Craig's List

A new article in Sunday's Idaho Statesman includes interviews with EIGHT more men who say they have been on the receiving end of Sen. Larry Craig's sexual shenanigans (four of them allowed their names to be used). They say they are telling their stories now because they are offended by Craig's denials, including his famous statement, "I am not gay, I never have been gay." As previously mentioned, those words, spoken on live national TV on Aug. 28, are now memorialized on a just-released-for-Christmas Talking Sen. Larry Craig Action Figure.

The Statesman goes to say: The denials began June 30, 1982, when CBS broke news of a scandal alleging gay sex between congressmen and underage pages. The following day, before any public allegation that he was involved, then-Rep. Craig issued a denial. Craig married a year later and adopted the three children of his wife, Suzanne. In 1990, the Idaho Statesman asked Craig about an allegation that he was gay made by an opponent in his first Senate race. "Why don't you ask my wife?" Craig replied.

I had no idea those kids -- who have spent their share of time on television defending him -- were actually not his. The article allows each of Craig's accuser to give their account of what happened with the old-coot closet case. Here are excerpts from two of Larry's most shining moments:

David Phillips said he met Craig at the DC strip club Follies and went back to a house on Capitol Hill with him. Craig removed his suit coat, but otherwise remained dressed. He said Craig first performed oral sex on him, and then unzipped his pants so Phillips could reciprocate. Craig then left the room, returning with condoms and lubricant. The two men then had anal sex. Afterward, Craig became agitated and pressed Phillips to leave. "After the sex, he just wanted me out of there," Phillips said. He said Craig stuck $20 in his pocket and said, "'I can buy and sell your ass a thousand times over. You were never here.'"

And Craig's encounter with Ted Haggard's famed hooker, Mike Jones, went something like this:
Craig removed his coat and dress shirt, leaving his T-shirt, slacks and shoes on when he climbed onto Jones' massage table. Craig asked that Jones be naked. Craig undid his own zipper and masturbated while performing oral sex on Jones. When Craig finished, he paid Jones $200 in cash and left.

Naturally, the horny lawmaker still can't understand why everyone's picking on him (again): "It is unfortunate that the Idaho Statesman has chosen to continue to lower itself to the standards of what can best be described as tabloid journalism," Craig said in the statement. "Despite the fact the Idaho Statesman has decided to pursue its own agenda and print these falsehoods without any facts to back them up, I won't let this paper's attempt to malign my name stop me from continuing my work to serve the people of Idaho." You do that, Lar. (IdahoStatesman/AP)