Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#1

Posted: 6/19/11 at 5:47pm

I expect calls for his resignation from both sides of the aisle. Whether those calls will ever come is another story.


Idaho potato John McGee, who boasts on his website that he's the youngest member of his state's senate, celebrated Father's Day by engaging in some youthful indiscretions that he probably now very much regrets, as he sits in his Ada County Jail cell.

Seems McGee—Senate GOP Caucus Chairman, a past "Republican Legislator of the Year," and a self-described advocate of roads and bridges—allegedly ended up driving along one of his beloved motorways last night after one too many rounds of drinks (and perhaps one too many rounds of golf, the sport of sin and scandal):

According to the Ada County Sheriff's Office, McGee started the eventful night Saturday drinking in a golf course clubhouse. McGee left the clubhouse and began walking before coming to a Ford Excursion with a trailer hooked up. The SUV was unlocked with the keys inside. McGee got inside and drove away. At some point, McGee tried turning the vehicle and trailer around in a driveway near Overland and Victory in Boise. McGee was unsuccessful at turning around and the Excursion and trailer jack-knifed. McGee then exited the vehicle and walked back and forth a few times before climbing back in and going to sleep. Two witnesses in a nearby house were watching all of the events transpire and called police. When police arrived McGee told authorities he was on his way to Jackpot.
Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#2

Posted: 6/19/11 at 5:49pm

McGee wasn't injured, but a Breathalyzer test gauged his blood alcohol content at .15; he's been charged with drunken driving and suspicion of felony grand theft, and will be arraigned on Monday afternoon..

[TheatreDiva90016]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#2

Posted: 6/19/11 at 6:52pm

I bet his father is proud.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[best12bars]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#3

Posted: 6/19/11 at 7:48pm

I'm waiting for Goth to come on here and blame the liberals.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[FindingNamo]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#4

Posted: 6/19/11 at 11:07pm

It's not like he did something really dangerous, like consensual sexting.

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[Yawper]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#5

Posted: 6/19/11 at 11:49pm

I'll bet a lot of Congress critters already have DUIs / DWIs. They might go after him for the grand theft, though.

[Kad]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#6

Posted: 6/20/11 at 12:20am

It's not sexual, so it's okay!

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[romantico]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#7

Posted: 6/20/11 at 9:52am

Have any Republicans called for him to resign?

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

[madbrian]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#8

Posted: 6/20/11 at 10:43am

Is it really 'grand theft' if it's a Ford?

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#9

Posted: 6/20/11 at 5:39pm

I'm not surprised this isn't getting Weiner levels of attention in the LIBERAL MEDIA, but I'm disheartened it's getting virtually NO attention.

[romantico]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#10

Posted: 6/20/11 at 6:46pm

I'm sure Goth and Roxy are outraged.

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#11

Posted: 6/20/11 at 6:59pm

I can't wait for them to weigh in on this!

[best12bars]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#12

Posted: 6/20/11 at 7:44pm

Drunk driving is totally allowed in the GOP. In fact, it's expected. "Thou shalt not joyride while inebriated" is not even one of the ten commandments.

Just don't come at them with a virtual cyber-affair. That's reprehensible, and burning at the stake is in order.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Updated On: 6/20/11 at 07:44 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#13

Posted: 6/20/11 at 10:26pm

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#14

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:12pm

Apparently someone slipped him a mickey!

[romantico]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#15

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:20pm

Someone? Oh puh-lease! It MUST have been a liberal out to get him. What other explanation could there be?! He is the victim here!

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

Updated On: 6/21/11 at 12:20 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#16

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:21pm

And still, the mainstream media has more or less ignored this entire thing.

[Eris0303]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#17

Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:31pm

Is it really 'grand theft' if it's a Ford?

So-so Theft?

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[Dollypop]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#18

Posted: 6/22/11 at 12:32pm

After reading follow-up stories on this, I learned the Senator was barefoot and seemed to have been in a fight (there seems to be a cut on his chin in his mugshot). Had he been in a drunken brawl? His lawyer is suggesting there's a medical reason for this but that won't account that he tested DOUBLE for the legal blood alcohol level.

I think his arrest is just the tip of an iceberg.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[romantico]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#19

Posted: 6/22/11 at 12:45pm

Dolly,that is more information than I have heard. Appears the liberal media is not going to report on this story.

'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-

[Dollypop]

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride#20

Posted: 6/22/11 at 1:44pm

McGee is only a STATE senator and may be considered small peanuts to the media.

Here's a link to a story that gives more details
State Senator John McGee

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)