Sheila Jackson Lee at the Immigration Coalition
EBONY magazine named her one of the "100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the Century."
Posted on 07/09/2009 4:07:38 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
You're thinking of former Congressperson "aisle-bird" Cynthia McKinney, now most recently released from an Israeli jail after her arrest for violating the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
sjl is like looter guy, she’ll show up where you least expect. And steal your beer.
They expelled her Monday and she is back in the USA with her radical Islamic friends.
They expelled her Monday and she is back in the USA with her radical Islamic friends.
Thanks.
Law Degree? You could knock me over with a feather!
Congresswoman Jackson Lee earned a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University with honors, followed by a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School.
http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/about.shtml
Thanks. Any more than a high school education is a surprise in itself.
Publicity-Seeking
Critics complain that Jackson Lee has a tendency to volunteer unsolicited on-camera commentary and press statements on a wide range of political issues, such as a 2003 request to use more African American-sounding names when naming hurricanes and tropical storms, feeling the current selections were too “lily white.” [3] This has caused conservative critics to nickname her “Hurricane Sheila.” Citing the hurricane incident, conservative pundit and former CBS correspondent Bernard Goldberg included Jackson-Lee in his book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, ranking her #98.
Jackson Lee volunteered herself as an unsolicited advocate for the father of Elián González in the international custody controversy and reportedly spends hours seeking out prime seating locations in the House of Representatives chamber to increase her camera visibility for special events such as the State of the Union address. She was also one of the few members of Congress to come to the defense of Michael Jackson during an ongoing criminal investigation of the pop star [4]. She also attracted controversy in 2003 by meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and offering to sponsor a visit for the controversial leader to the United States.
According to the gossip columnist of a local free paper, The Houston Press, the congresswoman’s reputation as a “floor hog” has also given rise to a humorous betting game among Capitol Hill staffers in other member’s offices in which quarters are deposited into a jar each time she speaks. The office staff in possession of the jar when a whole day goes by without Jackson Lee speaking wins and gets to keep the contents [5].
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sheila_Jackson-Lee
heigmeister, I am pretty sure it was Sheila Jackson Lee I remember hogging the rail during State of the Union addresses. See SwinneySwitch’s post above.
She is dumb enough to try it again.
Is Sheila Jackson Lee the loudmouth who has a hairdo that looks like a snake is wrapped around her head?
Just trying to keep all the whackos straight in my mind.
OK – what's an aisle bird? This is someone who makes sure they get a seat on the main aisle of the House chambers in Washington when the president is scheduled to make a speech. They know that the president will walk down that aisle before the speech, and walk up that aisle after the speech – and be on every broadcast and cable network while he does it. If you can be sitting right there, you will be seen shaking hands with the president and holding a little discussion with him as he walks buy.
OK, here's the hard part. To get a seat on the aisle you have to show up at the House chamber at lease five hours before the speech begins. That means Cynthia (who is a Democrat from Georgia, by the way) had to show up at around 4:00 Thursday afternoon and just sit there (you can't send an aide) and wait for five hours. As long as you're going to be on Capitol Hill, you could be spending this five hours in your office doing what the taxpayers pay you for. The taxpayers don't pay you to plant your ass in the view of television cameras for a presidential speech. I believe this is about the ninth time the "Cutest Little Communist in Congress" has staked out that seat. That's a lot of wasted hours for a little tube time.
EBONY magazine named her one of the "100 Most Fascinating Black Women of the Century."
Maybe they are twins!
;-)
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