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My response on Craig
In response to Bill of the College Democrats who said:
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"Just wondering when this research was going to be posted. At least admit when you are wrong.
His guilty plea can be found here (all of which took 5 minutes via a google search): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/27/AR2007082701235.html?hpid=topnews
or here
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/27/craig.arrest/
or here
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/19763-1.html
just admit it Matt, you were wrong, don't take the O'Reilly approach like many conservatives and spin it around this is the truth he plead guilty and resigned fron the Senate, then decided to come back to the Senate."
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First of all, I'm not a conservative. I'm a libertarian Republican.
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Second, Craig did not resign from the senate.
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Third, he made the plea- he says
- without the advice of a lawyer, as he hoped that the case would just "go away." A dumb move, yes, but under the surely stressful circumstances, it could be believed that those thoughts could very well have entered his mind.
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My point was not to debate the convoluted issues surrounding Craig's arrest. Indeed, if he broke the law, he should pay the consequences. Instead, my point was that it is his personal choice to reveal his sexual orientation when he chooses.
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We must remember, while we have the word of one police officer, (though I am no way trying to discount that officer's word), and Craig's alibi seems to hold up (ok this isn't a true source...it's funny, though).
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Larry Craig may be a hypocrite. We just don't know yet. If he's gay, then he might be. However, I think it's up to him- not us- to analyze his policy preferences in relation to his (assumed) sexual orientation.
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This isn't a right-and-wrong issue. Not many are. There are shades of gray here that one could discuss for innumerable posts. However, I'd rather not. Craig's iniquities, while mildly interesting, and something we might read on Perez Hilton's gossip website, they have no place in a forum of genuine political discourse. Let's forget about the "is-he-gay-is-he-straight" line of discussion and go with something more relevant.
Posted at 03:34PM Dec 04, 2007 by College Republicans in Congress | Comments[3]
Sorry Matt, he was going to resign but decided not to, that is my mistake. HOWEVER either way he still plead guilty and I would HOPE, as a United States Senator, he knows his Constitutional Rights, such as a right to counsel, so don't make it look like he was a victim of police pressure. If he was trying to make it go away then WHAT WAS HE COVERING UP??? Matt, you have still not proven me wrong though.
Posted by Bill Muller on December 04, 2007 at 08:55 PM CST #
First, I'm glad you make the classical liberal distinction!
Second, I don't yet support any candidate. I'm going to wait until I hear more from the candidates on issues such as Social Security before I make my decision.
Posted by Matt Hittle on December 04, 2007 at 09:18 PM CST #
Do you know much on Ron Paul? When it comes to Social Security he wants to give us, the younger generation, the chance to opt out of it, and hopefully kill it over time. He is a classical liberal also, you should look into him.
Posted by Peter Conley on December 04, 2007 at 10:07 PM CST #