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January 30, 2012 10:25 PM UTC
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
for doing those things which I do not hereby admit to doing. I am not above the law, but clearly I am.
Man, that just makes it worse.
She invoked an archaic law that apparently all state legislators know by rote, one which the rest of us lowly citizens were completely unaware of.
No one can ever definitively prove if she was drunk or not after the fact. Even if you could, a DIU conviction does not necessarily preclude someone from continuing to work, unless you’re a pizza delivery or ambulance driver.
It’s over. She used her Get out of Jail Free card.
and the apology itself has a complete coveryourassiness tone to it. Remorse, no. Coveryourassiness, yes.
That should be the word of 2012 and with all of the campaigns going on, it probably deserves to be.
Truly a word for the ages.
Thanks, FDN!
CYA
You must have meant Cognac. No?
Than truthiness!
whether she should resign.
I prefer that politicians should have their day in court before being asked to resign. Obviously, the way this played out makes it virtually impossible – they didn’t take her in for the breathalyzer test, and it’s far too late to demonstrate if she was too intoxicated to drive. The best proof they could have now is if she tells them how much she drank, over what period of time, and how much time elapsed between her last drink and when she got behind the wheel.
I think it comes down to whether this interferes with her ability to do her job as a representative. It definitely will for the short term, but if the change in perception is much deeper and becomes a long term issue, then yes, she should step down.
standard” she wants to be held to . . . can anyone say “implied consent”?
I’ll let her conscience, or lack thereof, be her guide on resignation. But, if her license hasn’t yet been suspended for vilating the implied consent civil contract, then I want to know why the hell not.
she invoked the law so she wouldn’t get a DWI, and now wants to insist that she didn’t receive any special treatment.
Hyprocrisy. IOKIYAR.
Thank you.
Kind of begs for a retort such as “At least Laura Bradford didn’t kill anyone.” I think it’s despicable that, attorney’s advice or not, Williams has never taken any responsibility (at least not in public) for getting someone killed as her lousy judgement in not insisting that her son quit acting like a reckless moron, causing what could only have been major distraction and endangering her grandchildren and everyone else on the road, surely did. She’s damn lucky it wasn’t one or both of her own grandchildren. I wish she had had the grace to resign in contrition.
Wish we had more information. With more info we’d know if she has an ongoing drinking problem that interferes with serving in the legislature.
She absolutely should have had to go through the entire process (breath or blood test), arrest if appropriate, perhaps losing her license. Should she have gone to Detox instead of home by cab? I’d like a timeline — where was she all those hours after official business ended for her that day? how much did she drink? But without more info from the DPD and/or Rep Bradford, probably not possible to know the full story.
I have little sympathy for people who drive drunk – far too much tragedy results from that.
Should she resign? I think so.
But if she doesn’t, then it’s up to the voters in her district to decide.
However, she might resign for other reasons. There was talk last year that she might want to run for County Commissioner. The pay is better and there’s less travel. Plus, she’s been redistricted out of her district.
It’s getting kind of late for that, however.
Still, there’s some poetry there. She could become the Commission’s Designated Scofflaw now that Craig Meis is term limited.
Doesn’t quite fit with her apology. Need something a bit more dramatic, like Beethoven.
I don’t know what it was. I got rid of most of it with the crossfade, but it was definitely in the original .wmv file.
I was actually anticipating a swelling background score when she reached the epoch of her non-apology apology.
And probably should have. Maybe something from “La boheme?”
Or I could have put an expander/noise gate on the audio track to bury whatever that music was.
But I just wanted to hack up that hour-and-a-half of the session and get the Bradford part on the web as soon as possible.
I actually think that may be elevator music being piped in on the floor of the Capitol. Someone who hangs out at there can probably correct me if I’m wrong.
I just wish our State Legislators would all come with there own personal theme songs. If this is hers, it sucks.
I always liked Dante Bichette’s walk-up music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Dante’s part starts at 0:21.
At least, it runs in my head. And no, I’m not going to tell you what it is. And yes, I acknowledge it may be weird and I might be sorry I just admitted that.
is that it’s the “One Day At a Time” theme.
