Now, considering this is the party of David Vitter and Mark Foley, I’m not sure it’s odd at all — par for the course, really. But Senator Brownback is perplexed nonetheless. ThinkProgress has the video and the transcript:
http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/BrownbackCraig.320.240.flv
QUESTION: Well, let me also ask you then about the scandal of today, at least, that came down last night involving Senator Larry Craig. He stepped down from his role in the Romney presidential campaign.
How big of a setback do you believe this is — Not only for Mr. Craig, but also, again, for the GOP?
BROWNBACK: [...] It is not good. There is a guilty plea involved in this. But I think we ought to look and see what the facts actually are and then build and move forward off of that.[...]
Larry’s a colleague. He is somebody that I know. I want to hear what he has to say. I want to read, if we can, more in depth on the police report and what the police say actually took place at this. I want to know: Why did he plead guilty if he did not feel like this was actually what took place; that there was lewd conduct that took place?
I want to hear the actual settings — and I think most Americans probably do — of this. This seems like a very odd thing that takes place. And so what is actually going on here?
Something to say?
