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pwb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:19 AM
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Until senator Larry Craig resigns i will no longer buy or eat Idaho potatoes
I know this may sound silly but Hurting his state by boycotting one of their major crops may be what it takes to rid us of this hypocrite in the senate. Please join me in this effort. Rice can be pretty good. Thanks.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:23 AM
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1. I'm Having Mashed Potatoes tonight with dinner
I want Craig to stay until the bitter end, he's now a thorn in the Repukes side, and that's a good thing!
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:27 AM
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2. Yeah, I want Larry Craig to stay, too.
Edited on Fri Oct-05-07 09:27 AM by Hepburn
He is a thorn in the side of the RW homophobic congresscritters who pander to the religious homophobic bigots. They are gonna DEMAND that he is investigated by the Ethics Committee and that is gonna cause a total mess for the Repigs.

Stay, Larry, stay! If you do....I will totally buy NOTHING but Idaho taters!

:hi:

Edit for typo.
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:30 AM
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3. You are correct, the longer he stays around the better for us.
One more thing they'll have to deal with when rolling out their "Family Values" spiel again.
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SaveOurDemocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:36 AM
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5. I LOVE that he's staying!!
It's great fun to watch the RePukes squirm!! :evilgrin:

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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:34 AM
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4. FREE MR. POTATO HEAD!!!!!!!!
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SaveOurDemocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:36 AM
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6. LOLLLL...
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:25 AM
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17. Shouldn't that be "Mr. Head Potato?"
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:17 AM
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25. You mean he wants "Free Potato 'Head'"?
And yes, I do mean oral sex.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 02:58 PM
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41. That's Mr Potatoe Head in GOP circles
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:37 AM
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7. Idaho? HEda ho!
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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:38 AM
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8. Maybe he lives in his "Own Private Idaho."
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:42 AM
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9. No this is the wrong approach. Punishing Idaho potato farmers is not the answer.
Anymore than the grain embargo and Olympic boycott was the correct response in 1979 to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Punishing innocent people for the sins of others is not just.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:44 AM
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10. The people of Idaho want him gone as well as we do.
In a way we do, but I think it is better for him to stay...
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:47 AM
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11. I want Craig to stay
What better way to show GOP hypocricy than to have Craig stay in the Senate. IT's like free advertizing for the Democrats.

Imagine the outrage if anay Democrat took out an ad that outright called the GOP idiots. Craig is doing it for free.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:50 AM
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12. Ah... contrar... I think I'll have a potato party....!
Edited on Fri Oct-05-07 09:51 AM by hlthe2b
Mashed, baked, au gratin, you name it! In celebration of what Craig's stubborn hypocrisy is doing to his Repug party. I say PotatOE, you say PotAHto! Let's call the whole (resignation) off! LOL
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:54 AM
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13. I'll eat them but only as french fries.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:08 AM
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15. I demand we change the name of French fries to Craig fries.
:rofl:
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pwb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 09:56 AM
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14. I know a repuke would be appointed to take his place but
a potato boycott could help defeat any repuke in o8. i agree that staying in office will help too. Just having some fun with this, i love potatoes.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:21 AM
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16. Get rid of Larry Craig? Are you kidding?
I want to see Larry's wide stance in the Senate for as long as possible so he keeps reminding the whole country every day about how a hypocritical asshole Republican trolls public bathrooms. I especially hope he decides to appeal the judge's order so that by the time of their convention next year it's before the Minnesota Supreme Court, and all the Republicans traveling through MSP to attend the convention will walk right by that bathroom on their way to baggage claim and think of Larry.

Boycott potatoes? Hell, no!

We should be buying potatoes, lots of them. Buy them by the sack, the bushel, the truckload. Eat them, juggle them, donate them to food shelves in Larry's name. And leave a symbolic cairn of potatoes outside every airport men's room.
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Exultant Democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:29 AM
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18. Why not keeps boycotting Idaho as long as they are crazy extreme right-wingers.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 06:51 PM
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55. Of course. "They" in Idaho are "crazy extreme right-wingers."
There are no Democrats, lefties, or progressives of any kind in Idaho. Thanks for the reminder.
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:33 AM
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19. I'm boycotting white supremecy until he resigns!
Oh hell, I'll continue to boycott it either way. Sorry Idahoans, couldn't resist.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:35 AM
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20. Why take it out on potato growers?
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footinmouth Donating Member (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:36 AM
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21. I want him to stay
He's the poster boy for Republican family values.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:38 AM
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22. They're not potatoes - they're Freedom Tubers
:evilgrin:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:45 AM
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23. Hypocrisy? Surely you must be jesting!!
Hypocrisy is the fact that the Republicans applaud and support David Vitter, a man who acknowledges that he has used prostitutes many times even though he is suppose to be happily married and straight.

So why do repukes embrace Vitter but not Craig - simple. Craig lives in a state with a republican governor who will replace the seat with another republican. But if they force Vitter to resign then they'll have to give up a republican seat in the Senate since Louisianna Governor is a democrat.

