Cantwell's GOP opponent admits being a lying weasel

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McGavick comes clean on ‘mistakes,’ arrest for DUI
PAUL SAND; The News Tribune
Published: August 25th, 2006 01:00 AM

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike McGavick revealed Thursday through an “open letter” posted on his campaign blog that he’d been arrested for drunken driving in 1993.

In the lengthy posting, the former Safeco Insurance chief executive officer also writes about “the very worst and most embarrassing things” in his life, including:
• He was a “part-time” dad to his son, Jack, because of his divorce.
• As Republican Sen. Slade Gorton’s campaign manager in 1988, he ran an advertisement accusing Gorton’s opponent of supporting marijuana legalization, even though that statement was based on one inaccurate newspaper story.
• As head of Safeco, he told employees in 2002 there wouldn’t be more job layoffs, but several months later he laid off more workers.
“It’s obvious the way campaigns are conducted these days these kinds of things wind up being talked about,” McGavick said in a phone interview Thursday. “I thought that maybe I’d put it out there myself.”
He later added: “I have no illusion that I’m perfect, and here are four good examples of that.”
A spokeswoman for McGavick’s likely opponent, Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, declined to comment on his letter.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/6051713p-5310277c.html

[MrModerate]

1. However, he may have let the pus out of the boil . . .

By making these admissions now. Certainly he hopes so. I still think Cantwell can use them, because they aren't all "mistakes" per se, so much as reflections on his character.

[Generic Other]

2. Seems like running an insurance exec is a "mistake" all around

Insurance execs do not score very high on the trustworthiness scale. They are the ones we perceive as denying our claims, forcing us to fill out endless odious paperwork, displaying utter callousness to our needs...yeah that should be worth about 2 votes.

Cantwell's lucky. She may get a pass. She's started repudiating her war vote since Lieberman's primary defeat. That's a good sign.