Yeah, it's piling on, and yeah in some ways it reaches the same level of inanity that Britney/Lindsay news does but the Saga of Larry continues. I guess he's off to court today (although not in person) to contest his guilty plea for the disorderly conduct charge that stems from his foot-tapping code in the Stall of America at the Minneapolis Airport.

Sen. Larry Craig's attorneys will try to convince Judge Charles Porter at a hearing today that the Idaho senator's guilty plea was a mistake.

Craig has said his foot-tapping, hand gestures, and looks into a bathroom stall were misconstrued by the police officer conducting a sting for bathroom sex at the airport. Craig's attorneys wrote that he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct because he feared his June 11 arrest would trigger a story by an Idaho newspaper that had been investigating his sexual orientation. Craig has denied that he is gay.

Craig won't be attending the hearing, according to Judy Smith, a spokeswoman for Craig attorney Billy Martin.

Poor Larry Craig, he's potentially going to get defeated on two, maybe three fronts today... one, he's got to overcome his guilty plea and convince a judge that as a fucking lawmaker he misunderstood what pleading guilty meant; second he's trapped by the same moralizing rhetoric he's helped stir up over the years if the judge rejects his attempt to impugn the police officer who busted him (and make no mistake, that's what he's doing); and third if he wins his motion it's a sure bet that he's going to go to trial, and I'm betting that's gonna get a whole lot uglier. He might just get handed a stiff sentence for his participation in widening his stance and being against gay rights.

Larry Craig is innocent until proven guilty of disorderly conduct, oh wait, he already pleaded guilty. Maybe he can get Glorious Leader to give him a "Scooter Job"...I understand it's all the rage in republican criminal circles these days.