Car Talk (or Queen Sheila pulls a Hillary)

Roll Call ^ | May 27 2002 | Ed Henry

[Lockbox]

Car Talk. . No matter how hard she tries, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. (D-Texas) just can't seem to shake her car troubles.

Jackson Lee took a beating in the media a few months back for having a staffer wait outside her front door each morning in a government-financed car to shuttle her the whole two blocks from her apartment to the Rayburn Building. HOH. later reported that she had started slipping out the back door to have her chief of staff drive her to work, though her office insisted that the boss wasn't trying to evade scrutiny.

Then, during a House vote Wednesday night, an interesting scene played out on the east side of the Capitol. The Capitol Police cleared Rep. John Dingell's (D-Mich.) car. to go through the security barriers, which only let through one vehicle at a time.

But suddenly a Mercedes with dark windows sped up. and tried to sneak through the barriers on Dingell's tail. According to HOH's spy, police officers rushed over and ordered the car to stop, as the tinted windows slowly started rolling down. "Who should be in the passenger seat but Sheila Jackson Lee.," said the source.

The police did a close check of the vehicle, and then the Congresswoman was waved in.

[Lockbox]

At least her choice of cars is improving!

[mhking]

They shoulda made her primadonna butt wait.

[xrp]

Yeah...I'm glad that UNITED STATES Congress members are using GERMAN cars, as opposed to American cars.

Even better...American taxpayers probably paid for her car.

[LTCJ]

But suddenly a Mercedes with dark windows sped up

What ever happened to shooting first and asking questions later?

[mattdono]

This woman is the epitome of liberal hypocrisy. More aptly she is the type of black person that keeps other blacks down. She acts like she cares, but she is just another blood-sucking liberal leech. Her impatience also illustrates the lack of character that she has. I mean, can't wait for a barrier to go up than down? Gimme a break! Just another "your rules don't apply to me" liberal.

I really like the "shoot first, ask questions later".

[MarineDad]

C'mon, cut her some slack...she's gotta travel this way 'cuz the last time she took a taxi, she tried paying with this:

[Salgak]

As opposed to American Cars built by Union Labor that votes overwhelmingly Democrat ??? Hobbesian Choice, my friend. . .

[AGreatPer]

Can you imagine what would happen to you or I if we tried this?