“A three hour tour”
Hair of the Dog – Nazareth??
Wouldn’t Middle of the Road be a better guess? Which it also isn’t but hey, it is a great tune and fits with my blog name theme perfectly.
My Way
and switch to that. I do like things My Way.
wondrous relationship–I’ve never listened to Nazareth in my entire life.
Do you still love me just the way I am?
. . . sometimes love demands a terrible, awful price.
Still . . . give it a listen . . .
you just might decide to change your tune.
I actually kind of like it. Wow, now I feel sort of bad for bashing them. Well, come to think of it, not that bad…
Please note that I did actually listen to the whole damn thing–just for you.
And it doesn’t have “Fuck off” anywhere in it, which is why I thought of “Precious.”
The idea of MOTR having a theme song in her head. And admitting it!
This is the official legislative function she used to get out of a DUI charge? A fucking LOBBYIST HAPPY HOUR AT A BAR?!
Resign. Now…
To ask the City of Denver to charge her with DUI and then immediately plead guilty to it. That would be following through on her statement she wants to be treated the same.
Then the question becomes, is a DUI generally considered sufficient cause to resign. I know in Boulder we had a City Council member caught driving while stoned and most in Boulder were comfortable with him serving out his term, but not running for reelection.
???
To be gone for three hours. 🙂
and to her consituents. The Leg had suspended business for the day unless they were gaveled in to belly up at the Prohibition then she misstated the circumstances and the facts. Sorry but the weekly lobbyist happy hour is NOT official business — so perhaps she can explain that reasoning in her next presser.
We need to wait for a confirmed report that this is where she was, but if that’s true it does not look good for her.
Kudos to Speaker McNulty for taking quick action to remove Rep. Bradford from her committee chairmanship. If the facts continue to go against her, she may better serve her constituents by resigning, like Sen. Suzanne Williams (D) should have resigned.
Kudos to the state GOP for cutting loose of her (I assume your comments mean the decision has been made).
is better than none to you, right AGOP?
What needs to be done is to make sure that no legislator can ever pull this shit again.
And your attempted Williams analogy is self-serving and transparent. Williams at least had her case heard by a grand jury. Bradford didn’t even submit to a blood alcohol test.
Better luck with your next legislator next time.
One of the official rules of the GOP Tool Handbook is, Never condemn or criticize a Republican without inserting a condemnation or criticism of a Democrat. Clean admissions of guilt and taking responsibility aren’t the Republican Way.
sometimes you can dance your way out of the rap:
Once again, being Black in this country is just not the same as beign old, white and elected. I am really sick of these people! Really sick to death.
The really messed up part is no one is going to do anything. They will keep drinking and driving. They will keep sleeping around. They will keep embezzling our money. They will keep making money off of votes in Congress (insider trading, yeah right “blind trust” run by best friends that they NEVER speak to about business and votes) sure why wouldn’t we believe that.
The are all organized mafia and they will do what they want. And you will do nothing…but vote for them.
So you don’t vote?
According to the Denver Post Blogspot Jan 19, 2012. Re: A resolution to repeal Obama care.
Bradford voted against the repeal.
“Bradford later said she’d made a mistake.
‘I was distracted,’ she said, and voted the wrong way.”
Speaking as a person who rarely forgives a Republican No. It was stupid. Thank God there was not accident where someone was hurt. American’s are forgiving people. Leave it to Her constituients to decide this issue.
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/not-above-law-bradford-tells-house-session/
It’s hard to imagine how this ends well for her. I wonder who the new Republican rep from Mesa County will be? If she can hold on until Nov, I think Craig and Janet will need jobs…
Must read:
http://www.denverpost.com/opin…
I’m surprised that the Denver PD didn’t beat the crap out of her….but then again, she’s not black, hispanic or gay….
I’ve been meaning to pop in there for a beer, myself, since it’s opened. I won’t be driving there, though.
to be more a straight gin or vodka drinker . . . probably doubles.
KDVR says they plan to stream it.