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Vito Fossella of Staten Island, a Juris Doctor of Law and one of the grownups in charge since 1997 – with a zero rating from the ACLU – was convicted of drunk driving in Virginia on Friday.
The famously "tough on crime" STBX Congressman attempted to have the results of his sobriety test thrown out because when he was asked to recite the alphabet
"it started at the letter ‘D’ as opposed to the letter ‘A.’" They also argued that Fossella was able to keep "his leg in the air, during the one-legged stand test, for 20 seconds, even though he swayed during it and needed to put his arms out to maintain balance."
Rep. Fossella (R-NY) is considering appealing for a jury trial, on the basis that the common man would be more sympathetic to the argument that a lawmaker with an advanced degree in law should not be asked to remember what comes after D without a head start (for the record, he forgot two letters).
Click through on that link for Roy’s summation of the saga of the Republican party meltdown in Staten Island post-Vito. It’s a doozy.
FDL coverage of his difficulties here and here; a bit of the NY13 meltdown here.
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Darrell Issa and Vito Foessella truly do look alike. And since they’re both evil, neither gets to claim to be the good twin.
Will he be sentenced to jail? prosecution wants 5 days.
Appropriate to the season, Rs are falling like leaves from the trees.
Oh and Julia? You know that the definition of “Civil Libertarian” is a Conservative Republican who is under investigation.
Are there enough waaambulances to go around?
Speaking of waaambulances, Limbaugh’s attacking Colin Powell. The Republic frenzy is just atarting and won’t be pretty.
Or if you prefer, “The Republic frenzy is just starting…”
Only gonna get worse after election and inauguration if Obama & Joe win.
Not unexpected. it’s a ChiTrib paper which already did it. Endorsed McCain & Hillary in primaries.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com…..9353.story
Thanks Julia.
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The Republic frenzy doesn’t bother me. We have put up with their snits for way too many years and look what it got us. I think the Dems should ignore them whenever possible and fight them every time they can’t ignore them. Who care what they think? If we have Prez, House, and Senate we can do great things.
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This is an outrage. Drunk driving laws, like bankruptcy, are for the little people.
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The Republican feeding frenzy of their own doesn’t bother, Touchscreen voting machines and Republican County Clerks do…
One of the County clerks in question, is named Waybright… You just can’t make this sh*t up…! ;-)
Creeps! I mean that I don’t care what they say or how many temper tantrums they throw. I most certainly care about what they DO, especially stealing votes.
I swear they’re deluded…
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He’s a thug and he won’t be missed. Sweep the bastards down the drain…. while they complain and complain and complain.