Larry Craig chosen for Idaho Hall of Fame

[Poiuyt]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Board chairman says Craig was selected in March, well before his guilty plea
County GOP official: "It's a sad day to be a Republican"
Craig has vowed to stay in office despite a court ruling that left his plea intact
Gov. Butch Otter, Boise State football coach to be inducted as well

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Sen. Larry Craig has been chosen for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame, despite his well-publicized arrest and guilty plea in an airport sex sting, officials said.

The nonprofit Idaho Hall of Fame Association picked Craig in March, months before he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after a Minneapolis airport police officer accused him of soliciting sex in the men's restroom, the organization's board chairman said.

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But some Republicans said the honor is inappropriate now. Kootenai County Republican precinct committeeman Phil Thompson said Idaho Hall of Fame officials should consider at least postponing the induction.

"Maybe in 10 or 15 years we can think of this hall of fame stuff. Now is not the time," he said. "It's a sad day to be a Republican."

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/07/craig.hof.ap/index.html

[Bozita]

1. It's a wide-stance thing. Idahoans must be proud.

[madinmaryland]

2. Republicans across the country are happy!!1!!

:rofl:

[Vanje]

3. He was selected for the hall of fame in March

But he's a lot more famous now!

[varkam]

4. The first two paragraphs are confusing.

It says that he was chosen "despite" his plea, and then goes on to say he was chosen months in advance of the airport incident. Perhaps it's just bad writing.

[Disturbed]

5. He is real famous now.

Idaho should be proud that he is resolute & promotes a wide stance.

[DaveJ]

10. Yeah, bad writing

It lacks nuance like most journalism.

[book_worm]

6. Yes, and his picture will be hung in the men's room.

[Major Hogwash]

7. The Idaho Hall of Fame is just a small hallway - on the way to the restroom.

At the Airport Ramada Inn!

They'll probably open an Idaho Hall of Heroes for all of the Republicans that have ever served in Congress for Idaho in the other hallway on the way to the restroom.

[Union Yes]

8. Tap dancers can never enter a public mensroom ever again!

[ThatsMyBarack]

12. Ha ha!

Welcome to DU, Union Yes! :hi:

[rockymountaindem]

9. The past six years have provided plenty of bad days to be Republicans

Why get so glum now?

[spindoctor]

11. Larry Craig and Napoleon Dynamite both

Hey, we gotta work with what we got. Give us a break.

[Canuckistanian]

13. Did he come before or after the potato?

Otherwise known to Dan Quayle as the "potatoe".

[NI4NI]

14. he's already inducted into the Minnesota Stall of Fame nt