You’re correct that road-rage is not the appropriate term, although KCRA reported “One of them said she’d run him off the road.” I suppose reckless driving is more apt.

“it was only after Migden disclosed her disease that you showed any sympathy.”I have plenty of sympathy for her regarding her disease. I have no sympathy for her as a dangerous driver. I have sympathy for the mother and child that she rear-ended, and I consider it a blessing that noone was seriously hurt.

“You weren’t present, and you have no idea if she disclosed anything to the police (although, I note, you failed to mention that she passed a sobriety test, and she did disclose the median contact with the police)”
I was not present. I relied on the reporting of others, such as the SF chronicle, for the information. I did not say that she hid this from the police. In fact, I quoted this when stating my point that when she hit ’something’ she should have done the responsible thing and stopped.

“And, you don’t know that she “berated” anyone, witness or not”Again, just going by what’s being reported…via the Chronicle “another reported that he was berated by Migden after witnessing the rear-end collision.”

Ha!! That’s rich Rocky. Good un! Now that’s pathetic.

But I guess that none of the circumstances matter, because she’s a democrat. And that is indeed pathetic.

And you are only defending her because she is a Dem. Pot meet kettle.

You gotta be f’n kidding me Rocky. What the heck was she doing behind the wheel if her medication could even slightly debilitate her abilty to operate a vehicle?

“My only explanation is that it is medically related in some way,” Migden, 56, said in an interview with The Chronicle.”I don’t have a recollection of what happened. I can only conclude I had a medical event I can’t explain. It’s not an excuse; it may be an explanation.”

Wow…

With regard to the taxpayers footing the bill for this accident, even the post notes that it is the state’s insurance that will pay for the damages. Yeah, I know the taxpayers pay for the insurance, but if this is conventional group insurance, an accident will not dramatically effect the rates; if this is self insurance, being the state and the large number of insured drivers employed by the state, this accident will not impact the overall budget enough to even justify a footnote.

The point is, before Migden disclosed her cancer, this was posted only because she is a democrat, and it was only after Migden disclosed her disease that you showed any sympathy. You weren’t present, and you have no idea if she disclosed anything to the police (although, I note, you failed to mention that she passed a sobriety test, and she did disclose the median contact with the police). Perhaps the police were simply doing what they should, and not discuss the sensitive information openly. Perhaps Migden didn’t disclose her status for obvious reasons. Migden has taken responsibility for the accident(s), and has, in fact, shunned any label of “victim”. And, you don’t know that she “berated” anyone, witness or not. Frankly, it sounds like she was experiencing side effects of her medication, and simply said the first thing that came to mind — that she is indeed a state senator.

But I guess that none of the circumstances matter, because she’s a democrat. And that is indeed pathetic.

Quote: “California State Senator Carole Migden has revealed she has been battling leukemia for nearly 10 years and that her medicine sometimes leaves her disoriented.”

If this IS the case, why not just say so when the police first interviewed her? If the medicine has this severe an effect, should she even be driving? Do we wait until she kills someone?

The taxpayers get to pay for the damage that her carelessness caused, and possibly someday one of those taxpayers may be killed by her hubris.

But, I guess I’m supposed to feel sorry for her because SHE’s the victim in this situation. Pathetic.

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I hardly think that being outraged by this behavior is “going off the deep end”

Let’s make a deal. Prosecute Midgen, and oh yeah, let’s start going after ALL politicians who break the law, starting with… hmm, there are so many choices… well, since this is about justice, how ’bout Alberto Gonzales! Discrimination, coersion, conspiracy, and that’s just off the top of my head. I’m sure if we dig around, we could find some real juicy stuff.

Sort of pales in comparison, doesn’t it?