by Ben Stein
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Ben Stein Says Craig Was Lynched Twice

Commentator Says GOP Senator Was Set-Up By "Stalinist"
Police, And Then Tossed Overboard By Own Party

Larry Craig Larry Craig
Idaho senator embroiled in scandal after arrest at
Minneapolis airport comes to light.
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Sept. 2, 2007

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If a police officer can wreck a man's career over this
trifle, then we might as well not have a Constitution
or a Bill of Rights.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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(CBS) Sunday Morning commentator Ben Stein has a few
words for the Minneapolis police's behavior in the
arrest of Sen. Larry Craig, and for the Republican
leadership's response - and they're not very
flattering.
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The whole story of Senator Larry Craig, the Republican
of Idaho who announced his resignation yesterday, is a
nightmare of out-of-control police and weak
politicians.

Senator Craig has been the innocent victim of a set-up
by the evil-minded police of Minneapolis-St. Paul that
Stalin would have admired.

Here's the deal: Senator Craig went into a men's room
at the Twin Cities airport. He entered a lavatory
stall. He tapped his foot. He may or may not have
reached his hand down under the lavatory partition to
pick up a piece of paper or to make a signal.

That's it. That's the whole thing. There was no sex
act of any kind.

So the policeman who happened to be in the next stall
walks Senator Craig off, starts bullying him, accusing
him of lying and, implicitly, threatens to ruin
Senator Craig's career.

ALL FOR A MAN TAPPING HIS FOOT IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM.

This is insane.

If a police officer can wreck a man's career over this
trifle, then we might as well not have a Constitution
or a Bill of Rights.

Look, I spend a lot of time in Idaho. These are good
people. I can readily see why a Senator from there
would quietly plead guilty to a small charge rather
than risk a public fight - even though the police seem
to have wrecked Craig's career anyway.

What I don't understand is why the GOP is tossing
Senator Craig overboard as if he were a terrorist.
Even if it turns Senator Craig is gay, so what? Barney
Frank is gay and he's one of the best members of the
Congress. There are lots of fine gay public servants.

Senator Craig has been the victim of a police
lynching. A party that believes in individual rights
should be rallying to his defense, not making him walk
the plank.

Shame on the GOP leadership, and utter disgrace to the
airport police and their thug behavior.

These are security people in airports. Hello! An
airport? Don't they have anything better to do?

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"thesak" <don.saklad@gmail.com> wrote in message

He pled guilty, and that is fact not thought.
His constitutional right was to get a lawyer
but he passed.
His constitutional right was a day in court
but he passed.
His constitutional right to resign, he used.

http://www.google.com/search?q=karsnia
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search?q=karsnia

thesak wrote:
Ben Stein sure seems to have lost his humor since losing his game show,
"Win Ben Stein's Money." He now seems to posture and pontificate these days!

In regards to the bathroom arrest, while I disagree with police
entrapment, and undercover work is just that, solicitation of sex is a
crime.

RCL

http://greencycles.blogspot.com/

Rich Corinthian Leather wrote:
His father Herb had a better sense of humor under pressure. Ben is a
right-wing freakoid, but his TV program was good until he started to
fire his assistants. I still miss the female assistant, who was a Roman
candle.

Your remarks about Senator Craig go too far, as he did. I'm not
familiar with the toilet-stall signals for gay sex - do they work in
womens' stalls? - because I grab them and hammer them when they are
washing their hands - just kidding: I can't get horny when taking a
crap or a leak.

When a Senator pleads guilty, he's guilty. When he pleads not guilty,
he's probably guilty. Besides his plea, there is sufficient detailed
testimony from the cop. You forget that there were a lot of complaints
from fliers that they were accosted in the airport restrooms, so the
placement of undercover cops was a response to public demand.

The cop did not solicit sex, he just responded to a solicitation. When
was the last time you whacked your shoe against your cell-neighbor's and
played with your fingers on the bottom of the steel separator? I can
tell you mine: never. You?

jimbat

| If a police officer can wreck a man's career over
| this trifle, then we might as well not have a
| Constitution or a Bill of Rights.