This has got to be one of the dumbest boycotts.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:38 AM
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32. Shirley, that is an unseemly jester
;)

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sabbat hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 10:47 AM
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24. why hurt the farmers
for something that craig did?
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:21 AM
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26. Because the farmers have the power to force Craig to resign
Because they are his constituants, and most of them voted for him, campaigned for him, and donated money to his campaign.

However, I'll be having tater-tots with my lunch, and hope to be munching popcorn while watching the spectacle!
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:28 AM
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27. The starchy tuber is blameless. And versatile. And delicious.
Sorry, can't support your boycott. Hash browns...mmmmmmm...
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:30 AM
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28. You can have my tots when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:33 AM
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29. But I quit rice after Condi's "nobody could've imagined.." fiasco.
Where's a cheesehead gonna get her starch?
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gorekerrydreamticket Donating Member (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 02:54 PM
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39. Don't forget about Dole pineapples!....n/t
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:36 AM
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30. I have an enormous craving for fried potatoes now. Thanks bunches.
Hash browns and tempeh bacon. Mmmmmm....
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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:36 AM
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31. North Dakota taters are waayy better anyway.
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blockhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 12:03 PM
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50.  now there's someone who knows their spuds!
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kirby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:40 AM
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33. Until senator Larry Craig resigns i will no longer use a bathroom stall
Geez...
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:41 AM
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34. does that mean i should boycott hookers in new orleans to get rid of vitter? n/t
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Cathyclysmic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:55 AM
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35. Oh, my.
:rofl:

Sorry to make fun..but

:rofl:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:58 AM
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36. Baahahahahaha!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:58 AM
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37. We should attack Idaho with potato guns
Edited on Fri Oct-05-07 12:09 PM by EstimatedProphet
Get all the Idaho potatoes that we can and line up along the border, and shoot them back into Idaho! Who's with me?

Edit for spelling
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 11:59 AM
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38. Great, All the more spuds for ME!
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 02:57 PM
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40. Bring on Atkins!
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 03:07 PM
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42. If you can get Alaska potatoes
they're better. I never buy Idaho potatoes.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 04:11 PM
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44. No no. Until Ted Stevens does something or the other, I won't boycott... um... uh....
Okay, now I'm confused.
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 05:45 PM
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53. Dug many an Alaskan spud when I was a kid and
they grew big, flawless and yummy. Now I buy only Washington potatoes cause I believe in supporting our state farming industry. Curious.. does Alaska sell spuds stateside ?
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avrdream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 03:59 PM
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43. Me neither.
(But that isn't hard for me to say since we don't get Idaho potatoes down here in Oz. I really miss those North American potatoes, though.)

Personally, I agree with those who think it would be better if he stayed in office until the election. It improves our chances as Democrats of making headway in Idaho.
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AZ Criminal JD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 04:20 PM
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45. If you want to eat rice, go ahead . . .
But I am going to eat potatoes no matter where they come from. For me to go without something I may want to eat based on what some Senator did or didn't do in a Minneapolis bathroom is completely over the top.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 04:24 PM
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46. Don't hate the tater, hate the game!
Edited on Fri Oct-05-07 04:24 PM by chimpsrsmarter
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 04:42 PM
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47. I don't want Craig to resign...
I want him there as a constant reminder of repuke hypocrisy and "family values". Plus, he's driving the pugs absolutely bonkers!
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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 08:37 PM
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57. Yes! Exactly! He helps us more in than out (of the senate, that is) nt
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 04:43 PM
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48. But how will we enjoy Larry Craig's Super Tubers?
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-06-07 09:27 AM
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49. I think it is just fine for the rethuglican party to be represented
by a toilet troll like Craig. It is a constant reminder of what a bunch of lying cheating stealing and murderous hypocrites they are.
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 03:11 PM
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51. I had to LOL
I eat potatoes now and tomorrow ---

You are crazy, aren't you?
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 04:04 PM
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52. But he's a Hall of Famer!
and well suited to the nature of the state (as reflected in its prevailing political philosophy).
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 06:49 PM
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54. Join you? No, I don't think so. I live in Idaho.
I can't stand Larry Craig. I couldn't stand Larry Craig before most of you ever gave him a second thought.

But I live in Idaho. Why the hell would I want to join a boycott that sabotages the potato growers here?
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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 08:36 PM
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56. Frankly
Letting him stay, sitting out there on the Senate floor like the smelly turd he is, will do us much more good than replacing him now with a viable candidate for 2008.

If he even attempts to pursue more bigoted legislation, what do you think will happen?

He's totally useless to the GOP. Let him stay, showing THEM for the hypocrites they are, and clearing the way for us to make a legit run for the seat in 08.
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dugggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-07-07 08:41 PM
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58. I had no idea Larry was in the potato farming business n/t
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