'Wide stance' indeed
tap tap tap
Larry Craig is such a [let’s say “dork”]. Not only does he stay put when everyone on his own team wants him to leave the Senate ASAP (which is the definition of an asshole, I’m pretty sure), but his PeeGate excuse is that he has a wide stance?! He’s kidding, right?
But who knows? Maybe he does have a wider-than-average stance. But I have a few problems with his defense.
zero (0) credibility
First off, I know of no one who would willingly plea guilty to anything just to make it “go away”. And if I did know anyone who did, I’m positive said criminal would not then try to take it back unless s/he’d just won the lottery & gotten some badass lawyers. Which he has (gotten the lawyers, that is).
And is he going to quit or not? The man pleads guilty and says he’ll quit the Senate, then takes it all back, saying he won’t quit or leave office. Flip-flop.
the hypocrisy
It could be irony, or maybe just poetic justice. But I think we can all agree that there’s just something funny about his entire situation. I’m sure those who have a problem with his voting record on gay rights find his dilemma – real or right-place-wrong-time comedy – particularly delicious.
I know I do. Not because his voting record makes him look like an old-guard Republican hack (though it does), but because nearly every action he has taken in the Senate makes him appear to be the kind of blindly idealistic pro-business, anti-people bastard I truly loath. I sense I’m not alone in this.
and finally: my stance on the Stance
Even if he was not the kind of man he is, but just some normal joe, I’d still have a problem with the excuse/plea of the “wide stance”.
People with the ol’ wide stance are suspect IMHO. It’s a possible indicator of deeper pathologies:
- a maladjusted alpha-male tendency (perhaps drunk on his power?), or perhaps just drunk
- a spraying, splattering tendency
- severe, antisocial personal space issues
And these folks are all under informal investigation by me of being the person(s) who pee on the rim/seat. That’s what the Ethics Committee hearing is really about.
— Garvin
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