OF COURSE: Republican Sponsor of Bill Requiring Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Arrested for DUI

[kpete]

SUN JAN 15, 2012 AT 06:27 AM PST
OF COURSE: Republican Sponsor of Bill Requiring Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Arrested for DUI
byThe TroubadourFollowforWriting by David Harris Gershon

Kip Smith, who is co-sponsor of a bill requiring that public assistance recipients be tested for drug abuse, has been arrested and charged with DUI.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20112012/HB/464

“I observed the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Mr. Smith’s breath,” [Officer] Kramer said in his report. “He advised me he was a state representative and gave the name ‘Kip Smith.'”

Smith, whose given name is John Andrew Smith, first told the officer he had not consumed any alcoholic beverages.

“I asked him again, and he stated he had consumed a single beer at Hal’s. I noticed also that Mr. Smith’s eyes were watery, and I asked him to exit the vehicle, which he did,” Kramer said in the report.

Smith told the officer he’d had the beer 45 minutes earlier, and the officer asked him to blow into a hand-held “intoximeter”. The officer said the lawmaker refused, stating he would prefer to go to a clinic or the hospital to get tested.

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/state-rep-kip-smith-1302153.html

[tabasco]

1. Typical puke hypocrisy.

Maybe we should drug test state legislators and kick them off the dole if they test positive or get a DUI.

[Meeker Morgan]

2. And this proves it's a bad idea ... how? n/t

[Tunkamerica]

3. It doesn't prove it. It is a bad idea. The sponsor is a drunk driver. Hypocrisy is common.

[Stratetalker]

8. Get real with yourself before asking it of others

It smacks of hubris. 'Ah hell no you cannot get any assistance for you or your family til you piss in a Dixie cup, but I can do a well bottle of Grey Goose and drive through a busy intersection cause I'm a lawmaker.' Jesus h. Christ

[Wind Dancer]

16. +1

[FarLeftFist]

19. Yeah, meanwhile HE gets taxpayer subsidies for healthcare and his SALARY!

Which equals ALOT MORE than any welfare recipient gets.

[roody]

27. It doesn't. We already knew it was a

bad idea because it invades privacy and discriminates against the poor.

[TheMastersNemesis]

4. Irrelevant

As far as the media is concerned GOP hatred, racism and hypocrisy is irrelevant to any discussion. It is okay when Republicans or conservatives do it. It is part of the double standard that now infects this country.

A Democrat or progressive person or institution or group who does anything even minor is pilloried endlessly. Republicans and right wingers are "natural born pathological liars". It is just their nature like a rabid dog.

[Meeker Morgan]

14. If someone getting public assistance is on drugs, how are they paying for the drugs? n/t

[WillyT]

17. Rep. Smith Gets A Paycheck From The Public, How Is He Paying For The Alcohol?

How is he gonna pay his lawyer for his illegal drinking and driving?

[Meeker Morgan]

24. I'm trying to examine the issue on it's merits ...

... and I am not an elected official with a DUI.

Is that all it's about? Playing 'gotcha'?

[NutmegYankee]

29. Once paid the money is yours.

You may purchase anything that is legal without restriction.

[WillyT]

30. Once The Money It Is Paid... IT IS YOURS...

You may purchase anything that is legal, OR Illegal...

That's the way of the world.

[FarLeftFist]

20. Most still actually work. Also, when one state tried this 98.4% were drug-free and it wasted money.

Because it costs the state money to pay for the drug testing. Needless to say, they scrapped it.

[roody]

28. I have two friends that insist on giving

me pot on a regular basis. Not that pot is a drug; it is a natural herb.

[TheMastersNemesis]

22. Irrelevant Addendum

All the hypocrisy of the GOP and RW is irrelevant to the debate. To the corporate owned media It does not matter how hypocritical or absurd the behavior is, they always seem to get a free pass. And that is the problem because in this post truth and post fact era it does not matter how absurd, hateful or far from reality the GOP is the media sees its role to justify that hypocrisy or pass it off as unimportant. That is it is it is unimportant unless it involves a democrat or progressive.

It is about political derangement of the most dangerous sort. It is because it is about what people believe no matter how insane or murderous that belief is. It is the same sort of environment that allowed something like the holocaust to happen in Germany. The rhetoric is very incendiary, racist and proviolence against anyone who does not accept ALL the right wing's believe system. To believe that the GOP would not instigate a pogrom if it had the power is to ignore a danger that must be challenged. The Gingrich code words on liberal minded people is that they must be exterminated.

The GOP strategy is based on total lies and there is a media that is willing to collaborate in that agenda.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

23. this is exactly wh at infuriates me, too

And I see the similarities to the rise of the Third Reich...the media that enabled its rise, the manipulation, the hoodwinking of the German public with false information.

[Historic NY]

5. Karma.........it bites sometimes

[kpete]

6. exactly!

peace, kpete

[warrior1]

7. he had a lot more than two drinks to get

Last edited Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:16 AM - Edit history (1)

to .090 >

more like 5 to 6

[think]

9. He later blew .099 & .100

He was given two more breath tests, and Smith blew a .099 and then a .100, “well over the legal limit,” the report said...

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/state-rep-kip-smith-1302153.html

And not surprisingly he also lied about when had his last drink:

The officer said Smith then told him he’d had a beer 15 minutes earlier, instead of the 45 minutes he had said previously. Smith then allegedly failed a “walk-and-turn” test and a “one-leg-stand” test...

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/state-rep-kip-smith-1302153.html

[RiffRandell]

10. And you know what can be terms of your probation here in GA

if convicted of DUI? Drug testing----including alcohol.

[The Straight Story]

11. K&R(nt)

[bvar22]

12. ..but he asked the baby jebus for forgiveness,

and was shown the light and was saved,
.....so its ALL Good NOW!
In fact, that DUI was the Bestest thing that EVER happened to him!

[bluestate10]

18. Tebow could have used help from Baby Jesus last night.

As things turned out, humanity won as God once again didn't get involved in an athletic contest.

[surfdog]

26. I believe the Lord was involved

And was defeated

[Broderick]

13. lmao

[FarLeftFist]

15. H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y!!!!

[Trillo]

21. This is kind of interesting. Legislation based upon psychological projection.

I guess that legislative concept would also work for class warfare.

[malaise]

25. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahaha

the sweet smell of typical ReTHUG hypocrisy early in the morning

[Worried senior]

31. I see this as

sweet justice for the hypocrites.

[Proles]

32. Color me surprised (not really) nt