These people never cease to amaze me. Rush Limbaugh, not a defender of the ACLU, was all too glad to have the group come to his defense when it suited his needs. Now Craig is doing it. Standard IOKIAR (It’s OK If You-re A Republican) bullshit line of thinking.

But the in-your-face hypocrisy is only half the story. How does having the charges dropped on a free’speech technicality remove the stain of “gay bathroom sex” from Sen. Craig? Will the NASCAR crowd simply forget about it? I don’t think so.

Craig to claim sex sting arrest unconstitutional

ACLU agrees, says senator’s foot-tapping in stall was protected speech
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will argue before an appeals court that Minnesota’s disorderly conduct law is unconstitutional as it applies to his conviction in a bathroom sex sting, according to a new court filing.

This is the first time Craig’s attorneys have raised that issue. However, an earlier friend-of-the-court filing by the American Civil Liberties Union argued that Craig’s foot-tapping and hand gesture under a stall divider at the Minneapolis airport are protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech.

Craig has been trying to withdraw his August guilty plea to disorderly conduct. A judge turned him down earlier this month, and now Craig is taking his request to the state Court of Appeals. The conservative Republican at one point said he would resign from the U.S. Senate but now says he will finish his term, which ends in January 2009.

Associated Press

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