What's with the politicians?

Craig reconsidering decision to resign By JOHN MILLER, Associated Press Writer BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig says he may still fight for his Senate seat, a spokesman says — if the lawmaker can clear his name with the Senate Ethics Committee and a Minnesota court where he pleaded guilty after his arrest in an airport men's room sex sting. (Yahoo News)

This guy is starting to become somewhat of a joke, even within his own twisted party. Most of us have watched enough police dramas in our life to know that if you do not understand something, you ask for an expert and when you do not understand what the police are telling you, you ask for a lawyer. When you are a member of Congress, you should be doing that right out of the gate.

I do not care if he is gay or not. Really, I do not. His sexual orientation is not the issue. What is at issue is his arrest and subsequent guilty plea. While it is too much to hope that a member of the Congress might actually stay on the right side of the law, this is not a parking ticket or DUI. Further, this is a member who claims to be an upstanding moral individual. If it was a case of disorderly conduct where, perhaps he was overly loud in a setting where he was disturbing people, that would be one thing, but it is not.

At this point, the smart thing for him to do is to resign, let the process run and then try and convince the voters that he should be reelected. And while he and the rest of the politicians out there are about it, perhaps a little less high and mighty and a little more humility and a desire to actually serve the people might stand them in better stead.