Senator Larry Craig of Idaho: The only gay in the senate.

Republican US Senator Larry Craig of Idaho said today he was not gay and had made a mistake in pleading guilty to disorderly conduct after his arrest at a Minnesota airport men's toilet.

First elected to the US Senate in 1990, Senator Craig was arrested by a plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in the men's public restroom at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport in June.

"I am not gay, I never have been gay," he told reporters in Boise, Idaho, and apologised to the people of Idaho for what he said was a "cloud" over Idaho because of the incident.

**I hear that line and the phrase "Who, dear? Me, dear? Gay, dear? No, dear." from the character Derek Faye off the Catherine Tate Show was the first thing I thought of. I wonder if he has a close "friend" called Leonard?

"I did nothing wrong," he said.

**But he pleaded guilty? Go figure that one. Says that he is not gay and yet pleads guilty to lewd conduct. Still at least he did not blame his behaviour on going bald like Mark Oaten, or claim that he was out looking for badgers like Welsh politician Ron Davies.

Gets accused of getting a tad too close to another mans penis and he is accused of being gay.

The conservative Republican, who has spoken out against gay rights and same-sex marriage in the past, said he would be announcing next month, as earlier planned, whether he would seek re-election next year.

**Don't hold your breath on that one, if there is one thing voters hate it is double standards from politicos.

Senate Republican leaders today requested a Senate ethics panel investigation of Senator Craig.

Those leaders were "examining other aspects of the case to determine if additional action is required", they said.

**Hat tip to nourishingobscurity for this one: Senator McCoy has an interesting CV: Active in the Boy Scouts of America his entire life, and he is a parishioner of St. Johns Lutheran Church.

Oh and here is the arrest report(pdf)

Meanwhile on his site, the obligatory I did nowt wrong statement gets posted

**Cue the obvious line of "I am the only gay in the Senate."

**Update: He has resigned, still claims he is innocent and its all a mistake and he will clear his name. Not that he is in the closet, he has nothing against gays and in denial about liking the cock.
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