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McGavick misstated details of DUI arrest (WA Senate race update)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^
| September 2, 2006
| Neil Modie
Posted on 09/02/2006 4:23:35 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick ran a red light, reeked of alcohol, failed a roadside sobriety test and fell asleep during police processing on a 1993 drunken-driving charge, according to a Maryland police report.
The report was obtained Friday from the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department. It suggests that McGavick, a Republican running against Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell this fall, was less candid than he seemed when he disclosed the previously unknown arrest on his campaign Web site Aug. 24.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 2006; dui; mcgavick
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To: sionnsar; RabidBartender; Soul Seeker; OregonRepublican; Salvation; fieldmarshaldj; ...
Why didn't anybody know this before he became a candidate? It seems that the GOP does a poor job of vetting candidates for public office.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:27:54 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Clintonfatigued
Sadly, this will be the story in Seattle until the election.
McGavick already had a uphill climb. Now the press will see to it he is recognized for one thing on Election Day: a DUI.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:28:02 PM PDT
by
TitansAFC
("Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead.")
To: Clintonfatigued
Honestly, we just can't catch a break this year. But then I guess this tells you the level at which the Dem's opposition research is operating and the degree to which the media refuses to report anything negative about any Democratic candidate that it seems Republican Senate and House candidates are catching so much flack.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:30:33 PM PDT
by
MikeA
(Not voting out of anger in November is a vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House)
To: TitansAFC
I wonder if he were to find out that he was a distant cousin
to the Kennedy's, if it might not work in his favor....
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:32:37 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
()..If the media doesn't report it, did it really happen ?..()
To: MikeA
True. However, McGavick should have expected this to come up before he decided to be a candidate. The GOP needs to improve its candidate-vetting process.
It looks to me that Diane Telebius would have been a better candidate.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:33:00 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Clintonfatigued
It happened 13 years ago. Of course if he was Ted Kennedy, he'd be forgiven already. At least he didn't drown a poor girl.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:35:04 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: MikeA
If you're not a Kennedy, You can't get away with driving drunk and not taking a breathalizer test. You also won't get a ride home from the cops that respond. Oh, and if this happened in 1993, why is it news now?
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:35:04 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Father of an American Soldier)
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:40:46 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69; sionnsar
It is not too late for McGavick to quit and a replacement to be found?
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:42:47 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Clintonfatigued
This is simply awful. This seat is a done deal. The Pubbie dumbly trimmed as to his "confession." Total candor is king; McGavick did simply did not get that memo, or if he did, did not read it. Stick a fork in him.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:46:24 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: Libertina; trustandhope; lonevoice; Paperdoll; Maynerd; Bobsvainbabblings; moneypenny; ...
Thanks to
Clintonfatigued for the ping.
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this ping list.
Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:48:14 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs |)
To: Clintonfatigued
Gee, if it was okay for Bobbe Bridge to remain on the bench, what's the problem here?
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:48:56 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs |)
To: Alex1977; RobFromGa; dangus
This is lousy news, that's for sure.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:49:34 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Clintonfatigued
Much ado about nothing. What do you expect the Seattle media to focus on??!! It's only an issue if you allow the frickin' media to make it one!
What is with you people up there in the proximity of the Puget Sound?? We are talking about events that took place in 1993. If Washington Republicans allow Mike McGavick to be shot down in flames by the Seattle Media over something like this, they they frickin' deserve Maria Cantwell, and the complaining about her up there ought to stop!
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:49:50 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout hearts!!)
To: sionnsar
Bobbe Bridge isn't voting on public policy.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:50:34 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Bean Counter
The GOP candidate trimmed when describing what happened. In fact, his characterization was factually inaccurate. His errant characerization of the facts, happened not in 1993, but last week, revealing a lack of candor, or, to be generous, his Panglossian veneer with which he chose to affix over the rather uglier truth. He's done. It's over.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:55:54 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: SoldierDad
Drunk driving for Republicans - scandalous! Drunk driving for Patches Kennedy - ho hum.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:56:14 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Clintonfatigued
Should have added a < / sarc tag.
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:57:15 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs |)
To: Clintonfatigued
It seems that the GOP does a poor job of vetting candidates for public office.
Is a pig's ass pork?
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posted on
09/02/2006 4:58:35 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
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