The Ghosts Of Larry Craig's Past

The conventional wisdom about Larry Craig is that as long as he stays in office, the more play the story about his personal life will get. Well, now that we are more than two months after his resignation date has past, the stories do indeed continue. The Idaho Statesman has come in contact with men that can refute his assertion that he is not gay. Their stories are a testament to the double life Craig refuses to admit to.

From The Idaho Statesman:

David Phillips is a 42-year-old information technology consultant in Washington, D.C., who says Craig picked him up at a gay club in 1986 and that they subsequently had sex.

Mike Jones is a former prostitute who told the world he had sex with the Rev. Ted Haggard last year. The former Colorado Springs evangelist at first denied it but eventually confessed. Jones says Craig paid him for sex in late 2004 or early 2005.

Greg Ruth was a 24-year-old college Republican in 1981 when he says he was hit on by Craig at a Republican meeting in Coeur d'Alene.

Tom Russell, now 48, is a former Nampa resident who lives in Utah. Russell said his encounter with Craig occurred at Bogus Basin in the early 1980s.

Another unidentified man claims he saw him trying to solicit sex in a men's room last year. Who knows how many more there are out there that for some reason or another, refuse to shed light on their trysts with Senator Craig.

The Senator isn't fooling anyone (well maybe a few die-hards that refuse to acknowledge the situation) about his double-life. Perhaps lying about his sexual needs and wants so many times has Larry believing his own stories. The whole thing is a sad affair, if only he would have just resigned and sought help to address the two lives he has been living. I know that it is always best to try and stick with one livelihood (whatever that may be) instead of lying to cover up something you feel ashamed about.

Regardless, anything printed about him continues to reflect poorly on Idaho, Republicans (of course this is only one scandal out of many) and especially on his family. If he cared about any of them, he'd have done the right thing after the story broke, not even on September 30th. The only thing Craig empathizes with is his false pride. What a shame.

Mike Jones Responds: Calls Haggard's BS

The miraculous recovery story of Ted Haggard has lived to see another day. Mike Jones, the former male prostitute that had a relationship with Ted went on MSNBC and told the cable news network that Ted is definitely a gay man. See Ted, it is okay to be who you are, stop pretending to hide in that glass closet of yours.

From Mike's interview:

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First of all we know that Haggard's claim that he was convinced of his heterosexuality is absolute nonsense. The thing we can't be certain of is whether Jones was his only partner. Well Mike also noted that he heard at least two other people admit to fooling around with the ex-minister though they haven't come forward yet.

From Rawstory:

In response to one of Haggard's counselor's claims that Haggard's activities were not a "constant thing," Jones explained that he could only speak to the time he spent with Haggard and that had an ongoing sexual relationship with the minister and that their time together "indicated a gay man to me." Jones also shared that he had heard from two other individuals that claimed they had encounters with Haggard. Those accusers, Jones asserted, have chosen to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs.

I wonder if Ted had reached out to those that had encounters with him and scared them out of coming forward. Hopefully those two or more may have the courage to bring Ted to his senses and help him see that lying and promoting the absurd notion that you can be prayed into heterosexuality is wrong.