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IT'S A DEMOCRACY, STUPID, NOT A MONARCHY: Airline makes room for Sheila Jackson Lee
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| 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: steplock
Well, you could always take out an ad.
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:11:28 AM PDT
by
Liz
To: Liz
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. I really, really, wish the crew had told her to shut up and sit down, that she would be treated the same as ordinary citizens.
To: rdb3; Khepera; elwoodp; MAKnight; condolinda; mafree; Trueblackman; FRlurker; Teacher317; ...
Jackson-Lee is officially the dumbest person in Congress.
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:12:02 AM PDT
by
mhking
(She can't help it - she doesn't know she's stupid...)
To: shortstop
I can't wait to read about this incident in the New York Times. I hope that it gets a lot of press back in Texas.
The good people of Texas should not tolerate such behavior in their public servants
This should definitely be a campaign issue used by her opponent in the next election.
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:12:51 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
To: Liz
I thought it was a REPUBLIC, and that a DEMOCRACY can only lead to anarchy/communism
45
posted on
09/03/2003 9:14:12 AM PDT
by
Porterville
(I spell stuff wrong sometimes, get over it, you are not that great.)
To: Liz
I think they actually did those passengers a favor. Would you want to sit next to her on that flight?
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:14:12 AM PDT
by
Cooter
To: Liz
Some politicians think they're Leona Helmsley. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee seems to be one of them.
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:14:55 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Liz
Shouldn't they restrain out of controll passangers??? Don't they have tazers and restraints for such unrully folks??
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:16:05 AM PDT
by
Porterville
(I spell stuff wrong sometimes, get over it, you are not that great.)
To: al_c
When is the last time that you demanded a whole row of seats for yourself only, and the airline granted that to you?
To: Pontiac
Why would she be flying on the government dime? It would be an interesting question, whether or not she was flying on th FedGov's dime...
50
posted on
09/03/2003 9:17:42 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(Remember: PC Kills!)
To: Liz
I would have had them stop the plane after it pulled away and take me back to the gate. There I would have lodged a complaint, demanded my money back. Then filed a civil rights suit against the Elitist PIG.
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:20:30 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Of course I like it here. I just may not like you.)
To: mhking
!!!!!!!
52
posted on
09/03/2003 9:20:47 AM PDT
by
stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: Liz
I wonder if Ms. Lee paid for the extra seats? Oh no, of course not.
Damn, I wish I was there to give her--and Continental--a piece of my mind.
53
posted on
09/03/2003 9:23:19 AM PDT
by
SpyGuy
To: Liz
I'd tell her she has her own private suite; then I'd lock her in the crapper.
54
posted on
09/03/2003 9:23:44 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: South40
"...probably bacause I am black."
Why the assumption? This is the type of thinking that continues the racism monster in the U.S.
55
posted on
09/03/2003 9:25:07 AM PDT
by
Chu Gary
To: South40
That pic says it all. If you be black, you git all de benfitz.
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:25:36 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: mhking
"Jackson-Lee is officially the dumbest person in Congress."
Not until Conyers gets the boot. Until then she is slightly behind on the dumb-o-meter!
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:27:51 AM PDT
by
CSM
("We have been assigned to the hall of Freep. No other work is allowed" - Equality 7-2521)
To: Liz
Was her broom in the shop?
58
posted on
09/03/2003 9:28:08 AM PDT
by
meyer
To: SpyGuy
Damn, I wish I was there to give her--and Continental--a piece of my mind.I wish I'd have been there as well. I might have gotten myself booted, but I'd have raised my voice and given her a good solid piece of my mind as well. There'd probably be some serious cussing, as once I get fired up, I tend to ignore those rules of etiquette.
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:29:53 AM PDT
by
meyer
To: al_c
"...and I don't fly even nearly as often as a senator."Lee is not a Senator; she's a Congressman. And a piss-poor one at that!
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posted on
09/03/2003 9:29:58 AM PDT
by
SpyGuy
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