I think everyone has lost sight of the cop over reaching for an arrest. I don't car if Craig is Gay, rubbed the stall, tapped his foot or whatever. You telling me the cop involved is a mind reader? You can get arrested for perceived thoughts? When will the abuse of the Gestapo be challenged? Is society willing now to have anyone arrested for what a cop thinks someone is thinking? So if I get in a stall, spread my legs to reach down and let's say itch a bug bite and accidently rub the bottom of the stall, I'm suddenly making a homosexual advance....

C Holley said it all.

Senator, I knew Rock Hudson. He was a friend of mine... Senator, you're no Rock Hudson!!

What Michelle says is profound.

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HE SHOULD GO. NOW LETS GET RID OF BARNEY FRANK D MASS. HE HAD A SCANDAL AND HE IS STILL IN CONGRESS. WHY?

C. Holley did indeed say it all. In addition, why is this a bigger scandal than a Senator running for President who took a $1 million in caqmpaign donations from a fugitive convicted felon?

I have a general distrust of most Republicans. They are a pack of hypocrites and hate-filled bullies. Craig simply got caught up in part of the police state he helped created. Police can now arrest you for what they think you may do in the future verses actual crimes. Like the cop said "I expect this from someone from the hood". How many others have been arrested with no real evidence of any crime? Well done GOP!!!

Barney Frank got promoted by his party for being a filthy criminal perv.

Clinton achieved donkey sainthood with his sex crimes.

And the Libs are rushing to Craigs defense as well. Predatory sex crime is cool as long as its queer.

And just like in every sex scandal, the GOP reiterates, you commit a sex crime in office, you get axed immediately.

I don't see how toe tapping and waving-hand movements constitutes solicitation of sex. It seems that Policeman Karsnia is using very vague criteria to nab someone. I feel sorry for anyone who truly is innocent of what these foot movements mean and all they did was tap their foot to say just loosen up or something and they get accused and hauled off. Especially, since someone like myself didn't even know that tapping your feet could send sexual messages.
Sounds scary.

J.Creamer...
I'd agree with you _except_....
If you read the transcript of the Craig/cop interview, very early into it, Craig says "..._you_ solicited _me_" That pretty much says he knows what those signals mean. I sure didn't - did you? So ... how does someone get to understand that the cop is supposedly soliciting sex unless he has done it before?
On the other hand, if they really wanted to stop that sort of activity in a public restroom, why didn't they just post a cop in uniform in a position where the entire restroom could be observed? I suspect that would shut down anything and make the restroom a "verboten" place for gays to meet.

It sure sounds like Senator Craig was a victim of entrapment by the police and it stinks of a political setup. However, if this "crime" is adequate reason to demand that Senator Craig resign, then Rep. Barney Frank should resign for his complicity in gay prostitution at his residence and Senator Clinton should resign for taking campaign contributions from a fugitive felon. The list of scandals involving legislators on both sides of the aisle that should warrant their dismissal would probably take several pages. If we had good sense we would demand that there be limits to the terms of the House and Senate, get rid of the entire congress and start over.

I can see your point, Suek. Your comments are indeed undeniable. To me, however, Senator Craig's response in the post restroom interview has conflicting shades of both incrimination and innocence. Excluding his guilty plea for a moment, which is hard to do, I still tend to believe in not his actual innocence but rather lack of proven guilt, when the evidence is based on perception of movements alone. Also, this type of setup, subjects the poor innocent guy, who is ignorant of the signals to be wrongly accused. Still, the public needs to be protected from unwanted advances and propositions and the police there are to be commended for trying to do something about it. I think your idea is probably the best, having a policeman enter the restroom randomly to openly observe, which would act as a deterrent and less likely to be disputable.