Thursday, February 28, 2013

Soliciting votes in the Men's Room

Remember Larry Craig?  He was a long time Senator from Idaho who was arrested back in 2007 for soliciting sex in the Men's Room at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.  He eventually paid $216,000 to his lawyers before pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge.  The money came from his campaign funds.  The Federal Election Commission claims that was a misuse of these funds.  Craig claims he was on official business plus other Congressmen were able to use campaign funds for similar offenses.

I find his reasoning faulty.  I don't see how soliciting sex qualifies as official business.  Nor do I understand the reasoning that if one person gets away with murder then others should also.

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