The growing Larry Craig sex hypocrisy scandal is emerging as a kind of test of decency for politicians associated with him. Will the Republicans who once supported Larry Craig and were supported by him remain as his allies, or will they turn against him now that he has become politically weak?
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney fails the test of decency. It seems that Romney’s campaign is working as hard as it can to cut all ties with Larry Craig. Before the news about Larry Craig’s run-in with the sex police over in Minneapolis came out, the Romney for President campaign proudly displayed a video of Senator Craig endorsing Romney’s campaign. Last night, however, the Romney for President campaign pulled the endorsement of Romney by Larry Craig down its YouTube web site.
Why? Well, one line spoken by Larry Craig in that pro-Romney video seems to have been particularly embarrassing to the Romney campaign: “Knowing Governor Mitt Romney is knowing somebody who first and foremost has very strong family values. That’s something I grew up with and believe in.”
Why is that line embarrassing to Mitt Romney? Well, it exposes the right wing lie that a politician who says that he or she supports family values actually does support family values. The truth is that neither Larry Craig nor Mitt Romney really support family values. They oppose marriage equality, and try to block many loving couples from forming families.
What the Mitt Romney campaign didn’t count on is that people would be able to grab the video of Larry Craig before it was deleted from the Romney YouTube site. If the Romney campaign had just left the Larry Craig endorsement video online, there wouldn’t have been much of a story about it. It’s really no big deal that a Republican presidential candidate might be endorsed by another Republican politician who just so happened to be mixed up in a sex scandal.
It is a big deal, however, that Mitt Romney has turned against his old friend Larry Craig so quickly, just because evidence is mounting that Craig has engaged in homosexual behavior. The insight into Mitt Romney’s values is clear: Mitt Romney will turn against his friends and political allies the minute that they are no longer useful to him.
Today, the Idaho Statesman reports that Mitt Romney has ordered one of his sons to cancel a trip to Boise because of Larry Craig’s sex scandal. Apparently, Mitt Romney believes that it’s just too dangerous for his son to even be in the same city as an associate who is known to be homosexual.
Those aren’t the kind of family values I want to teach my children. The family values I believe in include the value of keeping friendships in troubled times. I want my children to learn that it’s wrong to abandon old friendships when a rough patch comes along. I want my children to learn to stand by their friends when the going gets rough.
It seems that Mitt Romney has taught a very different moral lesson to his sons: That when friends get in trouble, you should just turn your back and walk away.
(Sources: LiveLeak.com, Idaho Statesman, August 28, 2007)
Here’s the video that the Romney campaign tried to keep you from seeing. For those of us who aren’t anti-gay bigots, there really isn’t any scandal in it. How sad that Mitt Romney can’t see things that way.
Great insights. Apparently Willard Mitt Romney also flip-flops on friendship.
Show me the scripture that I need to tolerate all behavior. Sex scandal no big deal? I’ve been taught to love all people, but that does not transfer to tolerate all behavior. I do not tolerate certain behavior including lewd and homosexual behavior. That does not mean I do not love the person in fact one of my friends for the past 20 years is admittedly gay but he knows where I stand on the issue. If I was running for president My friend john would not be on my staff period. Thank you Mitt Romney for standing for something because he who stands for nothing will fall for anything. Family values are just that, values. The political battle is secondary to the battle between right and wrong. Your insinuation that taking a stand against what is wrong is defeated by the fact that Gov. Romney fought for gay rights because as I believe my friend John has rights to live the way he chooses but do not ask me to support gays getting married, that is not a right and I like Romney will fight against it and not tolerate it. But that is the behavior, not the person.
It seems to me that pulling the video is the only honest and decent thing Romney could do. This shows that Romney expects people to do more than just talk and when actions don’t match words endorsements become meaningless.
Romney is consistent. I like him.
You know, Bill, when Mitt Romney abandoned his friend, I think he was punishing the person, not the behavior.
And, what’s so wrong with Larry Craig endorsing Mitt Romney?!? What makes trying to HIDE that video from people an act of HONESTY?
What’s next? Do we get Mitt Romney supporters explaining that black is white?
One of my closest friends I suspect might be gay. If I asked the question I would probably get an answer, but you know what? It doesn’t matter. Friends is friends.
I also suspect she might be a closet Republican. A bit difficult, that. But like I said, friends is friends.
“Mitt Romney Turns Against Larry Craig”
No wait! Romney should have promoted Craig! Made him his VP. Slapped him on the back and said “Way to go!”
Seriously, should not lying, deceiving and soliciting sex in this way not frowned upon? This is not a liberal / conservative thing. One person lied and betrayed his wife and several others. There has to be some consequences here
If I found out my “friend” ever did such a thing, there would definitely be some consequences. Do liberals even know what that means?
I say that all faggots should be deprived of the right to work on presidential campaigns, just in case.
Larry Craig comedy video-
http://podblanc.ath.cx/?q=node/5778
Funny how Republican apologists like Anonymous look the other way when candidates cheat on their wives with hookers, wink, wink, you know what I mean, (and with them it’s always paid sex, no one wants to jump in bed with a Republican without money changing hands) but as soon as there’s a guy involved the candidate is ‘betraying his wife’.
Which is worse, getting married when he is obviously not cut out for the straight life, or creating the kind of society where people like him have to sneak around and marry women they aren’t attracted to in order to be left alone?
Mitt Romney Bain entity benefited from $300 million fraud issues that was accomplished by admitted acts of false affidavits in Delaware Federal Courts. This Perjury is not being prosecuted because the law firm that admitted the false affidavits, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel (MNAT) had a partner who is now the US Attorney for Delaware, Colm F Connolly. Who is now being promoted to a Federal Judge position. It seems it is a good career move to refuse to prosecute your partners, associates and clients of your firm. Wonder how much more will happen once Romney gets elected President?