IT'S A DEMOCRACY, STUPID, NOT A MONARCHY: Airline makes room for Sheila Jackson Lee

THE HILL ^ | 9/3/03

[Liz]

Members of Congress often use weekend plane trips back to their districts as a way to unwind after a hectic bout of lawmaking. Which could explain why Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) demanded a whole row of seats to herself on a recent Continental flight from Washington to Houston.

Jackson Lee usually gets first-class upgrades from the airline. But on this particular flight first class was full. After cabin attendants delivered the bad news and showed her to the coach section, Jackson Lee exploded, said one witness.

“When she saw that she had to sit with other people, she started shouting that she was in Congress and worked hard. She was really loud. Everybody in the plane could hear.”

Frequent flyers say that such outbursts are common whenever Jackson Lee is on board. The Continental crew seemed to take the whole situation in stride. Attendants scurried around to find her other accommodations, and once Jackson Lee got her own row of seats she quieted down.

Later in the flight she even paid a friendly visit to the people she had refused to sit with. According to a nearby passenger, Jackson Lee “handed out her business cards and invited them to stop by her office.”

[mhking]

I get so confused!

She's the one on the aerospace committee, who, upon watching the Mars Sojourner make it's way across the terrain of Mars, asked, "So, can it go over to where our astronauts planted the flag?"

Dumb as a box of rocks...

[xsmommy]

feeling lotsa sheila love on this thread : )

[Flyer]

Is Sheila cranky over the possibility of redistricting?

Nah. . . she's always like that.

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[Spiff]

Where are those Federal Air Marshalls when you need them?

She should have been Tasered, hauled off to some airport backroom and cavity-searched just like the rest of us would have been.

[N3WBI3]

No even if she did, it means we did..

[jimt]

Queen Sheila is a racist, communist, mentally ill person.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Flyer, great minds and all that. I just emailed you and 80 of my closest friends the article.

[WestPacSailor]

Queen Sheila is a racist, communist, mentally ill person.

Don't you mean Hurricane Sheila?

[Conspiracy Guy]

A picture of Sheila before she gained so much weight.

[Liz]

I'll take SJL on any day ........on or off a plane.

[jimt]

Don't you mean Hurricane Sheila?

I lose my sense of humor when discussing her. She's my Congresscritter, and I've seen her in person as well as the oafish comments she makes on TV. There is no racial issue too small for her not to try to inflame it, and there's no socialist program to sweeping for her not to be for it. She's a disgrace to our district, and to herself. She's nothing short of despicable.

[Cooter]

When you fly on the FedGov's dime, the frequent flier miles belong to the FedGov, and can't be used by the traveler for upgrades or any other consideration.

That rule was changed in 2001. See Guidelines for Official Federal Travelers;Using Frequent Traveler Benefits :

On December 28, 2001, the President signed into law S. 1438, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002. Section 1116 of this law authorizes Federal employees to retain promotional items, including frequent flyer miles, earned on official travel. This travel advisory provides interim details regarding this new authority.

[Liz]

I don't mean to be crass....but she needs dental work real bad.

[Liz]

....feeling lotsa sheila love on this thread ....

Awwww, that's so sweet.

Post your love mail to Sheila here.

[al_c]

Read this reply to a previous question ...

[Puppage]

I can never remember, there are so many of them saying so many stupid things.

LOL. You're so right!

[mtbopfuyn]

Sounds like someone needs to look into Contenintal. This is the second time in two days that airline has been questioned here. Yesterday, it was chicken RAT Senator Whitmire getting a flight from Albuturkey to Houston at 7 am but a poster apparently checked it out and there is no 7 am flight. Now, it's sock puppet RAT CongressQueen Jackson-Lee getting a whole row of seats.

[AlexW]

I would have told the fat b*tch to shut up and sit down, Then I would have been carted off as some terrorist.

I hate what these clowns get away with.

[Conspiracy Guy]

No mental challenge there. But I doubt you or I could act as stupid as She.

[Conspiracy Guy]

That's part of her charm.