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Rocky Mountain Guy, Colorado — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:31:24 GMT

Yet another example of the Faith and Morals party. Was Foley busy, oh wait Craig's not a teenage boy. Never mind.

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Laura in Los Angeles — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:32:05 GMT

All you folks out there much more witty then I am will have fun with this one. Can't wait to read your comments!! But I'm LMAO with this line "I could hear several unknown persons in the restroom that appeared to use the restroom for its intended use".

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Laura — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:34:16 GMT

Disgusting. What happened to the Republican party. This nation has gone down the old stink hole because of them. We need to fumigate and sanitize all of Washington. Starting with the lying chimp and his puppeteer. Not sure about all of you, but I think those two buzzards need to be militarily removed. This has been a nightmare since 2000. And yet they warn we should expect another attack in the fall. Two attacks under Bush/Cheney command? Hell no...take them out so we can save this nation from the wreckage.

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Carol, Long Valley NJ — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:37:12 GMT

If the right wing ultra conservatives would stop with the hypocrisy, maybe I could start voting Republican again. It's always the republicans telling people how they can live, liberals don't care what two consenting adults do in private.

Talk about denial! Why do they insist on remaining in that awfully crowded closet instead of telling the religious right to mind their own business? "Values voters" indeed, more like "Intolerant, self-righteous, hypocritical voters" instead. They deserve each other.

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Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:37:16 GMT

What, another Republican pervert?? I’m shocked!! Republican Senator Larry Craig has this statement on his website:

“I believe in the constitutional principles of limited federal government, free enterprise, private property and individual liberty and responsibility. I will defend these principles on behalf of the citizens of the state of Idaho, the West and the Nation.

I guess he defends these principles by peeping through public bathroom stalls; his definition of "free enterprise"? I can also assume his definition of "individual liberty" is perversion!! Foley and Vitter, here comes LARRY!!

Indeed more impending doom for GOP 2008!! These pigs are really making this too easy, "Ciao Rudy"!!

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Nanalinda, San Antonio,TX — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:38:46 GMT

Ok. Here's another one who is going to ask God for forgiveness. Oh, the hypocrisy.

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Thank you — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:52:44 GMT

update blog please.

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Rocky Mountain Guy, Colorado — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:54:16 GMT

Probably should have included this in my first post, but I just remembered. I doubt if this made the national news but you all remember Ted Haggerty, the anti gay head of the New Life Church here in Colorado who was caught buying services and meth from a male prostitute? Well, he was on the news here this morning. According to the bit I saw on tv, he's asking for donations to start a new church. The news crew checked the address for the donations and it belongs to a convicted sex offender! Whoops. Aw c'mon you Republicans, just admit GOP stands for the Gay Old Party and be done with it. We don't care if your gay. It doesn't matter. What are you so afraid of? If you Republicans didn't spend so much of your time on telling us gay unions will destroy our country, you might have time for some constructive debate on the....oh who am I kidding, it ain't gonna happen. Hypocrates!

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B Ristow, Fl — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:55:05 GMT

Can there possibly anything else in the world more interesting than Larry Craig's arrest. And Keith wonders why he is so far behind the pack.

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Niels, down on Bayou DeGradeabelle, Post-Katrina MS — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:56:54 GMT

Why do these guys take "getting caught with your pants down" so literally? You would think by now enough of 'em had self-destructed their careers that they would behave themselves out of good old paranoia.

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Jim Jones — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:00:07 GMT

A TRUE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN!!!! GO KEITH, can't wait to see your show tonight! HIGH 5!!!!!! This gives me goosebumps LITERALLY!!! Give them all what you give us every night Keith.. HOPE and speaking for those of us who have no voice so that the whole world can hear what we feel! woooooooo and a tie that has my fave color in it.. PURPLE!!!
Brenda Deltona, FL

have another glass of kool aide Brenda you deserve it

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Mary Ellen,Hudson Falls,NY — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:02:09 GMT

Please do a list of all the republicans over the last 6 years who have been busted in a lewd act.Save it for the next sunday edition of Countdown,so they can be exposed to everyone and not just we who know how hypocritical they are.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:02:39 GMT

The GOP is all about opposing Gay Marraige. But they seem to be of a different mind about Gay Restrooms. The Log Cabin Republicans better think about adding on an extra room, what with the latest Log Jams. They keep picking up possible members they didn't know they had. Or maybe they did.

