Senator who voted for anti-cellphone-driving law crashes car -- while on the phone
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We're sure somewhere Drew Curtis's head is exploding over this one: submitted for your perusal, one California State Senator Carole Migden -- former voter for a state bill that fines people for using their cellphones while driving -- rear-ended her state-issued SUV into a Honda sedan on Highway 12 in Solano County, today. While on her phone. The driver of the Honda was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, although the most painful aspect of this story is surely the jaws-of-life-biting irony. Then again, at least we know Midgen's heart is in the right place; like the cleaned-up drug addict invited to tell schoolkids to stay off the dope, surely this morning more than others Midgen felt all the more confident in having voted the way she did.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/21/s...s-crashes-car/
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She's the perfect hypocrite. Hopefully she shows a lot of remorse.
The governor of NJ, on the other hand, I have to say really impressed me with his apology, full acknowledgment that he set a terrible example not wearing a seatbelt in the accident that almost killed him recently.
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She's the perfect hypocrite. Hopefully she shows a lot of remorse.
The governor of NJ, on the other hand, I have to say really impressed me with his apology, full acknowledgment that he set a terrible example not wearing a seatbelt in the accident that almost killed him recently.
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Don't do as I do, do as I say. ![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
She's the perfect hypocrite. Hopefully she shows a lot of remorse.
The governor of NJ, on the other hand, I have to say really impressed me with his apology, full acknowledgment that he set a terrible example not wearing a seatbelt in the accident that almost killed him recently.
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She's the perfect hypocrite. Hopefully she shows a lot of remorse.
The governor of NJ, on the other hand, I have to say really impressed me with his apology, full acknowledgment that he set a terrible example not wearing a seatbelt in the accident that almost killed him recently.
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Hypocricy at it's very best. She should be fined double, just kidding but hopefully this is a lesson on her part...
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Best way to learn is to learn it the hard way...
I wouldn't call her a hypocrite. Who knew if she had a car with bluetooth, and the SUV didn't have it at the time? People make mistakes, and she made one. Who knows if she did it all the time. At least she didn't hide the fact that she made a mistake.
She can further push for that bill with justification. Should she just kill the bill for legislation just because she made the mistake? Should she vote not to approve it just because she fell victim to her own mistake? Absolutely not. She learned her lesson, and so have we.
I wouldn't call her a hypocrite. Who knew if she had a car with bluetooth, and the SUV didn't have it at the time? People make mistakes, and she made one. Who knows if she did it all the time. At least she didn't hide the fact that she made a mistake.
She can further push for that bill with justification. Should she just kill the bill for legislation just because she made the mistake? Should she vote not to approve it just because she fell victim to her own mistake? Absolutely not. She learned her lesson, and so have we.
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Yes, she may have made a mistake, but that doesn't change the fact that she's a hypocrite. She stood up and said "this is unsafe and no one should be allowed to do it" and then did it herself. She is the very DEFINITION of a hypocrite:
a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
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Best way to learn is to learn it the hard way...
I wouldn't call her a hypocrite. Who knew if she had a car with bluetooth, and the SUV didn't have it at the time? People make mistakes, and she made one. Who knows if she did it all the time. At least she didn't hide the fact that she made a mistake.
She can further push for that bill with justification. Should she just kill the bill for legislation just because she made the mistake? Should she vote not to approve it just because she fell victim to her own mistake? Absolutely not. She learned her lesson, and so have we.
I wouldn't call her a hypocrite. Who knew if she had a car with bluetooth, and the SUV didn't have it at the time? People make mistakes, and she made one. Who knows if she did it all the time. At least she didn't hide the fact that she made a mistake.
She can further push for that bill with justification. Should she just kill the bill for legislation just because she made the mistake? Should she vote not to approve it just because she fell victim to her own mistake? Absolutely not. She learned her lesson, and so have we.
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She's stupid for even letting anybody know she was on her cellphone, since she rear-ended somebody, I highly doubt the other driver was watching her before the accident. The last thing I would do if I was in an accident, my fault or not, would be to let anybody know I was on my cellphone at the time
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What she did is the definition of hypocrisy.
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Don't do as I do, do as I say. ![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
She's the perfect hypocrite. Hopefully she shows a lot of remorse.
The governor of NJ, on the other hand, I have to say really impressed me with his apology, full acknowledgment that he set a terrible example not wearing a seatbelt in the accident that almost killed him recently.
![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
She's the perfect hypocrite. Hopefully she shows a lot of remorse.
The governor of NJ, on the other hand, I have to say really impressed me with his apology, full acknowledgment that he set a terrible example not wearing a seatbelt in the accident that almost killed him recently.
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