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Gone but not forgotten...

Remember our pal John Sweeney, the Republican congressman from New York who was constantly getting into trouble for his party animal ways?

In case you've forgotten, here are a couple of posts from last year to refresh your memory:

Following was posted on October 20, 2006. Be sure to follow the link to the pics to refresh your memory.

Maybe, but partying with the boys is in vogue right now. Sweeney is the one with the tie. No, they're not congressional pages, they're young Republicans. Don't miss the little Grover Norquist lookalike in picture #5 (the short kid with the glasses).

No, I have no idea why they all look wasted.

P.S. -- Don't ask me to explain picture #1.




And in this post from just 11 days later, we talked about how he went all Don Sherwood on his wife.

Wow! Party animal Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY) grabbed his wife by the neck and dragged her around the house, according to the police report. It seems Mrs. Sweeney called the cops on her husband.

``Complainant stated that she and husband got into verbal argument that turned a little physical by her being grabbed by the neck and pushed around the house,'' Gunsel wrote in the narrative portion of the blotter entry, according to the document. ``Suspect had scratches on face. Both parties refused medical attention. Complainant removed to friend's house for the evening ... refused any type of prosicution (sic) arrest.''

P.S. -- Well, at least he didn't spit on her like Senator Macaca did to his first wife!


Sweeney busted this past Sunday for:

Driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.18 percent while receiving a lap dance from a 23-yr-old unidentified woman!!!

Wow! I'm trying very hard to come up with a way to exaggerate this story just a little bit but it's impossible. There is nothing I can add that would be believable that would top the actual facts in this case.

Oh, wait, here's something that we can throw in here as lagniappe: Sweeney is a former STOP-DWI coordinator for Rensselaer County. However, we have come to expect this sort of hypocrisy from Republicans, so there's very little shock value left at this point.

Here are the juicy details from Sweeney's arrest this past Sunday morning:

State Police received an unexpected surprise when they stopped former Rep. John Sweeney on the Northway early Sunday a female passenger on his lap, a law enforcement source said Tuesday.

When troopers began following the ex-lawmaker north on I-87, just south of Exit 9, they assumed the Clifton Park Republican was driving alone in his 2004 BMW, said the individual, whose identity is being withheld by the Times Union.

The 23-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was on Sweeney's lap, the source said.

Sweeney, who is expected to appear in Clifton Park Town Court tonight, was pulled over after he swerved toward a State Police cruiser nearly striking the vehicle, the individual said.

The former congressman refused to take a roadside field sobriety test, in which drivers blow into a device, but did take a Breathalyzer exam back at the State Police barracks, said Maj. Patricia Groeber, who commands Troop G in Loudonville.

Groeber said she had no knowledge of Sweeney's alleged swerve toward the police cruiser.

The Daily Gazette newspaper on Monday reported that Sweeney refused to take the Breathalyzer test until he spoke to his attorney, E. Stewart Jones.

On Monday, State Police issued a news release stating that Sweeney was driving northbound on I-87 about 1:19 a.m. Sunday when troopers stopped him for making an unsafe lane change. A trooper, noticing a ``strong odor'' of alcohol on the former congressman's breath, issued sobriety tests, which Sweeney failed.

His blood alcohol level registered at 0.18 percent over twice the legal limit of 0.08 causing him to be charged with aggravated DWI as well as the standard DWI charge. He was also ticketed for the lane change.

Sweeney, a one-time STOP-DWI coordinator for Rensselaer County, lost his seat last November to Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand amid allegations of spousal abuse.

P.S. -- Hmmm... I wonder what they mean by "on Sweeney's lap?" Maybe it wasn't a lap dance after all? Maybe she was just going republican on him while he was driving?

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"I'm sorry, so sorry, that I was such a fool."

Fmr. Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY) copped a plea today in his drunk driving arrest. He'll pay a thousand dollar fine and avoid jail time.

Sweeney said he pled guilty "as a means of expressing my desire to accept personal responsibility for the events of this past Saturday and Sunday ... I do so and would like to as well offer several apologies. One to the court for burdening it with this matter. Two, to the general public for having creating a risk that I should not have created ... and finally but maybe almost [sic] importantly to me, my family for the pain I've caused them through this."