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Falwell's ghost, Hell — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:04:11 GMT

Hey Repubican faithful, "where are you?" Don't you want to blame the Dems? Is it the fault of activist judges? Was it the mainstream media? Well we know this guy is toast. The Republicans can forgive hiring hookers from the floor of the house, but anything that involves the "love that dare not speak it's name" is strictly taboo. Sure Foley could have continued seducing pages, but only as long as Hastert and Bohner continued covering for him.

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junebug — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:06:22 GMT

His spokesperson said it was simply a "he said/he said" misunderstanding. Well, if that's the case, then why did Craig plead guilty?

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Mike Keller, Spring Mills, PA — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:24:24 GMT

Perhaps he was just showing off his large shoe size...oh wait, I guess that would be another suggestive move wouldn't it???

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RNC cheerleader — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:26:03 GMT

Foley, Vitter, Allen, (Bob not Macaca), Gingrich, Craig, Rudolph. The new face of the Republican Party. Y'all must be real proud.

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D. Vitter, D.C. — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:28:49 GMT

Did anyone else notice Lynn Cheney at the last GOP fundraiser? She was tapping her foot so fast , she looked like a clog dancer.

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Bob Allen, Disneyworld. — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:40:21 GMT

Boy, Craig's booking photo is way better than Tom Delay's or mine.

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Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:55:01 GMT

What, another Republican pervert?? I’m shocked!! Republican Senator Larry Craig has this statement on his website:

“I believe in the constitutional principles of limited federal government, free enterprise, private property and individual liberty and responsibility. I will defend these principles on behalf of the citizens of the state of Idaho, the West and the Nation.

I guess he defends these principles by peeping through public bathroom stalls; his definition of "free enterprise"? I can also assume his definition of "individual liberty" is perversion!! Foley and Vitter, here comes LARRY!! Indeed more impending doom for GOP 2008!! These pigs are really making this too easy, "Ciao Rudy"!!

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Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:57:36 GMT

OK...all you "do as I say - not as I do" Republicans are making this too darn easy!

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Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:12 GMT

RNC cheerleader (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 6:26 PM)

I'm sure they ALL have put away their "2008 pom pom"!! What a disgrace!!

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LT in MD — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:33 GMT

Just wait, the honorable Mr. Craig will promptly be labeled as a Democrat on Faux Noise..

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Thank you — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:40 GMT

please post all comments or explain why not.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:06:32 GMT

Hindsight? Is that like 'Out a Sight, Out a...',nevermind. Let me get this straight, he got the hots for the guy because of his Shoes? So, it's a Foot Fetish? Make that a Gay Foot Fetish? I suppose the thing that most Republicans will wonder about this, is if they planned on getting married.

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Ro, CA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:24:35 GMT

Ain't it a fine mess, y'all??? If it weren't so tragic, it would actually be very funny. Maybe someday we can all look on this debacle with hilarity!

All this simply confirms what many of us have been confronting for a number of years... It is only shameful it has taken so danged long to come to fruition

Crooks and corruption, deceivers and liars - all!
Has anyone else noticed that too many of those who claim to be "conservative christians" "family values" congress people, end up involved in some kind of sex scandal?

Further, most people who profess anti anything to do with sexuality, are either closeted homosexuals, or with major issues around their own sexuality - like; perverse sexual encounters, issues related to some 'skeletons' in their closets - like; "Prostitutes" "Madams" "homosexual affairs" and more...

Did anyone else make mental, or other notes about these issues, and the obvious 'ill-wind' blows where it finds attraction... Like, a magnet being pulled by the energy around it.

FINALLY!!! Gonzo Goes! "Good grief, Charlie Brown" They're all jumping ship! Wondering if the ship will be next to go... sunken, washed away, down the tubes, lost in the storm of a venomous display of deceit.

Will Nancy Pelosi REALLY be the first Woman President?

