alt.politics.republicans

Godless Progressive Anarchist Moron wrote:
> On Aug 28, 7:10 pm, Jack wrote:
>> Senator Larry Craig of Idaho is gambling everything on a little known
>> and even less used precedent established in the case of Irving K.
>> Krupmeyer versus Ypsilanti in which Mr. Krupmeyer, who weighs in at a
>> hefty 365 pounds and is 5'8" tall, used it to successfully beat a charge
>> of lewd conduct in a public restroom brought by the District Attorney of
>> Ypsilanti, Michigan.
>>
>> Mr. Krupmeyer was arrested in a public restroom stall at Riverside Park
>> by an undercover police officer who was on a stakeout looking for toilet
>> paper thieves working the greater Ypsilanti area. The purloined rolls
>> had been showing up on eBay at half their value, being sold by someone
>> located on a small island in The Caribbean. Ypsilanti residents had
>> taken to carrying their own toilet paper with them when visiting public
>> facilities.
>>
>> The arresting officer claimed that while on stakeout in one of the two
>> stalls in the restroom, Mr. Krupmeyer entered the adjacent stall and
>> immediately slid his left foot onto the officers side of the partition
>> and that it touched the officer's right foot. The officer took this as a
>> signal that Mr. Krupmeyer wished to engage in illicit sexual conduct and
>> attempted to take Mr. Krupmeyer immediately into custody. Mr. Krupmeyer
>> protested vigorously that he was in the middle of bowel movement and
>> then proceeded to ask the arresting officer for some toilet paper, as he
>> was not from Ypsilanti and was unaware of the toilet paper shortage
>> plaguing the town's public facilities.
>>
>> When the case was finally brought to trial, Mr. Krupmeyer's attorney,
>> Melvin Knippel, had a mockup of the public restroom stall, in which Mr.
>> Krupmeyer had been arrested, contructed in the courtroom, and then
>> proceeded to demonstrate the it was virtually impossible for Mr.
>> Krupmeyer to seat himself on the commode without assuming the 'Wide
>> Stance', and that in assuming the 'Wide Stance', Mr. Krupmeyer's feet
>> projected from both sides of the stall. The jury deliberated for only
>> twelve minutes before finding Mr. Krupmeyer innocent of the charges
>> against him.
>>
>> Senator Craig is taking a chance by relying on the 'Wide Stance' defense
>> as the Senator weighs only 195 pounds and is 6' 3" tall.
>
> Yea, this guy is completely guilty. His lying makes me laugh.
>
> But let's not forget Barney Frank's male prostitute lover running a
> gay brothel from Frank's apartment.
>
> /2005/05/
>

Yes... even though it happened some 20 years ago and the House Ethics
Committee found no evidence that Frank had known of or been involved in
the alleged illegal activity.

By all means... let's not forget that.