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Mormon GOP Senator Who’s Said He Doesn’t Drink Alcohol Gets DUI — And Apologizes

Dec. 24, 2012 7:01am Billy Hallowell

This Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 booking photo provided by the Alexandria, Va. Police Department shows Idaho U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo. Crapo was arrested early Sunday morning, Dec. 23, 2012 and charged with driving under the influence in a Washington, D.C., suburb, authorities said. Credit: AP

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (TheBlaze/AP) — A conservative U.S. senator from Idaho who has said he doesn’t drink because of his Mormon faith has been charged with drunken driving. Naturally, the story is captivating headlines for a plethora of reasons.

Sen. Michael Crapo, a three-term Republican with a reputation as a social and fiscal conservative, registered a blood alcohol content of .11 percent after police pulled his car over in this suburb south of Washington, D.C., authorities said.

The 61-year-old lawmaker, who faces a court date Jan. 4, apologized in a statement issued hours after his arrest early Sunday.

“I am deeply sorry for the actions that resulted in this circumstance,” Crapo said in the statement Sunday night. “I made a mistake for which I apologize to my family, my Idaho constituents and any others who have put their trust in me. I accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever penalty comes my way in this matter.”

He also said he would take measures to ensure “this circumstance is never repeated.”

Crapo, who was elected in 1998 and is in his third Senate term, is expected to take over the top Republican spot next year on the Senate Banking Committee. He also serves on the Senate’s budget and finance panels and has been active on environmental and health issues. Crapo was a member of the so-called “Gang of Six” senators that worked in 2011 toward a deficit-reduction deal that was never adopted by Congress. He also served for six years in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Police in the suburb of Alexandria said Crapo was stopped early Sunday after his vehicle ran a red light. Police spokesman Jody Donaldson said Crapo failed field sobriety tests and was arrested at about 12:45 a.m. Sunday He was taken to the Alexandria jail and released on an unsecured $1,000 bond at about 5 a.m. Sunday.

“There was no refusal (to take blood alcohol tests), no accident, no injuries,” Donaldson said. “Just a traffic stop that resulted in a DUI.”

Police said Crapo, who was alone in his vehicle, registered a blood alcohol level of .11 percent. The legal limit in Virginia, which has strict drunken driving laws, is .08 percent.

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In Virginia, the driver’s license of anyone who registers a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or higher is automatically suspended for seven days. A first-time conviction for DUI carries a mandatory, minimum $250 fine and license revocation for one year, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles.

A Crapo spokesman declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding the arrest.

Crapo had told The Associated Press in past interviews that he abstains from drinking alcohol, a decision that is rooted in his faith.

A Mormon who grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Crapo was named a bishop in the church at age 31. He is an attorney who graduated from Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School. He has five children with his wife, Susan, and three grandchildren.

The Mormon church prohibits the use of alcohol, as well as coffee, tea and other substances. About one-quarter of Idaho residents are Mormon.

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Beachmastermax
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:27am
Watching Bohner horse trade can even get a Mormon drinking and blasting down the road.

But seriously…even our lord Jesus Christ had a drink or two.

Luke 7:33 “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon !’ 34 “The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners !’

Hey Crapo….I hope all those legalistic and phariseetical voters in your state do not abandon you. I just want conservatives to keep voting in Washington.

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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:13am
  Dont forget that FAKE CATHOLIC nannypelousy!!…votes 100% for PlannedPartnthood minority baby killers.
  
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- R-Paulson
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:44pm
  He had just dropped off his high priced call girl and was heading back to the club to have another drink. He is a MORMAN, a CONSERVATIVE, a REPUBLICAN, a LIAR and a HYPOCRITE. Family values, anyone?
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:56pm
  alright everybody, now tell me how he wasn’t really drunk, and this is just a set-up by Obama and the unions to take down a Republican.
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:32pm
  Watching your country get destroyed by the King of the Fools and his fools, would drive anyone to drink.
  
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- apollo18
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:08pm
  Hmm…. I wonder what Maryjo Kopeckne’s family would have been doing for Christmas, this year?
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:01pm
  I’m surprised all conservatives haven’t become knee- walking drunks since they will be able to do absolutely nothing to help this nation with a Prez hell bent on furiously causing the nation to self-destruct.
  