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Keith G Coatesville Pa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:26:22 GMT

Misunderstanding? Well, yes there was. Craig thought the gentleman was a gay hustler, but instead he turned out to be a cop.

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Bonnie — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:45:38 GMT

Wait a minute, a gay republican sex scandal? What else is news? Certainly not that, although it sure as heck was funny. Thanks.

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Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:51:03 GMT

What, another Republican going against his party of "Morals & Values (HAH)?? I’m shocked!! Republican Senator Larry Craig has this statement on his website:

“I believe in the constitutional principles of limited federal government, free enterprise, private property and individual liberty and responsibility. I will defend these principles on behalf of the citizens of the state of Idaho, the West and the Nation.

I guess he defends these principles by peeping through public bathroom stalls; his definition of "free enterprise"? I can also assume his definition of "individual liberty" is perversion!! Foley and Vitter, here comes Larry Craig!! Indeed more impending doom for GOP 2008!! The GOP is really making this too easy, "Ciao Rudy"!!

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:02:48 GMT

Krista. The "do as I say..."-thing? I bet that's an extra twenty bucks a half hour, twenty being what Republicans appear to be paying, lately.

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MK, Indianapolis — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:04:36 GMT

The GOP stands for GRAND OLD PERVERTS. Oh yeah, also, of course it was not his fault he got caught. (I bet the cop was a democrat!) Sounds like this guy Craig knew just what to do to ask for sex, possibly because he does this behavior all the time?

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Carol, Long Valley NJ — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:19:46 GMT

Is it just me, or did the "Values Voters" of Idaho get what they deserved?

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kingsXrulz, San Diego, CA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:23:49 GMT

Nine months before his arrest, Senator Craig was "outed" on a radio show by a 'gay activist blogger', for having initiated the exact same action with three other men. . . . Sigh. One more reason why I feel I must distinguish myself as an Independent Conservative who isn't a Republican.

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Mark,BR,LA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:55:43 GMT

Craig's been a mouthpiece for Romney's campaign, YouTube made the video private viewer only, when this hit the fan. Larry your career is in the cr*pper.

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Jamie, Chula Vista, CA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:59:51 GMT

please post all comments or explain why not.
Thank you (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 7:00 PM)'

Ditto! Are we limited to one post per thread? I'm serious. I know that I posted before other people in another, yet nothing shows up. It wasn't mean or nasty-so what gives?

Really, it's pretty pointless to have a blog unless people are actually allowed to blog. If there is going to be a limit, would you please inform us? It would save some of us the trouble of typing and attempting to post. Of course it would make at least half of the blog pointless since nobody would be allowed to respond to other people.

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nuanced — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:13:33 GMT

He thought he'd found a fellow tapdancer in the next stall.

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Felice, Littleton CO — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:01:33 GMT

I wonder...does extreme social conservatism CAUSE people to turn into self-loathing, homosexual hypocrites or is it the other way around?

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Anthony Cunningham, Arlington Va — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:54:24 GMT

There is no mistaking the actions of Sen.Craig as those of a man trying to engage another into a sexual act. Called it lewd behavior if you want. Sexual acts, themselves, are not lewd until they are brought into the public realm. If we wants to get into a pissing contest (sorry) about whether he is gay or not, that's a slightly different matter. How he labels himself personally is different from the acts he engages in. He was engaging in an activity that could not be misunderstood as anything else. Period. Maybe he'll feel better about himself if he thinks of himself as "bi" but the facts remain. No straight man is going to engage another man, sight basically unseen, in such a manner as this. And this is not the actions of a newbie. These are the actions of a bold and daring active homosexual man who just happened to get caught. Probably still uses the rarely used "handkerchief" schtick too. And he certainly didn't invent covering up his self-loathing through his legislative actions. Probably felt vastly superior legislating all his anti-gay garbage but had this itch to scratch on the inside. Mark Foley and many others have done this for years and will continue to do it until caught.

It always amazes me that the first defenses out of these people---I mean men---is that they are happily married and have x-number of kids or grandkids. Blah, blah, blah. Having children is tangential to your sexuality. He should talk to a professional and work through this issue. It's never too late. His kids and grandkids can learn to love a gay man. Deal with it!

