Common sense in Idaho

1. Sure hope Larry Grant wins.
2. Sure wish he were running in my district.
3. Sure is the most positive campaign ad I've seen so far this year.
4. Sure would like all politicians to take some lessons from this guy.

Grant's Republican opponent in Idaho's 1st Congressional District race is Bill Sali, the detestable right-wing nut job who continuously asserts that there's a link between abortion and breast cancer. Sali would rather scare women than believe reputable studies (like this one by Oxford researchers) that have concluded there is no data to support claims from anti-choice activists that abortion causes breast cancer. The Oxford study bolsters the arguments from the American Cancer Institute, the Mayo Clinic, a US Congressional report and others that say there is conclusive evidence that there is no link between abortion and breast cancer.

Sali's such a wacko that the Republican speaker of the Idaho House, Bruce Newcomb, said of him: "That idiot is just an absolute idiot. He doesn’t have one ounce of empathy in his whole fricking body. And you can put that in the paper."

I ain't believing that Idaho folks will choose Sali over Grant; that seat is going to the Dems.