Open Letter to Senator Craig #2
Dear Senator Craig:
By now you are experiencing the first wave of cascade effect that will not stop until you have left office.
Here’s the deal: If you are innocent, you need forthwith to attempt to set aside your guilty plea and demand a trial. If you are not innocent, you should resign immediately.
The Unfortunate Caveat: your Senate duties will not be compatible with the trial, so you will need to resign in any event.
However you choose to repair the tattered remains of your reputation and heal your family, you need to stanch the flow of publicity ASAP.
And once people start laughing at you, it’s over. So, as I see it from here in California – or from my other home in Idaho – you have just two choices:
1. Resign and seek to fight the case, however belatedly.
2. Resign and get on with your life out of the glare of publicity.
You can be sure that Governor Otter will quickly find a qualified replacement, someone who is not likely to embarrass the State of Idaho and the Republican party.
I am truly sorry to be the bearer of such bad news.
Sincerely,
Jay B. Gaskill
BA University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
JD University of California Law School, Berkeley, CA
