PEE R. WHIZ AND PUSHY POSSE PUT ME IN MY PLACE

New York Post Op-Ed/Yahoo news ^ | 8/24/02 | ANDREA PEYSER

[LarryLied]

FOR the second time in 10 minutes yesterday, Lizzie Grubman and her potty posse took over the ladies' room. And wouldn't you know it. Nature called.

So there I was, on the third floor of Suffolk County's Criminal Court building, poised outside the lair of the peroxided Mercedes maven, heretofore to be known as the Princess of Pee. But just as I was about to seek my own private audience with the public plumbing, I was stared down by a man who must be 7 feet tall.

"Please wait 'til she's done," the bruiser requested.

This brought a compelling new aspect into the class war at the heart of the case of The People vs. Elizabeth Grubman:

Here outside a public bathroom in the people's courthouse was stationed a private bodyguard - one of six - setting up a rope line before Lizzie's VIP loo.

Having just gotten lost way out here, in a part of Long Island where some folks live in homes delivered off the backs of trucks and young women don't ordinarily drive into crowds in reverse, I had to go. As I saw it, I had three options:

1. I could channel Lizzie, look up into Sasquatch's belt buckle and declare: "F - - - you, white trash!" Or:

2. I could sound the spoiled rich chick's battle cry: "Don't you know who I am?"

But seeing that I can't afford the kind of reconstructive facial surgery on display from various members of the potty posse, I resorted to the kind of behavior that prior victims of Lizzie's famously impatient temper reverted to when Lizzie cut in front of the line.

I waited.

They say the Hamptons are now over. Throwing around one's weight is out. Cursing underlings just isn't done anymore. But then you watched Lizzie prance around the courthouse yesterday as if it were an exclusive nightclub.

Then you listened to her lawyer, Stephen Scaring, boast repeatedly that Lizzie's plea deal, in which she gets 60 days in jail for admitting she left the scene of an accident - but not driving drunk - "establishes, No. 1, that she was not intoxicated and, No. 2, it was not intentional."

What an absurd stretch.

So what did we learn from our Season of Lizzie? When in trouble - run! Not a very satisfying conclusion.

[nutmeg]

I heard several stories from NYC women that Her Hillaryness created her own private loos in a similar fashion back when she was running for Senate in 2000. Pity the fool that dares to cross those big bodyguards at the door!

Hillary and Lizzie... what a couple of (criminal) b**ches!!!

[BradyLS]

The New England hierarchy/royalty is not built of stone as many think, MANY will come falling down in the next 18 months, including butt-loads of attorneys and CFOs from the banking biz.

The real bitch is that so many will be done at the midnight hour that the public will not hear about it unless Fox is alerted to the proceedings, which they may well be...

Pardon my naivitee, but, what soes that mean?

[Vidalia]

Crime and corruption by living officers of the major banks and supporting ancillary personnel are going to be exposed and prosecuted, but the public will lose it's interest unless it is covered.

[Free Vulcan]

Dude, please warn us next time before posting THAT. Her mug could do some serious damage to a computer screen.

[MadIvan]

It used to be that, at least in public anyway, the well to do were expected to adhere to a higher standard of behaviour. For example, Andrew Carnegie felt obligated by his great wealth to make tremendous contributions - including the creation of Carnegie hall.

The link with having been blessed by life and feeling a sense of gratitude to the country and the society which made it possible has been broken. Ms. Grubman's assertion of privilege, even around something as prosaic as a toilet is an example of this. She does not look at her wealth and privilege with the requisite dignity, humility and modesty. She's been caught out this time, in part, but apparently, not severely enough.

Regards, Ivan

[Thumper1960]

She's the daughter of the music industry's most power attorney, and niece of the analyst who recommended Worldcom and Enron all the way down to bankruptcy (and was paid $30 Million in severance to leave). The Grubman's are also some of the NY Democratic Party's largest political contributors (not a small statement to make)...

No doubt, also very pleased to be helping the average 'little people' make it through life with the help of thier brand of perverse Liberal soccial/economic/political help.

[LarryLied]

the well to do were expected to adhere to a higher standard of behaviour.

For good reason too. The rich can afford a debased life style, the poor cannot. It is cruel for Hollywood elites to promote the notion that a mother does not need a husband and there are no serious, life-long consquences to one's action. I'm a big fan of Victorian hypocrisy. Be what you will in private, among your own circle, but don't preach destructive behavior to the others.

[Chemnitz]

She does look strikingly like a man in many pictures.

[DBtoo]

Oh how funny! I can relate!!!

[DBtoo]

Texas had it's fair share of those types. There was a song out some years ago about them called Texas B**ch. When it hits 60 degrees in the winter, you can see them at Flagship Randells wearing their mink coats.

[DBtoo]

You are so right. For years it has bothered me how they push the concept that single-motherhood is cool and normal. So many people have suffered as a result, and the fabric of our society is falling apart as the 2 parent family goes by the wayside.

[LarryLied]

The feminist movement was pushed by elites at Mt Holyoke and Vassar. They pick the wrong guy, or don't want him around, daddy and his liberal friends would bail them out. No problem being a single mom with a child if your daddy is a vice preseident at Chase Manhattan. A huge problem if your father is not around or not wealthy himself.

[YaYa123]

You remind us, "It used to be that, at least in public anyway, the well to do were expected to adhere to a higher standard of behaviour.."

And some still do...even in private. I speak of the much loved senior Bush family and how differently the White House staff compared them to the no class, white trash, Clintons.

[CARepubGal]

I envy you. As a woman I am thankful that skanky fugly POS is on the east coast and hope to never ever see her in person. She could scare a bulldog off a gutwagon.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[LarryLied]

Wish Andrea had told the bodyguards to beat it. A cop telling someone not to use a restroom is one thing. No one has the right to hire people to keep others out.

[CARepubGal]

Taking up a public potty is rude, inconsiderate and very very stupid. Kennedys and Clintons do this same crap all the time.

[stanz]

Actually, I'd rather NOT sit on the same seat she used.

[LarryLied]

And nobody calls them on it? Secret Service, police, yes. Private security keeping anyone from a public facility seems as if it would be actionable to me.

[Brian Allen]

<< KKKennedys and KKKlintons do this same crap ..... >>

Just goes to show, my GrandPa was right all those years ago when he told me that no matter how hard those monied po' white trash pig-poo folks try -- and for how many generations.

They just ain't never gunna pull off makin' strawberry jam oudda pigshit!

Never!