Putting Larry Craig in Perspective

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by MasterShake29, Sep 6, 2007.

  1. MasterShake29

    MasterShake29 Member+

    Oct 28, 2001
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    And the rest is worth reading too.

    Not to defend hopefully soon to be former Sen. Craig, but is what he did worse than the above?

    I honestly don't think so.
     
  2. Barbara

    Barbara BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 29, 2000
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    It certainly might be. Which is why a link would come in handy at this juncture.
     
  3. YankHibee

    YankHibee Member+

    Mar 28, 2005
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    There is one at the top of his post.
     
  4. Barbara

    Barbara BigSoccer Supporter

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    Duh. I'm not used to the new and improved BigSoccer yet.
     
  5. Samarkand

    Samarkand Member+

    May 28, 2001
    Barbara would never have made that mistake.
     
  6. Norsk Troll

    Norsk Troll Member+

    Sep 7, 2000
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    You don't think he's guilty of those things as well?
     
  7. Barbara

    Barbara BigSoccer Supporter

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    I heard she was a bitch.
     
  8. MasterShake29

    MasterShake29 Member+

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    Of course I do, but it's like saying Craig's team gave up 11 goals to someone instead of 10. It's worse, but not by much.

    What Craig did, while not good, didn't affect my life at all. The stuff mentioned in the blog post (and Volokh Conspiracy is an excellent blog) does.
     
  9. HerthaBerwyn

    HerthaBerwyn Member+

    May 24, 2003
    Chicago
    The real crime here isnt looking for a little rumpsocket. The issue is the organized persecution of a despised minority in order to manipulate those to whom despising that minority is a priority into voting against their own economic interests, all the while being a member of that minority.

    It illuminates the hypocritical nature of the conservative movement in general. They dont believe their own rhetoric but impose it anyway. They hide their agenda. Those who behave in such a way must be purged like Keira Knightley's supper.

    BTW, Alice, youre right about Barbara, but we loved her for that cute little caboose.
     
  10. TheSlipperyOne

    TheSlipperyOne Member+

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    So you don't think Craig did any of those things listed in your first post?

    ;)
     
  11. Stud83

    Stud83 Member+

    Jun 1, 2005
    As long as whatever they are doing is legal, I don't care if Senators or the Presidents are doing threesomes nightly and foursomes on weekends.
    In fact, if I hear news about McCain's recent sexual escapades, I might just vote for him, b/c that would be an excellent indication of his health status.
     
  12. JeremyEritrea

    JeremyEritrea Member+

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    Libertarians really are crazy.
     
  13. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
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    You live in America and you have to ask this question? Of course what he did was worse. We would willingly and gladly trade all manner of corruption and oppressiveness if it meant protection from teh gays.
     
  14. MasterShake29

    MasterShake29 Member+

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    How so? And what does that have to do with this thread?
     
  15. Samarkand

    Samarkand Member+

    May 28, 2001
    And way more besides. Still, I'll never forget when she took my virginity.......
     
  16. Barbara

    Barbara BigSoccer Supporter

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    You should have been so lucky. :D
     
  17. eric_appleby

    eric_appleby Member+

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    Whatever happened in that rest room, no one wound up dead.
    As opposed to the drunken escapades of Teddy Kennedy at Chappaquidick many years ago.
     
  18. superdave

    superdave Member+

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    Or when Laura Bush ran over her boyfriend.
     
  19. MtMike

    MtMike Member+

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    Or when Bill Clinton had Ron Brown killed.

    I mean, being speculative like this has as much place as comparing a non-elected person's honest car accident at age 17 to a standing US Senator's drunken murder of a girl.
     
  20. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
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    It shouldn't matter, really, if a senator gets it in the ass in a public restroom, but in the real world it does matter. Because, if you're going to exploit anti-gay feelings in order to win elections, then it's a double edge sword. It will bite you in the ass when you yourself turn out to be gay.
     
  21. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Craig was a grand slam of Republican "values." Cruising for blumpkins in airport bathrooms while opposing gay marriage and rubber stamping Bushco's agenda to the detriment of all Americans. He sucked in so many ways.
     
  22. eric_appleby

    eric_appleby Member+

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    Huh? What elected office does she hold?
     
  23. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
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    If you know about the circumstances of the car crash, I don't know how you can think it was anything but premeditated murder.
    You brought it into play when you started talking about Kennedy. Of course what Larry Craig did doesn't compare to genocide of thousands of people, but that doesn't mean that we can talk about nothing else except the genocide of thousands of people. Larry Craig is still a butt pirate who happens to be not very good good at hiding his eye patch and parrot, and I'm not going to stop commenting on him and the horrible political party that creates sad hypocrites like him no matter what else is happening because it is still worthy of comment in and of itself.
     
  24. MtMike

    MtMike Member+

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    Then give me a link to someplace other than to democratic underground or moveon.org that proves this or that she was drunk. All I see in searches is a bunch of unsubstantiated ramblings on far left liberal blogs and message boards.

    I don't remember this even being much of an issue during either election. If there was a shred of truth to it, you know every news outlet in th world would have broadcast that non-stop.
     
  25. TheSlipperyOne

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    Or when Dubya had tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians executed with bombs.
     

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