From Today's News (Part 2)

Idaho’s senior Senator, Larry Craig ha spoken out about his arrest and guilty plea for disorderly conduct involving soliciting an undercover policeman in an airport bathroom in June. He says the incident was a misunderstanding. He went into the Men’s room hoping to meet a man who wasn’t a cop.

Craig said today in a statement that he is not gay, and he’s got a hand-job waiting for any man who can prove otherwise.

Craig had been the Senate liaison for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Amid the controversy, however, he has stepped down. Or, at least, dropped to his knees.



The Census Bureau revealed today that in 2006, 47 million Americans lacked health insurance. Just thinking about that made me feel sick.

Improvements to the current, broken system just seem like a band-aid. But the band-aid isn’t covered under our HMO.


Andrew Ahlering, the L.A. County employee who led The Committee to Recall (Sheriff) Lee Baca over the Paris Hilton jail sentence ordeal, has resigned. Ahlering said he is looking forward to going back to private life and having his plates run every time a sheriff’s deputy sees his car.

Ahlering said that in trying to raise money to campaign for the recall, he had raised less than $100. At that rate, he may as well pocket the money. It’s not like people get jail time over that amount with Lee Baca in charge.

His petition accused Sheriff Baca of giving special treatment to celebrities. Somehow, L.A. restaurants, nightclubs, fashion houses, movie studios, and TV networks failed to support Ahlering’s cause.

Of the 400,000 signatures needed to get the recall on the ballot, Ahlering said that he had been able to get only 40. So I’m guessing a career in politics is probably not in his future, either.



Live With Regis and Kelly is celebrating 20 years on the air. Every year the show is nominated for the best talk show Emmy award, but has never won. Isn’t not having to see Kathy Lee Gifford every day reward enough?

From Today's News: Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007

The story broke today that Senator Larry Craig of Idaho pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct after trying to initiate lewd conduct with an undercover policeman in an airport bathroom back in June. Though the details have finally come out, the senator has not.

The police officer stated that Senator Craig ran his hand under the stall several times, and peeked through the crack in the partition at the officer inside. Maybe he was looking for a campaign contribution.

Senator Craig said he just bent down to pick up a piece of paper, but the officer said there was no paper on the floor. Here, I have to side with the senator. Have you ever seen an airport bathroom where there wasn’t paper on the floor?

The senator had moved his foot into the next stall, touching the officer’s foot with his own. The senator later tried to explain that his foot touched because he has a wide stance when going to the bathroom. Sounds like a pretty big stretch.

Not only is that a terrible defense for a senator, it’s a very disturbing visual. Even if that’s true, that should still warrant an Ethics Committee investigation.

Despite pleading guilty, Senator Craig, a conservative known for voting against same-sex marriages and other gay-rights issues, says he did nothing wrong and that his actions were misinterpreted by the officer. The hunky, hunky officer.

Craig, age 62, is married, has 3 grown children, and 9 grandchildren. Of course, you can learn more details by checking out his profile on PublicBathroomManLove.com.

Craig is up for re-election in 2008. Based on this scandal, it is unknown at this point if he plans, in the future, to offer up his seat.

With the guilty plea and the moral blot on his record, Craig’s best strategy to gain support and win reelection is simple: run as a Democrat.