[JohnGalt]

Larry Craig is one of the few solid conservatives in the Senate and you want to dump him over a silly local issue?

[Radix]

Sorry, but the morale of 850 Air Force Troops, or any branch of our military is simply not a local issue.

[kms61]

This is the furthest thing from a local issue. Regardless of his ideology, Craig has shown himself to the be the most craven of parochial politicians by his action.

[SwinneySwitch]

Wouldn't call it silly nor local!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Larry Craig is one of the few solid conservatives in the Senate and you want to dump him over a silly local issue?

It WAS a silly local issue - until he took it national...

[CFC__VRWC]

Larry Craig is one of the few solid conservatives in the Senate and you want to dump him over a silly local issue?

Holding the careers of miltary personnel hostage over pork is hardly a "silly local issue." If we let Craig get away with this, what's to stop say, Sheets Byrd from pulling something similar when he wants his name on yet another piece of concrete in W. Virginia? Will it seem such a "silly local issue" then?

[Hodar]

Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho is blocking the promotions of more than 850 Air Force officers, including young pilots who fought in Iraq ...

Sorry, this is hardly a "silly local issue". It's blackmail, or extortion ... and it's below contempt. I'd expect this kind of moral bankrupt behavior from a Democrat, but not a Republican.

[Labyrinthos]

Larry Craig is one of the few solid conservatives in the Senate and you want to dump him over a silly local issue?

You bet. I want him gone, and I don't care how conservative he is. If Sen. Byrd had pulled this stunt you would rightfully be livid.

[Digger]

Larry Craig is one of the few solid conservatives in the Senate and you want to dump him over a silly local issue?

Yea, let's just move on - since it's a pubbie. This is your "Two-Party Cartel". Any action justifies the end result. Too bad he didn't hold it up for a larger tax cut or closing the borders, etc. Then we might, just might call him a good conservative.

[plain talk]

I agree with you. What Craig is doing is wrong and just because he's a Republican we shouldn't defend it. However, others are overreacting to this by suggesting the locals should throw him out over this. All politicians are sinful flawed human beings. Its a matter of electing the least flawed ones and a matter of comparative choices. Some posting here would probably be OK with a liberal getting his seat. (uh uh - it would serve him right!) You know, the cut-off-their-noses-to-spite-their-faces crowd.

[zip]

and you want to dump him over a silly local issue?

Sorry, but this isn't a "silly local issue". This is more like a psychotic break. Totally inappropriate behavior.

[sharkhawk]

Larry Craig is one of the few solid conservatives in the Senate and you want to dump him over a silly local issue?

This is not a silly local issue. This is a Senator holding back military readiness over an issue of pork.

[Radix]

I just watched the ABC News (so called) report on this. It seemed to be critical of Senator Craig. That got my spider sense tingling. If ABC don't like it, then, I am clearly missing something.

[RJS1950]

This is not a "local" issue. I can tell you from 22+ years of experience that every time this type of thing is done (in the past by democraps) morale across the ranks and services go down because among other things they see themselves, their careers and their futures as pawns of any self-serving politician who happens to be voted in by usually less than a few hundred thousand voters of ONE out of FIFTY states.

[glane]

This isn't a silly local issue. For the military personnel, it is a career and financial issue. This man is acting like a child who doesn't get to be team captain and takes his ball and goes home. The only people he is hurting are the fine people in the military who defend this country and have a job most of us don't want (heaven forbid we bring back the draft.).
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