WA: GOP Senate Challenger McGavick Reveals Drunken Driving Incident

[UpInArms]

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2006/08/29/71769.htm

Republican U.S. Senate challenger and former Safeco CEO Mike McGavick, in a remarkable confession of what he called his personal and political shortcomings, revealed a drunken driving incident and discussed his divorce, a political dirty trick and payroll slashing at his old insurance company, Safeco.

The divorce, his regret over an earlier campaign tactic, and layoffs at Safeco Insurance Co. had all been noted in previous campaign coverage. Word of the DUI in 1993 was new, as was his overall decision to publicly discuss his shortcomings.

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McGavick, who retired from Safeco to run against Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, formerly was campaign director for Republican Slade Gorton's successful Senate run in 1988. He later served as Gorton's Senate chief of staff and then became a consultant and lobbyist for the insurance industry and finally a top leader of two insurance companies.

Cantwell edged Gorton from office six years ago. Cantwell allies have criticized McGavick's tenure at Safeco and his "golden parachute" of $28 million as he left the company where he sacked part of the work force.

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A look at his confessions:

...more...

[Greeby]

1. Is it me, or is the Repukes entire Senate lineup for this year imploding?

:popcorn:

[panader0]

2. It scares me when they start telling the truth.

[SeattleVet]

3. Gee, he doesn't mention this over on his "MySpace" page.

Buy he does reveal that he really digs The Libertines, Green Day, and The Clash, and that his heroes are Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Batman (seriously!)

http://www.myspace.com/mikemcgavick

[maxsolomon]

6. no way he likes the Libertines

that makes me puke.

it also turns my stomach to watch the GOP fun left this year. 'party doesn't matter' my ass.

[warrens]

4. Smart tactic

They knew this would come out in Sept. or Oct., so they got out in front. It's still a big negative, but not as big as if it came from Cantwell. Still, that's a lot of skeletons, and his lobbyist background is going to be pretty easy to exploit.

[yellowcanine]

5. "Innoculation" only works if there are not more festering scabs.

So one has to wonder - is McGavick spilling all or is this a "modified limited hangout" as Dick Nixon would say?

[kurtyboy]

7. DUPE-

McGavick (WA GOP candidate for Senate) reveals '93 DUI charge

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2474630

[rustydog]

8. He is trying a preemptive apology tactic

McGavick is trying to be more human by admitting mistakes and errors in judgement.if I were the incumbent,I'd point out the number of huge lapses in judgement and his errors that cost 1200 more jobs than he told staff at Safeco would be lost...or did he do the Bush-type CEO thing and simply lie because no one in the organization had any power to call him on the 1200 more lie?

I'd hammer the point that this man has a history of bad judgements that put people at risk and cost jobs, do you want him making the same type of decisions in Olympia and DC?