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Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg’s Drinking Problem and Abuse of Power, By the Staggering Numbers
PJ Tattler ^ | August 16, 2014 | Bryan Preston

Posted on 08/17/2014 7:32:15 AM PDT by Zakeet

The indictment of Gov. Rick Perry by a grand jury in Travis County, Texas, is part of a power struggle that originates with a serious crime, albeit not one committed by Gov. Perry.

That crime, as everyone knows by now, is drunk driving, and it was committed by Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.

When Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, Democrat, was arrested and charged with drunk driving on April 12, 2013, her blood alcohol level measured .23.

That is just shy of three times the legal limit in Texas, which is .08.

According to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Lehmberg must have consumed about 10 alcoholic drinks in one hour to achieve a .23 blood alcohol rating.

District Attorney Lehmberg also had an open bottle of vodka in her car, violating Texas’ longstanding open container law.

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From January 2012 to April 2013 — 15 months — Lehmberg made 59 purchases of alcohol at various Twin Liquors stores, a rate of nearly one purchase a week.

She bought 76 bottles of alcohol. According to the receipts, Lehmberg prefers Ciroc vodka. Lehmberg routinely purchased 1.75 liter bottles of vodka, at a price of nearly $60 each. On occasions, she bought more than one 1.75 liter bottle of Ciroc at a time.

Those 76 bottles add up to 24.7 gallons of alcohol purchased over 15 months. The last purchase in the KEYE-compiled list was on April 2, 2013 — 10 days before her arrest for drunk driving, and the subsequent attempt to abuse her power by trying to intimidate the officers who processed her in jail. Lehmberg purchased vodka on that day. An open bottle of vodka was found in her car during her arrest.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alcoholism; corruption; democrat; lehmberg; perry; rickperry; rosemarylehmberg; texas; traviscounty
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To: Shannon

She didn’t spend the whole 45 days in jail. She served about half that sentenced.


41 posted on 08/17/2014 8:32:25 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: tflabo

“LOL——also how did a grand jury even indict on these frivolous charges?”

I believe the Grand Jury consisted of the City of Austin’s finest leftists.


42 posted on 08/17/2014 8:33:21 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Kozy
Agree. Perry should be on offense all the time. Keep it in the media. Laugh about it. Tell the world the rats’ lawfare has gone beyond ridiculous. Go on every radio/TV show possible, even MSLSD. We know the prosecutor will attempt to delay, delay and let the trial fester in the minds of voters.

Perry should demand a trial NOW!

43 posted on 08/17/2014 8:35:13 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: Kozy
He has a right to a timely trial, the DA bought charges he must be ready, then swing for the fences. Get it over with.

True! And the first thing his lawyer should do when given a change to rebut the state's opening argument is to ask the judge for a directed verdict,citing the obvious baselessness...and political retribution...aspects of the case.

Tom Delay eventually got an appeals court to declare him "not guilty",in spite of the jury's verdict,because the evidence that this very same pervert whore presented against him was insufficient to prove guilt.But her ultimate goal was still achieved...it destroyed him politically.And that's what she wants here...not to see Perry in prison but destroyed politically.

44 posted on 08/17/2014 8:36:29 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party policy;Lie,deny,refuse to comply)
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To: sr4402
My understanding is she is still in her position.

Face down on the bathroom floor?

45 posted on 08/17/2014 8:41:02 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Farmer Dean
Actually the dash cam records her saying she had vodka, but once she is in the Travis County Jail she claims it was wine. Too drunk to even keep her story straight.

According to that article, she's been a drunk for a long time

46 posted on 08/17/2014 8:41:29 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Turmoil in the Middle East? Quick Obama, show them your Peace Prize!)
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To: Army Air Corps

Perry looks good to the ones who have morals, who acknowledge a difference between good and evil, who are conservatives, who are Christians, who don’t like big shots taking advantage of their positions and abusing others, who don’t like nasty old ladies, who don’t like hypocrites...have I missed anyone? Now, take the opposite of those and throw in a love of lying and a complicit news media and realize it’s going to be a battle (the beginning of many) leading up to the elections. Why now? The woman’s had a year.

We’ve got plenty of them (the “opposites”)in TX, PLUS a bunch of illiterates who listen to and believe the lies and will vote accordingly.

