Craig Inducted into Idaho Hall of Fame

Sen. Larry Craig was inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame Saturday.

The veteran senator, who was charged with disorderly conduct after being arrested in a Minneapolis airport bathroom in June, was chosen for induction in March. His induction proceeded as scheduled.

Although pressured to postpone or cancel Craig's induction, Hall of Fame officials decided to induct him as scheduled. Read the report on the induction ceremony in the Idaho Statesman.

Larry Craig and the Hall of Fame

Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was selected for induction into Idaho's Hall of Fame in March, the Idaho Hall of Fame Association board chairman says. As it stands now, the induction ceremony is still slated to include Craig next weekend.

The selection was made a few months before Craig's infamous arrest in the bathroom sting operation at the Minneapolis airport.

Kootenai County Republican precinct committeeman Phil Thompson thinks the honor should be delayed "10 or 15 years" to allow matters to be resolved. As it is, however, Craig is still scheduled to be inducted next Saturday alongisde one of his top supporters, Gov. Butch Otter.

Craig's Going To Stay

Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, has decided not to resign after all.

Apparently, the decision doesn't surprise many of his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Although word has it that Craig is causing "frustration" and "fatigue" for members of his party.

But, as District Judge Charles Porter wrote in an order that declared that it was too late for Craig to withdraw his plea of guilty to disorderly conduct charges, "The defendant, a career politician with a college education, is of at least above-average intelligence. He knew what he was saying, reading and signing."

Indeed.

In fact, anyone who heard the audio tape of his interrogation after being arrested in June had to reach one inescapable conclusion. The senator repeatedly denied he was gay before anyone accused him of it.

He knew what the signals were and he knew he'd been using them.