy focus on more relevant things, like wars, and the Bill of Rights?

Filed Thu - August 30, 2007, 09:04 AM in

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