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OPINION

 Top Public 
 Mea Culpas 

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is king of the list

Oct 3, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman’s acknowledgement yesterday of some skeletons in his closet is only the latest caught by television’s unforgiving lens; Lisa Todorovich runs down her faves on True/Slant:
  • Bill Clinton: The Democratic candidate, with wife Hillary alongside, cops to “mistakes in my marriage in a 1992
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entertainment • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Bill Clinton • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Craig • Monica Lewinsky • David Letterman • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • public disclosure

ANALYSIS

 Burris Camp 
 Returns to 
 Race Card 

Ill. senator hopes to box in white Dems for 2010 campaign

Mar 3, 09 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris doesn’t have much support in Washington or money in his war chest for a reelection bid, but he retains one reliable weapon, Politico reports: the race card. As controversy over his appointment has reemerged, Burris hasn’t hesitated to chalk it up to racial politics. A Burris... More »

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race • Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Illinois • Larry Craig • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • Bobby Rush

Craig Won't Appeal to Minn. High Court in Sex Sting

Lawyers say state's top court would likely pass on reviewing former senator's case

Jan 8, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The deadline for appealing his case to the Minnesota Supreme Court passes today, and Larry Craig will not seek a review, Fox affiliate KMSP-TV reports. The former Idaho senator was arrested last year in a Minneapolis airport sex sting, and sought to void his conviction. An appeals court ruled against... More »

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appeal • Minnesota • Larry Craig • Minneapolis airport • Minnesota Supreme Court • sex sting

 Craig's Plea 
 Withdrawal 
 Denied 

Guilty plea stands. Widely.

Dec 9, 08 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Larry Craig’s guilty plea will stand—probably with a wide stance—a Minnesota appeals court ruled today, rejecting the Idaho Republican's attempt to withdraw it. Craig, who is retiring from the Senate, had argued that his case was not fully investigated, while his lawyer maintained that there was “... More »

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appeal • guilty plea • Larry Craig • political scandal • appellate court

Craig Pushes
to Withdraw Guilty Plea

Senator skips court hearing, which centers on mail-in document

Sep 10, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig's lawyers asked a state appeals court today to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct charges. The prosecutor argued that the senator, who did not appear today, waived his right to a trial by using a mail-in form to enter a plea after being busted... More »

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Minneapolis • court • Larry Craig • disorderly conduct • Minneapolis airport • political scandal

OPINION

Edwards 'Love Child' Story Shows Press Double Standard

Media are hypocrites about hypocrisy

Jul 24, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The press jumped all over Larry Craig’s bathroom dalliance not because he was gay, it was claimed, but because he was a hypocrite with an anti-gay voting record. But no one is piling on John Edwards, whom the National Enquirer says it caught visiting his mistress and love... More »

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John Edwards • media criticism • sex scandal • tabloids • affair • National Enquirer • Larry Craig • love child

(Newser) - It takes more than comb-overs and beer bellies to make the world's 100 unsexiest men list. The Boston Phoenix factors behavior into its list of oh-so-fugly gents. A peek at who snagged the top (dis)honors:
  1. Roger Clemens: baseball (and steroid?) star.
  2. Spencer Pratt: Heidi's smarmy boyfriend on The
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Tom Cruise • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Roger Clemens • list • awards • Eliot Spitzer • attraction • Larry Craig • Perez Hilton • Lou Dobbs • Dr Phil • Ryan Seacrest • Spencer Pratt

COLUMN

Thank You,
Sex Scandal!

German scribe salutes Spitzer, Craig for pulling towel off
prudish Americans

Mar 18, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here's to the US sex scandal! Eliot Spitzer and Larry Craig make American politicians seem almost human, Gabor Steingart writes in Der Spiegel. He claims that prudish Americans are fueled by secret lust—"and, in the case of some politicians, naked lunacy." Which makes public shame "an... More »

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John McCain • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Craig • prostitution ring • prudishness

Senate Scolds Craig Over Bathroom Sting

Ethics panel says
he 'discredited' the chamber with scandal

Feb 13, 08 9:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Ethics Committee had stern words for embattled Idaho Sen. Larry Craig today, issuing a "letter of admonition" that rebukes him for his arrest in a Minneapolis airport sex sting last June. The letter accuses Craig of committing actions that reflected "discreditably on the Senate," CNN... More »

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sex scandal • Larry Craig • Senate Ethics Committee

4 Men Detail Encounters
With Craig

Mike Jones, who outed  Haggard, says Craig also paid him for sex

Dec 3, 07 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who exposed his sexual relationship with evangelist Ted Haggard is now among four men claiming sexual encounters with Larry Craig, the Idaho Statesman reports. Mike Jones, who published a tell-all of his relationship with Haggard, says Craig paid him $200 for sex, while an IT consultant claims... More »

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Denver • Capitol Hill • escort • Larry Craig • Idaho Statesman • Minneapolis airport • Senate Ethics Committee • Mike Jones • Ted Haggard

Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

Citing Vitter, activists see ‘homophobic’ double standard

Nov 13, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent gay rights groups are calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to drop its sexual misconduct probe of Larry Craig, calling the panel’s focus on the senator’s case—combined with the lack of focus on David Vitter’s—“hypocrisy tinged by homophobia.” The two groups say... More »

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gay rights • California • homophobia • David Vitter • Larry Craig • Senate Ethics Committee • Barbara Boxer

Why Couldn’t Rowling Just Let Dumbledore Be?

