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Rangel aide in eatery tirade
NY Post ^ | 3/12/11 | Page SIx

Posted on 03/12/2011 10:13:21 AM PST by paltz

Charlie Rangel's deputy chief of staff, Geoffrey Eaton, threw such a fit over a missing umbrella during Thursday night's downpour at Harlem's popular Chez Lucienne restaurant that management had to call police to escort him out.

According to witnesses, Eaton, 52 -- who's also president of the NAACP's Midtown branch -- flew into a rage after a meal alone at the bar of the Lenox Avenue bistro when the staff couldn't find the umbrella he insisted he'd left by the door on his way in.

"He yelled at everyone, even the customers," said the manager on duty, who asked not to be named. "We said, 'We'll give you another umbrella.' Other people offered . . . we said, 'If that's not enough, we'll pay for your cab home.' Because I know him, I let him stay for a while. I talked to him nicely, as I do with all of my customers. We tried to calm him down. I have never seen him that way. Maybe something went a little wrong."

BET.com contributor Bevy Smith, who was dining separately at the bistro, told us, "He cursed out the entire waitstaff, and everyone was trying to appease him. He was like, 'Bleep that, I want a bleeping umbrella, why the bleep can't you find it?' "

"I said, 'Shhhh.' He yells at me, 'Bleep you, and mind your own bleeping business . . . you're a disgrace to our race.' "

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: charlie; disgracetoourrace; geoffreyeaton; naacp; rangel
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To: paltz

What a jerkoff.

I’ve lost umbrellas in restaurants.

Life happens.


41 posted on 03/12/2011 11:39:55 AM PST by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: dangus
This is a guy who probably makes $50,000...

x10

42 posted on 03/12/2011 11:44:54 AM PST by Crawdad
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To: paltz

Guy’s a Jack Wagon.

There is a Subway entrance damn near outside the door of the resaurant if he had to go somewhere.

Additionally, there is a CVS drugstore and a Marshalls across the street who sell umbrellas.

“But, it’s all about me.”


43 posted on 03/12/2011 11:47:27 AM PST by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: Crawdad
From the article: "A source told us employees later found his umbrella in a corner."

Hilarious.

44 posted on 03/12/2011 11:48:10 AM PST by Crawdad
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To: nkycincinnatikid

“Reminds me that I haven’t seen my umbrella since about 1983. Now where could I have left it?”

Probably sitting in Eaton’s apartment, right next his, where he probably left it in the first place.


45 posted on 03/12/2011 11:55:19 AM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: nkycincinnatikid

“Reminds me that I haven’t seen my umbrella since about 1983. Now where could I have left it?”

Probably sitting in Eaton’s apartment, right next to his, where he probably left it in the first place.


46 posted on 03/12/2011 11:55:26 AM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Bigh4u2

Darn.. Thought I caught it before it double posted.

Mods. Please forgive me.. :’(


47 posted on 03/12/2011 11:56:15 AM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: KJC1

Or maybe “What was eatin’ Eaton?”


48 posted on 03/12/2011 12:04:37 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Crawdad

Not on the salary of a congressional aide, he doesn’t. He obviously has money, but not ethically.


49 posted on 03/12/2011 12:06:15 PM PST by dangus
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Yup, it’s a ‘’black thing’’.


50 posted on 03/12/2011 12:09:48 PM PST by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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To: paltz
Damn... maybe he needs to spend some time reading:


51 posted on 03/12/2011 12:16:17 PM PST by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: paltz


BET.com contributor Bevy Smith, who was dining separately at the bistro, told us, "He cursed out the entire waitstaff, and everyone was trying to appease him. He was like, 'Bleep that, I want a bleeping umbrella, why the bleep can't you find it?' "
"I said, 'Shhhh.' He yells at me, 'Bleep you, and mind your own bleeping business . . . you're a disgrace to our race.' "
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/rangel_aide_in_eatery_tirade_Pb322Ca4BP4gGyIGtonpNJ#ixzz1GPyUSQ6j

Imagine something as trashy as that from such a respected public servant.

52 posted on 03/12/2011 12:16:17 PM PST by papasmurf (War is hell, but not the worst hell. Having a PRES__ENT comes close!)
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To: dangus
This is a guy who probably makes $50,000.

He's a deputy chief of staff for a US congressman. I am sure that he makes more than $100K.
53 posted on 03/12/2011 12:31:31 PM PST by andyk (Wealth != Income)
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To: paltz

I wonder if the staff will keep a vial of something ... well, unpleasant ... yes, that’s the word I’ll use ... unpleasant to sprinkle on his entree next time he stops by.


54 posted on 03/12/2011 12:51:10 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (An election is not a (national) suicide pact.)
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To: dangus

You are right.


55 posted on 03/12/2011 12:55:00 PM PST by Crawdad
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To: paltz

Much ado about a bloody bumbershoot.


56 posted on 03/12/2011 3:01:57 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Of course Obama loves his country. The thing is, Sarah loves mine.)
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To: paltz

In his circles, he is referred to a “Grievance Aristocracy”.


57 posted on 03/12/2011 3:04:56 PM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: paltz

“I said, ‘Shhhh.’ He yells at me, ‘Bleep you, and mind your own bleeping business . . . you’re a disgrace to our race.’ “

The Tea Party made him do it


58 posted on 03/12/2011 3:31:42 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Celebrate 'Civility'")
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