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Sen. Richard Lugar's Wife Arrested on Suspicion of DUI, Hit-and-Run

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11/20/09

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The wife of Sen. Richard Lugar was arrested in Virginia and charged with drunk driving and hit-and-run.

Charlene Lugar, 77, was pulled over in McLean Wednesday night after an officer noticed her car was trailing smoke and had front-end damage. Police believe that Mrs. Lugar had hit a parked car, according to the Washington Post.

She was taken to the Fairfax jail, where she was given a breathalyzer test and arrested, the Post reported. She was released several hours later. The results of the test were not disclosed.

Sen. Lugar's office released the following statement to USA Today:

"At about 6:30 p.m. last evening, November 18, Mrs. Lugar had a traffic accident in our McLean, Virginia neighborhood. A charge has been filed and a court appearance is scheduled for January. No other persons were in her car or the unattended car she hit. Thankfully, no one was injured. We are deeply sorry and embarrassed that this accident has occurred."

Richard Lugar, 78, a Republican, has served as senator from Indiana since 1977.

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Pundit

1:10PM Nov 21st 2009

Hahaha But unfortunately "Laura Welch" MURDERED a passenger riding in HER BOYFRIENDS car! while running a stop sign.

Her Wealthy Tx family only had to agree to her LIFETIME medication VIA ANTI-PSYCHOTICS...

As is very apparent to anyone who views the Fmr Librarian & home schooler of comic book fan w!

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Crandall

5:40PM Nov 20th 2009

Your kidding me...republicans get DUI's too? The way the right wingers talk....they can do no wrong.

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jovialdraper

8:56PM Nov 20th 2009

Last I heard...they could only walk on water...according to them

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suzg60

9:29PM Nov 20th 2009

Why don't all you dems and repubs. get over yourselves already. I'd like to hear all of you when you have no money left in your pockets after taxes! The Mrs. will get off whether she is the wife of either corrupt party. They are ALL corrupt, when are you going to use your brains and get it?? You are doing exactly what they what you to do, fools...................

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ssdwyer115

9:49PM Nov 20th 2009

Crandall, did you read the article, she wasn't drunk, they stopped her because the thought she might be, and she had smoke from her car. At age 77yrs., it was probably her medication. That said, she is lucky she didn't hurt anyone, and should have her driver's license pulled.

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S Havens

10:11PM Nov 20th 2009

Might wanna check out Sen. Kerry's daughter before you start smashing"right-wingers", moron.

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alias20082009

10:53PM Nov 20th 2009

Just like the son of the infamous impeached Governor in AZ Evan Mecham who is the head of the republican party in Az, was caught speeding and driving at some ungodly speed like 120 MPH or more and his tickets miraculously disappeared.

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davepawson

11:52PM Nov 20th 2009

When Republicans get into trouble, it is news, because it is unusual. A Democrat getting into trouble is standard operating procedure, so not worth writing home about.

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rjgutex

12:38AM Nov 21st 2009

Umm...Humans get drunk. be you left or RIGHT. make no mistake and try not to lift yourself above the rest.

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catquick

3:22AM Nov 21st 2009

why do you assume she's a republican just because her husband is? What is Mrs. Specter? A dem. or rep? Just because he changed party affiliations willy-nilly, doesn't mean she did, does it? Nice try at getting in a cheap shot thought.(I'm sure she wasn't as drunk as Patrick Kennedy when he weasled out of his D-wee with some hokey prescript med excuse that you or I wouldn't get away with. Or Kerry's daughter either!

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jjoekiker7

4:55AM Nov 21st 2009

To the user that commented that the last he heard republicans can ONLY walk on water....yes they can do that but now they can turn the sanators wifes' water into WINE and thats why she got a DUI....she had no idea that water had turned into wine!

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Mike

9:54AM Nov 21st 2009

I remember when the democrats complained how much wrong the republicians do. Democrats just don't pay there taxes. Every time Obama picked a democrat for his cabnet. They said "Not me, didn't pay my taxes!"

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Julie Hamina

11:46AM Nov 21st 2009

HAHAHA so right you are! They run on the 'common sense' platform...I guess getting drunk and driving home, hitting a parked car or two is 'common sense'. Its common sense in the way his career just took a dump! If his wife can't control herself, how does the USA expect him to control himself in the Senate?
I'd sure love to be a fly on their wall today as he reams her a new one for being so STUPID. (a common thread amongst Republiconartists)

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Joe

12:51PM Nov 21st 2009

God, this pizzes me off! I am a Conservative, but not corrupt like so many of these politicians! (Both sides!)

WHERE'S THE STORY ABOUT JOHN KERRY'S DAUGHTER AGE 36 WHO WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK FOR DUI?

AOL AND LIBERALS ARE SUCH HYPOCRITS!

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hookmrl

3:14PM Nov 21st 2009

dam she is 77 take away her license

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NST_CCTV

3:11AM Nov 22nd 2009

You have it wrong. Republicans do get in trouble. The only difference in this case, if it was a Democrat, she would have been drunk AND blowing some 22 year old page when she hit the car. Come on know. You havn't figured it out yet?

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jrotced02

8:18PM Nov 20th 2009

I'll bet he resigns before her trial.

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oola007

10:54AM Nov 21st 2009

if we take all the politics out of it and just look at the incident for what it is. She hit a stationary car and absconded from the scene of the incident. "leaving the scene of the incident", a prudent person would assume she knew better than that. What occurred at the Police station is another scenario altogether. That's when who she is and all the politics starts to get into it. Why was her breathalyzer text not released? I wonder why? If that was a regular joe on the street, would the text results have been withheld? That's where politics rears it's ugly head.

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jrotced02

8:21PM Nov 20th 2009

Don't like to read things in to this, but it is extremely unusual for a 77-year old woman to get a DUI, let alone the wife of a Senator.

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gibomber2

9:25PM Nov 20th 2009

As an Independent, the more I listen to Republicans the more I can't stand them. The Bush Administration put us where we are at right now. Not Obama, he's only been in office for 10 and a half months. So for the Righties to blame him for the mess we're in, is just flat out wrong. With Jackoffs like Hannity and Rush telling lies everyday, the future still looks pretty bleak fot the Repubs. Now genius breathe Palin (what is her I.Q.) is out there running her piehole, and Righties flocking to her like flies on a ribroast. I say let her run for President, and Obama will have no problem winning a second term.

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