Toe-tapping bathroom voyeur Senator Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall Of Fame and although I'm not an Idahoian, the patriot in me feels this is no way to honor Idaho.
The nonprofit Idaho Hall of Fame Association picked Craig in March, months before he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a Minneapolis airport police officer accused him of soliciting sex in the men's restroom, the organization's board chairman said.
"Larry Craig has made a great contribution to Idaho over the period of 20-some years. At the time it was considered, this other matter had not come up," Harry Magnuson told The Spokesman-Review newspaper Saturday.
But some Republicans said the honor is inappropriate now. Kootenai County Republican precinct committeeman Phil Thompson said Idaho Hall of Fame officials should consider at least postponing the induction.
"Maybe in 10 or 15 years we can think of this hall of fame stuff. Now is not the time," he said. "It's a sad day to be a Republican."
I have to say I agree with Thompson. This is highly inappropriate, inducting an admitted toe-tapping, bathroom stall crack peeker-inner, "not gay" Senator into any hall of fame. After all, that could've been your child he was peeking into the door at and not a police officer.
Please contact the association and urge them to remove Craig's name since the only hall this man needs to be inducted into is a Hall Of Shame!
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