Two weeks ago horror struck Westchester County when a drunk mother drove down the Taconic Parkway on the wrong side of the road and slammed into another car killing eight people five children. We have not gotten a breather from this story from the media for the last two weeks and the story has gotten uglier and uglier as we learn more and more. It was first assumed that the mother was sick or ill, and now it seems that she may have been absolutely hammered.
Now to make matters even worse, some jackass politician on Long Island has jumped onto the bandwagon and in true politician showboating form has proclaimed that he will insist that there is a law that requires jail time if parent is caught drunk driving with children in the car.
I ask you: how the hell would this have helped the situation? this is just another case of a politician jumping on the bandwagon and making a bad situation worse. It’s an absolutely horrific idea to send the parent to jail. I cannot and will not defend a drunk parent, but splitting a family up by throwing a parent in jail is just reckless and assinine, but it does ensure getting one’s face on the local news (it’s the Al Sharpton approach to fame).
I have a different solution: I think all politicians should get licenses. And when a politician uses his position to feign horror and moral outrage, to showboat, to take advantage of our horrible situation merely to get his or her face in the news that politician should have their license revoked, and they should have to go get another job.