Phone #'s of all the people in Craig's hometown fit on ONE PAGE of paper!

[napi21]

Reporter from Idaho just mentioned that on CNN. There are 157 people living in Larry Craig's hometown! The reporter said he interviewed everyone he could find in that little town, and they're ALL still supporting their hometown boy!

Geesh! I knew Idaho wasn't very populated, but 157 people??????

[TomInTib]

1. Well, at least he has SOME support.

Hope they all have a toe-tapping good time.

[NYC]

2. That is small.

There are more than 157 people in my building.

[napi21]

3. There's more than 157 people in my sub-division! I had to laugh at one

woman who said how thrilled and honored she was she Sen. Craig called her on her birthday! For God sake lady, he probably thinks of everybody in that little town as a relative!

[NYC]

9. He could wish the entire town Happy Birthday without

even making one phone call a day. :)

[Lobster Martini]

4. There were 95,657 on 8/26. On 8/27, 95,500 were so repulsed they moved to Montana

N/T

[jody]

5. What's wrong with small towns of 157 people? I enjoy going from my farm to visit one each Saturday!

:hi:

[cali]

6. I live in a town that's only about 280.

There are lots of towns of only a few hundred people.

[TwilightGardener]

7. Plenty of towns across the plains and the west that have that few people.

There's entire huge COUNTIES in central and western Nebraska that only have several hundred people.

[napi21]

12. I'm sorry for being so niave. I've lived in 6 different states in my life, but never in the

mid west. It just never occurred to me that there such small towns anywhere. I didn't mean to put them down at all. I was just surprised. Maybe because someone from such a small place became a US Senator.

[TwilightGardener]

18. Well, you're not naive--you just don't live in the great wide open!

:-)

[MadHound]

8. The town's population is relavent how?

I've met plenty of ignorant foolish people in rural areas. I've met an equal number in populated areas. Stop promoting the stereotype that rural people are ignorant and foolish, and stop promoting the rural/urban dichotomy. We don't need to further split our population, rather we should be reaching out across these lines for issues of common agreement.

[havocmom]

11. Thank You!

:thumbsup:

[napi21]

17. I'm sorry MadHound. I was just surprised to find out someone

from such a small town could become a US Senator. I didn't mean to disparage small towns. I wish I lived in a small town! I'm sick of the gang violence, and crime that has found it's way into much of suburbia! I'm just afraid to move to somewhere too small because I'm 64, and hubby is 65. He had a quad bypass 11 years ago, and I just feel he should be closer to hospitals and medical care than is usually available in very small town America.

[Bucky]

22. It's important becaues Larry Craig is having sex with all of them.

In a toilet!!

[valerief]

10. They must be very wealthy and benefitting from his earmarks. nt

[Nikia]

16. Having grown up around small towns

They are usually proud of one of their own who has become a success. People in big cities become successful all the time, but it is relatively rare when someone from a small village becomes a success. It gives them hope that others from there could become successes too and perhaps that the community had something to do with it.

[valerief]

19. Yes, but Craig's a long-time senator, which means he must be very

rich, which means he must live amongst rich people.

[Nikia]

20. Over in my home area

Paul Gillmor is a member of the U.S. house of Representatives. His family is rich. His father started a bank and became wealthy. They are from Old Fort, Ohio which is not much bigger than Senator Craig's hometown. The median income is close to the national average.

[Skidmore]

13. 157?! That's a metropolis.

We had 104 people when everyone was home in our little village, but that's down since 3 people moved to nursing homes and one young couple moved to the next village over this year.

[IDemo]

14. Internet camera view here ->

Bright lights, big city...

http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~rnsmvlcm/

Midvale Hill Cam

[mitchum]

15. And he brings home the bacon!

But keeps the sausage for himself

sorry

[spanone]

21. nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

[sandnsea]

23. Tester's Hometown - 704

It's really not uncommon west of the Mississippi.

Big Sandy MT