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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
In spite of judge’s ruling, Craig won’t resign
Even though he pledged back at the end of August that he would resign from the Senate, effective 9/30, and in spite of a judge’s ruling yesterday that Craig will not be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea to the charge of disorderly conduct, the Idaho Senator is now refusing to resign.
There were hints that he was reconsidering his resignation just days after he made it public that he would resign, so it’s not exactly shocking that he didn’t step down on 9/30, nor will he in light of the judge’s ruling. Surprising – no. Disappointing, yes.
James Joyner’s post on the issue pretty much sums up my thoughts on the matter. Craig’s word at this point is meaningless. He’s claiming he ‘won’t run for re-election’ next year, but seeing how many times he’s tried to backtrack in the last few months, it makes it impossible to believe him.
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There’s something really creepy about Craig’s insistence at staying in office after all this.
Time to go, Larry. And please accept these lovely parting gifts…
The senator from Wide Stance evidently can’t be shamed. Hollywood is the place for him.
To the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies:
They said, Californy is the place you ought to be, so he loaded up the truck and he moved to Berkeleeeee…moonbats that is, anarchists, movie stars…
Sev, there are no more movie stars, nor are there any good movies coming out of Hollyweird. I watched “Fail Safe” last night. That was a good movie, although it had a pacifist message to it. Also, there were many stars in it, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Dom DeLuise, Walter Mathau, to name a few. It was also in black and white.
Great movie, PCD!
Craig needs to leave. There is absolutely no point in his staying. It appears that nobody, but Craig, wants Craig in office.
NC Cop, I really think that this entire case should be looked at. Where is the left’s outrage at a cop patrolling a bathroom looking for gays soliciting sex? I’m surprised no one equated it to looking for a bed buddy in a bar, and when are the Minnesota cops going to start patrolling their bars?
Now, Patrick Kennedy claimed his Constitutional protection from arrest when travelling and from the legislature when he was nabbed driving impaired in DC. Craig really was travelling to DC to represent his district. Therefore, why didn’t judge recognize this in the first place and throw out the case?
I haven’t made my mind up on Craig, but he deserves as much leeway and “Innocent, even if guilty” as Democrats get.
re “Fail Safe,” great film, but “Dr. Strangelove” covered the same ground much more effectively, and pointed out the basic insanity of the times, far better because it didn’t try and be so pretentious and take itself so seriously. Also good from this era on a similar theme is “The Bedford Incident.” All B&W, and all arguably better than 90% of the drivel that slops out of Hollyweird today.
True. I can only imagine the howling from the left if they had caught a democrat. My issue is that Craig pleaded guilty in an attempt to keep everything quiet, and now that the word is out, he’s crying “foul”.