Sen. Craig to be inducted into Hall of Fame.

[saltpoint]

Senator Larry Craig, whose political profile took a hit of negative publicity after a summer arrest in a men's room stall in the Minneapolis airport, will be inducted into Idaho's Hall of Fame, it was announced this week.

Might be a typo. Likely should be: Hole of Fame. No one had heard of Larry Craig until that Minnesota policeman arrested him, and even then it took weeks to hit the MSM.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is said to be pricing plans to get rid of ol' Larry before the 2008 election. The GOP is already down and out in the polls and it's likely the Republican Governor of Idaho would prefer to give Craig's replacement advance time.

Cecil Andrus and Frank Church in Idaho's past notwithstanding, the current Idaho looks still pretty red to me. But maybe the longer Craig remains a Senator and blocks his replacement's run-up to 08, the better chance Dems have of competing for that seat.

When it comes to filibuster-proof Senate majorities, size matters.

(Yes -- the induction into Idaho's Hall of Fame is real: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/07/sen_craig_to_join_idaho_hall_of_fame/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News )

[LittleClarkie]

1. Glory hole of fame?

Did I say that out loud?

[Canuckistanian]

20. The "Stall of Fame" n/t

[bliss_eternal]

2. self delete...

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[saltpoint]

3. Toned down considerably for family audiences, but the point goes farther

to Craig's difficulties with his own party -- I should say his own party's difficulties with him.

I never liked Craig because of his voting record. I frankly don't care what he does when he's not in the Senate.

I do think the Republican party is frantically and idiotically bigoted when it comes to the LBBTQ community and related issues.

[catnhatnh]

4. The Idaho Stall of WHAT???? N/t

[TomInTib]

5. Maybe they will serve "Super Tubers", Larry's Specialty Recipe (really)

recipe:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2002294

[saltpoint]

6. Tom. Howdy. I read your post and thought, well, this has to be

a send-off, then I realized it was genuine.

Dear god.

[TahitiNut]

7. Well, they'll have to make some changes to the architectural plans, I guess.

Alert the Advisory Board. Restroom partitions must extend to within 3" of the floor.

TITLE 67
STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 85
IDAHO HALL OF FAME ADVISORY BOARD

67-8502. CREATION -- COMPOSITION. There is hereby created the Idaho hall of fame building advisory board to oversee the development of a permanent facility in which to locate the Idaho hall of fame. The advisory board shall consist of:

Three (3) individuals appointed by the board of trustees of the Idaho state historical society;

Three (3) members of the legislature to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives with one (1) member to be from legislative districts 1 through 9, with one (1) member to be from legislative districts 10 through 24 and with one (1) member to be from legislative districts 25 through 35;

Three (3) individuals appointed by the board of directors of the Idaho hall of fame; and

Three (3) individuals to be appointed by the above nine (9) members of the advisory board and to represent citizens at large who bring additional and appropriate professional expertise to the board.

Members shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(b), Idaho Code, from funds available.

[saltpoint]

8. Hi, TahitiNut. Thanks for throwing in on this. I read what you just posted

and now I can't get the phrase "Idaho Hall of Fame Advisory Board" out of my head.

What a howl.

[TahitiNut]

14. It seems some Idahoans like Idahores.

:silly: :rofl:

[Lucinda]

9. Did he get in for Best Original Toe-Tapping Composition?

[saltpoint]

10. Hi, wlucinda. I had read the headline and thought, Who would put Craig in

the spotlight after this past summer's story, and then I realized it was for real.

It sounds to me as if maybe the Idaho Hall of Fame Advisory Board's PR chief is out to lunch.

[Lucinda]

11. I'm surprised they didn't back away from it

CNN blipped earlier that this was decided before the toe-tapping hit the airwaves.

[saltpoint]

12. Yes. I had read the same thing -- that the Idaho Board made their

decision early, but your instinct for management is clearly stronger than their -- they surprised me by sticking with him.

This is an odd world.

[Lucinda]

13. It certainly is

At times, I really do think i've fallen through the rabbit hole.

[saltpoint]

15. The last year or so has just been one huge rabbit hole, with nothing to

grab hold of on the way down the spiral.

Phil Spector's murder trial. Russia implicated in mysterious international poisonings. Larry Craig hunting for sex in airport restrooms. Mitt Romney tying his dog in a cage and blasting down the highway with the cage atop the car. Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a fag. George Allen and Rick Santorum losing Senate seats. Poet Nikki Giovanni rousing Virginia Tech students to solidarity out of their grief over the slaughter there. Fidel Castro dead, or not dead, or whatever he is. Ted Nugent still loose. Katie Couric in Baghdad. Anne Rice abandoning vampires for Jesus.

Yeeesh.

[Swamp Rat]

16. All those things are true,

but anything messing with the fragile, puritanical minds of so-called conservatives is ripe for sexploitation. :D



Howdy Old Crusoe! :hi:

[saltpoint]

17. Hey now. A big howdy right back, Swamp Rat.

:hi: -- to return your much-appreciated and warmly received hello.

:toast: -- to the resurgent spirit of you and others where you live after what's happened and the treatment receive by a cerain vacuous monkey in the Oval Office.

:thumbsup: -- for the imagery you put in front of our collective eyeballs here on these boards.

:dem:

[Swamp Rat]

18. Thanks for the kind words Old Crusoe

:hug: I'd stay and chat, but it's time for the daily show and then I have to continue studying for tomorrow's midterm exam on wave theory. :crazy:

Here's a piece I completed today:


:hi:

[saltpoint]

19. Great image of Bush and Nixon. wow. Yur talkin' toxic with those two.

Good luck on that exam.