The AP is reporting that Larry Craig will announce his resignation from the Senate this morning. While I think all republicans ought to step down on general principle for the way they’ve screwed this country up, this is terrible news. I, for one, would like to see an openly gay man in the Senate, even if it’s a republican.
I guess he must have taken the advice of Patrick Sammon, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, who says that Craig may not be able to continue serving in the Senate effectively. And I guess if Craig is looking for advice, that’s a good source. I don’t know anyone more in touch with what it’s like to be a self-loathing queen than the president of an organization dedicated to his own repression and discrimination.
Still, I’d rather that Craig stay in the Senate and come out of the closet. We might have to assign somebody to follow him into the bathroom to keep him out of trouble, but it’d be nice watching his fellow republicans squirm.
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It’s a shame that we still, at this day in age, let our personal preferences translate to judging someone’s professional abilities. He should resign if he’s incompetent at his job, not because he’s a freak in the sheets.
We’re hypocrites. We love Ginsberg and Wilde yet Clinton and this poor fucker are destroyed by the media.
Vitter was the one I heard was a freak. Likes to be diapered, evidently.=-)
Let the man be diapered if that makes him happy. This life is too short and too many people are unhappy. Most of our lives will never register in the course of history, who cares if he’s not hurting anyone. Of course, one would hope, a man could separate his private play time from his responsibilities as a leader…
And you’re too intelligent to comment on an obvious media blitz like this. You are a natural educator, you should offer us something we won’t find on Digg and reddit. Tanglebones should not give in to the blurred line of corrput news topics. For you have seen the depths of a man’s soul and stood proud upon the shoulders of democracy. From where once you stood as a boy in the thralls of socialism, you have survived to know the wisdom of fatherhood. No man so endowed with such a disposition for logic and compassion for the meek should turn himself from the path of enlightenment!
Why do I feel like a warm-up exercise for a writing course?
“Okay class, here’s what we’re going to do: I want you each to try to accomplish an internet take-down in the most flattering method possible. Pencils up – begin!”
Jesus loves you.
Have I met this Jesus person?