Ron Burgundy (RE: Editorial: In league with Richard Butler?): Apologists for the Idaho Nine will take offense at the comparison to Butler but they will be missing the point. When legislators take policy cues from the John Birch Society wing of society and give a mega microphone in the Statehouse to religious extremists who incite violence, they are every bit as damaging to the image of Idaho as Richard Butler was. The difference is that Butler was marginalized and admitted being a bigot. The Idaho Nine are elected leaders with power and authority who are trying to rationalize bad decisions with fear, uncertainty, and doubt based on religious and racial differences. The comparison is reasonable. Hopefully these legislators will really reflect on why they are finding themselves in the same sentence as a disgraced race-baiter and step back from the brink.