Idaho's Largest Newspaper Calls on Craig to Resign

[Hissyspit]

Source: Raw Story

Idaho's largest newspaper calls on Craig to resign
John Byrne

Published: Thursday August 30, 2007
Sen. Larry Craig's (R-ID) largest homestate paper says his time is up: "Sen. Larry Craig needs to resign."

In a longform editorial, Thursday's Boise-based Idaho Statesman takes Craig to task for not disclosing his arrests until the story broke 77 days later, calling it a "lie by omission and a violation of the public trust."

The vote to call for Craig's head was not unanimous, the authors write, adding, "We don’t do this casually."

"We cannot believe Craig can effectively serve Idaho, under the shadow of his guilty plea on a lesser charge of disorderly conduct," the paper continues. "We cannot afford, as a state with but four congressional representatives, to have a senator who merely provides fodder for bloggers and late-night talk show hosts.

Mike Rogers, the gay blogger who first fingered Craig as gay on his website, blogactive.com, wouldn't say whether he endorsed the resignation call, but rebuked Craig for "deception."

"Larry Craig has been less than forthright with the people of Idaho," Rogers said. "Unfortunately, when presented the opportunity to stand up and be honest about who he is, he decided to continue to deceive the American people."



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[0007]

1. Hooray for the Red State Newspaper.

[Tesha]

6. They just want to replace him with a re-electable Republican...

They just want to replace him with a re-electable Republican
rather than see Craig face the possibility of losing to a
Democrat in a future (2008, right?) election.

Tesha

[loser_user]

7. Haven't they(Idaho Statesman) been investigating him though?

It was this same paper who did those 300+ interviews or whatever...

[rodeodance]

2. Our View: Craig must resign

Our View: Craig must resign
Senator violates public trust, squanders credibility


http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/145494.html

[flying_wahini]

3. stick a fork in him,,,,, he's done.

nt

[partylessinOhio]

4. Yes, Craig should resign but so should Vitter. Different strokes...

[shain from kane]

5. Different strokes? "I'm strokin', that's what I'm doin', I be strokin'"

Have you ever made love on the toilet seat of a restroom
I remember one time I made love on the toilet seat of a restroom
And the police came and shined his light on me, and I said:

I'm strokin', that's what I'm doin', I be strokin'
I stroke it to the east
And I stroke it to the west
And I stroke it to the man that I love the least
I be strokin'

Apologies to Clarence Carter.