Can You Believe This ?

[lizbud]

Sen. Larry Craig chosen for Idaho Hall of Fame Story Highlights
Board chairman says Craig was selected in March, well before his guilty plea


BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Sen. Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame, despite his well-publicized arrest and guilty plea in an airport sex sting, officials said.


Sen. Larry Craig was selected for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame in March.

1 of 2 The nonprofit Idaho Hall of Fame Association picked Craig in March, months before he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a Minneapolis airport police officer accused him of soliciting sex in the men's restroom, the organization's board chairman said.

"Larry Craig has made a great contribution to Idaho over the period of 20-some years. At the time it was considered, this other matter had not come up," Harry Magnuson told The Spokesman-Review newspaper Saturday.

But some Republicans said the honor is inappropriate now. Kootenai County Republican precinct committeeman Phil

Thompson said Idaho Hall of Fame officials should consider at least postponing the induction.

"Maybe in 10 or 15 years we can think of this hall of fame stuff. Now is not the time," he said. "It's a sad day to be a Republican."


Several people are scheduled to be inducted during the October 13 ceremony alongside Craig, including Gov. Butch Otter, Lt. Gov. Jim Risch, Boise State University football coach Chris Petersen and John Grossenbacher, director of the Idaho National Laboratory nuclear and energy research center.

About 100 people have been inducted into the hall since 1995, including the late Nez Perce Tribe leader Chief Joseph, Coeur d'Alene writer and historian Louise Shadduck, World War II fighter ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and newspaper and hospitality magnate Duane Hagadone.

[critter crazy]

big shocker!

[Lady's Human]

Actually, after reading the transcripts of the Senator's arrest, it seems that the police were slightly overzealous, and the guilty plea was an attempt to just make the whole thing go away.

Now Sen. Craig is trying to get the plea vacated and the case is likely to go to trial.

I think both accolades and damning comments should hold off until the case is resolved. (Marines in Haditha, Duke LaCrosse team, ad nauseum)

[lizbud]

Actually, after reading the transcripts of the Senator's arrest, it seems that the police were slightly overzealous, and the guilty plea was an attempt to just make the whole thing go away.

Now Sen. Craig is trying to get the plea vacated and the case is likely to go to trial.

I think both accolades and damning comments should hold off until the case is resolved. (Marines in Haditha, Duke LaCrosse team, ad nauseum)

A Judge turned down his request to change his plea. His lawyers can fight
on in another court, but he's pretty much stuck with acknowledging his
guilt on the charge.

[Lady's Human]

The whole issue just seems rather sleazy, especially when you listen to the exchange between the cop and the Senator. Very, very strange.

[lizbud]

The whole issue just seems rather sleazy, especially when you listen to the exchange between the cop and the Senator. Very, very strange.

Oh sleazy, you bet. The man is such a hypocrite.

[Grace]

To be fair - he was chosen back in March - well before the incident.

That said - they now should remove his name, or at the very least, put it on hold until the entire mess is resolved. If I were one of the other nominees, I would pitch a fit!

[Edwina's Secretary]

The whole issue just seems rather sleazy, especially when you listen to the exchange between the cop and the Senator. Very, very strange.

Wasn't it hysterical! I have a "very wide stance"! I expect better lying from a congressperson! Indeed very strange (although the handing of the business card with the comment "Look who I am!" was quite predictable.)

And...since when do criminals get to change their plea from guilty to not guilty? Once the press learns about the plea?? Can you imagine if he is allowed to get away with that....all the other criminals who will decide to change their plea?

I don't care who someone has sex with...if both are adults and consenting. I do think I would rather it not be going on in the airport bathrooms...if I sent my son in there and he came out asking me questions....