Chasing Larry, finding David
Larry Craig will soon be gone – and if Republican leaders have their way, quickly forgotten. However, his case leaves behind a trail of questions about the slippery standards employed by police, the press and the GOP leadership that abandoned Craig while apparently condoning David Vitter’s solicitation of prostitutes.Despite the constant refrain of TV talking heads, including some with law degrees, Craig was not arrested for soliciting sex in the Minneapolis airport men’s room, and pleaded guilty to no such offense.Reading the criminal complaint against Craig reveals the more serious charge was peeping into a restroom stall, though it was dropped as part of the plea agreement. Craig did plead guilty to disorderly conduct – “engaging in offensive, obscene, or noisy conduct tending reasonably to arouse anger, alarm or resentment in others