Good-bye Larry, from Idaho

My bro Dave said it better than I could. I'll quote from his email to his daughters with a copy to me...

"Larry Craig has not been a brilliant legislator. Rarely has he said anything but the company line, but he has done pretty much what the voters expect of him. Definitely a dull grade B-. But B is a good grade. You can get a Bachelors degree with B's.

"I guess I am saddened that he has had to have his entrails ripped out in full public view. I feel so sorry for his wife, kids and grand kids. How the heck are you going to live this down? Craig will be a swear word now.

"So I am left feeling empty. Seeing Larry becoming an ex-senator has been a dream of mine, but it is hollow in this context. That he got caught in his own trap saddens me too. The damned trap should never have been set in the first place.

"I guess what hurts me the most is that he is being done in, not by his enemies, who have been largely quiet, but by his friends, who have pilled on, continued the gay bashing sadness. Our governor Butch ( -- I kid you not) said that Larry had been his friend for a long time and he was going to stick by him. I didn't hear any other "friend" come close.

"Larry is like my Chinese radio. Use it and throw it away. It can't be fixed.

"That does not make me happy, either."