Slog - Comments on Mk!ie MkiGvcac http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac Yesterday, Mike McGavick did a post on his campaign blog acknowledging that he got pulled over for drunk driving in 1993. He said he registered 0.17 on a blood alcohol level test David Goldstein over at HorsesAss figured out just how drunk McGavick was. And what does it take to get this incredibly drunk? Well according to every blood-alcohol calculator and chart I checked online, an awful damn lot. For example, using the University of Oklahoma Police Department's online calculator I plugged in 8 drinks over the course of an hour for a 200 pound man, and I only got... Copyright 2007 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:25:55 -0800 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 06:27:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Bad At Math Unless I am really, really bad at math, isn't ".017" way less than ".16?"

]]> Bad At Math http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451286 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:40:43 -0800 Comment by brad yeah... .017 is legal in Washington State. Isn't the limit .08?

I bet its just a typo.


Regardless, Mcgavick is an ass. His campaign in 2006 is similiar to bush's in 2000. A "new way" in washington... bullshit. Josh, you should write an article comparing bush in 2000 to mcgavick in 2006.

]]> brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451292 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451292 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:48:26 -0800 Comment by DOUG. I did the same thing with the same calculator this morning. Those yokels need new software. It "blows" only as high as .18. Slamming 8 dry martinis in one hour would put you WAY above .18.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451293 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451293 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:50:27 -0800 Comment by Proud Gay Republican Regardless. How refreshing it is for a politician to cut off a scandal at the pass by being so up front.

]]> Proud Gay Republican http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451296 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451296 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:54:16 -0800 Comment by hJso tFie Sorry. I must have been drunk too.
That's 0.17 not .017.

]]> hJso tFie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451302 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451302 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:00:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle 0.17 - Now, assuming he drank it over time, given how tall he is and his weight, and his fervor for hating America and our values of Truth, Justice, and the Middle Class way of life, man, he either had one of the biggest martinis I've ever seen - you know, the ones that cost $200 - or he downed at least a 12-pack in a social event.

We're talking a major drunk here.

Obviously unfit for public office. And this is in his late 30s, too, so no "youthful indiscretion" lies apply.

We're talking at least two vodka watermelons - we used to down those in the Army and get totally wasted, but we were risking our lives to keep you safe, and this scum is too cowardly to do that.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451306 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:04:00 -0800 Comment by h0rati0sanzserif Interesting to note:

At Monday's sparsely attended (where were you, Josh?) Cantwell function at the Tractor Tavern, our current junior senator told the mostly white-haired crowd:

"Are you chanting 'Six more years?' Or 'We want more beers?'"

Later in the night, she told a packed house at the Norse Home that HER blood is 100% alcohol. Ave Maria!

]]> h0rati0sanzserif http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451333 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:39:40 -0800 Comment by konstantconsumer you could just figure out what county he was arrested in, and FOIA the police reports...

]]> konstantconsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451334 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451334 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:41:25 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Postman's blog is burning up on this over at the Times. Bad time for him to go on vaca, no?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451364 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451364 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:30:18 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman Hell Will, he was just doing the frat boy thing till he was 40, then found salvation. Worked for Bush...

Besides, we should encourage our politicos to drink... more. A lot of them would loosen up a bit and be a bit more practical. My first suggestion would be to send Nick Licata to Earl's for a good bender... and maybe Jan Drago to the George and Dragon during an Arsenal match.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451366 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:31:38 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Well, I could tell stories about certain State Senators, but then I wouldn't get rides ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451412 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451412 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:21:44 -0800 Comment by Proud Gay Republican Not to mention a certain (hic) State Supreme Court Justice (hic).

]]> Proud Gay Republican http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451534 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:40:26 -0800 Comment by charles a few years ago I was at a bar with some friends when this dude showed up with a personal breathalyzer on his key chain.

it quickly degenrated into a competition to see who could make their "score" jump. but i digress

it would be funny to get some dude who is the same height/weight as m!ke, grab a dv camera, a breathalyzers, and hit up a local bar for a little scientific study/after-school special video shoot.

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451537 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:41:43 -0800 Comment by Gomez This was allegedly a preemptive come-cleam strike against forthcoming ads from the Cantwell campaign planning to attack McGavick's said indiscretions, to try and make him look like a honest guy while cutting off the planned campaign ads at the knees.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/mkie_mkigvcac#c451608 News Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:12:09 -0800 Comment by erosive-esophagitis <a href=http://erosive-esophagitis.net>erosive esophagitis</a> all about

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