skippy the bush kangaroo: invasion of the stall snatchers, craig's own private idaho

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

invasion of the stall snatchers, craig's own private idaho

sexual identity aside, sen. larry craig apparently can't make up his mind about anything. he's now not only trying to withdraw his guilty plea in the bathroom disordly conduct case, he's also withdrawing his vow to resign at the end of this month. cnn:

craig had said he would resign from the senate if he could not get the guilty plea overturned by september 30. but on tuesday, craig said he wouldn't resign until "legal determinations" are made.

in court, craig's attorneys said the guilty plea lacked a judge's signature and that the evidence did not support the conclusion that a crime occurred…

[craig’s defense attorney billy] martin said he is arguing that craig did nothing criminal. looking into a stall to see if it is available or bumping another person's foot is not a crime, he said.

the prosecutor disagrees:

prosecutor chris renz said craig, "engaged in a series of invasions of the stall next to him."

the prosecutor cited the police account of craig's toe-tapping, foot movement and the "repeated stroking of the stall divider with his left hand, each stroke showing more and more of his left hand."

[ed. note: eeewwwwwww....]

the judge is reported to have indicated he won't make a decision on craig's petition to withdraw his guilty plea till sometime late next week...which, of course, is after the self-imposed (and now rescinded) deadline for craig to step down as senator for the great state of idaho.

say, that reminds us of that gus van sant film my own private idaho. what was that about again?

Labels: gay/lesbian, right hypocrisy, scandals, senate