aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Republicans scold Craig for bathroom arrest

Oh those tough on crime Republicans:

The Senate Ethics Committee released a ‘Public Letter of Admonition’ today to Idaho Senator Larry Craig with regard to Craig’s conduct following his arrest last June in a men’s room at the Minneapolis airport.

The letter scolds Craig for his statement to the arresting officer regarding his position in the Senate (Craig told asked the arresting officer, “What do you think about that?") and also for his attempt to withdraw his guilty plea, about which it says this: “Your claims to the court, through counsel, to the effect that your guilty plea resulted from improper pressure or coercion, or that you did not, as a legal matter, know what you were doing when you pled guilty, do not appear credible.”

Georgia’s own Johnny Isakson signed the letter. Let’s just say it’s the least he could do.

Let me remind you that it’s not gay men we’re finding in rest stops and bathrooms these days. Gay people are busy fighting for marriage rights and the right to serve in the military and to worship along side other Americans.

As Craig’s rebuke makes its way through the media, let’s remember that this recent “gay” sex sting which netted 20 arrests but NOT ONE gay person is not unusual:

Of the twenty men arrested, all were married except for the priest. They’ve been charged with crimes ranging from loitering and public lewdness to trespassing. All are scheduled to be in court on Thursday.

PATHETIC!!!