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- jdbucky1
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:41pm
  if i had to work with harry reid who also a mormon i will be drinking to we get nothing in return
  
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- Pouncing Porcupine
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:29pm
  This story is obviously a hoax. There’s no way a Mormon would lie about anything. They never sin. If they did they wouldn’t be able to get into their Temple, and they’d surely go to hell. Quit publishing fake stories, Blaze!!
  
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- Racemosa7
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:13am
  I am much afraid that you need to quote the Scripture from the Authorized Version and in context. The word wine is used for both nonalcoholic and alcoholic drinks. You can determine the meaning by the context. There is no contraindication in the Bible.
  Hab:2:15: Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! Jesus Christ did not inspire this verse and than serve or drink any intoxication beverage.
  The Senator’s problem is not his drinking but the fact that he is misled by his Mormon faith. Which is a works based salvation like so many others. Christ is the end of the law to all those who believe.
  
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- Beachmastermax
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 1:18am
  Did someone make him drink? Was that you?
  
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- Marine 1
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:22pm
  That’s the deal with free agency.
  
  People are allowed to make very bad decisions and then have to live with the consequences.
  
  Please don’t judge all LDS folks by one individual who chose to be stupid.
  
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nocommie
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:10am
I think this story title should be “Moron Senator”

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nocommie
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:09am
O my gosh,a U.S. Senator told a lie! How unusual,Never heard of this before and all this time I thought that these were to best people that money could buy….

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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:21am
  Running cover for one of your own. Well done. Transparent and juvenile, but well done.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:51am
  WANGO/PANTS, Are you on the wrong post? Or, only in your imagination you can call what NOCOMMIE said to be cover? That is a real stretch. Seems to me that he was running Crapo down in the mud.
  
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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:22am
  I’ll explain . . If it had been a Democrat it would have been “Typical liberal!” But, since he’s a Mormon Republican, it’s “They all do it.”
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:13pm
  WANGO/PANTS, His statement essentially said that a senator lied, imagine that? You’re just weaving more Fairy Tails now, aren’t you?
  
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- R-Paulson
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:45pm
  The best people the NRA can buy.
  
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:43am
Caught running a red light. I was hoping he was caught in one of those unconstitutional revenue generating road blocks,but those seem to catch more dangerous drivers such as Expired licenses, Out of Date registrations,Old tags…You Know? The more dangerous types?

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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:22am
  Yes, yes . . . they’re coming to take you away. Don’t answer the door. Don’t pick up the phone. Don’t turn on the teevee. (They’re in there, you know.)
  
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- krod2516
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:30am
  Ya, ive gone though hell with all that crap. Lost everything, including all income after hurricane Ike, took years to be able to drive a legal vehicle. What I learned during that time, if i have a family to feed, I’m gonna drive what ever the hell will get me to were I need to go. Got lots of ticket in the process and still trying to clear up the thousands of dollars in fines for my expired tags and lack of insurance. Makes getting back on your feet a relentless process that I’m not sure when I will ,or if I will ever recover from.
  
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- Hobbs57
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:54pm
  A name like Glennda says it all. Please people, be nice to Glennda, he/she, is having a particularly hard time this Christmas being all alone, miserable and absent a meaningful existence. He/she knows the only fail safe for such a condition is to come to a conservative website and use his/her special intellectual abilities to teach us ignorant rednecks and hillbillies a lesson. For the sake of Christmas, please entertain Glennda, because absent faith, the poor thing is driven by the fear created by the massive amounts of knowledge he/she has attained. Think of Adammda and Evednda(for you Glennda) in the garden of Eden, when Eve was approached by Satan and told if she partook of the tree of knowledge, she could have the power of God, to know good and bad. We all know where that lie had us …mortality. Folks like Glennda suffer immensely for partaking in this knowledge, for they exist with the ever pressing fear they will die one day. It is no surprise Glennda is more irritated than normal over the Christmas holiday but don’t know why. Poor Glennda suffers, while we celebrate, for we recognize that the chains of death were soon to be broken because the savior was born and we don’t have to live in constant fear like our brother/sister here. Knowledge vs. Wisdom, Fear vs Faith, a life without a meaningful existence vs. existence full of purpose in serving the lord. Remember brothers and sisters, Glennda is just trying to give his/her life some meaning posting here, be nice!
  
