https://freerepublic.com/tag/marygettingpunchy/ en-us Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:50:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503449/posts WASHINGTON - A Republican senator from Idaho is the latest to invoke Louisiana's reputation for political corruption as Congress considers whether to spend billions of dollars on hurricane recovery. Sen. Larry Craig told his home state constituents that fraud is as much a part of the fabric of Louisiana as it is in Iraq and that flooded sections of New Orleans should be abandoned. "Fraud is in the culture of Iraqis. I believe that is true in the state of Louisiana as well," Craig was quoted as saying in the Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune on Thursday. He was also quoted... Sun Herald https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503449/posts#comment Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:50:41 GMT