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Charlie Sharples — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:54:56 GMT

I do not know Senator Craig nor am I a Republican but I find the story of his arrest alarming. Having spent a portion of my life in the legal field I am aware that police tend to exaggerate in their reports to ensure a conviction but even the events described by the undercover officer do not constitute an illegal sexual proposal. No proposition was made and no private parts were displayed or fondled. Is strange conduct a crime? Placing a carry on bag by the door is the most likely spot when sitting in an airport bathroom stall and it would require that one’s legs straddle the bag with feet at or near the sides of the stall. .The senator’s conduct might have been quite innocent. It seems likely that an innocent person would consider pleading guilty to a misdemeanor rather than choosing a career threatening trial.

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kingsXrulz, San Diego, CA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:57:00 GMT

I wonder if my first post will show up before this one?

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Ro, CA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:45:00 GMT

"We will only approve comments that are directly related to the blog, use appropriate language and are not attacking the comments of others."
Please note above:

I read again, the slight rules for posting... which makes sense, for the reason some comments are not being shown. However, there have also been some comments which I have written very carefully so as not to be attacking, that have not shown up.

Thus, it is unclear to me what 'rules' actually apply to our comments.

Please 's'plain. Thanks to all the News Hole folks in advance. <BG>

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Laura — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:06:16 GMT

Yup...my comment was not posted either. Lot of stuff going on that MSNBC does not want the public to know about. Shut off your televisions people, and pay attention to the real news. It is a lot worse than they are telling you.

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Keith, Allentown PA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:04:16 GMT

OK...all you "do as I say - not as I do" Republicans are making this too darn easy!
Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 6:57 PM)

It is safe to say that Republicans do not hold a patent on entangling themselves in sex scandals. Most politicians are egomaniacs so they think that they are above the law. I must say, as a republican, that we must stop shooting ourselves in the foot with these tabloid affairs.

I firmly believe in family values, the white picket fence, two kids, a dog, and that kind of purist lifestyle. Republicans do have a chance in 2008, because the democrats are also tripping over themselves and have not shown that they can lead. The public is just as disgusted with them. Republicans, can you please get back to the basic platform of small government, family values, low taxes, and strong defense.

Isn't this symbolic of our fast and loose culture, where everything goes. I said awhile back, and someone slammed me for it, that I wish sometimes that we could go back in time, and slow down our pace.

I am very undecided on what to do in 2008. I would consider a democrat,(yes I would), but this crop of candidates are just as pathetic. Our country needs an enema.

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Carol, Long Valley NJ — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:07:22 GMT

Is it me? or did the "Values Voters" in Idaho get what they deserve?

And why would some one who is gay, be a Republican?

Any why would a bi-sexual Republican Senator, who campaigned on DOMA, not think that they would be caught?

And why is Route 80 a parking lot during rush hour?

These are unanswerable questions that qualify as part of the "great mysteries of life".

There are 511 days until the end of this regime on 1/20/2009
There are 434 days until election day -- 11/4/2008
And we are counting down.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:22:16 GMT

Keith. It sounds like the Senator was doing the 'Hustling'.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:38:13 GMT

Senator Craig must break out in a sweat when he walks by a Shoe Store, huh?

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Bill Rochester NY — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:38:43 GMT

Felice in Littleton. I hope this answers your question. Sexual repression leads to fundamentalism. I believe it is the self loathing that makes one a social conservative. Show me one of these clowns with a healthy, adjusted, libido. There are none!

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Bill Rochester NY — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:41:53 GMT

All I can do is quote Nelson Munce. HA HA!

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Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:47:21 GMT

Jamie, Chula Vista, CA (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 10:59 PM)

KUDOS!! I just made my fourth attempt at posting a comment on Gonzo's resignation, I began yesterday morning. It has still not shown up. If there are new rules, or modified ones, please advise us.

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Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:50:32 GMT

Charlie Sharples (Sent Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:54 AM)

Nice try sir; however, his career is finished. He's up for re-election in 2008 and I seriously doubt he will win. Also, nice "Bill O'Reilly Spin" of the Senator's actions - What a joke!!

