The Irony of Senator Craig...

[rucky]

Doesn't strike me as being too vague.
He retreated in shame
For a crime that was lame
While George Bush should be sent to the Hague

[TwilightGardener]

1. An old post from FireDogLake showed that Chimpy hated Larry Craig

for voting against automatic renewal of the Patriot Act in 2005--Chimpy considered him a traitor and demanded that Idaho find someone to primary him. Larry Craig unfortunately gave him ammo, but he probably would have been pushed out in '08 anyway--too many enemies higher up. Wouldn't surprise me, though, if Rove or someone in the admin dug up the arrest and fed it to the media.

[AlCzervik]

2. i think Bill Maher said it best last night ---

"Larry Craig the senator drove Larry Craig the man into the closet"

[man4allcats]

3. Well, maybe not ironic...

Agreed that what brought him down was B.S., but his politics were a reflection of the man; i.e. hypocritical:

A fiscal and social conservative, Craig sometimes broke with his party, notably on immigration, where he pushed changes that many in his party said offered “amnesty” to illegal immigrants. Much of the impetus behind Craig’s push to ease bureaucratic hurdles to immigrant farm workers stemmed from his background as a rancher and the state’s large rural, farming community.

i.e.;

it's okay to lie about who you are if it enables the fiscal persecution of immigrants, even illegal immigrants, who are just trying, although to the desperate point of breaking the law, to improve the lives of themselves and their children.

NOTE: I am not, by any means, a proponent of illegal immigration. I am also not opposed to helping decent people who just want to improve the lot of their families. To those folks, I would say there is a process in place (perhaps somewhat flawed, but it does exist, and it's the law); take advantage of it. Other countries do.