{"id":26837,"date":"2007-09-14T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T05:00:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:00:05","slug":"torch_comes_out_for_craig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/09\/14\/torch_comes_out_for_craig\/","title":{"rendered":"Torch Comes Out for Craig"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: Bob Torricelli, meanwhile, on a blog called PoliticsNJ, is defending Larry Craig. &#8216;Let me be clear. I don\u2019t like Larry Craig. He stands for everything that I abhor. &#8230; The more that you read about the arrest of Larry Craig in a Minneapolis airport restroom, the more troubling the situation becomes.\u2019 Why would The Torch want to come out and defend Larry Craig? Perhaps, ladies and gentlemen, this little montage of Senator Torricelli\u2019s April 18th, 2001, denial-of-charges with cut-ins from Brad Simon, the attorney for the guy accusing him, might explain it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125115.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignright\"\/>THE TORCH: To challenge my integrity is beneath contempt. I do not deserve this treatment.<\/p>\n<p>SIMON: Two watches, a Rolex watch, diamond earrings for his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>THE TORCH: I have never &#8212; <\/p>\n<p>SIMON: A television set. <\/p>\n<p>THE TORCH: ever &#8212; <\/p>\n<p>SIMON: Oriental rug, grandfather clock, other antique items. <\/p>\n<p>THE TORCH: done anything &#8212; <\/p>\n<p>SIMON: Suits. <\/p>\n<p>THE TORCH: at any time &#8212; <\/p>\n<p>SIMON: Approximately 14 deliveries of envelopes of cash to Torricelli\u2019s house. <\/p>\n<p>THE TORCH: to betray the trust of the people of the state of New Jersey, never! (Pounding fist)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: He\u2019s pounding. I think that was on the floor of the Senate. 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