On Monday, December 31, 2012 5:43:43 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
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> > How does someone named "Crapo" even get elected or taken serious about
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> > anything? (The story below is not from the Onion, but Huffpo among
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> > others)
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> > "Mike Crapo, the Republican senator from Idaho who was arrested on Sunday
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> > morning for driving under the influence, once said he abstains from
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> > alcohol.
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> > Crapo in 2010 said that he was motivated to sponsor legislation to reduce
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> > taxes on small beer brewers because of his pro-business views. The Mormon
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> > lawmaker told The Associated Press that if the measure was approved, he
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> > would celebrate with root beer because he doesn't consume alcohol.
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> > The three-term senator is accused of registering a 0.11 percent
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> > blood-alcohol level on a breath test after running a red light in
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> > Alexandria, Va.,
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> > The Idaho Statesman said in an editorial published on Tuesday, "It would
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> > be unfair to judge Crapo, or anybody else, on one mistake. But it is
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> > totally fair to evaluate him according to where he goes from here and what
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> > he does to turn this matter from a negative to a positive."
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> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2362614.html
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> Most of the Mormons I know do drink.
How do you spell Mormon with 1 "m"?