This is exactly right.
A US Senator was thrown out of the Senate because
he tapped his foot while seated in a toilet stall in an airport
bathroom.

| The whole story of Senator Larry Craig, the
| Republican of Idaho who announced his resignation
| yesterday, is a nightmare of out-of-control police
| and weak politicians.

af the arresting officer, scroll down to...
Karsnia
at
http://greencycles.blogspot.com/

| by Ben Stein
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3228091.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/
stories/2007/09/02/sunday/main3228091.shtml

| Ben Stein Says Craig Was Lynched Twice
|
| Commentator Says GOP Senator Was Set-Up By
| "Stalinist" Police, And Then
| Tossed Overboard By Own Party
|
| Larry Craig
| Idaho senator embroiled in scandal after arrest at
| Minneapolis airport comes to light.
|
| Sept. 2, 2007
|
| Quote
|
| If a police officer can wreck a man's career over
| this trifle, then we might as well not have a
| Constitution or a Bill of Rights.

This is exactly right.

A US Senator was thrown out of the Senate because he tapped his
foot while seated in a toilet stall in an airport bathroom.

| WHAT DO YOU THINK?
|
| (CBS) Sunday Morning commentator Ben Stein has a
| few words for the Minneapolis police's behavior in
| the arrest of Sen. Larry Craig, and for the
| Republican leadership's response - and they're not
| very flattering.
|
| The whole story of Senator Larry Craig, the
| Republican of Idaho who announced his resignation
| yesterday, is a nightmare of out-of-control police
| and weak politicians.

af the arresting officer, scroll down to
Karsnia
at
http://greencycles.blogspot.com/

| Senator Craig has been the innocent victim of a
| set-up by the evil-minded police of
| Minneapolis-St. Paul that Stalin would have
| admired.
|
| Here's the deal: Senator Craig went into a men's
| room at the Twin Cities airport. He entered a
| lavatory stall. He tapped his foot. He may or may
| not have reached his hand down under the lavatory
| partition to pick up a piece of paper or to make a
| signal. That's it. That's the whole thing. There
| was no sex act of any kind.
|
| So the policeman who happened to be in the next
| stall walks Senator Craig off, starts bullying
| him, accusing him of lying and, implicitly,
| threatens to ruin Senator Craig's career.
|
| ALL FOR A MAN TAPPING HIS FOOT IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM.
| This is insane.
|
| If a police officer can wreck a man's career over
| this trifle, then we might as well not have a
| Constitution or a Bill of Rights.
|
| Look, I spend a lot of time in Idaho. These are
| good people. I can readily see why a Senator from
| there would quietly plead guilty to a small charge
| rather than risk a public fight - even though the
| police seem to have wrecked Craig's career anyway.
|
| What I don't understand is why the GOP is tossing
| Senator Craig overboard as if he were a terrorist.
|
| Even if it turns Senator Craig is gay, so what?
| Barney Frank is gay and he's one of the best
| members of the Congress. There are lots of fine
| gay public servants.
|
| Senator Craig has been the victim of a police
| lynching. A party that believes in individual
| rights should be rallying to his defense, not
| making him walk the plank.
|
| Shame on the GOP leadership, and utter disgrace to
| the airport police and their thug behavior.
|
| These are security people in airports. Hello! An
| airport? Don't they have anything better to do?
|
| E-Mail This Story
|
| Now you're in the public comment zone. What
| follows is not CBS News stuff; it comes from other
| people and we don't vouch for it.
|
| Comments [ + Post Your Own ]
| INSIDE Sunday Morning
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"thesak" <don.saklad@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1188766072.141274.312610@57g2000hsv.googlegro ups.com...
He would not have pled guilty to wanting faggot sex while his wife
and kids sat at home.

On Sep 2, 7:43 am, thesak <don.sak...@gmail.com> wrote:



I really like what Randi Rhodes said on Larry King, which is that the
sad part of all of this is that Senator Craig had to deny his
sexuality to a point where he *could* be entrapped in a restroom.

"Fava Bean" <dahlingyoucanreachme@gmail.com> wrote in message
I take it Randi Rhodes is a faggot apologist.
Entrapped? Just how was that feat pulled off?
Did the cops know in advance which stall faggot Craig
was going to occupy?
Did the cops know in advance that he would then play
footsie and reach under the partisan?
Did the cops then know he would plead guilty?

He did what he did, then attempted to hide behind his wife.

Death wrote:

The reason he was arrested was that he hung around trying to peer into
the cop's stall for several minutes. Had he washed his hands and left,
there would have been no arrest.

jimbat