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David Walker, Hershey, PA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:52:22 GMT

I don't care whether he's gay or not; I'm just perversely happy that he's experiencing some of what we homosexuals do on a somewhat regular basis. His friend Mitt dumps him and Mitt's son finds something else to do while in Idaho, something other than visit this supporter. I also like being him being arrested for lewd behavior without, as the lawyer above stated, that great a case against him. It does, however, happen when a city is on a morals kick. Will being treated like a homosexual make any impression on him? Probably not. It's far easier to say you've got religion (again) than to see the light. I think there's an Eagles' lyric in there somewhere.

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J, Seattle — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:01:30 GMT

It's mildly ironic that a guy who championed the 'sanctity of marriage' pled guilty to violating the sanctity of the men's room.

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Rocky Mountain Guy, Colorado — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:28:53 GMT

First and foremost, I would like to apologize for my hastily written submission yesterday. Any persons out there whose name is Ted Haggerty, I'm sorry, I meant Ted Haggard. That was my fault, please accept my humblest apologies. Bill in Rochester, I believe you are correct, sexual repression results in self loathing. Self hatred manifests itself into an aversion of others who are not exactly like you. I think that's why the neocons are such nasty, mean, intolerant, mysoganyst bigots. I mean why does Rush Limbaugh always have that giant cigar in his mouth? just sayin'.........

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Keith, Allentown PA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:30:45 GMT

And why is Route 80 a parking lot during rush hour?

Carol, Long Valley NJ (Sent Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:07 AM)

Carol, that is an awful road. Ever try going west on Friday in PA 80. I know I will offend people, but can all you NY people stay in NY on the weekends. It makes the Poconos unbearable on the weekends.

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Carol, Long Valley NJ — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:50:08 GMT

Keith, Allentown PA

Those 'good old days' that you are longing for...

They were the same days when women were kept barefoot, pregnant and uneducated.

Those were the same days when people of color were 'kept in their place' in the ghettos.

Those were the same days when gays stayed in the closet.

Those were the good old days when there were four different pay scales for teachers, white male, black male, white female, black female.

Or are you referring to before Reagan busted unions and started the decline of the American Family and the middle class?

That white picket fence family is a myth. Most families I know are working two jobs just to make ends meet, since all of the good paying jobs have been sent over seas.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:02:54 GMT

Pam. Charlie never addressed the 'Love Foot' jammed under the partition, or the hand reaching under for...? something wet, I guess. These darned NeoCons don't let their Halos go that easy, do they?

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jen,il — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:28:16 GMT

Keith- All Americans believe in family values. Democrates just believe families can have many differant forms. If this guy was a democrate he could admit to being gay and move on. It is the republicans fascination with controlling the very definition of what is a family that gets them in trouble. I will never understand how two gay men or women in a relationship are going to threaten anyones family. It would seem that repressing ones sexual identity does much more harm than the queens down the street with the lovely garden and the white picket fence.

Goldwater believed his party had no business in peoples bedrooms but instead of embrassing that idea the party chose to try and do away with all things they considered deviant. I have no real problem with the republicans you described, small government, low taxes etc. I think we have a genuine differance of opinion about what is good for the country but we both want what is best for everyone in the country. However, until those fine people stand up to thier leadership and take back thier party, they are no better than the decisions they allow thier leadership to make. Democrates have the same problem but we are starting to move past it and take back our party. I don't see republicans doing the same.

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junebug — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:52:57 GMT

This is not about someone "entangling themselves in a sex scandal," it's about a man who has denied his homosexuality many years and has used his self-hatred of himself and who he is to penalize other folks who are also homosexual. If you haven't read it, the following article from the Idaho Statesman is very enlightening. Sen. Craig has been dodging "sex scandals" for 40 years. He finally forgot to duck.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/143801.html

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Carol, Long Valley NJ — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:53:06 GMT

Keith, Allentown PA

Monday thru Thursday I take Rt 80 home, on Friday, it's significantly faster to take the back roads.

And it is all those NYers going to the Poconos on Friday afternoons -- and it's all year around!

