Many prominent Republicans are calling on a fellow Republican, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, to resign. Craig’s seat has been considered a safe GOP seat for years, but Republican strategists worry the party might lose the seat next year if they put a candidate tainted with hypocrisy and scandal on the ballot.
I think they’re making a serious mistake. Where is the modern Republican Party going to find a candidate untainted by hypocrisy and scandal?
And with Larry Craig out of the Senate, who will push for the Congressional investigation we need: How many undercover cops do we have lurking in public restrooms, trying to ruin some gay guy? Is this our best use of law-enforcement resources?
Colorado Jyms | 29-Aug-07 at 10:31 pm | Permalink
I just think it is creepy how big a story it is when someone in the GOP does something ‘gay’. It’s bigger than Nicole or Paris being arrested for drunk driving…. For the love of god, we invaded a country under false pretenses and it is now crumbling into civil war. The world is going through climate change and we are running out of oil. I can just see the nightly news editor now, “Yeah New Orleans is so last year.. let’s lead with the gay guy in the toilet.”
It makes me think of the Jack N line from a ‘Few Good Men’, “The Truth?? You can’t handle the truth!”
Adam Frix | 02-Sep-07 at 10:07 pm | Permalink
> Where is the modern Republican Party going to find
> a candidate untainted by hypocrisy and scandal?
Ummm, 10 year olds who have no organized church affiliation?
‘Cuz I’m at a loss to think of any other source, frankly…
Of course, we could focus on (a) not actually breaking the law, and (b) taking care of the business of running the country–but that doesn’t sell newspapers, so THAT’LL never happen.
B. Moore | 03-Sep-07 at 10:38 am | Permalink
i think you missing the bigger point, friend. where is ANY party going to find a candidate that don’t have feet of clay, dem or rep? all god’s chillins got ‘taint’ of one kind or another. even me.