THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE ALLOWED ITSELF TO BE SLIMED TODAY BY ONE OF ITS OWN MEMBERS, AND AIDED AND ABETTED BY OTHER MEMBERS AND RIGHT-WING FOLLOWERS. IT IS HORRIFICALLY UNFUNNY. THE USUAL CLOWN SHOW IS NOW, UNDENIABLY, A SHIT SHOW. #idleg #idpol

GOOD PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY MORTIFIED AND FURIOUS AT ALL OF WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. THE ONGOING INCAPACITY OF #idleg TO EXHIBIT BASIC DECENCY AND HUMANITY WAS THERE FOR ALL TO SEE. IT WAS, AS THEY SAY, SHOCKING BUT NOT SURPRISING, BUT ALSO THOROUGHLY DISGUSTING.

TODAY'S VON EHLINGER FIASCO CAN BE IMPUTED TO LEADERSHIP. A CULTURE OF POWER-GRABBING CRUELTY AND INDECENCY HAS BEEN FESTERING IN #idgop / #idleg FOR SOME TIME, AND TODAY'S SHAMEFULNESS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE UNWILLINGNESS OF ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE EASY OBVIOUS SHORT-TERM ACTIONS THAT CAN HELP: REP. VON EHLINGER, FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD BE GONE BY THE END OF THE DAY; #idleg SHOULD STOP FUCKING AROUND, FINISH THEIR BUSINESS, AND ADJOURN SINE DIE ASAP. BUT THAT'S JUST BASIC FIRST AID. THE #idleg NEEDS EXORCISM.

IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER, I GUESS, BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS IDAHO LEADERS WHO WILL NEED TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND ASK THEMSELVES SOME DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?

AND THE REST OF US NEED TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. THERE ARE TOO MANY SMART PEOPLE DOING GOOD THINGS FOR IDAHO TO HAVE THIS SHIT-SHOW OF A STATE GOVERNMENT.