According to a report in The Santa Fe New Mexican, candidates for a state Senate seat were asked “whether they had been arrested for drunken driving, and each answered that he or she had not.”
It turns out that one had, in 1984.
What on earth was she thinking, saying no? Her one arrest — 20 years ago — would likely have been a non-starter with the voters. Indeed, a wise candidate could turn it into a “I’ve been there, done that, know what we need to do” strategy. Instead she lies and, presumably, her candidacy is over. According to The New Mexican she wasn’t returning calls.
The candidates we get are as stupid it seems, as they think we are.