Idaho Senator Larry Craig, some observations
September 12th 2007 18:55
The case of Republican Senator Larry Craig is providing some good comic fodder, but there's more to the story than just the laughs. What does it really say, and mean? Frankly, I could care less about the sex life of another uptight conservative. Like most people, what troubles me is the crass hypocrisy. One of the loudest denouncers of President Clinton's wanderings with Monica Lewinsky is found out to be not only a wanderer himself, but a fence-hopper too. In public restrooms, no less. Again, I think Americans as a whole are too uptight about sex, especially homo or bisexuality. Who the hell does it hurt?
What bothers me about Craig is the same thing that bothers me about the likes of Ted Haggard and George Bush. The bastards that appeal to their base by claiming they are "moral." Like someone once said about Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority..they are neither moral nor majority. The problem is, they have managed to forge their twisted movement into the single most powerful faction in American politics. When 30 percent of the people always vote one way, and they all show up and vote, it can make a electoral majority. When that voting faction is helped out by Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales and their electoral manipulations, they get even more powerful.
What's funny is that the more they seem to profess their stalwart faith, the less "moral" they seem to be. Bush will virtually stop the Government over the compassionate death of Terry Schiavo, but will play while New Orleans drowns. He claims to be in favor of life, yet presides over the death swamp that Iraq became. And Craig was right there with him supporting him all the way. Yes, even fighting against equal rights for homosexuals. Just like Ted Haggard.
I'm glad to see them fall, it exposes them to the light of reality and asks people to question the validity of their entirely morally bankrupt movement.
What bothers me about Craig is the same thing that bothers me about the likes of Ted Haggard and George Bush. The bastards that appeal to their base by claiming they are "moral." Like someone once said about Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority..they are neither moral nor majority. The problem is, they have managed to forge their twisted movement into the single most powerful faction in American politics. When 30 percent of the people always vote one way, and they all show up and vote, it can make a electoral majority. When that voting faction is helped out by Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales and their electoral manipulations, they get even more powerful.
What's funny is that the more they seem to profess their stalwart faith, the less "moral" they seem to be. Bush will virtually stop the Government over the compassionate death of Terry Schiavo, but will play while New Orleans drowns. He claims to be in favor of life, yet presides over the death swamp that Iraq became. And Craig was right there with him supporting him all the way. Yes, even fighting against equal rights for homosexuals. Just like Ted Haggard.
I'm glad to see them fall, it exposes them to the light of reality and asks people to question the validity of their entirely morally bankrupt movement.
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