Posted on 03/11/2009 12:05:58 PM PDT by steve-b
Among Members of Congress, there's a long-standing, proud tradition of the Airport Freakout. Add to the list of those who've indulged in meltdowns and temper tantrums while traveling one Sen. David Vitter, who on Thursday joined what we've dubbed the "Mile-Low Club" by going ballistic on an airline worker after missing a flight from Washington's Dulles airport to New Orleans.
According to an HOH tipster who witnessed the scene, the Louisiana Republican arrived Thursday evening at his United Airlines gate 20 minutes before the plane was scheduled to depart, only to find the gate had already been closed. Undeterred, Vitter opened the door, setting off a security alarm and prompting an airline worker to warn him that entering the gate was forbidden.
Vitter, our spy said, gave the airline worker an earful, employing the timeworn "do-you-know-who-I-am" tirade that apparently grew quite heated.
That led to some back and forth, and the worker announced to the irritable Vitter that he was going to summon security.
Vitter, according to the witness, remained defiant, yelling that the employee could call the police if he wanted to and their supervisors, who, presumably, might be more impressed with his Senator's pin.
But after talking a huffy big game, Vitter apparently thought better of pushing the confrontation any further. When the gate attendant left to find a security guard, Vitter turned tail and simply fled the scene....
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We are but lowly servants to these a-holes.
(sigh) .......
ID’d as a pubbie in the second graph.
How ‘bout that?
Yeah, you're one of the a-holes who voted for the TSA, so welcome to our world.
Should Read: Vitter (D) “Depends”
Senator: Do you know who I am?
Airport worker: No, do you have amnesia? Do we need to call 911?..............
Cynthia McKinney in wingtips?
Too bad he’s just a Senator and not the Speaker of the House. He would never have to go through what the common people have to endure.
So you don’t even question a hit piece, in a gossip column, from an un-named source, posted by FR’s most dedicated GOP-hater?
Actually, the fewer people know how Vitter is, the better for him. I mean, imagine if the gate attendant had said in a nice outdoor voice, "Why, yes; you're that senator who visits hookers and likes wearing diapers."
My own experience in airports and simlar places is that it’s usually more productive to beg and plead when you arrive out of breath only to find the gate shut 20 minutes before flight time.
As a congresscritter, he should know better than to lose it like that. But as a frequent traveller, one can feel his pain.
Senator: Do you know who I am?
Airport gate agent: (gets on loudspeaker) Ladies and gentlemen, we have a passenger here who does not know who he is, is anyone able to identify him?
He just Luvs him Pamper-ing, and just needed a little Huggies.
Indeed. I question the source first. After all, this is a member of the GOP that is being attacked. We all know how "fair" the drive bys are.
Vitter is a Republican? That’d be tough to prove...
ROFL!! That would have been priceless!!
Saved me from having to read the entire article. Just another scumbag politician who happens to have an "R" attached to his name......
Hey Vitter, if you were Speaker of the House, you wouldn’t have to fly commercial.
All we need is a Flaming Jack-o-Lantern acting like a common street thug! Isn’t Vitter’s Wife and Sponsors ever gone to jerk his leash? Please RNC, give this Idiot to the Democraps, they have earned him!
And unlike his dem counterparts, no one was hit....
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