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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrunken, anti-gay Repug lawmaker crashes speedboat into a vessel filled with children
Md. lawmaker says he was drinking before boat crash that injured 4 childrenBy Aaron C. Davis, Thursday, August 23, 6:22 PM
Maryland Del. Donald H. Dwyer Jr. said Thursday that he was under the influence of alcohol when the boat he was piloting Wednesday struck a vessel full of children, injuring four, one seriously...
...In a statement, he said his blood alcohol content was 0.2, more than twice the legal limit for operating a boat...
...Dwyer, 54, one of Marylands most conservative lawmakers, is best known for leading vehement opposition to Democrats efforts to legalize same-sex marriage and for failed attempts to impeach state Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) for his support of same-sex marriage.
According to authorities, Dwyer and a male passenger were aboard Dwyers boat, and the other, smaller boat carried five children and two adults who had been tubing in the Magothy River, about five miles north of Route 50 in Dwyers district. Moments before the 7 p.m. impact, Dwyer attempted to veer his 27-foot Baja away from the 18-foot Bayliner, but the boats collided, sending people flying from both....
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I hope this hateful pig goes to jail!
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Drunken, anti-gay Repug lawmaker crashes speedboat into a vessel filled with children (Original Post)
theHandpuppet
Aug 2012
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)1. Independent of party
he committed a crime,. DUI is a crime.
JPRG539
(18 posts)2. unreal
it's always so great to see the Republican Party represented by such qualty!!!
Mark
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)3. Betcha he's "pro-life."
Yeah, that makes sense...