An Idaho Reader Confronts Sen. Larry Craig
From: Robert Murray, Ph.D. (e-mail him)

Re: Joe Guzzardi’s Column: The Bad, The Worse and The Worst—Going, Going And Gone

At a 2006 Townhall meeting that Craig sponsored, I asked him directly: "Would you please explain the Security and Prosperity Partnership and what it is all about?"

Craig avoided answering by saying he was not familiar with the SPP. In other words he knew, but did not want to say anything lest he let the cat out of the bag.

We in Idaho are embarrassed that Craig has been a champion for illegal alien amnesty. In my dealings with him, I have found Craig to be more hard-headed than an anvil. He simply doesn't get the message that the people of Idaho, except a few bleeding hearts and some agricultural types who benefit, do not want Ag JOBS or other guest worker programs that provide citizenship.

For most of his Senatorial career, Craig has tried to get one version of Ag Jobs or another passed —by hook or crook, by stealth, by lies, by any means available. His latest effort to include Ag Jobs in this summer’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform was successful but luckily the bill failed on the Senate floor

Craig is a pawn of the Bush administration and the corporate thugs who control the administration.

The word around Idaho is that Craig changed his mind about retiring when he learned his pension would increase by $5,000 if he stayed until the end of his term.

That’s chump change for him but Craig will always do what is best for Craig.

Idahoans won’t miss Craig when he’s gone—or any of the others on Guzzardi’s list.