Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes in Idaho's Republican Party. Idaho Republicans love to enact their strict morality into the state's laws. Frequently Idaho's Republican leaders don't live up to the morality they foist on the rest of the citizens of their state.
McGee Arraigned, Freed on $5,000 Bond
McGee was arrested early Sunday morning after police found him passed out in the backseat of an SUV with a 20-foot trailer that had been jack-knifed. Ada County Sheriff's deputies said the vehicle had been stolen, and McGee registered a .15 blood alcohol level, nearly twice the legal driving limit.
On top of all that Senator John McGee seemed to be having drunken religious hallucinations about the Promised Land as he wandered around the Boise neighborhood where he had just jack-knifed the stolen truck and trailer.
Idaho senator – Country club to jail cell
The 38-year-old McGee is a seven-year legislator and Senate Majority Caucus chairman. He was an aide to then-Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and “has been mentioned frequently as a candidate for higher office, including governor,” the Idaho Statesman reported.
McGee had reportedly started drinking at a golf course at 10 p.m. on Saturday, and later wandered off on foot and coming upon the Excursion and trailer. As the Statesman reported:
“Tracey Carleton said her two teen-aged sons woke her up about 2 a.m. Sunday saying a drunk man had jack-knifed the neighbor’s Ford Excursion and a 20-foot trailer in their large south Boise yard. The man had wandered around the property, up and down the road and eventually went to sleep in the vehicle’s back seat.
“Carleton said her husband Joe, a volunteer chaplain at the Ada County Jail, went outside to speak with the barefooted man, who said that he was looking for the ‘Promised Land.’
“When he saw Tracey Carelton in her white bathrobe on the front porch, he said, ‘Look, there’s an angel’.”
The Carleton’s then called police.
Maybe McGee thought he was being Raptured.
Idaho Republicans have a tradition of high profile hypocrisy by its leaders. Helen Chenoweth, Steve Symms, Larry Craig, and Butch Otter are all are famous for saying one thing, and doing the exact opposite in their personal lives.