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ACLU Defends Senator Larry Craig--The Republican Perv
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by Michelle Says So | September 17, 2007 at 10:07 am
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Lines have to be drawn. The ACLU is obviously using this "cause" to get their organization in the headlines...nothing more. And that's pretty pathetic. What's next? Defending OJ for his current criminal problems in Nevada? Michael Jackson is NOT a pedophile? Osama Bin Laden is NOT a terrorist?
The ACLU should worry about REAL citizens personal rights and how they are abused by "the system". Why continue tarnishing your name by defending some pervert "nobody" politican waiting in the can for George Michael or Boy George?
The strange case of Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig is about to take another interesting turn. Craig is getting support today from what many might consider to be an unlikely ally — the American Civil Liberties Union.
Craig was arrested in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in June and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct last month.
"We believe the sting operation used to apprehend Mr. Craig was unconstitutional. The statute the government is relying upon makes it a crime to use certain offensive words," said Anthony Romero, the executive director of the ACLU.
Police say Craig solicited sex from a police officer by tapping his foot and waving his hand under the stall divider. The arresting officer also says Craig peeked into his stall.
Craig denied at the time and continues to deny that he solicited sex from the officer through his gestures. He contends his actions were misinterpreted and he has adamantly denied that he is gay.
But the ACLU says it doesn't matter whether he solicited sex because that's not a crime.
"It is a crime to have sex in public. It is not a crime to propose or solicit sex in public, whether it's in a bar or in a bathroom," Romero said.
Craig said previously that he planned to quit on Sept. 30, but then indicated there was a chance he would try to stay in the Senate if he's able to withdraw his guilty plea.
"We clearly lay out what is the doctrine in terms of what speech is and is not protected," Romero said. "To be able to solicit sex in private, in public spaces, for instance, is constitutionally protected speech."
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at 14:56 on September 17th, 2007
Michelle Says So, I like this story. It's good stuff with one caveat. They're already defending terrorists.
at 23:54 on September 19th, 2007
They defended Rush Limbaugh and the Ku Klux Klan as well and I have yet to hear the conservative factions that denounce the ACLU as a matter of habit mention this major bit of hypocrisy. Limbaugh in particular called them Nazis yet he called them to keep his keyster out of prison on illegal drug charges. If the ACLU is bad to support equal rights and protections the right-wing in this country despise, why use them to save their arses when they have no where else to turn, namely, their own conservative constituency.
at 10:13 on December 8th, 2008
Reiterating a previous post...
They defended Rush Limbaugh and the Ku Klux Klan as well and I have yet to hear the conservative factions that denounce the ACLU as a matter of habit mention this major bit of hypocrisy. Limbaugh in particular called them Nazis yet he called them to keep his keyster out of prison on illegal drug charges. If the ACLU is bad to support equal rights and protections the right-wing in this country despise, why use them to save their arses when they have no where else to turn, namely, their own conservative constituency.
at 15:51 on September 17th, 2007
hi Michelle,
Can you explain to me this term "uber liberal"? You clearly use it a critical way and I don't criticise you for that. But I am trying to balance this against the foundations of the United States which are well, frankly, liberal.
at 20:30 on September 19th, 2007
I would submit to you that today's liberalism and the classical liberalism of the founding fathers are miles apart. Jefferson, et al would not have subscribed to the license that so many today call "freedom" or "liberty." There's a considerable difference. Freedom was never understood to be "doing what you want," but the right to do what one should without consequences, like "whistleblowing," not publishing pornography. We've taken our First Amendment, which was designed to give us political equality and religious freedoms, and gone way beyond it's reson for existence, I'm afraid to our detriment. That's not Liberal, but Libertine. Liberty does not equal License.
at 16:20 on September 17th, 2007
What I mean by "uber liberal" are those who go overboard just for the sake of creating a scene or argument. I always used to consider myself a liberal until most of our civil liberties were taken away and the widespread sickness of political correctness. Sometimes I like off color jokes...no harm no foul. But that's just me. I guess if "uber liberal" is considered a negative connotation, there's not much I can say. Being a formal idealist I've been on both sides of the coin. I hold no political affiliation...in 2008 I will vote for who I think is the best person for the job. Hopefully it won't be a republican, but you never know. Bush won!?!?
at 16:31 on September 17th, 2007
Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me. One thing {of many} that gives me such a kick from living in the US is the the use of new words and phrases. And no better place to understand them than from somebody, such as yourself, who shoots them from the hip.
at 16:47 on September 17th, 2007
Shoot from the hip? Man, you don't know the half of it. :)1
at 10:12 on December 8th, 2008
Reiterating a previous post...
They defended Rush Limbaugh and the Ku Klux Klan as well and I have yet to hear the conservative factions that denounce the ACLU as a matter of habit mention this major bit of hypocrisy. Limbaugh in particular called them Nazis yet he called them to keep his keyster out of prison on illegal drug charges. If the ACLU is bad to support equal rights and protections the right-wing in this country despise, why use them to save their arses when they have no where else to turn, namely, their own conservative constituency.