Idaho Senator Larry Craig has elected to take a wide stance on the idea of resignation.

It's a little known Senate regulation that if you tap your toe and waive your left hand and say "There's no place like the Senate, there's no place like the Senate, there's no place like the Senate," your previously announced resignation goes away. It's called the Dorothy Rule.

I've been thinking about the ever growing list of mistakes Craig has made. The biggest one was when he identified himself as a Senator to the arresting officer.

From the cop's perspective, bathroom sex patrol had to be about the worst possible duty he could have been assigned. Busting a Senator would be high profile enough to end the bathroom detail. It's a fairly safe bet that the Minneapolis Airport bathroom is going to be sex free for some time. In fact if you need to use the facilities for their intended purpose you probably won't have any difficulty finding an empty stall. Just be aware that everyone seeing you walking in or out will be wondering why you were there.

Craig should have identified himself as a lawyer or a farmer (whatever his private occupation once was). He probably would have gotten a warning or at worst a small fine and the whole incident wouldn't have even made the police blotter in the local paper. But Craig assumed his Senatorial position would shield him. He was wrong. Now in a typical display of political integrity, he is unresigning(?) (deresigning?) from the Senate.

The cop? Whatever happens with Senator Craig's quest to clear his name and keep his seat of power, I'm sure he's happy that bathroom duty is over.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 05:24 AM | No Comments | Add Comment