Thursday, October 04, 2007

The Unsinkable Larry Craig

Bruce Reed of Slate has some fun at Larry Craig's expense.

One Romney supporter seems to have a history—the unsinkable Larry Craig. You can always judge a man by his arrest report. As the sergeant who busted Craig recalls: "I pointed towards the exit. Craig responded, 'No!' " Now it's happening again. State, party, and country are using every known signal to point Craig toward the exit—but, once again, the senator is dragging his feet and saying, "No!"

And
Thanks to his home state, Craig does have one place to go. Next week, Sen. Craig will be inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame.
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Craig may have a tough time measuring up. His mug shot is unlikely to replace Sacagawea's face on the dollar coin. When Chief Joseph surrendered to authorities, he said, "I will fight no more forever." Craig handed them his Senate business card and said, "What do you think of that?"
It's worth a read.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Craig is providing us opportunity and a laugh or two - but I actually felt a kinship with him after reading the account that he is one of the least wealthy of all our senators. Most, if not all, of the rest of the holy 99 are millionaires - Craig has less wealth on hand than the average utility worker.

Alan said...

I suppose he was planning on doing what every other retired pol does to make real money; lobbying and consulting. I suspect his bathroom problems have killed that dream.