Yes, I'm still talking about Larry Craig.
Craig's attorney, Billy Martin, said that the lawmaker's plea "was not knowing and intelligent and therefore was in violation of his constitutional rights" when he was arrested in a men's restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in June.
Well, Billy, if Senator Craig was not knowing and not intelligent in this situation and violated his own constitutional rights, what can we expect of him as a Senator, as a "lawmaker"?
Police and court files indicate that Mr. Craig’s case may have been handled more harshly than some of the others. For instance, he alone among the 40 men arrested was charged with both disorderly conduct and interference with privacy. The other men were charged with one or the other, or with indecent exposure or loitering.Patrick Hogan, a spokesman for the airport and the law firm it hired to prosecute the cases, said Mr. Craig was the only man charged with two offenses because he had peered into the police officer’s stall and had used unspoken signals — foot tapping and hand motions — known as ways to solicit restroom sex.
Or could it have had anything to do with this...
"... Craig handed me a business card that identified himself as a United States Senator as he stated, 'What do you think about that?'..." [statement of the arresting officer]
I guess he got his answer.
What I think about that is that this "lawmaker" should have been using his energy and position to do something about the laws that permit shabby sting operations, if that's what he objects to, rather than to play footsie in airport restrooms.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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