Hypocrite of the day: Carole Migden

Posted by Matt Cipriano | 1 Comment

So, at first I thought it was going to be a slow news day for the blog. After last nights rant on Citysearch, I was a bit warn out from ranting and there was nothing particularly topical that I wanted to write about today. Then I came across this tidbit that writes itself, so here we go:

Carole Migden is a Democratic State Senator from San Francisco. Apparently, well, at least according to her Wikipedia entry, she is familiar with scandal so this latest tidbits, puts her back into familiar territory. After having pushed for a ban of driving and using your cell phone at the same time (which passed)**, this past weekend she rear ended another vehicle. Now none of that is exactly hypocritical, in fact it seems almost those two statements have nothing to do with each other until you find out- wait for it- You got it, she was distracted by her cell phone which caused her to rear-end the other vehicle.

The exact details are a bit sketchy, but it seems like she was reaching for her ringing cell-phone, according to a statement her office released.

Let’s see how her office spins this one (after being the ones who released a statement that she was going for the phone).

Here is the San Francisco Chronicles coverage

**ok, so yes, all the blogs are reporting that she pushed for the whole cell phone ban thing. Well, maybe she just voted for it, if that is the case she gets a downgrade to Hypocrite of the Hour, but still, practice what you preach

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