OK, so it's been a few days but, unless you've been living in a remote camp without power in the Northern Maine or have had no contact with the outside world, you've heard of the dilemma regarding Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho). He is the senator that pleaded guilty to indecent behavior in a Minnesota airport restroom a few months back. His actions not only casted a shadow over him as a person as well as the Republicans but also and more importantly, it put his family in an unwanted light.
Now, after a judge denied his request to withdraw his guilty plea, he has decided, against pleural of Republicans in Washington and across the nation, to not resign to try and clear his name. Bad move for three reasons. 1. The character damage has already been done to him. He is a fraud and a sexual deviant. 2. The Republican party needs to have him resign or risk having this be an issue in 2008. This upcoming election is about moving the party and the nation forward. It will not happen unless the GOP puts its foot down and says enough is enough. and 3. An Ethics investigation will most definitely be difficult upon him, his family as well as the Republican Party.
As I stated to begin with, the damage to his reputation has already been done. Regardless of whether the judge OKs or denies his request to pull his plea, the fact remains that he was caught with his pants down. No pun intended. He can whimper and whine about how he should not have made a plea or that he did not mean anything by his wide stance. Nonetheless, he got caught doing something only sexual deviants do.
Secondly, the Republican part and more so the party leadership in Washington should pull him aside and "politely" ask him to resign. The pain is far worse for him and the party if he stays on. This issue will most definitely be an issue come the next few months leading up to the primaries not too mention the general election in November. Dignity is something that can not be replaced by back tracking on your guilty pleas nor is it easily obtainable after an embarrassing sexual act. He'll soon find out.
Lastly here, an Ethics investigation into the happenings or actions of Sen. Craig will essentially wreak havoc upon him and his family. I know I couldn't put my family through that ordeal if I did something that disgusting or disgraceful. He owes it to his family to do what is best for them and not him. His career is over as a US Senator as well as having any future position that has any sense of importance or integrity. An investigation of these sorts will reveal his sexual actions, preferences, orientations, habits and any thing else that would shed new light on to why he would have entered that restroom in Minnesota. It is simply not a place that the results would indeed be positive. Nothing good ever comes out of an Ethics investigation, does it?
Sen. Craig, for the sake of the Republican and more importantly your family, PLEASE RESIGN NOW! You owe your family 2 things. 1. An explanation behind closed doors and 2. the love to leave them out of an unwanted media spotlight. Your character at this point is shot but you can save your family's character and dignity by doing the obvious. RESIGN!
