As time progresses, Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) is continually proving to be a concretely poor specimen of a public servant and a total embarrassment to his colleagues in the United States Congress .  Not that long ago, his antics in a men’s restroom in Minnesota, where he gave hand signals and toe tapping lures beneath a bathroom stall to an undercover cop stationed in an adjacent  stall, depicted how low he could really go to obviously attempt to solicit sex in a public forum.  Subsequent to his arrest following the incident, Mr. Craig copped a guilty plea to the charge anticipating, that by doing so, it would remain hidden beneath a cloak of secrecy.  He barked up the wrong tree on that assumption when the news broke and revelations of his purported behavior surfaced.

Mr. Craig immediately went on the defensive and drove down the self-imposed path of denial to negate any wrongdoing and strongly assert that he was “not gay.” In so doing, he tried to maneuver the American people, like puppets on a string, and attempted to play them as fools by expecting them to believe that he didn’t realize what the implication of his plea bargain meant.  He unrelentingly maintained that he did nothing wrong and lamented later that he didn’t really understand the impact of his plea at the time.  Contrary to what most people-- high profile or otherwise-- would do in a similar situation, he didn’t call an attorney and thought he could rescue himself from his own hot water that he found himself drowning in.

As he began to sink lower in public opinion and received the cold shoulder brush of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, Craig stated he would resign and then, at a later date, reneged on his assertion.  Apparently having no shame or sense of embarrassment and putting his family through the inner turmoil of wondering who the real Larry Craig is, he now continues his tiresome fight to have the guilty plea erased.  He pursues grinding the wheels of the criminal justice system and engages his attorneys to discover judges who will seize some letter of the law that can be twisted to read the way Craig and his attorneys want it to.  Craig has willingly and knowingly mired himself in a personal and political mud puddle.

The latest appeals brief makes a last-ditch attempt that points to ludicrous intimations that the law enforcement officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia, who caught Craig in the act “invited it.” It also attempts to emphasize that the act was not criminal because Craig’s actions did not affect “multiple victims.”  Craig and his attorneys appear to be reaching for the stars and, hopefully, the judges who hear oral arguments and review this appeal will utilize the breadth of their knowledge and experience to recognize that this one needs to be tossed as fast as a streak of lightening.