The fact that the foot tapping was followed by foot frottage, as well as it all going according to known coded behavior seems damning. Plus pleading guilty. Plus a gay activist outing Craig last year for bathroom sex.

I'm now of the opinion that the entire Republican party is composed of closeted homosexuals.

I'm willing to concede that there was probably more to it in person than it sounds like written down like that. But written down it sounds kind of ridiculous.

Those reports are supposed to be as detailed and factual as possible. Either the officer did a terrible job of recording the event, or he dropped his badge too early.

Now I get why you want to keep public restroom clear of lewd behavior, but the whole approach, especially in Craig's case, just smells homophobic. I agree with Matt.

The fact that the foot tapping was followed by foot frottage, as well as it all going according to known coded behavior seems damning. Plus pleading guilty.

Yeah, it doesn't seem that vague to me either.

Now I get why you want to keep public restroom clear of lewd behavior, but the whole approach, especially in Craig's case, just smells homophobic.

I agree.

On the other hand, pleading guilty to something you don't want people to think you did is so unbelievably stupid that I'm finding it hard to come up with a lot of sympathy here.

I'm now of the opinion that the entire Republican party is composed of closeted homosexuals.

Seriously.

My lunch made everyone do the "what smells so good?" commentary as they walked past my cube.

I don't have sympathy here for Craig either because he's still a lying, hypocrital, politician and there's little doubt as to what his intentions were. I just don't think he had done anything illegal, and I hate seeing the legal system brazenly misused in such a discriminatory fashion.

The eunuchs in the Republican Palace Guard are all played by closeted homosexuals, or so it seems.

was it just the Philly channel reporting that the Senator was claiming the footplay was due solely to his "'wide stance'" ??

I snorted coffee all over my new quilt with that one. I don't much care what a person's interests are. I do much care when they make lame excuses and otherwise try to evade, escape, and expunge. Especially when they've been fairly awful to other people based on those people's interests. Or tried to legislate other people's interests.

::pats much loved soapbox, then pushes it back under the bed::

I'm now of the opinion that the entire Republican party is composed of closeted homosexuals.

The Freepers are bleating that the gays are infiltrating the GOP so that they can pull these hijinx to make them look bad. Really.

Our lunch was frozen pizza. Backpack shopping with a three year old: Dante's fourth circle of Hell. We have obtained a wee, toddler size backpack (Cars) and a decent, square, Spider-Man insulated lunch box. I want to find a little bento box that will fit inside with a cool pack--since the school doesn't refrigerate lunches.

I just don't think he had done anything illegal, and I hate seeing the legal system brazenly misused in such a discriminatory fashion.

That's a hard one. I want to keep public restrooms free of lewd behavior but how do you go about it without stings like this? Is initiating lewd behavior illegal?

We have regular stings here in town in a park like this case but they're mainly busting guys they catch in the act, rather than soliciting.