I’m praying for Perry and for what’s right to win out, but I’m not ignorant of the enemy and their tactics.

Only God can help us, bottom line.


47 posted on 08/17/2014 8:44:20 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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To: Army Air Corps

I think I recall reading some time ago that once a person is charged with DUI for the first time it generally means a person has not been caught the other ten times they were driving while inebriated.


48 posted on 08/17/2014 8:44:43 AM PDT by miele man
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To: Gay State Conservative

That she has trumped up these baseless types of charges before should be enough to dismiss the whole mess. It takes a judge to collude with her.

Notice, she, like all libtards, has no shame at all. They are psychotic, sociopathic, parasites. Self-absorbed. She was not ashamed of being drunk or being arrested she was outraged that she got caught and was being treated that way and that it would “ruin her career”.

She is just like obungo.


49 posted on 08/17/2014 8:45:10 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: q_an_a

IF she did surrender her law license-—can she STILL be a District Attorney?

Seems like the job would require her to have a law license.


50 posted on 08/17/2014 8:48:16 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( Sensational, inaccurate, mistaken, misguided, and half-a$$ed “journalism” pretending to be an acc)
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To: Klemper

I took the main number, and incremented the telephone number by one. I got various voicemails of peeps working for the AG. I was nice, but I said that it is time to fire the drunk. My plan folded like a cheap tent, after about 6 calls.... none of the calls after that will go through... Verizon Wireless blah blah blah.


51 posted on 08/17/2014 8:48:30 AM PDT by Klemper
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To: Zakeet
vodka, at a price of nearly $60 each...Those 76 bottles add up to 24.7 gallons of alcohol purchased over 15 months.

Oh, that's why she's all p!$$ed off, Perry's defunding her drinking money.

52 posted on 08/17/2014 8:49:32 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Klemper
She needs to be run out on a rail ... and tarred and feathered:


53 posted on 08/17/2014 8:51:11 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: TurkeyLurkey

Yes, the Left deals in lies and obfuscation, but I have been keeping an eye on Democrat commentators on some national news outlets. When the likes of David Axelrod and Joe Trippi are saying that this is stupid and will likely help Perry, that is saying something.


54 posted on 08/17/2014 8:52:12 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Guess we’ll see.


55 posted on 08/17/2014 8:52:52 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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To: Paladin2
My Grand Father told me "Drinking is like any other sport...You have to be in shape for it."

In other words these big time alcoholics drink a ton of booze each day just to stay somewhat functional.

56 posted on 08/17/2014 8:54:52 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

...drinking and drugs.....bad combo.
++++++++
If you watched the video, you may have noticed that, on several occasions, she was ‘clenching’ her teeth. That is a sure sign of using drugs.


57 posted on 08/17/2014 8:55:32 AM PDT by RetSignman (obama: "For the love of Alinsky, how much more do I have to do to get them to impeach me"?)
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To: grania

I agree fully.

The Democrats have long supported their own crop of drunks & thugs and the country is sick of it all.

On top of that, the department she ran is the group in charge of integrity of Texas public officials.

She apparently is like leaving the fox in charge of the hen house.

IIRC, Perry politely requested that she resign her post. She was unfit to hold such a title. IMO, she can hardly be the head of a department of ‘Integrity” when she has such problems.

She refused.

He threatened to DEFUND her department.

She tried to bluff him.

He vetoed the funding of her department.

She tried a poker bluff. It didn’t work.

Now, the Dems in Texas have given Perry an opportunity to bring out every sordid detail of this woman’s behavior in open court.

BRING IT ON! Go PERRY.!!!


58 posted on 08/17/2014 8:56:02 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( Sensational, inaccurate, mistaken, misguided, and half-a$$ed “journalism” pretending to be an acc)
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To: KC Burke
I had always understood that “Texas Open Container Law” as requiring you to have one.

LOL. They changed in the 80's. When I arrived in '83 everyone except the driver could have an open container. That changed again in '85, at the same time the drinking age went to 21.

59 posted on 08/17/2014 8:59:57 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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To: deport

IF here driver’s license was suspended-—who wants to guess she charged a driver/car or taxi’s to the state of Texas for her normal commute???


60 posted on 08/17/2014 9:01:42 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( Sensational, inaccurate, mistaken, misguided, and half-a$$ed “journalism” pretending to be an acc)
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