The P-D lands the first post-“bullshit” interview with the senator. I’m bumping it up here into a new post because it’s a frightening, must-read piece.
It’s absolutely clear that Wiggins is not well, and is in desperate need of the medical attention that her friends and associates insist she is not receiving. Instead, they’re propping the woman up and saying everything is just cool. It’s more than a little grotesque.
Cindy Thomas, a Petaluma nurse and Wiggins supporter, said Wednesday at the Capitol that she took the senator’s remarks to the pastor as a sign of strength.
“It’s a perfect example of how she goes to bat for people. She’s a no-holds-barred person,” said Thomas, who was in Sacramento on Wednesday with United Health Workers of America to lobby legislators.
“She doesn’t bull—- us,” Thomas said. “She talks in terms everyday people can understand, and not in Sacramento-ese.”
Again — if someone taking this line could please identify the “bullshit arguments” in Pastor Jones’ address, I’d be much obliged.
This article appears in Who’s Your City?.
You’re right to be raising alarms, Hank. Wiggin’s bizarre behavior has been the subject of much talk lately in political circles. What I find appalling is that Thompson’s machine (effectively) appointed Wiggins over Strom-Martin even though Wiggins’ problems were even at that point evident to those interacting with her. The logic seemed, from the outside, to be “better incompetent but reliable than competent but independent.”
Political offices are responsibilities, not entitlements. Wiggins should resign so someone competent do the job.
I fully expect this sad situation to turn into a typical red-state-blue-state debate, when it all boils down to a clear medical problem.
I have had two closed door meeting with the senator and both times it was obvious that she was not engaged in the discussions. At the time I chalked it up to either prescription meds, a low battery on her hearing aid, or some other medical condition.
I wish her well in treating the condition. If it is not treatable, she should resign.
perhaps she’s just a bitch..