high fly
10-21-2008, 02:56 PM
I hated to see Rep. Vito Fosella get convicted on this one, because I was hoping to add his excuse to my alibi file, just in case I needed it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101700339.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101700339.html)
N.Y. Congressman Convicted of DUI
"After a nearly eight-hour trial in Alexandria traffic court, Rep. Vito Fossella of New York was found guilty last night of driving under the influence, but the judge did not decide whether the Republican congressman was so drunk he should go to jail.....
....Fossella took the stand to give his account, which started on the afternoon of April 30 at a White House reception for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Fossella said he had nothing to drink there and then returned to Capitol Hill for work and votes on the House floor.
During breaks on the floor, Fossella said, he sometimes repaired to a side office and cleaned his hands with Purell, a hand sanitizer that is more than 60 percent ethyl alcohol, according to its manufacturer. His attorneys said the alcohol in the Purell contributed to the elevated blood-alcohol reading many hours later....."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101700339.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101700339.html)
N.Y. Congressman Convicted of DUI
"After a nearly eight-hour trial in Alexandria traffic court, Rep. Vito Fossella of New York was found guilty last night of driving under the influence, but the judge did not decide whether the Republican congressman was so drunk he should go to jail.....
....Fossella took the stand to give his account, which started on the afternoon of April 30 at a White House reception for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Fossella said he had nothing to drink there and then returned to Capitol Hill for work and votes on the House floor.
During breaks on the floor, Fossella said, he sometimes repaired to a side office and cleaned his hands with Purell, a hand sanitizer that is more than 60 percent ethyl alcohol, according to its manufacturer. His attorneys said the alcohol in the Purell contributed to the elevated blood-alcohol reading many hours later....."