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Brock: Craig Was Extractor’s Friend

Posted by DFO

Feb. 12, 2009 1:42 p.m. • 3 comments

Add it all up, and Craig probably steered more of Uncle Sam’s natural resources into private hands than any other senator in the last 20 years. Given this, it’s unlikely that his legacy will be honored with a Larry Craig Wilderness Area. But anyone who owns a mining corporation, or a cattle ranch, or - and I mean this sincerely - a logging operation should be saddened that Craig has left the Capitol building. Everyone else who likes to hunt, fish and camp on public lands should applaud his departure. The sad truth is that, given the chance, Craig would side with extractive industry every time in its quest to squeeze money from your favorite forest, river or picnic spot/William Brock, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: Aside from the scandal that dogged former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig at the end of his career, what do you think his final legacy was?

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