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A Breath of Fresh Air

By Lawrence Taylor

In today’s Is-the-tide-turning department, this from the Ron Paul blog: Cuccinelli and Drunk Driving Laws Drunk driving laws don't often come up as a campaign issue, but when they do my reaction isn't always what the person who brings them up in a campaign usually intends. DUI law in our country is chock full of gross violations of Constitutional rights, so I find myself impulsively sympathetic to the candidate accused of being 'weak on drunk driving.' This is because being 'weak on drunk driving' inevitably refers to an apparent unwillingness to further demolish the rights of citizens who might be accused of drunk driving. This is playing out in Virginia where Republican Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli is being attacked by his Democratic opponent for 'consistently voted against tougher penalties for drunk drivers...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on January 08, 2010 (boomark / email).