Comments on: Senator Craig: The Next Victim of the Minneapolis Airport Cops http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What was Sen. Craig thinking? | a public defender http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-39768 What was Sen. Craig thinking? | a public defender Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:25:53 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/#comment-39768 [...] guilty. Fellow blogger Karoli e-mailed me while I was on vacation and asked this very question (here’s her post on the topic). She writes: Well, if you get this, I’d love to hear your take [...] [...] guilty. Fellow blogger Karoli e-mailed me while I was on vacation and asked this very question (here’s her post on the topic). She writes: Well, if you get this, I’d love to hear your take [...]

]]> By: Christoph http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-39725 Christoph Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:38:58 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/#comment-39725 Dear Reasonable Democrats, Thanks. It's nice to see you can put politics aside and defend someone you disagree with. I'm not used to seeing that attitude on many left of center websites frankly and it speaks well of you however much I disagree with <i>your</i> politics. However much I don't know or really care about Senator Craig, heck, I'm Canadian after all, I think he was railroaded. If I take the cops account verbatim, and I don't, I still wonder what crime the Senator committed. Do I think he's gay? Maybe. Wanted sex? Possibly. But then so do I. Any takers? (I'm kidding and my girlfriend, whom I love, might not appreciate it! But I guess my point is, to this Minnesota "cop", have I just committed a crime of some kind... or in the United States, does a person have the right to speak and even -- gasp -- make a pass provided they respect the results of that pass, even if it's rejection?) But he had not done anything wrong <i>before</i> he was arrested however much the cop believes he intended to. Great post -- I enjoyed it! Christoph Dear Reasonable Democrats,

Thanks.

It’s nice to see you can put politics aside and defend someone you disagree with.

I’m not used to seeing that attitude on many left of center websites frankly and it speaks well of you however much I disagree with your politics.

However much I don’t know or really care about Senator Craig, heck, I’m Canadian after all, I think he was railroaded.

If I take the cops account verbatim, and I don’t, I still wonder what crime the Senator committed.

Do I think he’s gay? Maybe. Wanted sex? Possibly. But then so do I. Any takers?

(I’m kidding and my girlfriend, whom I love, might not appreciate it! But I guess my point is, to this Minnesota “cop”, have I just committed a crime of some kind… or in the United States, does a person have the right to speak and even — gasp — make a pass provided they respect the results of that pass, even if it’s rejection?)

But he had not done anything wrong before he was arrested however much the cop believes he intended to.

Great post — I enjoyed it!

Christoph

]]> By: sherlock http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-39723 sherlock Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:06:32 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/#comment-39723 The Democrats and the media have perfected the art of personal destruction. As they scream about their fantasized Bush police state, they are busy applying the tactics of one to their political enemies. They have figured out that it is much easier to destroy their rivals via the media than beat them in elections. To use a sports analogy, when you have the refs in your pocket, you don't even have to pretend to play by the same rules as the losers. The Democrats and the media have perfected the art of personal destruction. As they scream about their fantasized Bush police state, they are busy applying the tactics of one to their political enemies. They have figured out that it is much easier to destroy their rivals via the media than beat them in elections. To use a sports analogy, when you have the refs in your pocket, you don’t even have to pretend to play by the same rules as the losers.

]]> By: I Hates Teh Lying Senators [Dan Collins] http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-39712 I Hates Teh Lying Senators [Dan Collins] Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:36:41 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/#comment-39712 [...] Parallel opining. Posted by Dan Collins @ 8:08 am | Trackback Share [...] [...] Parallel opining. Posted by Dan Collins @ 8:08 am | Trackback Share [...]

]]> By: karoli http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-39705 karoli Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:40:54 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/#comment-39705 Hi Donna, I feel the same way. I may not like his politics, but he shouldn't have been railroaded. Or let himself be railroaded. Hi Donna,

I feel the same way. I may not like his politics, but he shouldn’t have been railroaded. Or let himself be railroaded.

]]> By: Donna http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/comment-page-1/#comment-39704 Donna Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:35:22 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/08/30/senator-craig-the-next-victim-of-the-minneapolis-airport-cops/#comment-39704 That's an interesting sideline to this story. I can't believe I'm in the position of feeling sympathetic toward this guy, but I don't want the cops engaging in unwarranted harrassment against anyone, no matter how much I disdain his politics. That’s an interesting sideline to this story. I can’t believe I’m in the position of feeling sympathetic toward this guy, but I don’t want the cops engaging in unwarranted harrassment against anyone, no matter how much I disdain his politics.

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