The end of Larry Craig

By Michael J.W. Stickings

I don't have much to add tonight to THE SCANDAL KNOWN AS LARRY CRAIG SOLICITING LEWD CONDUCT IN A PUBLIC WASHROOM, but I did want to mention -- and you may have heard this already -- that the disgraced senator will announce his resignation Saturday morning.

Republicans have had enough of him and so it was just a matter of time, but I doubt his party, let alone its bigoted base, will learn anything from this episode. They will continue to target gays, gays in their party will continue to remain in their closets, tormented by self-hatred and the urge to lash out, and more and more lives will be ruined.

Larry Craig can go to hell, or Idaho, whichever comes first. His party deserves far worse.