Edit: Rep. Patterson Must Go

State Sen. Mark Patterson is the poster child for a man unfit for office. The Boise Republican needs to just go away. Resign. Fade into the shadows, please. Patterson has been on a crusade for the past two weeks against Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney, who denied Patterson a pistol permit because the freshman senator failed to mention that he pleaded guilty in Florida in 1974 to a charge of assault with intent to commit rape. Patterson has been all over the rhetorical map since the news splashed across newspapers throughout Idaho. He’s tried to pin the blame for his downfall on Raney, on the victim, on the system. The one person exempt from Patterson’s finger-pointing is himself. Let’s be very clear here: Patterson is a felon convicted of a depraved attack on a woman/ Twin Falls Times-News . More here.

Question: Anyone disagree?