Were you aware that embattled Idaho Senator Larry Craig has been inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame? If you journeyed over to MSNBC.com, you couldn't miss [this AP] story; their 8:30am EDT update highlights it not once, not twice, not three times, but four times in different sections of their main page. Here's one from the "Inside MSNBC.com" segment:
Then there's the "Recommended Stories" link:
Followed by the "U.S. News" link:
Then, lastly, the "Politics" story:
Of course, if you go just by the headline, you might be left pondering just what the heck Idaho is thinking. If you actually manage to read the story, however, there are some quite relevant facts. First, this honor was considered months before Craig's well-publicized airport bathroom stall encounter. Second, there is currently quite a bit of dissension as to whether Craig should still receive this honor, including among those in Craig's own political party.
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Violence is down in Iraq
October 7, 2007 - 09:10 ET by ThisnThatI'm waiting on them to note that the surge is working, and that violence is way down in Iraq.
Will they say this or this 4 times?
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Not in this lifetime
October 7, 2007 - 09:14 ET by well99Those communist pabs only care about their Stalinist agenda.You can bet Barney Franks didnt get this treatment.
Thatnthis Are you giving more weight....to
October 7, 2007 - 09:18 ET by JayTeeAre you giving more weight to weighty matters that affect EVERY American, as opposed to just Idaho ?
That's not YOUR job, that's the Job of the MSM...omit that which is inconsequential and report on the BIG story. But you'd better keep doing it anyhow, until the MSM catches on.
How low can their ratings go before they have to report the Real Progress in Iraq ? The most recent story (MIA) is the Internal Iraqi agreements being signed between Al Sadre's group and the Government.
Another Senator hits the News also, Osamabama's flag gaff confirms he is unfit for the Job of protecting the flag. He can't even protect the one on his Suit
Which story will live on for 6 weeks of MSM reporting....the Flag or the Toilet Story ?
What good is a Free Press, if it is a False Press ? David Foote GoE
Flag or Toilet?
October 7, 2007 - 09:27 ET by ThisnThatMy predictions:
The flag story will be flushed down the toilet.
Phoney soldiers will squeeze out any story on how the surge is working.
Not one MSM outlet will emphasize the astounding turn-around in the August job reports
Murtha will get away scott-free in his acusations of murderous marines
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Thanks Kreskin
October 7, 2007 - 09:35 ET byLet's pray that events force the MSMs hand
1 the flag story, Obama most likely out anyway
2 the surge continuing must be reported somewhat and definately removes negative reports
3 the economy is always mis-reported listen to financial news shows
4 courts may over rule the media bias on this
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What is it about the flag
October 7, 2007 - 09:57 ET by balboaWhat is it about the flag story that you want to see pursued?
}}---> The flag story
October 7, 2007 - 10:16 ET by Cool ArrowHey, look at me! I'm over here.
Watch me do something very shocking. I'm taking off my flag pin.
I'm doing this so you'll notice I'm really doing something. I'm gonna say it's because I'm patriotic.
See B. Hussein. See B. Hussein run. See B. Hussein show his patriotism.
Run B. Hussein. Run!
Now I'll take off my shirt. See B. Hussein's pecs.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
CA
October 7, 2007 - 10:29 ET by BlondeUncle Jimbo over at Blackfive calls Barry "Cake Boy". With hillarious effect.
So....if we take your last:
Now I'll take off my shirt. See B. Hussein's pecs.
And change it to:
Now I'll take off my shirt. See Cakeboy's pecs.
Just kind of ties your whole thing up in a nice little package. Or (for you Lysdexics) unties them. Hey, whatever.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
}}---> Cakeboy on Ice
October 7, 2007 - 10:38 ET by Cool ArrowI can see a Disney extravaganza in tights. Enhancements added to counteract the effects of the cold environment.
Finishing with with cutting perfect figure 8's into the ice with his room temperature indicators.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
It is a stupid issue, and
October 7, 2007 - 11:16 ET by balboaIt is a stupid issue, and one he wouldn't do if he didn't think it would garner attention.
Is Barrack Ann
October 7, 2007 - 11:20 ET byIs Barrack Ann Coulter?
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Lol. Not quite.
October 7, 2007 - 11:28 ET by balboaLol. Not quite.
Kreskin or Carnac?
October 7, 2007 - 10:04 ET by ThisnThatI had to look up Kreskin. Having done that, I prefer Carnac the Magnificent with my plethora of "hermetically sealed" envelopes kept in "a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnalls' porch since noon".
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Too bad..
October 7, 2007 - 09:08 ET by dervishthat Pete Rose isn't from Idaho.
No thanks
October 7, 2007 - 09:15 ET by well99We dont need him.
Craig is the typical
October 7, 2007 - 10:28 ET by kgCraig is the typical politician. The people be damned. All politics all the
time. Just look at Clinton and Kerry just to name two. Not one of them
represents the people. All of congress (both houses) is in a sad state of
affair. They have just 3 interests. Spend, Investigate, and Self. Where else can
you make less than $200k year and become a multi-millionaire in 4 short
years.
Amazing!
October 7, 2007 - 11:13 ET by tbbaxterIt's amazing to me that Sen. Craig's antics are getting such press. I mean, the Democrats have been using "stall" tactics for years, and they never get mentioned.
where is William
October 7, 2007 - 11:16 ET bywhere is William Jefferson?, what's up with Feinstiengate?, what's the status of the Murtha lawsuit?
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Safely ignored by the
October 7, 2007 - 17:05 ET by TruthMongerSafely ignored by the MSM
Anyway they have a Republican senator to make gay - much to do
A service of the new NB respect police
Barney Frank Hall of Shame
October 7, 2007 - 11:38 ET by Lame CherryI don't quite get why this Larry Craig in the Idaho Hall of Fame is a story, because liberals get elected to the hall of shame by commie states all the time in Congress.
