The BRAD BLOG : Larry Craig

June 30th, 2008

Notorious GOP Adulterers in Senate, Vitter and Craig, Reintroduce Federal Marriage Amendment

A New Low in Republican Hypocrisy Has Been Reached...

Guest blogged by Jon Ponder, Pensito Review.

This is not a joke. Two Republican U.S. senators who disgraced themselves with extramarital affairs have signed on as sponsors of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would prohibit same sex marriage anywhere in the United States.

The senators are David Vitter of Louisiana, who admitted he consorted with prostitutes over a long period of time, and Larry Craig of Idaho, who pleaded guilty to a charge of soliciting sex in a men's room.

The amendment states, "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman."

Both Vitter and Craig were 2007 nominees to Pensito Review's GOP Adulterers Hall of Fame.

By Jon Ponder on 6/30/2008 8:47am PT

PRINT | EMAIL | PERMALINK | 10 Comments so far...

Article Categories: U.S. Senate, Larry Craig, LGBT

October 18th, 2007

Andrew Sullivan on Larry Craig Interview: 'Excruciating...Beyond Embarrassing'

VIDEO COVERAGE: Highlight Clips and Daily Show's Take...

From Andrew Sullivan's, frankly, heartbreaking analysis of the recent Matter Lauer interview with Larry Craig and his wife...

I forced myself. It was excruciating. Beyond embarrassing. Extraordinarily painful - especially for his wife. Why on earth they decided to subject themselves to prolonging this agony is a question worth asking. And the answer, I think, is: they have to. At this point in their lives, to allow the possibility that Craig is indeed homosexual, that he has sustained, lived, internalized a fundamental lie for his entire life, and involved his wife and children in that lie, would be to destroy themselves.
...
He is now wedded to this life he created - more than to his wife, which is why she was kept in the dark for two months after the arrest, as he went through the terror of feeling caught finally in his own contradiction. He cannot break free of it at this point without psychic collapse. And so, even though it becomes absurd to everyone around them, the Craigs keep going. They have no choice, apart from total breakdown.
...
It is just a tragedy that the party that Craig belongs to is committed to prolonging the pain and the denial of so many people - in order to appease the casual fears of the insecure, and to use those fears to sustain political power.

Painful video "highlights" from the interview, courtesy of TPM, follow below, along with two much-needed humorous takes on the sad story, from last night's Daily Show...

--- Click here for REST OF STORY!... ---

By Brad Friedman on 10/18/2007 3:13pm PT

PRINT | EMAIL | PERMALINK | 6 Comments so far...

Article Categories: Larry Craig

October 4th, 2007

BREAKING: Judge Denies Craig's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea

'Not Gay' Senator Says He'll Stay in Senate Anyway...

Does this mean he is gay after all? It's all so confusing.

(P.S. We still love our wife!)

UPDATE: Two very short related sound clips for your bemusement...

Nasty Boy...

Mr. Closeted Conservative Congressman...

LATER UPDATE: The inimitable Josh Marshall weighs in on The Genius of Larry Craig, Senator, master of crisis management.

By Brad Friedman on 10/4/2007 1:52pm PT

PRINT | EMAIL | PERMALINK | 6 Comments so far...

Article Categories: Larry Craig

September 6th, 2007

VIDEO: Mike Rogers Nails it on Hannity & Colmes

Blogger Who Outed Larry Craig Demonstrates How Well-Prepared and Knowledgable Progressives CAN Successfully Counter the Fox Propagandists!

Our buddy Mike Rogers (who feels I should call him my Blogfather) of BlogActive.com owned Sean Hannity during his appearance on Hannity & Colmes. Rogers --- whose name is misspelled as RoDgers by Fox "News" --- originally outed Sen. Larry Craig last October, even though the mainstream media ignored him until the Idaho Statesmen picked up the story last week.

Atta boy, Blogfather! Check him out...

By Brad Friedman on 9/6/2007 12:05pm PT

PRINT | EMAIL | PERMALINK | 16 Comments so far...

Article Categories: Fox 'News', Sean Hannity, Mainstream Media Failure, Larry Craig

August 29th, 2007

Not Gay Toons of the Moment...

(Via All Hat No Cattle, hat-tip BRAD BLOG toon sherpa, Pokey Anderson!)

By Brad Friedman on 8/29/2007 3:02pm PT

PRINT | EMAIL | PERMALINK | 19 Comments so far...

Article Categories: Toons, Larry Craig

August 28th, 2007

I Am Not Gay Either

...and I love my wife too. (Even though I'm not married.)

Just wanted to mention that.

By Brad Friedman on 8/28/2007 10:43pm PT

PRINT | EMAIL | PERMALINK | 35 Comments so far...

Article Categories: Larry Craig

THE BRAD BLOG'S RECOMMENDED #OWS 'DEMAND' All citizens 18+ get to vote. Period. And on hand-counted paper ballots...
VIDEO: 'Rise of the Tea Bags' Brad interviews American patriots...	'Democracy's Gold Standard' Hand-marked, hand-counted ballots...

One-time any amount you like... $	Monthly any amount you like... $
Or by Snail Mail Make check out to... Brad Friedman 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028

*'Green News Report' 2/2/12*
*w/ Brad & Desi*