Joni Ernst spokeswoman resigns after second OWI incident in a month

[bullwinkle428]

(Nice Tom Delay-like mug shot)

"Gretchen Hamel, a campaign spokeswoman for Joni Ernst's U.S. Senate campaign, was arrested on Oct. 29 for operating while intoxicated and resigned the morning after the incident.

West Des Moines police found Hamel passed out behind the wheel of her vehicle after crossing lanes and driving her car over a curb on the 6100 block of Beachtree Drive at about 10:30 p.m., according to a police report.

An Ernst campaign aide on Thursday said that Hamel resigned the morning after the incident.

"This is a personnel matter which we will not discuss in the press. We wish Gretchen nothing but the best and appreciate her efforts," said Ernst campaign manager Jon Kohan in a statement."

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2014/11/06/joni-ernst-gretchen-hamel-arrested-owi/18618313/

[shenmue]

1. Wow

Help me, I'm scared.

[Eleanors38]

2. "Hi. Shit my pants, and no one can stop me."

[LeftinOH]

3. Just a youthful indiscretion, folks. This happened all

the way back last Wednesday.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Why the long face, Gretchen?

[Mass]

5. This type of things happen to Dems as well and people do not care. It does not impact their lives.

Proof. Grimm was reelected and DeMaio is on his way to be elected in San Diego, despite his problems.

We need to start addressing people's problems rather than these types of non-issues.

[iloveObama12]

6. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

this chick look like she escaped from a mental hospital

[mfcorey1]

7. And so it begins, i mean continues.

[liberal N proud]

8. God help us for this is what has been sent to Washington to rule.

Please save us from those of us who know not what they do.

[Rex]

9. College prank, nothing to see here.

Just college pranks folks.

"At 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, Hamel crashed her Ford Explorer into a sign post at the intersection of 142nd and Meredith streets in Urbandale. She was in the passenger seat when Urbandale police arrived. She claimed a man named "Robert" was driving the vehicle and "took off running" after striking the post, according to an Urbandale police report.

"Hamel later admitted that she lied and that she was the one driving the vehicle," the report states.

Hamel blew a .164 on a preliminary breathalyzer test but wasn't arrested "because she wasn't operating the vehicle when officers arrived," the report states. She told officers she had had three drinks but had not eaten anything."

[packman]

10. Looking into my cloudy crystal ball - I predict

she'll soon be working on Capitol Hill in Sen. Ernst offices.

[UTUSN]

11. R#4 & K for, and the Repuke carousel starts!1 n/t