Don Sherwood of PA thought that he could overcome the scandal of having a 6 year affair with a girl 36 years his junior. The GOP backed him. The voters didn’t and we now have a dem instead of a pubbie holding the seat.
Dems can get away with this behavior. Conservatives will not put up with it. He needs to go now. If not for bad behavior, then for extremely bad judgment. Is this the type of man that we want as a lawmaker?
I can already see it now - Craig resigns and the NY Slimes writes a editorial saying that the GOP gov of Idaho should appoint a liberal or democrat for "balance" or some other BS reason.
Is this the type of man that we want as a lawmaker
Kind of off topic but for some reason the term lawmaker just hit me . These guys don’t do a damn thing except work on their personal wealth and business contacts while they are in DC . How many of these clowns actually MAKE LAWS ?
The problem with the Sherwood situation wasn’t the affair itself (since any member could survive something as pedestrian as that if they owned up and asked for forgiveness), but that he decided to play “choke-a-bitch” with her in a hotel room. Any Republican that thinks they can get away with such displays of violence is going to be toast — even in a heavily GOP district (indeed, with his defeat, that was the first time in 48 years a rodent won the seat). I cannot understand why the GOP didn’t shuffle him out as soon as that happened. The sole reason why he didn’t lose renomination was because a far-left moonbat challenged him as a Republican, but had it been a mainstream Conservative, he would’ve probably lost, and we would’ve retained the seat.