'Pathetic' closeted wizard does nothing for equality, writer argues

Oct 23, 07 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The outed Dumbledore is loveless and pathetic, says Time’s John Cloud. He sees no progress for gay equality in JK Rowling's revelation, but rather a role model as problematic as Larry Craig. Shouldn’t the writer be happy with the news about Harry Potter’s heroic mentor? “Yes,... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • homosexuality • Larry Craig • Star Wars • Albus Dumbledore • Star Trek • outing • Mark Foley

Craig to Appeal Guilty Plea

'It is my right to do what I'm doing,' embattled senator says

Oct 15, 07 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig will today appeal a Minnesota judge's ruling that he can't withdraw his guilty plea for disorderly conduct, the AP reports. And he won't resign: “It is my right to do what I’m doing,” Craig told KTVB-TV yesterday. "I'm not running for re-election. I'm no... More »

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Craig: The Apple of Idaho's Eye?  

State hall of fame
will induct senator
despite protest
from local GOP

Oct 7, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The kerfuffle over Larry Craig's arrest and guilty plea won't keep him from entering the Idaho Hall of Fame next weekend, over the protest of local Republicans. "Maybe in 10 or 15 years we can think of this hall of fame stuff. Now is not the time," says... More »

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Republican • Idaho • Larry Craig • scandal • gays

GOP Lashes Out at Craig Over Decision to Stay

Republican lawmakers consider Idaho senator an embarrassment

Oct 5, 07 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP is an uproar after Larry Craig announced yesterday that he will serve out his term, CNN reports. Some are criticizing the Idaho senator's decision because it will be a distraction from more pressing issues; others denounce Craig's behavior outright. "It's embarrassing for the Senate. It's embarrassing for... More »

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GOP • Larry Craig • John Ensign • Senate Ethics Committee • Election 2008 • senator

Craig Won't Resign After All

A judge ruled the senator could not withdraw his admission

Oct 4, 07 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a Minnesota judge's ruling that he can't withdraw his guilty plea in the bathroom sex sting last spring, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig announced this afternoon that he would not, after all, resign his Senate seat. Craig said he had concluded, in the three weeks he's been back on the... More »

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prostitution • guilty plea • Larry Craig • political scandal

Craig Can't Rescind Guilty Plea

Judge denies Idaho senator's request

Oct 4, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Minnesota judge today rejected Sen. Larry Craig's attempt to rescind his guilty plea in a June men's bathroom sex sting, saying it had been entered "accurately, voluntarily, and intelligently," CNN reports. There was no immediate response from the Idaho Republican, who had said he would resign if... More »

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Senate • sex scandal • Idaho • Pete Domenici • Larry Craig • Senate GOP • political scandal

Anti-Obesity Ad Tap-Taps Craig's Bathroom Tryst

Anti-obesity campaign says Senators are on the 'gravy train'

Oct 2, 07 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - “It’s their dirty little secret,” the commercial's voiceover says, as a well-dressed man taps his foot in a bathroom stall. And though Larry Craig’s name is never uttered, his airport indiscretion is obviously the latest target of an unlikely source—childhood obesity advocates knocking congressmen who... More »

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obesity • childhood obesity • Larry Craig • campaign contributions • political advertising • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Craig to Stay in Senate 'for Now'

GOP leaders react grimly as Craig prolongs the effort to retract his guilty plea

Sep 26, 07 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - GOP leaders listened in icy silence as Larry Craig vowed today to stay a senator while trying to change his guilty plea, the AP reports. A Minnesota judge says he will decide the matter sometime next month. "Today was a major step in the legal effort to clear my... More »

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Trent Lott • Idaho • Larry Craig • political scandal

Prosecutor
to Sen. Craig:
No Take-Backs

'Displeasure with the outcome isn't grounds for relief'

Sep 24, 07 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Larry Craig's insistence that he "panicked" in admitting to a crime he didn't commit doesn't jibe with the fact that he spoke to a Minnesota prosecutor three times in the six weeks between his arrest and plea, reports the Washington Post. Craig's motion "was sought only as... More »

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