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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:36pm
  HOBBS . . . I appreciate you taking such joy in the assumed misery of others. Jesus does, too. I was just talking to Him, mostly about the whole gun thing. Yeah, He said, “Geez, Louise, Glennda, I’m telling ya, these effing rubes are gonna be the death of Me. When are they gonna wake the hell up and get with the Program? I laid it all out there for ‘em but they insist on ignoring Me.”
  
  “Yeah, J, tell me about it,” I said. “You should see the hate and bile on the Internet these days.”
  
  “Ugh, the Internet. Heres a tip, the Internet is the anti-Christ. There, now you know. Tell those goos eggs to quit worrying about gays and abortion and marijuana, for God’s sake, Marijuana? Really?”
  
  “Yeah, I know. Look, my clothes are almost dry. I gotta go, but we’ll talk again tomorrow, right?”
  
  “Always, G.”
  
  So there you have it.
  
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SirhanSirhan
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:42am
Someone from TheBlaze really needs to fix the headline for this story!

Proverbs 31:6-7 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

The Holy Bible condones his behavior.

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- louie louie
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:21pm
  Sorry, but I didn’t see anything in your Bible verses that support running stop signs, drinking and driving, and lying to others. But I do have to give him credit for owning up to his mistake after getting caught. At least he didn’t try to blame his problem on “sleep driving” with Ambien as the Kennedys like to do (both Patrick and Kerry Kennedy have made this claim).
  
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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:09pm
  It’s time you took a closer look at The Bible. The “wine” that was consumed on a regular basis, was nothing but grape juice. Freshly squeezed grapes.
  Drinking fermented grape juice, real “wine”, is a sin and is condemned in The Bible.
  
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- SirhanSirhan
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:58pm
  @ LEADNOTFOLLOW- Let’s take a closer look!:
  
  Genesis 19:32-36 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
  
  33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
  
  34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
  
  35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
  
  36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
  **********
  Genesis 9:20-27 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
  
  21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
  
  22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
  ***********
  
  John 2:7-8 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
  
  8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor…
  
  John 2:10 Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
  
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- Thomas.merrill
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:04am
  Wow, just wow. That’s what happens when someone who doesn’t actually read the scriptures tries to quote them. Did you read the whole chapter? Or at least the first ten verses? The entire first paragraph condemns drinking strong drink.
  
  And people wonder why there are nearly a thousand different denominations in this country. No one actually reads the book and the guy in the black bathrobe can say whatever he wants. The people will nod and agree. As long as people keep putting money in the plate, he won’t get fired.
  
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South Philly Boy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:39am
DC changes EVERBODY

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poster
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:28am
Politician = Liar

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jessieH
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:24am
Seven days? I lost mine for a year, here in Missouri.

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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:00am
  I thing the policy may be you lose them for 7 days.Then after the trial you lose them for a year.Unless you are a politician. And Some states may differ.
  
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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:22am
  Learn anything after that year?
  
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:11am
Drinking was the worst 15 years of my life. It can sure getcha in some crapo.. especially when it comes to affecting others. Our whole Government must be drinking, like Hota and Kathy lee, they start early. Always a bad start to the day… But by grace go us all.

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- Tractorboy
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:50am
  Amen Brother, you got that right. Merry Christmas
  
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:50am
Our sins always find us out! KJV Bible Numbers 32:23

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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:11pm
  Amen!
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:44am
“I accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever penalty comes my way in this matter.”

Seriously, when was the last time you heard a politician / elected official say something like this?
He sounds like a good man.

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- qpwillie
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:07am
  I’m not a Mormon but by far the most of them that I know are really good honest people who will go out of their way to help someone in need.
  
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- Trance
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:13am
  Tri-ox
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:44am
  
  “I accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever penalty comes my way in this matter.”
  
  Seriously, when was the last time you heard a politician / elected official say something like this?
  He sounds like a good man.
  ————–
  
  I can’t tell if you’re being ironic. But, just in case, I wanted to point out that Obama “accepts responsibility” for his actions all the time. It’s a standard line when people are caught doing wrong, and makes it easy for their supporters to say “see, he accepts responsibility”. It’s such a played out line, I’m surprised anybody buys it these days.
  
  If you are serious, you are a tool. You are no different than those simple-minded Obama supporters who can see no wrong in their guy.
  
