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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>“I think that arresting someone for Craig's conduct in this case is over zealous, and probably unconstitutional.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Craig peered into a stall, bumped someones foot, and his hand came under the stall divider.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is disorderly conduct? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Questionable.”</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>As stipulated in the police complaint, Senator Craig peered into the neighboring stall for approximately TWO MINUTES (not exactly a “quick glance”). </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">By pleading guilty Senator Craig is admitting that he did, in fact, violate a law of the state of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:place></st1:State> and that he is GUILTY of committing that crime.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Senator Craig filed his guilty plea two months after having been charged with a crime. Now, he is not only requesting that his guilty plea be overturned, but that the charges be dismissed since he feels he did not commit a crime (the crime that he plead guilty to).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Mr. Moffett goes on to say:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>“If Craig had pled not guilty odds are this charge would have been dropped.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But avoiding publicity no doubt was uppermost on Craig's mind.”</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>What makes you even imply that “if Craig had pled not guilty odds are this charge would have been dropped”?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Had that been the case, and the charges had been dropped, one can’t even begin to imagine the fallout that would have caused.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I believe that had Senator Craig pled “Not Guilty” to the original charge, he would have been scheduled for trial (something he was trying to avoid if guilty, and eagerly anticipated if not guilty).</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>And Mr. Moffett continues . . .</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>“Consider the approach taken to Senator Vitter, linked to affairs with prostitutes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If Craig had faced this problem, would the attacks against him have been so vituperative?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Why should Craig be forced out of the US Senate for his conduct, and Vitter not?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A married man having sex with prostitutes is morally superior to a married man having gay sex?”</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">This is a textbook example of politics in action.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>The reason why the Republican Party zealously pursued Senator Craig and wanted to avoid pursuing Senator Vitter is found in their respective state capitals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If/When Senator Craig is forced to step down from his senate seat, it is logically anticipated that <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>’s Republican governor Butch Otter will replace him with another Republican.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If Senator Vitter were forced to step down from his senate seat, it is just as likely that Louisiana’s Democrat governor Kathleen Blanco <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>would have appointed a Democrat replacement and the Democrat Party would have gained another US Senate seat without as much as an election.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Things that make you go "Hmmm."</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Seeya round town, Moscow.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Tom Hansen</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Moscow, Idaho</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>"Don't make me come down there."</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>- God</FONT></P></body>
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