Oh you are not going to believe this!

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will argue before an appeals court that Minnesota's disorderly conduct law is unconstitutional as it applies to his conviction in a bathroom sex sting, according to a new court filing.

This is the first time Craig's attorneys have raised that issue. However, an earlier friend-of-the-court filing by the American Civil Liberties Union argued that Craig's foot-tapping and hand gesture under a stall divider at the Minneapolis airport are protected by the First Amendment.

You might want to read that again just to convince yourself that you did not get it wrong.

Yes Larry Craig is saying that his actions in the bathroom stall of an airport was protected by this amendment to the Constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

So is Larry Craig claiming he was practicing some arcane religious belief? Probably not.

Well he is certainly not very competent when it comes to the press, so let us assume he is suggesting that he was practicing "free speech".

I guess I should commend Craig and his legal team with having gigantic balls to suggest that tapping your foot on the floor of a bathroom is protected by the First Amendment, but I can't because it just seems so completely desperate.

If Larry Craig thinks he is mending the damage done to his reputation by his initial arrest he is very wrong. He is simply providing vast amounts of ammunition for late night talk show hosts and bloggers such as myself. And though we appreciate it, I cannot help but feel sorry for somebody who created a life of cards and will not accept that it has fallen down and simply cannot be rebuilt.