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:53:41 GMT

In all fairness to Senator Craig, who obviously has a fetish problem, if the Officer was wearing a size 20Extra-Wide shoe, the Senator probably couldn't resist.

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junebug — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:55:05 GMT

Keith, may I suggest Unity '08? Go to their website and read . . . we don't HAVE to choose between a Democrat or a Republican . . . not a darned thing in the Constitution requiring political parties.

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Brenda Deltona FL — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:55:54 GMT

Jim Jones (Sent Monday, August 27, 2007 6:00 PM)
Isn't that the same name of the minister, where all those people followed blindly and all killed themselves because he told them to?? Just asking....

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Frederick Sweeney, Brooklyn — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:56:26 GMT

This blog is like what the writer's room on SNL is like during a show week. Wait... can you top this?
Anyway, I liked the interplay between jen il and Keith from Allentown, some honest discourse, maybe an agreement to disagree. That's what we need today, At least listen, at least open your mind up to the other opinion.
But, I can't help myself, why not go beyond the Gay Ol' Party? Why not be enchanted?

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Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:05:40 GMT

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:02 PM)

LOL!! You always make my day!!

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Keith, Allentown PA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:06:32 GMT

Democrates have the same problem but we are starting to move past it and take back our party. I don't see republicans doing the same.

Jen,il

I don't see the democrats taking back their party. I believe that the dems are a mess as well. Reid and Pelosi have been quite inept since taking the majority.

Carol, Long Valley

You are missing my point. I am not saying that women should be barefoot and pregnant, separation of race,etc. What I am saying is that you have to question whether it was better times when a standard family sits down for dinner every night and talks to each other, as opposed to the drive thru mentality. I for one, cherish sitting down with my family and discussing our day. When I speak of simpler times, that is what I think is lacking in today's society. I would agree that it takes two incomes today and the white picket fence is a thing of the past.

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Nick, Alexandria, Virginia — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:08:47 GMT

Just read your comments. Ninety percent express my thoughts one way or another. I'm still here to support THE PEOPLE.

Keep it comming!

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Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:23:01 GMT

Hey Rocky Mountain Guy (12:28 pm post)! If there's pictures of Rev. Ted's kneeling rails in his new church, I WANT PICTURES!!

Was this too crass? Sorry...I JUST CAN'T HELP IT!! I KNOW Republicans are not alone in the sex scandal business, but Republicans are always spewing "family values," "no gay marriage," "nuclear family" stuff out of their pie holes that I'm not sure ever REALLY existed to begin with. So, when a Republican cannot hold themselves (note I did not mention where they hold themselves) to this standard, I just can't help being a little amused, crass, whatever adjective you can think of.

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Rob Lenihan, Brooklyn, NY — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:01:39 GMT

Does anyone have a photo of Craig and Bush together? If so, please post ASAP.

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Buzz, Frenchtown, MT — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:20:52 GMT

Ever heard the saying, "He doth protest too much"? Why is it that these sexually repressed Republicans (Foley, Alle, Vitter, now Craig) are the ones who are scared that gays will destroy the world. These nimrods are a whole lot more of a threat to us that the typical gay.

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C David, Cincinnati, OH — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:40:52 GMT

To Mr. Sharples: I believe the men's facility in question had been under watch by airport police due to complaints of other men doing exactly what His Horniness...I mean His Honorableness, was doing...the foot tap, the under-stall hand slide, the peep-thru-the-stall-door routine.
Precendent had been established due to previous activity (and you don't have to show your winky to get busted for importuning, depending on the locale) and since the police are the ones making the case, it sounds like their Sgt. is the gay bathroom crusing expert they send it to "sniff" out such things.
It sounds sketchy, but people have been detained on less, and when you add all the actions together, he got busted. You better believe if that dept. was worth it's weight in badges, they triple-checked every action they took leading up to the arrest.
I won't argue that cops do love to entrap guys crusing publicly for M2M sex (generally it's an easy bust of bi guys), but what the Senator did was stupid...if he'd looked at any gay cruising site, even the horniest homo will tell you that trying to get a groin-shake at an airport after 9/11 is beyond AYOR; it's just frickin' stupid.

