Republicans Behaving Badly, Larry Craig: A Study in Hypocrisy

Yet another Republican is caught in a gay sex scandal, this time U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R) Idaho. Like the former Congressman from Virginia whose name escapes me, who resigned office just before the 2004 elections, Mark Foley who resigned in the midst of last fall's elections, and David Vitter (R) LA. and others, Larry Craig was a champion of the so-called "values voters" and "family values". Whose family we're talking about is open to debate, I wouldn't insult the Addams family by comparing them to these weasels. Okay, Vitter was only caught patronizing prostitutes. And these guys all said Bill Clinton was "unfit to hold office".

It seems, if you haven't heard, that Senator Craig came on to an undercover cop in a Minnesota men's room and get this, pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace and "lewd conduct".or something like that and paid the fine. Now that you-know-what has hit the fan, Mr. Craig is denying everything and says he only made a deal "to get it out of the way".

Larry Craig, in addition to his duties in the Senate was Idaho Chairman for Slick Mitt Romney. You know, the Presidential candidate named after a baseball glove. Problem is this Mitt can't be broken in 'cause it's so slick, glove oil won't stick to it. Craig, like a good player, "took one for the team" (maybe in more ways than one) and resigned from that position immediately. It would be fitting for Craig to go on Don Imus' new show on ABC radio and proclaim: "I-da-Ho"!

Craig was also a member of what Mo Rocca called the Senate's version of a "boy band", The Singing Senators, consisting formerly of John Ashcroft, James Jeffords, Larry Craig and helmet-haired Trent Lott, who was a former cheerleader at Ole Miss. Of course, it turns out they were called a "boy band" for reasons other than their own youth, although Republicans in their 60's have been known to hide behind the old "youthful indescretion" defense when caught with their pants down.

Here's what's wrong with today's GOP: (besides the obvious, the Bush administration)