I would hardly consider it a terrible thing if MADD attacks us. Many people consider MADD to be unreasonable demagogues and would appreciate a candidate with the stones to stand up to them.
Moreover, Warren is taking the correct libertarian poosition. Libertarians believe that a true "crime" must have a victim. Many drivers are able to safely operate a motor vehicle even after their blood alcohol content is above the legal limit. On the other hand, other people cannot safely drive even while sober. Unless someone causes injury or creates an inherently dangerous situation (i.e., reckless driving), they should not be punished. Finally, if it is true that a major part of Warren's law practice is defending DWI tickets, he is taking a courageous position in contradiction to his own business interests. He makes more money when the police issue more tickets. Jim On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Sam Sloan <[email protected]> wrote: > A Major Blunder: Candidate Warren Redlich is against the Police Giving > Drunk Driving Tickets > > Albany CBS News is broadcasting on video an interview of Local Town > Council Member Warren Redlich asking the town council to tell the > police to stop issuing DWAI tickets. DWAI stands for Driving While > Alcohol Impaired > > http://www.cbs6albany.com/video/?videoId=73615559001&lineupId=&play=now > > > http://www.cbs6albany.com/video/?videoId=72159568001&lineupId=1143371293&play=now > > I just did a Google Search for DWAI and Warren Redlich comes out right > on top. Apparently a major part of his legal practice comes from > defending DWI drunk driving tickets. > > It just comes back to me that when Warren Redlich made a speech to the > Manhattan Libertarian Party last month, he said that he advocates > reducing the drinking age to 18. (Correct me if I am wrong.) > > I can understand that an attorney who wants to lower the drinking age > to 18 and who wants the police to stop issuing drunk driving tickets > would naturally come to the Libertarian Party, because no other > political party would want to have anything to do with him. > > However, I cannot imagine a worse issue for a one-issue candidate to > have. Can you imagine what will happen to us if we place such a > candidate at the top of our ticket? Not only will MADD, Mothers > Against Drunk Driving, attack us; but they will attack the entire > Libertarian Party nation wide. > > New York is already fairly lenient on this particular offense as > compared to other states. A quick check showed that other states give > a mandatory ten days in jail for the same alcohol limit that Warren > Redlich says should not even merit a simple ticket in New York. > > This example shows that we should do a better job of checking out our > candidates whom we do not know well before considering nominating them > for important public offices. > > Sam Sloan > > > ------------------------------------ > > http://www.ManhattanLP.org/Yahoo <http://www.manhattanlp.org/Yahoo>! > Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
