Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s, D-Texas, 1998 drunken driving accident isn’t the only thing his media profilers have ignored.

The New York Times did a fine job this week detailing the Democratic Senate candidate’s shady history of political backscratching, including a real-estate deal he championed when he served on the El Paso City Council that would’ve benefited his billionaire father-in-law, developer William D. Sanders.

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