Teddy Kennedy, knocked up, drown and left for dead a girl.....he has been standing up for rapist nephews, making waitress sandwhiches, doping, driving his ex wife insane etc... and liberals cheer him.
Barney Frank is a freak in his sodomy and dating a male whore who was running a brothel out of Barn's Barn....and there liberals vote for him and there sodom Frank sits.
Hog Trough Traitor Murtha.......name says it all...there he sits championed by liberals.
The tag team of n word Byrd and n'r knocker Webb, one calls em and the other bats em.......and they sit in the Senate as liberal champions.
I will leave that little sewer of running whore houses, sodomy, traitor, pork barrel, dead babies and mommy and treating blacks like slaves as examples of liberal wonderfulness all elected continually by their states.........so what is liberal media so upset in Larry Craig for as he is a piker compared to what the dandies of liberalism are up to.
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Meet the MSM
October 7, 2007 - 12:01 ET by third eyeWhat does the term “wide stance” mean to you? And how wide is too wide? Today I answer these
questions and more. Though we can confirm the stance held by former senator Craig was large, was it large enough to be homosexual in nature? Lets ask Barney Frank, an expert on the subject…Barney, you saw the instant replay of the stance, what do you think, was it "too wide". Barney: "Well I've
seen the stance on the replay and it does remind me of the stance held
by Tom Cruise. Who, as we all know, is not gay." Excellent point
Barney. Now lets meet Arlen Spector, senator from PA "I believe the
stance was within reason. It was not “too large” as many have mentioned. He was just stretching, he was tired. In fact compared to many others his stance is quite small. Rumor has it that Janet Reno still has the largest stance in dc metro area."
Blackwater Ollie North/Iran
October 7, 2007 - 13:25 ET by bigtimerYeah this is real earth-shaking news alright...I heard it first thing this morning flipping the channels...on msnbc too.
Pathetic...just plain pathetic.
Especially when we have this kind of news today about Iran and Patraeus.
Plus Waxman and Ollie North...who says it all for me.
It sure is curious the
October 7, 2007 - 16:56 ET by MidAmericaIt sure is curious the msm are willing to keep running Craig stories because no matter what their intentions are they are increasing the general publics perception that public 'gay behavior' is both illegal and something to joke about.
"Gay behavior" isn't
October 7, 2007 - 16:58 ET by balboa"Gay behavior" isn't illegal. Trolling for anonymous gay sex in public bathrooms is illegal.
of course we don't know if
October 7, 2007 - 17:02 ET by TruthMongerof course we don't know if Craig was trolling as you say:)
he claims not - innocent until proven guilty
A service of the new NB respect police
I'll keep sayin' it...
October 8, 2007 - 01:32 ET by sarcasmoA guilty plea to a lesser charge in order to avoid taking-on the actual case = guilty. And now it's even upheld as guilty on appeal. Happens all the time in the tax and spend drugwar, and I've never seen you complain even once about it in those circumstances.
I try to imagine your reaction to this if Craig were a Democrat and did the exact same things to get his bisexual ass arrested in a mens room...Would it be this continual, laughable attempt at defending the indefensible? I didn't think so...
And isn't what you're trying (without much success, I must say...) to do the exact kind of agenda driven, truth be damned bias we bust in the media all the time around here? Why not just give it up?? He's bisexual, and Senator Tappin'foot needs to resign with what little dignity he has left at this point, unless he's really determined to help the Democrats and the comedy industry.
JMR
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You skipped a key
October 7, 2007 - 17:09 ET by MidAmericaYou skipped a key word. I said perception. I'm refering the great unwashed masses who only hear the 'echoes' of the national conversation. And they are really getting the idea that it's OK to make fun of gay behavior.
Isn't it ok?
October 8, 2007 - 01:36 ET by sarcasmoTo me, sex in general is a funny topic, gay sex is if anything even funnier, and repressed/lied-about sexuality of any sort leads to the funniest jokes of all, especially if politicians do it, from Bill Clinton to Larry Craig. Thank God for hormones.
JMR
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So
October 7, 2007 - 22:36 ET by well99Should they paint steps in bathrooms stalls to place your feet.Maybe boundries too.If you go beyond them you are trolling for gay sex?I forget what he said to the cop when he hit on him.Maybe you remember?Maybe you can give me a link.
If your "stance" causes you
October 7, 2007 - 22:42 ET by balboaIf your "stance" causes you to touch someone else's foot in the stall next to you, and you don't remember it, then maybe you do need visual assistance.
Or maybe your a old fart
October 7, 2007 - 23:00 ET by well99Or maybe your a old fart who has short term memory loss.I make a cup of coffee and forget where I put it.I think it is a crock what happen to him.I wouldnt vote for him before this.I do know that the Idaho Statesmen is full of it.They have their own agenda.Reason I dont buy it.To many lies that are easy to fact check.Anyhow maybe the reason he took the lower charge is because he knew this would happen.That is a guestamation.
Sorry, that's ridiculous.
October 7, 2007 - 23:14 ET by balboaSorry, that's ridiculous. Touching a guy's foot in the stall next to you in an airport men's room is not quite the same thing as forgetting where you put a cup of coffee.
So is assuming he was
October 7, 2007 - 23:18 ET by well99So is assuming he was trolling because his foot touch someone elses.
bal and well99
October 7, 2007 - 23:28 ET by shawn228hilarious skit on SNL click on video at the bottom
It was funny.Glad it wasnt
October 8, 2007 - 00:09 ET by well99It was funny.Glad it wasnt Daily show.That puts me to sleep.