a public defender: What was Sen. Craig thinking? | a public defender
George
· 2 years ago
I heard when the story first broke, that he made the plea with no advice from family, or even advice from an attorney.
Again, what was he thinking?
Karoli
· 2 years ago
George is right -- he took the plea without any legal advice at all. It seems to have been one of those situations where they said, well hey, seeing as how you're a US Senator and all, we'll make this go away if you do this...
I'm guessing he probably is gay and was soliciting an encounter. But he didn't offer money and he didn't do anything. It's not like he was caught in the act or anything, so what exactly is his criminal behavior here?
I know other bloggers have said this already, but it really frosts me that men can go into a bar and send a drink to a woman they don't know as a message that they want to have sex with them and no cop would even blink an eye. But when it's a gay encounter, well then, hey...it must be a crime.
If Craig had any balls at all, he'd have fought the charge and accepted the publicity. Given the absolute hyperbole of his so-called colleagues' public condemnations, he'd probably get more support by coming out and giving them all the finger in the process.
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Again, what was he thinking?
I'm guessing he probably is gay and was soliciting an encounter. But he didn't offer money and he didn't do anything. It's not like he was caught in the act or anything, so what exactly is his criminal behavior here?
I know other bloggers have said this already, but it really frosts me that men can go into a bar and send a drink to a woman they don't know as a message that they want to have sex with them and no cop would even blink an eye. But when it's a gay encounter, well then, hey...it must be a crime.
If Craig had any balls at all, he'd have fought the charge and accepted the publicity. Given the absolute hyperbole of his so-called colleagues' public condemnations, he'd probably get more support by coming out and giving them all the finger in the process.