[Vision2020] Craig's official statement

[Paul Rumelhart]

Being guilty and pleading guilty can be two different things.

Some people do strange things when embarrassed, tired, or feel like they 
are being harassed.  Things that they might regret when it's time to pay 
the piper.  Besides, if you are a Senator and you are innocent, trying 
to fight it all the way to the Supreme Court is not going to help you 
any, image-wise.  It just spreads the story around to even more 
newspapers, blogs, and the next thing you know you're being interviewed 
by Jon Stewart.

Anyway, I'm just singing into the wind.  I have no idea if he was really 
guilty or not.

Paul

Tom Hansen wrote:
> Paul Rumelhart stated:
>
> "I'm just saying that I'd hate to be in that situation and not actually be
> guilty.  Tapping your right foot.  Who knew?  I might also be tempted to
> just pay the damn fine and hope nobody notices, too."
>
> Senator Craig plead guilty.  In my opinion, that eliminates any questions
> arising from Mr. Rumelhart's first statement.
>
> Supposing that you are one of only 100 US senators and that you have been
> arrested for lewd conduct, would you seriously be "tempted to just pay the
> damn fine and hope nobody notices"?  US senators can't even get a haircut
> without causing major headlines.
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in
> chat-room forums are neither brave nor clever."
>
> - Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21, 2007) 
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Paul Rumelhart
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 8:25 PM
> To: Joe Campbell
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Craig's official statement
>
> Sure, be my guest.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> Is he actively anti-homosexual or something?  Despite the fact that he 
> gave me a nomination to the Air Force Academy in 1984 (which turned me 
> down) I haven't really followed his career that much.
>
> I'm just saying that I'd hate to be in that situation and not actually 
> be guilty.  Tapping your right foot.  Who knew?  I might also be tempted 
> to just pay the damn fine and hope nobody notices, too.
>
> I do know I plan to keep both feet solidly on the floor for the duration 
> next time I'm in an airport restroom.
>
> Paul
>
> Joe Campbell wrote:
>   
>> Paul,
>>
>> You're not really that naive, are you? How about hypocrisy? Can we accuse
>>     
> him of that?
>   
>> --
>> Joe Campbell
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>> The article I read in the Washington Post said that he had tapped the 
>> foot of the person in the stall next him and reached under the 
>> partition. Naive to ways of the dance of restroom stall courtship and 
>> etiquette, I probably would have handed him some toilet paper blithely 
>> assuming that his dispenser was empty.
>>
>> I haven't yet read the articles linked to earlier - so it's possible it 
>> was more than that. But given what the Post said, I can't really accuse 
>> him of much myself.
>>
>> Paul
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