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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:23am
  TRI OX . . . All. The. Time.
  
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- R-Paulson
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:51pm
  Did he have a choice?
  
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americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:36am
“The Mormon church prohibits the use of alcohol, as well as coffee, tea and other substances. About one-quarter of Idaho residents are Mormon.”
That is NOT true. While it is against our faith (THe Word of Wisdom) to drink alcohol, the church does not PROHIBIT the use of anything. You, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, get to choose what you personally will or will not do. Now, if you drink alcohol, then should not hold a temple recommend or a calling in the church. We are all sinners and need to repent for our forthcomings. We realize that we must live in this world, but we should not live of the world.
I wish the Senator the best in trying to repair his relationship with God and his family.

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- Polarized America
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:00am
  “The Mormon church prohibits the use of alcohol, as well as coffee, tea and other substances”
  like,,,,BEER <———That is NOT true.
  
  wow i still have a chance ..lol…./;-)
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:02am
  I am sure Mormons do not chop off people’s heads for backsliding…Unlike some other religion.
  
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lel2007
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:36am
Oh crap !

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Eastinfection
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:31am
I love it when hypocrisy is exposed.

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- jungle J
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:48am
  even in your perfect self?
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:55am
  Absolutely.
  
  Many are blind to their own hypocritical behaviors. If someone points out to me, a contradiction i am living, i am grateful for that blessing.
  I do not intentionally deceive, however, as this jerk did.
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:23am
  I Never had a Mormon tell me I cant drink. Hypocrisy is Bill Clinton going on after Sandra Fluke at the Democrat Convention,Ted Kennedy sticking up for women’s rights after killing one, Dianne Feinstein being militant anti-second amendment yet having a CCW,Obama criticizing Bush For wars declared by congress yet sending aid,fighter jets and arms to the Muslim Brotherhood…
  
  I Will be the first one to tell you smoking is bad for you as I light up. That does not make me a hypocrite.
  
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- QuincySmith
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:31am
  east;
  
  Romans 12:19 “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” Just sayin’
  
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- TreeTrimmerJim
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:40am
  Who’s?
  
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snappietx
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:11am
Evil is very powerful at this time . We all need to be reading our bibles and praying every moment needed. We are under fire ppl Christians and non Christians alike. You may obey the law and be basically a good person just not so much a bible thumping one. Listen up if the bible is not to your taste how about a prayer or two through out each day because EVIL is on its way to each and everyone one of us on a daily bases. Watch and read inspiring and uplifting materials keep your souls in the light, God Bless each and every one!

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- jcldwl
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:38am
  Agreed and find a church that offers good bible study classes and preaches the bible. Read the scriptures so you know for yourself what God wants for you. What’s that Glenn always says. Don’t take my word for it. Look it up yourself.
  
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circleDwagons
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:00am
Romney lost, why does the mormon bashing continue?

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:07am
  It’s more like Republican targeting – but I am so sick of these phony Congressmen and Senators who call themselves Conservative and then get caught living the life of the Commie-Crats ! There is so much corruption in our government it is sicking ! Time to clean the House again until we get some honest , wholesome people in !
  
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- realindependent
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:29am
  Has everything to do with the continuing hypocrisy of the conservative right wing. The religious we are better than you attitude. These republicans preach family values, traditional marriage, and bible thumping. Always get caught doing the wrong thing, then blame the devil,evil, and failure of society and liberalism.
  
  Yes it happens on the Democratic side, but they don’t preach about these issue’s. that’s why it’s so sickening when republicans do it.
  
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- jungle J
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:49am
  how is this mormon bashing?
  
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- jungle J
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:50am
  realindependent…you take such joy and energy bathing in another persons failure…that doesn’t seem to be normal or a asset…enjoy your hate fest.
  
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- CHROME_PLATED_HEART
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:40am
  You seem to be having a fine time yourself there, jungle. Go back home.
  
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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:24am
  What Mormon bashing? Who bashed Mormons during the campaign?
  
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- P8riot
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:01am
  Glennda … you’re kidding… right?
  
  In my line of work i deal with dui defendants everyday… not once have i asked what religion they belong to. THAT is why this is bashing his religion… its a thinly veiled attempt to imply that ‘mormons’ are hypocrites. Several of the comments here prove that some have even fallen for it.
  
