[raccoonradio]

Howie Carr list ping. He ran several times for office. I think one time he was doing a radio interview for WBUR
via cellphone and his car got into a fender bender.

I also think he claimed that he was an extra in the filming of “Jaws”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_E._Robinson

>>Jack E. Robinson III is a Republican politician from Massachusetts. He ran for the United States Senate in 2000 against Ted Kennedy (Democratic) and Carla Howell (Libertarian), losing to Kennedy. He ran for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 2002 losing to William F. Galvin, and for US House of Representatives in Massachusetts’s 9th district in 2006, losing to Stephen Lynch.

>>During his 2000 Senate run, Robinson’s own website published “The Robinson Report”, a report that explains every incident in his life that he thought might be fodder for attacks. The report included an ex-girlfriend’s restraining order against him (which was dropped), a drunken driving charge (also dropped after he passed a breathalyzer test), and an arrest for failing to pay a speeding ticket.
The report led to Robinson being disowned by Massachusetts Republican Governor Paul Cellucci as well as the State Republican Party.

[raccoonradio]

Robinson ran for Steve Lynch's seat and got 25 per cent of the vote. His website is still up.

site

[Vigilanteman]

The report included an ex-girlfriend’s restraining order against him (which was dropped), a drunken driving charge (also dropped after he passed a breathalyzer test), and an arrest for failing to pay a speeding ticket.

Notably absent from this list is knocking up a staffer then driving her off the end of a bridge to drown while he swam away and spent the next several hours in consultation with advisors on how best to spin the incident.

Didn't Massachusetts once have a senator who did all that and was lionized by the media for his outstanding public service?

[GOPsterinMA]

Oh...God...no!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I think one time he was doing a radio interview for WBUR via cellphone and his car got into a fender bender.

I'm purt shore that that was WHDH, and he was talking to Howie at the time. I heard it live. I never listen to 'BUR 'cept for Car Talk. Howie was on 'HDH before all the call sign scrambling, when the radio station and TV station got sold to different entities. The radio station changed call signs to avoid confusion. ('HDH was 850, which is now WEEI, which used to be 590 and had an all news format, then WEEI 590 went all business and who knows what they're doing now. WEEI 850, of course, is sports talk and they took over the Red Sox from sister station WRKO.)