Watched the Matt L. and Larry C. interview on teevee tonight, and thought it was going to be a yawn fest, and I was right until it got past Matt Lauer's big build up. There's a little inconsistency in the Larry Craig Story, I think and it's not the one that showed up on Countdown (although that one's pretty good too...).

Check it out, follow the bolding, first from the MSNBC interview:

Larry Craig: I wasn't sure. And I got outside. And I said, "What's going on?" He says, "You're under arrest for solicitation." I said, "What?" He said, "You come with me." And I said, "I've got an airplane to catch. I've done nothing wrong." About that time, he grabbed my arm … another officer came up and grabbed my arm. And they said, "if you don't behave, you're going to be handcuffed and taken to jail."
Matt Lauer: Because according to this undercover officer you followed, whether on purpose or coincidentally, a very well established sequence--
Larry Craig: Yeah.
Matt Lauer: --of motions, well established by members of the gay community to solicit sex in public places.
Larry Craig: So I've found in the last month.

Investigative Sgt. Dave Karsnia #4211 and Detective Noel Nelson of the Minneapolis Police Department intert 1162

(NN) INTERVIEW WITH Larry Craig (LC) Case 07002008

Larry Craig: Am I gonna have to fight you in court?

Dave Karsnia: No. No. I'm not gonna go to court unless you want me there.

LC: Cause I don't want to be in court either.

DK: Ok. I don't either.

(inaudible) DK: Urn, here's the way it works, urn, you'll you'll be released today, okay.

LC: Okay.

DK: All right. I, I know I can bring you to jail, but that's not my goal here, okay? (inaudible)

LC: Don't do that. You You

DK: I'm not going to bring you to jail

LC: You solicited me.

DK: Okay. We're going to get, We're going to get into that. (inaudible)

LC: Okay.

DK: But there's the, there there's two ways, yes. You can, you can, ah, you can go to court.

You can plead guilty.

LC: Yep.

DK: There'll be a fine. You won't have to explain anything. (inaudible) I know.

LC: Right.

Lauer almost got to the question about knowing what solicitation was, but missed it to lob a few other softballs over the plate in Rehab Larry 101.

Olbermann's point about Ol' Wide Stance claiming not to know much about the intertubes and such also bear (no pun intended) little weight when he sits on congressional committees dealing with the Net and writes editorials where he tries to gain credibility by mentioning he knows how to do Google Searches for stuff. He's so dumb there's probably a Google record linked somewhere to his IP address (yes, I believe they can find searches by IP address at Google World HQ) looking for "Hot times in Airport Hot Spots", and not the kind that offer free, anonymous internet access either.

Either way, it's going to be interesting to see what becomes of Larry after he finally is pulled kicking and screaming away from the Senate next year (or sooner). I have to wonder what will become of his 25 year marriage, if that lady next to him will continue to support his fabrications and just live her life in the same way or if there will be another outcome.

The saddest part is the way that Larry Craig has chosen to demonize other human beings, his Karma is catching up with him. His stances on prisoner rights is abominable (he supported speeding up the appeals process for Death Row prisoners), his votes to place confessions and the words of lying police and prosecutors above those of citizens falsely accused and his votes on Gay Rights are coming back to him now. How do you like what you see in the mirror now, Senator?

Oh, and is the cop a liar? I would have say that perhaps Larry Craig

...is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy.