Mad Hatter: Miami Congresswoman Angry Over House Hat Ban (Florida Democrat Alert)

NBC Miami ^ | 11/18/10 | Todd Wright

[Recovering_Democrat]

For Frederica Wilson, style is substance when it comes to her hat collection.

The former state legislator who was elected to replace Kendrick Meek in District 17 is as mad as a hatter that head dress is prohibited on the floor in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill.

Wilson, a Democrat from Miami, is known for having a hat for every outfit and every occasion. She's probably more known for her trademark style than any piece of legislation she pushed or voted for, so it's easy to understand why she would feel her identity is being stripped away.

"Hats are what I wear. People get excited when they see the hats. Once you get accustomed to it, it's just me," Wilson told the Miami Herald. "Some people wear wigs, or high heel shoes or big earrings or pins. This is just me."

[Recovering_Democrat]

This extremist leftwingnut Democrat just might make Sheila Jackson Lee look like a Rhodes scholar.

Soon to be representing Florida's 17th district.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Florida kook news ping.

[AU72]

Too bad this wasn’t in force when Bella Abzug was in Congress.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

"Hats are what I wear. People get excited when they see the hats. Once you get accustomed to it, it's just me," Wilson told the Miami Herald. "Some people wear wigs, or high heel shoes or big earrings or pins. This is just me."

Yeesh. I get the impression that the hat this dope should be wearing is a tinfoil dunce cap.

[hal ogen]

Hey...cut her a break! Maybe the hats cover the point or the dent.

[La Lydia]

Bella Abzug did not wear her hats while in the Capitol.

[Oberon]

Even among ladies and gentlemen who wear hats, they’re not worn indoors as a matter of etiquette.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I have to say, that is a nice hat she is wearing.

[2dollarbill]

“And I want to be able to ride my pony while I’m wearing my cowgirl hat too”!!

[FrankR]

What? Does she have a bald spot or something?

SYMBOLISM OVER SUBSTANCE - That's the democrat way.

Someone tell Hedda Hopper that this is a government body, not a Saturday night at Daddy Mack's juke joint.

But, she asked for it, I am downloading all the pictures of her, along with all the pictures of ridiculous hats that I can find. I'll have fun with this kook.

[P-Marlowe]

This extremist leftwingnut Democrat just might make Sheila Jackson Lee look like a Rhodes scholar. Soon to be representing Florida's 17th district.

Maybe, but a ban on hats is as stupid as Sheila Jackson Lee.

I bet they wouldn't try to ban burkas.

[La Lydia]

Idiot alert. She gets elected to Congress and this is her BIGGEST CONCERN. No dignity, no respect.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

That’s a tall order

[presently no screen name]

Just another LOOK AT ME liberal who whines about rules.

[P-Marlowe]

This extremist leftwingnut Democrat just might make Sheila Jackson Lee look like a Rhodes scholar. Soon to be representing Florida's 17th district.

Maybe, but a ban on hats is as stupid as Sheila Jackson Lee.

I bet they wouldn't try to ban burkas.

[mountn man]

"Hats are what I wear. People get excited when they see the hats. Once you get accustomed to it, it's just me," Wilson told the Miami Herald. "Some people wear wigs, or high heel shoes or big earrings or pins. This is just me."

Another leftist in the mold of Obama.

ME, ME, ME, I, I, I

[wiggen]

Exactly. I’m sure those that voted her in are happy she has her priorities straight.

[presently no screen name]

She’ll be now known as the “MAD HATTER”.

[rarestia]

Even among ladies and gentlemen who wear hats, they’re not worn indoors as a matter of etiquette.

THANK YOU, Oberon! This classless hack thinks it's more important to "look good" than to adhere to long-established acceptable social etiquette norms.

As a matter of fact, hats were originally used to keep soot and ash out of the faces of gentlemen and ladies during the Industrial Revolution. They were purposeful accoutrements that lent to style.

While we don't live in a world covered in soot anymore, hats are still en vogue in some circles, but the old standards of etiquette still apply!

[Doctor 2Brains]

Sure is... If you’re busting broncos or meeting Wyatt Earp at the OK Corral.