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To: i-node who wrote (801882)	8/16/2014 12:38:15 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570240

I am not condoning drunk driving. However, drunk driving could consist of driving after having two mixed drinks with liquor. We are all guilty of that at least once in our lives. No where does it state she's an alcoholic. Of course then there are the other pertinent facts in the case. She was a Dem in a state where it would be better to be a criminal on the lam than a Dem. She headed an agency that identified corruption in the state. Many of those corrupt pols singled out by her agency were Rs. Apparently, Perry was under scrutiny. So........the story gets more interesting and complicated. And not that its a huge loss for this country.....on the contrary...........but Mr. Perry chances of running for president are pretty much out the window. But you've still got Rubio and Christie and Paul....so knock yourselves out. >> That's harsh. She was busted for drunk driving; not murder. My brother was murdered by a drunk driver (murdered, as in the man backed his truck over my brother's injured body in order that he could leave the scene; all of Mike's ribs were broken and and internal organs were destroyed in the process). It was the driver's first DWI, but testimony at trial was he had been driving that road home drunk for years. That night, he missed the turn and took a life. I have to say that as a kid I drove intoxicated, sometimes severely, many times. At that time it wasn't as big a deal as it is now, legally, but we've evolved on the subject. Today, it is a very serious crime, and a DA who commits that crime knows it. In my mind, for a public official to have done that -- particularly a DA -- ought to be instant grounds for dismissal. Period. And she clearly thought it was at the time of the arrest. I don't know if Perry did the right thing or not, but in reflecting on it, he clearly felt strongly about it. For some nitwit to try to prosecute him for it is sheer politics. I hope MADD goes after the guy.