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Larry Craig Wild Card — 8.27.09

Has it really been two years (from this very day) that then U.S. Sen. Larry Craig became a footnote that will live on in the “Today In History” compilations that appear on the Internet and in some media? Indeed. Quoth Today In History: “The arrest of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, in June by a plainclothes officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in a Minneapolis airport restroom, was revealed by the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. Craig pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct but insisted he had not been involved in any inappropriate conduct. Craig said he would resign from the Senate but changed his mind and served the remainder of his third term.” You can speculate how things mighta been different if Toe-Tapping Larry hadn’t been caught. Or use this Wild Card to start your own threads …

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog