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  • Idaho Sees Red Over Craig (Outrage And Betrayal In Conservative State Alert)

    08/30/2007 9:34:11 AM PDT · by goldstategop · 61 replies · 1,824+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 08/30/2007 | Tomas Alex Tizon
    BOISE, IDAHO -- So what are people in one of the nation's most conservative states saying about the gay-sex scandal surrounding their much-revered, oft-elected Sen. Larry E. Craig? Family-values organizations, powerful in Idaho, want his head. Politicians, most of them Republicans like Craig, want more facts. Gays, a seemingly small group here, are embarrassed and yet strangely appeased by the spotlight on a politician who consistently has voted against gay-rights legislation.The state's entire congressional delegation is Republican, and the party holds overwhelming majorities in both houses of the Legislature. Idahoans sided staunchly with the GOP in at least the last...