This actually makes sense to me (soliciting sex in a restroom) as official business. How it is different from the many other congressional whores soliciting businesses, PAC, and advocacy groups for money as payment for the intercourse of access and favorable votes?<br>
<br>At least Craig's "official business" did not fuck over a large part of the U.S. population as other pay to play deals with congresspersons do.<br><br>w.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span>Courtesy of today's (August 4, 2012) Spokesman-Review.</span><br><span></span><br>
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Craig: Bathroom time all business</h1></span></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>BOISE – Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous June 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that ended in his sex-sting arrest was part of his official Senate business.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>Craig is hoping to avoid repaying $217,000 in campaign funds the Federal Election Commission claims he misused to defend himself.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The FEC sued Craig in June in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging he converted the campaign money to personal use by spending it on his legal defense after he was accused of soliciting sex in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bathroom. The commission argues Craig’s defense had no connection to his campaign for federal office.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>Craig counters that money tied to his airport bathroom trip was for neither personal use nor his campaign, but fell under his official, reimbursable duties as senator because he was traveling between Idaho and the nation’s capital for work. He cites a U.S. Senate rule in which reimbursable per diem expenses include all charges for meals, lodging, hotel fans, cleaning, pressing of clothing – and bathrooms.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>In its complaint, the FEC contends the three-term U.S. senator’s campaign account, Craig for U.S. Senate, paid for legal services related to his guilty plea to disorderly conduct.</span><br><span></span><br>
<span>An undercover officer said Craig tapped his feet and signaled under a stall divider that he wanted sex.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>On a similar issue, have you seen Craig's latest seasons greetings e-card . . .</div>
<div><br></div><div><img src="cid:E25B521A-C023-4CB3-B044-D67F44EAF563" alt="image.jpeg" height="320" width="522"><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br>
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