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IT'S A DEMOCRACY, STUPID, NOT A MONARCHY: Airline makes room for Sheila Jackson Lee
THE HILL ^ | 9/3/03

Posted on 09/03/2003 8:40:21 AM PDT by 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.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airline; airrage; congresscritter; d; democrat; demonrat; govtlargeass; govtlargess; houston; mediabias; queensheila; sheilajacksonlee; terrisn; texas; waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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To: Liz
Perhaps she'll open her gaping mouth

once too often and . . .

a la the Cheshire cat in Alice's land

fall in her own huge hole, disappearing from reality in BROAD daylight.
201 posted on 09/04/2003 5:26:09 AM PDT by Quix (DEFEAT her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de MarxNOW)
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To: Liz
I hope she's next.
202 posted on 09/04/2003 5:28:38 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
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To: al_c
Frequent flyers often get upgrades. On my flights to Chicago and back (to Dallas) I occasionally get moved up to business class and I don't fly even nearly as often as a senator.

But she didn't ask for an upgrade based on her frequent flyer status. She DEMANDED an upgrade based on her status as a Congresswoman. "When she saw that she had to sit with other people, she started shouting that she was in Congress and worked hard." I work in IS and I guarandamntee you I work harder than this leech.



203 posted on 09/04/2003 5:35:39 AM PDT by gitmo (Americans are learning world geography ... one war at a time.)
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To: gitmo
Go read post number 69 please.
204 posted on 09/04/2003 7:06:25 AM PDT by al_c
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To: Just mythoughts
Great idea for a reality TV show......"Congresspersons Making Complete A**es of Themselves.".....Show could go on forever. LOL.
205 posted on 09/04/2003 11:29:20 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Quix
Yeah, but maybe she'd like the "SF queens" attentions. LOL.
206 posted on 09/04/2003 11:31:06 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
I think I'd better keep my fingers quiet.

If I reply . . .

It could get as ugly as she is.

What a disaster of a person.

Reminds me of the Scripture about never letting a slave become king.
207 posted on 09/04/2003 11:41:35 AM PDT by Quix (DEFEAT her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de MarxNOW)
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To: Liz
Not again, with her intolerable bad manners, and why did the crew put up with her? There are rules and they should apply to everyone - especially to those who want to break them.
208 posted on 09/05/2003 8:55:55 PM PDT by Hila
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To: Hila
.........why did the crew put up with her? There are rules and they should apply to everyone........

Her histrionics put the crew into a difficult position. It was easier for them to accede to her self-serving demands than to invoke "rules" to the out-of-control, ranting idiot. She apparently firmly believes she's royalty and that rules don't apply to her.

209 posted on 09/06/2003 1:14:16 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
man, i guess there is always room for good ole' shelia to get a little worse...
210 posted on 09/09/2003 12:01:47 AM PDT by whalehater ("MY GOD BILL!! What about the cats?! The cats Bill, THE CATS!!")
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