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McGavick misstated details of DUI arrest
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Sep 02, 2006 09:11am |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| News Date | Saturday, September 2, 2006 03:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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.
What may have looked like a smart pre-emptive strike -- airing potentially damaging information about his past before his political enemies could dig it up -- might now become campaign fodder for them. Some observers suggested it could turn what had seemed like candor against him.
"If you're going to go the confession route in politics, make sure it's a full and accurate confession," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "Otherwise, you're defeating your own purpose and you're going to create a second spate of worse stories, which is exactly what (McGavick) has done." |
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