Another upstanding repubican

[Spexxvet]

Why do so many repubican politicians masquerade as something they're not? Just to get elected? And why do repubican voters continue to fall for the lies?

WASHINGTON - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, who has voted against gay marriage and opposes extending special protections to gay and lesbian crime victims, finds his political future in doubt after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from complaints of lewd conduct in a men's room.

The arrest changes that dynamic, said Jasper LiCalzi, a political science professor at Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho. He cited the House page scandal that drove Florida Rep. Mark Foley from office.

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is under scrutiny for his relationship with a contractor who helped oversee a renovation project that more than doubled the size of the senator's home.

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., acknowledged that his phone number appeared in records of a Washington-area business that prosecutors have said was a front for prostitution.

[Trilby]

I think our politicians are just a real horny, hypocritical bunch.

[Shawnee123]

Hell, then, I'm halfway to the presidency!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Karsnia described Craig tapping his foot, which Karsnia said he "recognized as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct."

I didn't know that.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I think our politicians are just a real horny, hypocritical bunch.

I think most Americans would vote for a horny person. So just own up to it, and run.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I didn't know that.

Then you better stop - you might get more than you bargained for.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I didn't know that.

*tapping foot*

Riiiiight, bruce, tell us another.

Everyone knows foot tapping is code for: would you care to explore my nether regions?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Brianna

*tapping foot*

Riiiiight, bruce, tell us another.

Everyone knows foot tapping is code for: can I explore your tailpipe?

Is Bruce running for office?

[Trilby]

I had to edit my comment, spexx, coz if I was tapping MY foot at bruce and saying it meant 'can I explore your tailpipe?' it makes me look like more of a deviant than i actually am. Not into poop myself, and thus do not really wish to explore anyone's tailpipe--ever. I know there are those who enjoy a good spelunking down there, but I think LJ is at work.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I had to edit my comment, spexx, coz if I was tapping MY foot at bruce and saying it meant 'can I explore your tailpipe?' it makes me look like more of a deviant than i actually am. Not into poop myself, and thus do not really wish to explore anyone's tailpipe--ever. I know there are those who enjoy a good spelunking down there, but I think LJ is at work.

Plenty of tailpipe where he works, though. Oh, you mean "taaaaiil-pipe"....

[elSicomoro]

If you're gay, then just be gay. Don't try to hide it by being the ultimate fag-basher. Reminds me of Al Pacino's character in "Angels in America"...without the HIV and stuff.

[wolf]

So, he was in a stall and tapped his foot? He was arrested for a nervous habit? I was expecting a more significant lewd act ... one of my patients was arrested by the feds for lewd behavior (doing the shake off more than twice is apparently considered a lewd act by the federal police) in a restroom down by Independence Hall ... he defended himself in court and actually (er, I didn't mean to do this) got off. From the charges, I mean.

Pleading to a lesser charge in hopes that nobody would notice, that wasn't too bright.

[queequeger]

Originally Posted by sycamore

If you're gay, then just be gay. Don't try to hide it by being the ultimate fag-basher. Reminds me of Al Pacino's character in "Angels in America"...without the HIV and stuff.

Hey, when you're raised from birth to think smurfs are pure evil, are going to hell, don't deserve the same rights as us, and indeed are some of the people that god actually HATES.... and then discover that you are, in fact, a smurf. Could you imagine the havoc that kind of cognitive dissonance would wreak on a person?? I think that's why all the closeted congressmen are so ANGRY!

It's like the Dave Chappel KKK character. "He divorced his wife, saying that 'she was a nigger lover'"

[wolf]

It occurs to me that if the congresscritter were in a stall, he may not have been upstanding at the time.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by wolf

So, he was in a stall and tapped his foot? He was arrested for a nervous habit?

Yeah, the evidence seems quite weak, assuming the article has their best case. And I don't see why, even if the cop interpreted things correctly, what he did should even be illegal. I'm not a fan of cop shortcuts- if the cops feel the need for an undercover sting, they should wait until an actual crime is committed before springing the trap. A knowing look over a business card isn't a crime.

Pleading to a lesser charge in hopes that nobody would notice, that wasn't too bright.

Indeed.

[DanaC]

LoL Queeq.

I think our politicians are just a real horny, hypocritical bunch.

Betcha they don't gots nothin on the '80s-'90s British Conservatives!

How many of your politicians have been found dead of auto-asphyxia wearing stockings and suspenders with an amyl nitrate soaked satsuma in their mouth?