Comments on: State Senator Sits In Slammer

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:42:10 +0000

I heard his second job was delivering newspapers for the Statesman. So his wife didn’t miss him.

By: Just Thinkin

Just Thinkin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:24:12 +0000

Why would McGee be out at 4:00AM with no shoes and his feet and legs all beat up? Was he perhaps caught in a place he had no business and had to leave quickly and leave his shoes and socks behind in order to make a quick exit?

Did his wife call the cops to report him MIA and delinquent from the home?

I know my wife would be frantic if I went out for a round of golf and was not home or had called her to explain where I was and what I was doing.

This whole thing has a bad smell.

EDITOR NOTE–perhaps he was peddling papers or listening to gospel music while looking for new park land.

By: dog

dog — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:16:25 +0000

I think it is just fine to point out partisanship in this case. this state is probably the most partisan state in the union. If McGee’s crime is sanitized by the courts and the media, and it all blows over, I suppose those holier than thou folk will feel justified that justice has been served.

Do you really think some unemployed blue collar worker would get the same treatment as Republican Senator Wonder Boy in the Ada County courts for the identical crime?

Rep. Phil Hart is a prime example. Republican politician evading taxes and stealing state property seems to be OK so far.

By: Hubert Osborne

Hubert Osborne — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:11:07 +0000

Nobody has come forward with his missing shoes and where they were found

By: Clancy

Clancy — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:18:57 +0000

I wholeheartly agree with Cyclops and James Bond. Don’t be stupid and don’t be partisan.

James Bond- I will take mine shaken, not stirred.

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:39:07 +0000

I guess I don’t really get the partisan part of this thing. The facts and allegations alone are bizzare enough to support a state of mass public titilation, without the need to resort to ad hominem-style scattershot. We can find plenty of politicos from both parties who have committed crimes and/or the bizzare. Let’s just drink in the weirdness of it without going down that bumpy, fruitless road.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:49:03 +0000

I couldn’t care less what elected officials, or those running for office, do. Whether it is Nixon, Kennedy, Edwards, Craig, Weiner, or Mcgee, they need to go for being stupid! If one can’t control the intake of alcohol and then drive drunk, they sure as hell don’t deserve the office they hold!McGee will probably just try to “lay low” and hope this blows over. Sadly, he will probably be successful in doing that.

By: dog

dog — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:42:01 +0000

Wonder what would happen if Sen. McGee was a Mexican American, Democrat, and openly gay ?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:25:26 +0000

He has one chance with the public..step up to the mike and cameras and look us in the eye and be brutally honest with us. Anything less will be a ticket to the political dumpster.

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:32:19 +0000

I am not inclined to believe that Sen. McGee has a “medical condition” as his lawyer told the court today. I hope this case isn’t buried until the proverbial cows come home and the public forgets by prosecutors who have yet to cite John Bujack, Royce Chigbrow, Phil Hart, etc. for obvious wrongdoing and breaches of the public trust. Conversely, all the “common” folks who played loose and fast with the public coffers were dealt with swiftly. Just another day in a state with no role models, integrity or ethics. Ho-Hum.

KTA