United States Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer in a men's public restroom.On Aug. 8, the married, 62-year-old politician pled guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court. He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence was stayed. He also was given one year of probation.
I AM NOT GAY AND NOW, I WANT TO CHANGE MY PLEA!
No longer associated with Mitt Romney's presidential aspirations as a result of this incident, Senator Craig is now claiming that this is all a big misunderstanding and perhaps he should have not entered into a plea deal.
Sound familiar? A day after four of Sen. John McCain's top political strategists stepped down, the Arizona Republican's presidential campaign was dealt another setback when Congressman Bob Allen, co-chair of his Florida campaign, was arrested for allegedly offering an undercover male police officer $20 to engage in a sex act.
Florida State Rep. Bob Allen faces charges of solicitation for prostitution after he was arrested in a Titusville city park that had been under surveillance, police said.
Claiming that he helped build the park and he was just there looking around, Allen initially indicated that this was "a very big misunderstanding." He would later blame Black folks for his predicament. "Those strapping buck negroes made me do it out of fear!"
Earlier that same week, U.S. Senator David Vitter, the southern regional chairman for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign, was linked to the so-called DC Madam's escort service.
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The list goes on. Young Republican National Federation Chair Glenn Murphy is under investigation for criminal deviate behavior. "It was totally consensual. The dude begged me to perform oral sex in his sleep! What about Pastor Ted Haggard: I like meth, massages, and male prostitutes, but not gay sex with male prostitutes on meth after massages!
Let's not forget Paul Barnes: I prayed to God to cure me and he never answered my prayers! Or Mark Foley: I was molested by a priest! So now I just want to be of comfort to congressional pages!
No longer associated with Mitt Romney's presidential aspirations as a result of this incident, Senator Craig is now claiming that this is all a big misunderstanding and perhaps he should have not entered into a plea deal.
Sound familiar? A day after four of Sen. John McCain's top political strategists stepped down, the Arizona Republican's presidential campaign was dealt another setback when Congressman Bob Allen, co-chair of his Florida campaign, was arrested for allegedly offering an undercover male police officer $20 to engage in a sex act.Florida State Rep. Bob Allen faces charges of solicitation for prostitution after he was arrested in a Titusville city park that had been under surveillance, police said.
Claiming that he helped build the park and he was just there looking around, Allen initially indicated that this was "a very big misunderstanding." He would later blame Black folks for his predicament. "Those strapping buck negroes made me do it out of fear!"
Earlier that same week, U.S. Senator David Vitter, the southern regional chairman for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign, was linked to the so-called DC Madam's escort service.
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The list goes on. Young Republican National Federation Chair Glenn Murphy is under investigation for criminal deviate behavior. "It was totally consensual. The dude begged me to perform oral sex in his sleep! What about Pastor Ted Haggard: I like meth, massages, and male prostitutes, but not gay sex with male prostitutes on meth after massages!
Let's not forget Paul Barnes: I prayed to God to cure me and he never answered my prayers! Or Mark Foley: I was molested by a priest! So now I just want to be of comfort to congressional pages!