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junebug — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:58:54 GMT

My post which gave a link to the Idaho Statesman article from today which gives the story of their May 14 interview with Craig about the rumors of his homosexuality which span the past 40 years. Don't understand why it wasn't posted, but do a google for the Idaho Statesman . . . you'll find the article.

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Nanalinda, San Antonio, TX — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:03:02 GMT

Steve Turner,

You always manage to make me laugh, even on a bad day.
Keep up the good work.

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Sue, the storms are gone in West Allis, Wisconsin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:19:38 GMT

It's the hypocracy, stupid. The continuing parade of Repugnikant defense-of-marriage, gay-bashing, child predator, misogynist, racist fools engaging in the behaviors they condemn in others just keeps on happily marching along. The excuses they use are added bonus entertainment.

I'm sure Faux Made-Up News will lablel this current guy as a Democrat if they even bother to cover the story at all.

I don't care if they're gay or having affairs or whatever. I do care when they try to legislate values that they clearly don't practice themselves. Values and morality cannot be legislated to begin with. Our personal privacy must be protected.

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Shakespeare — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:22:58 GMT

Methinks I spoketh.

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Sue, the storms are gone in West Allis, Wisconsin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:49:59 GMT

Larry Craig just had his Idaho presser - says he's not gay and has never been gay and his mistake came in just pleading guilty to make the arrest go away. I think his nose is growing.....

Frankly, I don't care about personal and private behavior - it's the hypocracy that I can't stand.

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Dave, TN — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:37:59 GMT

Has anybody heard from Larry on this matter? Also does Senator Craig have a villa in South Carolina, this could explain a lot. All that rage he rattles off about could be repressed urges. If you read this Larry, seek professional help for all our benefits

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Dave, TN — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:38:19 GMT

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Roland Madore, Fort Collins, CO — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:46:17 GMT

A rat is a rat is a rat! Senator Craig made an already-bad situation worse today with blame, denial, and proof of utter stupidity....his career is definitely over.

And, as for Bush? The majority of voters don't believe a word he says. They're not listening because everything that comes out of his mouth is predicated on false premises backed up with propaganda.

The 105th Congress better finally act as a group to silence this dead duck, fool and restore the government to the People. The rats have abandoned ship, and the Republican Party is imploding.

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Jamie, Chula Vista, CA — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:49:52 GMT

Charlie Sharples (Sent Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:54 AM)'

No offense Mr. Sharples, but as someone who has spent time in the legal field you should be aware of the fact that they-being the police-aren't going to give out all of the facts in the case to the media.

I don't know this Senator either, but suffice to say I'm going to err on the side of the police in this matter. For any person who has been around as long as this senator and who even remotely knows anything about the law (which you hope to God as a senator he does), you would think that they wouldn't automatically admit guilt-espescially on something like that.

Let the cards fall where they may.

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MK, Indianapolis — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:56:35 GMT

I am sure we all know by now that Craig is not gay, he said so in a news conference today. His poor wife standing right there by his side. I loved the statement right from the start when he said, and I quote "I wanted to come out today" to clear things up. Funny stuff!!! He must hate himself so much for being a gay male stuck in the cross hairs of the Christian right. Hate breeds this kind of secret, preverted behavior.

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fortuna, Houston, TX — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:01:47 GMT

Craig isn't gay.

And I'm not overweight. I'm big-boned.

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Mark, BR,LA — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:12:51 GMT

Keith Olberman,

Is having fun about Craig, playing Craig doing his Clinton nasty naughty bad boy tape.

Each day Keith should open the show with the naughty nasty bad boy tape...then say deadpan,
"STILL NOT GAY."

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nuanced — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:16:06 GMT

Toe tapping is a code!
Now I understand why Dobson, Medved and the other evangelical neocons thought the movie "Happy Feet" had gay undertones. They should know.

He thinks he was treated unfairly and entrapped -- maybe so, most likely, but now he knows (better & personally) how unfairly homosexuals are treated. He has walked (or tapped) in their shoes. The question is will he learn anything.

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nuanced — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:20:29 GMT

Even penquins are persecuted.