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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:27am
  P8TRIOT . . . Circled wagons said, “Romney lost, why does the mormon bashing continue?” I asked who was bashing Mormons during the campaign. Still waiting o that one . . .
  
  Now you say this is a “thinly veiled attempt to imply that ‘mormons’ are hypocrites.” Well, this guy IS a hypocrite. And he said he doesn’t drink, which makes him a liar to boot.
  
  All pretty straightforward stuff. Don’t take it so personally.
  
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- GBarb
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:40pm
  Glenda – Who was Mormon bashing? Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Mathews, Ed Shultz – basically anyone who hosts a show for MSNBC, the Huffington Post a few times, and multiple assorted others.
  
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- P8riot
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:26pm
  @GLENNDA – I think you missed my point, it is one thing for someone to say that the individual professed not to drink but then got a DUI, but it is completely another thing to omit his name and rather simply give him the title of a ‘mormon senator’…
  
  Yes, to call him a hypocrite – as an individual – is accurate; but this article takes it one step further and essentially calls him a ‘mormon’ hypocrite… big difference.
  
  Just a couple quick examples for clarity – how would a headline come across if it read “Jewish Banker Caught Embezzling Money” … or … “Muslim Shooter Kills Co-Workers” – Such headlines are obviously intended to make an implication about the religion more than the individual.
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:18pm
  Realindependent – You mean Democrats don’t hypocritically preach tolerance, diversity, equality, accepting everybody and then doing the opposite?
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:59am
Regardless the party, or how hard any of them try, nobody can catch up with the Lion Of The Senate, Ted Kennedy when it comes to climbing into a bottle.
That being said, Crapo did something very stupid, and glad that he got caught. Now, he has to pay the price. If it costs him his seat, then so be it. I think that his constituents can and probably should find better representation.

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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:55am
  Ted Kennedy? You trot out Kennedy? How about Rush? Chewing oxy like Rolos.
  
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- A. James
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:32pm
  and did Rush drive someone off a bride and kill them, failing to report the incident until he was sobered up 24 hours later?
  
  I’d rather have my representative chewing oxy over killing someone while driving drunk. Also, Rush is a private citizen so your comparison is actually quite foolish (but I think you know that).
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:16pm
  A. JAMES, I was slow to get back to this story. I see that you beat me to it. While I did find it very disturbing that Rush did seek and use those drugs, he did overcome his addiction and did make a full recovery. And, did so without killing anybody. WANGO/PANTS, I often wonder just which drugs you might be high on?
  
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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:39pm
  A. James . . . a private citizen who is the most powerful person in the conservative movement. You want to make this a character issue, I’m all for it.
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:23pm
  Glennda – At least Rush Limbaugh doesn’t pass any laws that force me to be tolerant of others against my will.
  
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KingCanon
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:56am
Why do people drink at all? Why I ask?

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- lel2007
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:06am
  Thirst?
  
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- KingCanon
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:21am
  Have you not been introduced to water?
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:29am
  Why do people dance?
  Why do people hunt?
  Why do people drive race cars?
  Why does anyone do anything?
  
  Mostly because it makes them feel good.
  
  My question is: Why do some people get so interested in the choices other free individuals make?
  
  Probably because judging others makes them feel better about themselves.
  
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- KingCanon
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:40am
  Not sure where you are going with that one,
  however….mine was simply a question.
  Your statement is “probably” judgement?
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:59am
  You are right KING.
  
  I made the judgmental assumption that you were being judgmental.
  
  If you were merely curious, i apologize.
  
  The answer is still the same, though. People make most of their glutinous choices based on how they anticipate it will make them feel.
  
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- BrutalTruth
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:04am
  King, that idea will rattle around his head for awhile and probably get lost.
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:05am
  Ask Noah. He made Dean Martin look like a temperance moment.
  
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- TreeTrimmerJim
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:42am
  Because they can. Its a natural right called freedom of choice.
  
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DonaldH
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:56am
Well, I’m sure if I knew as much as he probably does as to what is in store for us, his culture, his race and our country,,, I’d have a couple stiff drinks myself….

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kickagrandma
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:53am
BENGHAZI, anyone?

Sorry for the man’s slip, but you know, GOD works in our slip ups if we let HIM. Discipline is so hard. The left should try it, often.

