A rumor afoot has it that the high sheriff of that liberal county just to the south of us is planning on making some  changes soon.  Seems like the hand-wringers are getting all sorts of put out that Sheriff Hamilton and his deputies are not treating some of his jail inmates with the proper respect and deference they deserve. 

Imagine that.

In an effort to appease the thug huggers and whiners, and create a more positive atmosphere, Sheriff Hamilton is changing the inmate dress code.  Beginning October 1, selected inmates will no longer have to wear those nasty orange uniforms.

They will be burnt orange instead.    

Larry Craig.  Mr. Potato Head. 

Let’s recap.  Last June 11, the Idaho Senator played peekaboo and footsie with an undercover cop in a Minneapolis airport men’s room.  Yeah, right.  It wasn’t footsie, it was his, ahem, wide stance.  Yeah. right.  Guess since he’s from Idaho, he’s got some really big potatoes or something else in his pants that makes him stand like that…

Since the cop didn’t swallow that (pun intended), the right honorable (another pun) Senator whips out (another pun) his senate business card and asked, “What do you think about that?”   Then, when his card doesn’t do the trick (yep, another pun), he whined into a tape recorder that the police shouldn’t go around entrapping people.

Notice that he whined about getting caught, not for trying to get a lucky in an airport bathroom.  That’s just plain nasty.

Then, like all truly innocent and misunderstood people, on August 8, Craig pleaded guilty, paid a $500 fine, and got a one year probated sentence.

After the story broke in Roll Call on August 27, Craig announced he would resign–at the end of September.  With the memory of Mark Foley’s piccadillos with House Pages fresh in their minds, the beltway pachyderms heaved a great sigh of relief.  But wait.  Craig now says he’ll only resign if he can’t withdraw his guilty plea.  Craig says he was a victim of overzealous police and the liberal media.  Uh huh. 

What’s a party to do??

Heeellloooo??  Anybody home up there??  This guy was convicted of cruising for gay sex in a PUBLIC bathroom.  Seems like all the republicans up there in Idaho all have smashed potatoes for brains - or they’ve been sucking down the potato juice awful hard (a twofer!).  According to Craig’s website, the Governor and party leaders are standing behind him.  Well hell, we’d be afraid to stand in front of him, too!  Heck, even the commie-lovin’ ACLU is standing up for him (another pun).  Yikes.

What an insult to republican values.  Kinda leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

Six years ago, our nation was attacked by cowards.  Six years ago, we stood in stunned silence as the twin towers collapsed, the Pentagon was aflame, and Flight 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvannia — instead of Washington, DC– thanks to American heroes on board.

2,996 innocent Americans died on that day.  The day America changed forever.  The day the world changed forever. 

Last year (See Never Forget), we asked you to remember that day.  It bears repeating. 

For those victims, for their families, for their friends. 

Please remember.  

Oh, BTW Mayor Nagin - we’re still waiting for your apology.

We’re baaaaack.

And we are STILL mad as all get out at  what our elected officials have done to our party of Lincoln - locally, state-wide, and nationally.  We shook our heads at the sorry mess that posed as leadership– in our commissioner’s court, our legislature, and congress.

You know who you are….and so do we.

We’ve sat on our hands long enough.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.