Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride
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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
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Posted: 6/19/11 at 5:49pmMcGee 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..
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Posted: 6/19/11 at 6:52pmI bet his father is proud.
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Posted: 6/19/11 at 7:48pmI'm waiting for Goth to come on here and blame the liberals.
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Posted: 6/19/11 at 11:07pmIt's not like he did something really dangerous, like consensual sexting.
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Posted: 6/19/11 at 11:49pmI'll bet a lot of Congress critters already have DUIs / DWIs. They might go after him for the grand theft, though.
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Posted: 6/20/11 at 12:20amIt's not sexual, so it's okay!
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Posted: 6/20/11 at 9:52amHave any Republicans called for him to resign?
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Posted: 6/20/11 at 10:43amIs it really 'grand theft' if it's a Ford?
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Posted: 6/20/11 at 5:39pmI'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.
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Posted: 6/20/11 at 6:46pmI'm sure Goth and Roxy are outraged.
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Posted: 6/20/11 at 6:59pmI can't wait for them to weigh in on this!
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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.
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Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:12pmSenator 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!
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Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:21pmAnd still, the mainstream media has more or less ignored this entire thing.
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Posted: 6/21/11 at 12:31pm
Is it really 'grand theft' if it's a Ford?
So-so Theft?
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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.
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Posted: 6/22/11 at 12:45pmDolly,that is more information than I have heard. Appears the liberal media is not going to report on this story.
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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
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