Jackson Lee sounds a bit like a brilliant (seriously) CEO I worked for years ago — he had a whole staff of people waiting on him yet he went off on them constantly. He also blew his stack during meetings of top executives though he never singled out one person.
It wasn’t quite as ‘personal’ as the words of Jackson Lee, but still awful and he threw tantrums constantly. People tolerated it because he was such a great leader of the company and he did not personalize his diatribes though he did shriek at staffers one day to “Sit at your desks and do what I tell you or I’ll kill you.” Hmmm............. I quit shortly after THAT episode.
I doubt Jackson Lee is brilliant at her job, as my old boss was, and it is clear she totally personalizes her rants, i.e., “You Stupid M-Fer” No doubt they tolerate it because their jobs pay well and of course there are all those nice perks, too.
I remember when she was first elected. She was shown in Washington DC with her entourage. I thought something like “Undercover Brother” (which is one of my favorite movies) had landed.
The Houston Democrat addressed one of her employees as “you stupid motherf**ker.” And not just once, but “constantly,” recalls the staffer, “like, all the time.”
We found an easy way to stop this over 45 years ago!
When we were called that name we yelled back....”Well Keep your mother off the street!”
Anyone that works for Queen Sheila Jackson Lee is indeed a Stupid MF.
Not to defend SJ-L or anything, but have we, in fact, established that said staffer does not have deficient IQ and is not engaged in maternal incest?
Behind every liberal, there is a tyrant.
Keith Olbermann abused his staff also.
It is funny, I have worked for both liberals and conservatives.
The liberals act like they were dictators and underpaid while conservatives act more democratically, had more trust in their employees and paid fairly.
Hey! She is the poster child for the dems.
The constituents of Sheila Jackson Lee, Barbara Lee, Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters all have several things in common: they’re color blind, they don’t believe in the Constitution, they believe that crime does pay, and they’ll keep electing these criminals and send them to Congress!
Obviously she sees a lot of herself in her staff memebers.
In the article it talks about the high percentage of turnover - x percent leave within a year, y percent within 6 months. What amazed me was that she didn't have 100% turnover in a week.
I have to agree with her. Anyone who works for her is not very bright.
"This is a big F'N deal!"
Driving Miss Sheila. I got to go make water Miss Sheila. When a man has got to make water, he has to make water.
"Today, we have TWO Vietnams - north and south - living side by side...."