But does getting pulled over and having a ticket written count as an “arrest”? I was once arrested for speeding, and I mean arrested – I was handcuffed, put in the back of a police car and brought to the station. So we’ll have standard battle confusion, as the fire is traded from all sides and the smoke and haze obscure everything, including the honest reaction of the electorate.įor instance: A Dallas Morning News reporter says Bush told him he hadn’t been arrested since a few preppie clashes with the law in the 1960s. But we won’t know the truth before Election Day, if ever. It’s also fair – more than fair – to explore the extent to which this is a dirty late hit sanctioned by the Gore campaign. Is it fair for the public to know about this aspect of Bush’s personal history? Sure.
WHEN Maine lawyer Tom Connolly ran for governor two years ago, he ended his speeches with the words: “God help us to be good Democrats.” And a “good Democrat” he was this week, as the former Democratic candidate for governor of the Pine Tree state handed a local news reporter evidence of George W.
