Politically Impaired?

When Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk launched her race for Attorney General, a reporter asked her whether she'd ever gotten behind the wheel of an automobile after consuming alcohol.

Since Falk is challenging Peg Lautenschlager for Attorney General because a drunken driving arrest is likely to hamper her prospects for re-election, Falk should have been prepared to respond to this line of questioning. And even if the question came as a complete surprise to her, the answer shouldn't have eluded Falk for even a second.

The fact that it did suggests Falk may be more politically impaired by her lack of purpose and vision than Lautenschlager is by her infamous brush with the law.

To her credit Falk is willing to join the other 49 states in the nation in criminalizing first time drunken driving offenses, but as with her own conduct, I doubt she gave the issue any thought until a reporter asked her about it the other day.

(See video footage of Falk responding to a reporter's question about drunken driving)

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