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DEL.ICIO.USJimmy Carter’s close call in Denver
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It came to light only after everyone left town, but Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had a close encounter with a drunk driver while tooling around Denver last month.
The following was posted last night on the web site of television station CBS4 in Denver:
Denver law enforcement authorities are refusing to release any information related to a DUI crash that came close to the motorcade of former President Jimmy Carter during the Democratic National Convention.
A CBS4 investigation previously reported that a suspected DUI driver, Amber Voiles, came close to colliding with the former President’s motorcade on the night of Aug. 26. Carter had appeared at the convention the previous day.
The former president and his wife, Rosalynn, were being driven through downtown Denver and were stopped at a red light when the 31-year-old Voiles apparently hit a car in front of Carter’s motorcade. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of 17th Street at about 10:30 p.m.
Voiles was a production assistant working on a documentary about Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and the convention. She was working for the mayor’s cousin, George Hickenlooper, the filmmaker behind the documentary. Voiles is not a city employee and was not driving a city vehicle, according to aides to Mayor Hickenlooper.
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By Bitter EX democrackkk
September 17, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this
‘Oh my, whatta close call’ SO relieved nothing happened…how about lets talking about the top 5 Senators who got big money from Freddy Mac/Fannie Mae or why Ron Paul predicted all of this now for years…
but anyway, the news on Carter IS important…
By Ed
September 18, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
The next time I read about Jimmy Carter, I hope it’s the obituaries.
By James
September 18, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Touche, Ed -oh, happy day.
By Copyleft
September 18, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
Very classy, Ed. Excuse me while I go dance on Reagan’s grave.
By Ed
September 18, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this
You’re so right Copyleft, I should have said his tombstone. At leastn had the decency to die;the old troll Carter can’t even get that part of his miserable life right. Die Jimmy die.
By Martha
September 20, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
jimmy carter was a prelude to the past george bush is a pacifist reagaon was a actor ford was bored people get ready their is a train a comin’
By nader paul mckinney
October 11, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
AIPAC hates it when President Carter speaks the truth.
I wonder why…