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Cowardice and courage
Sen. Larry Craig and Sen. Tim Johnson.
Tim Grieve [2007-08-29]
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  • "Of course," he said, "I believe I have an unfair edge over most of my colleagues right now -- my mind works faster than my mouth does."

    Based on that alone, I'm almost compelled to move to South Dakota just so I can vote for him.

    Clearly, his brain is functioning. On the other side, the Republicans have been known to prop up virtually dead senators just for the vote.

    If I were Johnson, my answer to any Republican machinations about his condition would be two words. Strom Thurmond.

    I would also like to suggest Ronald Reagan as the second answer, but the uproar over the suggestion that St. Ronnie was losing it long before his alzheimers was made public would be just too distracting.

    So I'm sticking with Strom Thurmond. And pulling for Tim Johnson.

    -- Nita Martin
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    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 04:56 AM

  • "I believe I have an unfair edge over most of my colleagues right now -- my mind works faster than my mouth does."

    Like Nita, reading that, I almost wish I could move to South Dakota to vote for him, too. How refreshing!

    -- thornwolf
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    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 05:01 AM

  • We can't vote for him but we can contribute to him

    As a Minnesotan, I'll be sending him money. A Senator who thinks before speaking should be preserved at all costs.

    -- Mumrock
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    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 05:19 AM

  • So he lied under oath?

    Excuse me, but didn't Larry Craig just publicly confess to lying under oath when he pled guilty to charges in Minnesota? I don't really care if the man is gay, but I don't think there's any reason to respect a man who is both a hypocrite and a liar. The right wing crucified Clinton for dissembling about his sexual behavior and lying under oath. I'm waiting to see how they handle it with one of their own.

    -- heyjude
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    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 07:13 AM

  • Great line.

    God bless him and his. South Dekota could do much worse than Tim Johnson. Think:Larry Craig

    -- stevio
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    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 09:18 AM

  • 2008 Senate news for the Salonistas -

    Larry Craig will resign; more or less pushed out by Republicans who want to clean their house (and their senate). His seat will be filled by the Republican governor of Idaho appointing one of the Republican Congressmen to the vacant seat, and that Repulican will win in 2008.

    As for Tim Johnson, if he had a real job, he'd be retired on disability by now. Tim Johnson won by a whisper before; he'd have faced a very tough fight in 2008 no matter what. If Tim Johnson were a Republican House member instead of a Democrat Senator, I know what Rahm Emanuel would be thinking -- it would simply be a matter of finding the right person to take Johnson down.

    I suppose that in all fairness, if you are a South Dakota Democrat, it doesn't matter in the slightest if one of your Senators has missed every vote in this term of Congress; you know that just by lying in a hosptial bed, the guy held a critical seat and kept it from the Republicans.

    I don't know what sort of weird thing goes on with some voters when they vote for somebody who dies (Mel Carnahan) or who is clearly disabled from normal functioning (Tim Johnson). It is strange; some kind of get-well/sympathy card in the form of a 6-year term in the United States Senate.

    -- Elephantman
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    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:22 PM

  • Courage

    I'm praying for that guy.

    -- Archie1954
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    Thursday, August 30, 2007 09:16 AM

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