“And Tango Makes Three,” an award-winning children’s book based on a true story about two male penguins who raised a baby penguin, topped the American Library Association’s annual list of works attracting the most complaints from parents, library patrons and others.

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Karen EAGLE Moman Tucson, AZ — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:31:24 GMT

It is interesting that the Republicans are once again referring to Bill Clinton because of
Senator Craig. Please do they not know the difference between a BLOW JOB and the RAPE of the Constitution.

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keith coatesville pa — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:32:39 GMT

Craig has a "little" history of bathroom antics. so save your sympathy for someone who is honest in his lifestyle and morality.

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Jimmy Roy, New Orleans, LA — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:41:21 GMT

"I am not gay. I have never been gay."
Bisexual, yes...gay...no.
"I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct."
We all know that this is the proper way to hook up.
As Edwin Edwards, the former Gov. of Louisiana said,
"The only way I can lose this election is to be caught in bed with a live boy or a dead girl!"
Oops!!!

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Tony, Cary NC — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:17:30 GMT

Wow. And to think I am again surprised at another one of these stories. When will I ever learn? A bunch of repressed tightwads blowing apart at the seams... Something about all that money and power attracting the exact sort of people we don't want running our government... something needs to change.

You know how switching from a regular white light bulb to a bug light (yellow light) prevents from attracting mosquitos...??? Is there something like that we can use in DC? Some sort of preventative preparation H?

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LT in MD — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:26:20 GMT

All I can do is quote Nelson Munce. HA HA!

Thanks so much for the laugh..that is just priceless.. As someone who is gay and sick of the repugnican hypocrisy, Nelson Muncie has summed it up perfectly.

On the other hand, I know the Grand Ol' Perverts party will keep marching on, with its attacks on Gays and Lesbians. Maybe this is the beginning of the end for the legislators of morality. The snowball seems to be getting bigger and bigger as it keeps rolling down the hill..

Peace to Us All

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Anthony Cunningham Arlington, Va — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:37:09 GMT

Mr. Sharles writes: "The senator’s conduct might have been quite innocent. It seems likely that an innocent person would consider pleading guilty to a misdemeanor rather than choosing a career threatening trial." No one is going to plead guilty if he is innocent. He is far too nuanced, having as much legal experience as he does, to have made such a claim. What you have here is a terrified man, plain and simple. His actions have created consequence and consequence is what he needs. And accountability for his actions. So it comes after many years in Congress and many years of marriage. So much to risk and so much to lose but the dynamic doesn't change. There is compulsivity to this kind of behavior that he needs to recognize, much in the same way that Mr.Clinton had to realize. In the face of such consequences, the behavior is maintained. This is classic addictive behavior.

I don't like hypocrits. I am sick to death of those hypocrits who, marching to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers", continue to deny me and other Americans of our rights while conducting himself in this fashion. A conflict exists between his true nature and the religious upbringing that he professes to live by. All the most recent hypocrits---Vitter, Foley, et al---are cut from the same fabric. They can't handle the conflict so they act out. To profess the sanctity of marriage while canoodling outside his own marriage is just as hypocritical as Craig's assetion that he is not gay, despite the fact he has the scent of another man on his breath or his person. Despite what he may "call" himself, if you engage in male-male sex, you are engaging in gay sex. Labels are for clothes. Get help.

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Marty; St. Paul, MN — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:35:25 GMT

I live in Minnesota (very close to the airport) and I just want everyone one to know that regarding the clip shown of the airport men's room door on Countdown last night -- Snoopy is not, repeat, is NOT gay and never has been!

Also, as we were watching last night my husband and I asked simultaneously: What was Craig even DOING here? We're a pretty blue state and we are very tolerant of homosexuals.

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Jamie, Chula Vista, CA — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:21:02 GMT

Anthony Cunningham: Welcome and so very well said. Thank you!

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Pistolero, Hiram, GA — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:38:42 GMT

I think the Senator's spokesman was misquoted. He actually said it was just a case of "his head his head".

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Law, Nampa, Idaho 83686 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:18:33 GMT

How long is Larry Craig going to humiliate Idaho? Now he's trying to ruin the policeman's reputation so save his own. Enough already!