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- Glennda
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:27am
  No thank you. Religious hypocrisy anyone?
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:21pm
  Glennda – You mean you hatetheists aren’t hypocrites? You aren’t annoyingly shoving tolerance, diversity, equality, acceptance, and all of that other BS down our throats while practicing the opposite?
  
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freenj
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:49am
Ghost of Teddy mixing Crapo a mickey?

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- skimmer57
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:50am
  Nunyunuwi–I guess Crapo is going to call up George W. to see if he would like to go road drinking! What’s up with the Mormons? Utah leads the nation in the down load of porn and has for years. You give us Mitt now this. You should try to be like the southern Tea Par-tiers and by a rebel flag drink a couple of jars of illegal moonshine turn on some Ted Nugent and go hunting for some opossum with a gun that holds thirty rounds. Live a little. God Guns and Gold!
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:22pm
  Skimmer57 – Yet it’s still a better life than anything you Marxists have to offer. Which is just nothing but welfare bums and tolerance hypocrisy.
  
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Nunyunuwi
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:44am
Yep..oops… no ones perfect… however it would be interesting and I think factual if his name was say….Kennedy… if this would even be an issue… did not a younger Kennedy DUI and Crash into things not many years ago..then their is Ted Kennedy…

(Feeding Frenzy On the evening of July 19, 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts drove his Oldsmobile off a wooden bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, drowning his passenger, a young campaign worker named Mary Jo Kopechne. The senator left the scene of the accident, did not report it to the police for many hours, and according to some accounts considered concocting an alibi for himself in the interim.

At the time, Kennedy managed to escape severe legal and political consequences for his actions thanks to his family’s connections (which helped to contain the inquest and grand jury) and to a nationally televised “Checkers”-like speech broadcast a week after the accident. But virtually no journalist who has closely examined the evidence fully believes Kennedy’s story, and almost 30 years later, the tragedy still trails the senator.)

So drinking and driving never mix and if your a Kennedy well your protected..
Crapo is on his own bad judgement..however if he does claim to be an Active LDS Church goer..this is unfortunate & will be interviewed by his Bishop over the matter on the spiritual end of things, as thats the wrong type of ‘Spirits’ to be partaking of. for an active LDS member. Such is free agency of

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steve-in-pa
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:44am
And 0bama gives syria rebels ( some proven al-qeada/islamists fanatics) rockets, guns and money and not a peep of this on the MSM’s sites in the US, you have to read about what really went down in Benghazi in the Canadian Free Press. Sure he should not drink and drive and he is stupid for not getting a cab, but man… do your jobs and report the important news thats going on.

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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:10am
  Wow!
  
  I thought that i was the only cat out here who had seen Sun News’ Brian Lilley and his report on the run-up to Benghazi, the storming of the US Embassy at Cairo.
  
  Oddly enough, theblaze.com has never run that video. I wonder why?
  
  “ERemember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
  
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- steve-in-pa
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:50am
  I hate to be labeled a “tin foil hat” guy but it seems more and more you have to read foreign news sites to find out what really is going on within the US’s interests around the world. Either reporters are just carrying water for 0bama (probable) or are the “Benghazi” stories getting nixed( even on conservative sites) because the Government wants to keep people uninformed in order to quell any resistance to whatever their agendas are or might be. Oh, crap… i’m out of foil, lol.
  
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fedlibertarian
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:40am
Who gives a rat’s crapo? The country is being sold and stolen; we’re about to be turned into serfs! Our wise and benevolent leaders are hypocrites??? Noooooooooo! Shocker!

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- Mike76
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:17pm
  Agree. As a country, we seem to revel in focusing on the WRONG issues at the WRONG time. Let’s focus on what matters here and now, not whether a celebrity or politician has proved themselves to be only human. Everything we have believed in and trusted upon is collapsing around us, and people want to gossip about some drunk’s drinking problem.
  
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- Wigidy
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:22am
  I couldn’t agree more. I’ve heard it said that you slowly lose your soul in Congress. I’ve watched this man slowly deteriorate over the last few years. Being my Senator, I’m still mad at him for treading on American’s liberties by voting for the National Defense Authorization Act. I have never forgiven him for that.
  
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starman70
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:06am
OOOOOPS!

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