GOP Candidate For Arizona Governor Arrested For DUI In 2004

[RandySF]

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Jones was arrested in 2004 for drunken driving, a pair of Arizona newspapers reported on Tuesday.

According to the Arizona Capitol Times and the Phoenix New Times, paperwork filed on April 14, 2004 in Phoenix Municipal Court showed that Jones had a blood alcohol level above the legal limit of .08 after she was pulled over. She was cited for impared driving and making an unsafe lane change.

Two years later, Jones, an attorney and former executive for the internet hosting company GoDaddy, was convicted on a pair of misdemeanors, according to the newspapers.

"There was no one in the car with me at the time, there was no accident and fortunately no one was hurt," Jones said in the statement to the publications on Tuesday. "I went to court and paid my dues like everyone else. It is a mistake that I very much regret and I am not proud of that night."


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/arizona-gov-candidate-jones-arrested-for-dui-in-2004

[kestrel91316]

1. More Republican Family Values (TM).

She's a real prize, that one.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. Sorry, in this bash everyone world this may be fodder,

But people are allowed to fuck up. I have.

[pkdu]

5. Yes, but you (and I ) would never be allowed to serve.... Nt

[MADem]

7. You aren't on the ballot, though... nt

[okaawhatever]

3. I'm almost encouraged that A. Her record wasn't covered up or hidden. B. That she actually admitted

it happened, pretty much without excuse. I'd love to see more politicians own up to what they've done wrong. She must not have much juice if the powers that be didn't hide the record.

[bluestate10]

4. Who do Democrats have to put up against that turd? Anyone that would serenade sheriff Joe

in public is a fucking idiot.

[MADem]

6. What else didn't the AZ Republican Party gatekeepers miss, I wonder? nt

[jberryhill]

9. She's one of several in a primary

She's a self-financed vanity candidate

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. interesting. do dems have a chance?

[gopiscrap]

11. I am afraid that won't knock the goper

George Bush pulled all sorts of shit when he was young including going AWOL and his wife killed someone and he still elected.