Union-Endorsed Politician Caught in Drunk Driving Scandal: Is This News?

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State Sen. Roy Ashburn’s contributions from California labor unions raised eyebrows last year, but now that he’s been busted for DUI all that anyone seems to care about is that Ashburn is a Republican:

The veteran Kern County lawmaker was spotted weaving at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and was pulled over, said Sgt. Rick Campbell of the CHP in Sacramento.
He had bloodshot, watery eyes and smelled of alcohol, Campbell said, and completed a field sobriety test at the scene, at 13th and L streets, Campbell said.
Campbell said the black Chevrolet Tahoe Ashburn was driving was a state car. He said an adult male was also in the vehicle but since he was not arrested, the CHP wouldn’t release much information about him. . . .

And the report that Ashburn was drunk-driving home from a gay nightclub in Sacramento? Maybe Ashburn is a California version of what Floridians call a “Charlie Crist Republican.” NTTAWWT.

Whatever the facts of the case, Ashburn is still one dead campaign aide short of a “Camelot legacy.” Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.

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