Craig resigns

[doc1]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

so he resigns but according to CNN he will get his $130,000 a year pension for life along with healthcare. I need to run for Congress!

I'd take 1/2 that amount as a pension and I promise, no lookin' for love or rump wranglin' in any public restroom. Sick!!!!!

[boiseguy]

Glad he's gone.. I hope he moves out of idaho.. he's a joke...
The only way the GOP can come to terms with things is.. they need to distance themselves from religious issues.. and stick to a core belief that is actually logical with the law. Stick to pro-gun.. big business... low taxes.. small government.. states rights.. whatever.. just stay away from religion...cuz if hell wont roast you... your hypocritical actions will roast u on the late night talk show circuit....not to mention the prime time news...
telling people they're going to "hell"... by someone who is going to "hell" themselves.. just doesn't go over well with most of us... lol

[bily4]

He's baaaack. In this morning's news he has decided to continue to fight the "oppression". Hopefully he will fight on right up to election time.

[TriMT7]

Originally Posted by bily4

He's baaaack. In this morning's news he has decided to continue to fight the "oppression". Hopefully he will fight on right up to election time.

Did you hear the leaked voicemail message he accidentally left on the wrong person's phone?

He needs to just pick up his ball and go home. Nobody will ever take him seriously on any of his high horse moralizing crap ever again.

[tigerlily]

Craig is the gift that keeps on giving to the dems. My guess is that he's going to get even with all the repubs that threw him overboard like rats deserting the sinking ship.
Here's the message he left on the wrong recorder:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/p...aig/print.html

Suddenly on cable news they're parsing Craig's Saturday "resignation." CNN's Jeffrey Toobin is admitting he didn't notice that Craig merely announced his "intent" to resign that morning. (I didn't either.) Roll Call has printed a transcript of a voice mail Craig left Saturday morning, reportedly for his attorney Billy Martin (but he actually got a wrong number):

"Yes, Billy, this is Larry Craig calling. You can reach me on my cell. Arlen Specter is now willing to come out in my defense, arguing that it appears by all that he knows that I have been railroaded and all that.

"Having all of that, we have reshaped my statement a little bit to say it is my intent to resign on Sept. 30. I think it is important for you to make as bold a statement as you are comfortable with this afternoon, and I would hope you could make it in front of the cameras.

"I think it would help drive the story that I'm willing to fight, that I've got quality people out there fighting in my defense, and that this thing could take a new turn or a new shape, it has that potential. Anyway, give me a buzz or give Mike a buzz on that. We're headed to my press conference now.

"Thank you. Bye."

Indeed, Specter came out over the weekend in Craig's defense, while Martin is telling reporters that "very serious constitutional questions" had been raised by Craig's men's room arrest, and that the senator "has the right to pursue any and all legal remedies available as he begins the process of trying to clear his good name."
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[UB50]

This is too funny! It really is the gift that just keeps giving!

[Delaneyland]

Its a real shame that the GOP hate groups cannot realize or even recognize fact from fiction. The GOP is imploding? What? Everyone I know, both sides of the isle, basically feel the same way I do. Craig is an immoral idiot without moral character. The shame lies with all politicos that stand on their milk boxes yelling their opinion for votes and carry on their escapades with full expectation they can do anything, anyplace they want. If anyone would have listed to his original speech when he said it was his intent to retire at the end of the month, one would have instantly realized he had no intention of voluntarily leaving office and of course, now he's got a lawyer and an aide putting things on hold. I don't know about you all, but I still believe if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. I have faith in fair play and hope he does challenge the charges the he already plead guilty to and all his little secrets come to light.