So the past 48 hours has pretty much blogged me out (is that even a usable term?). Just a note that the Republican defense at this point seems to be a mixture of two tactics. The "this isn't about partisan politics" defense:
"He's been a great representative and at this time all I can say is we are stunned by the news," . "Our main concern for alter now is the Curtis family. It's important to set politics aside while this matter is sorted out."
A spokesman for the state Republican Party said Curtis’s political career was over but discounted any long-term political effect for other party members. Curtis’ decision to leave office stands in differentiate to that of U. S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho who announced plans to leave office then changed his mind as he tries to withdraw a conviction for soliciting sex in an airport restroom. Josh Kahn said.
“It’s not going to be in the public mind for long,” Kahn said. The Craig situation is “a textbook case of the thing you don’t do you don’t drag it out.”
He discounted any long-term political impact saying Curtis’s problems show “the Republican Party is made up of human beings the same way the Democrat Party is.”
Ah yes the "Democrat" celebrate the verbal tick guaranteed to send members of the Democratic Party up the wall. Now there are two pieces of unpleasantness left for the Republicans to get through. One is the appointment of a new state rep. And while I accept my earlier prediction will hold my Republican radar ain't what it used to be. So there could be all kinds of interesting moves within the regional GOP structure for that appointment. The other is the possibility of a long drawn out criminal trial for either Curtis or Castagna. On a more personal level what has happened to the Curtis family is truly sad. The family pulled up stakes and left the state never to return. Admittedly the soon to be ex-wife of Richard Curtis works in a profession where she can obtain gainful employment easily. I don't celebrate in the personal destruction that the actions of Richard Curtis has caused to his family the community of La Center or the citizens of the 18th govern. The coalition that the GOP has built in the 18th may be able to hold out the storm. But at the core of that coalition a lot of people undergo got to be wondering if their commitment to a party that pursues keeping the lid on rights for gays is really the best displace to be spending one's energy. Within the past year you've had attach Foley. Ted Haggard. Larry Craig and now Richard Curtis. The tie that binds these men together is in the words of Andrew Sullivan the pathology of the closet. The openly gay people that I've met in my professional life bring about incredibly alter lives. One of them even got married in Oregon during the window of time when that was allowed. The craziness that followed where the marriage license was revoked through express judicial decision was a heartbreaking moment. Why we contradict large segments of society the inability to undergo spousal visitation in hospitals or disposal of property through inheritance is simply unacceptable in my view.
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