Obama Adviser Jarret Asks Waiter For Glass of Wine; it Wasn’t a Waiter, It Was a Uniformed General

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/02/01/not-news-obama-adviser-valerie-jarret-asks-waiter-for-glass-of-wine-news-it-wasnt-a-waiter-it-was-a-uniformed-general/ ^

[macquire]

(Daily Caller)- According to our tipster, Jarrett was seated at the head table along with several other big-name politicians and a handful of high-ranking military officials. As an officer sporting several stars walked past Jarrett, she signaled for his attention and said, “I’d like another glass of wine.”

[hennie pennie]

LOLOLOLOL, "Hey YOU, yeah YOU, the YOU in the uniform, git me a new glassah wine!!

OMG

So help me, that is such a terrible faux pas, that I'd check myself into a treatment facility the next morning BEFORE word of it leaked out, LOLOL

Gimme mo' wine, buddy, ROFLOL

[Nepeta]

“Always trust your car to the man with the star.” (line from an old M.A.S.H episode.)

It's older than that:

"You can trust your car

To the man who wears the star

The big, bright, Texaco Star."

[Doc Savage]

Just read my tag line and you know what I’d do with her!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

If it had been me, I would have gotten her a glass of wine, and then politely and good-naturedly pointed out her mistake in the presence of her peers.

[khnyny]

If Valerie Jarrett is Obama’s “Rock” - then God help us. “Yo,’scuse me, I seem to have misplaced my brain, could you please fetch me a new one?”

http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2010/10/valerie-jarrett-people-died-for-this-our-right-to-vote/

[PieterCasparzen]

Patton died before I was born but I miss him.

[The Pack Knight]

“The guy dutifully went up and got her a glass of wine, and then came back and gave it to her and took a seat at the table,” our tipster said.

Reminds me when a buddy of mine who was a chef was at a statewide cooking competition at a restaurant convention. He was wearing his short-sleeved work shirt while taking out some garbage, and another chef, apparently thinking he was a dishwasher, told him to take his garbage out, too.

My buddy said nothing and took the garbage out just like the other chef asked. He then proceeded to mop the floor with him in the cook-off and win first place.

[The Pack Knight]

She’s probably a crappy tipper as well.

[KrisKrinkle]

Mistakes of a Night

[Venturer]

What makes anyone think that she mistook him for a waiter?

[ozzymandus]

Too bad it wasn’t Colin Powell.

[oldironsides]

This is not unexpected at all. Jarrett is very important and everyone else is beneath her. Her boss is also an imperious snob.

[Yaelle]

Even better was when Clinton as President mistook a reporter for a secret service agent and whispered into his ear to go get the phone number of an attractive babe in the crowd. The reporter took his Presidential Order seriously and duly went and retrieved the lady’s number.

But when it was time to approach the President himself, he was unsure of the proper protocol so he began to hand the paper to a secret service man close to the Pres.

Clinton grabbed it and hissed angrily at the reporter, “WHEN AH TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHIN FOR ME, YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH YOUR BOSS!!!”

So the reporter did what he knew how to do best and wrote up the story, which was a delight for the rest of us to hear. :)

[FromLori]

Good thing he was a gentleman imagine the responses he could have given that I mean her!

[kenmcg]

“The guy dutifully went up and got her a glass of wine, and then came back and gave it to her and took a seat at the table,” our tipster said. “Everyone is in tuxedos and gowns at this thing, but the military people are in full dress uniform.”

Sorry but the “General” following her order for a drink of water should have told her off. Instead, he embarassed himself and the uniform. But, its explainable, he probably wants to be noticed by the snake in chief, by hanging out with the political pukes.

[Kenny Bunk]

In my brand new Brooks Brothers AF uniform and shiny butter bars, I had nice old ladies ask me about bus schedules. Granted, I hadn't any decorations yet, but jes' sayin'

"Red, or white, madame?" Although I would imagine Jarrett is more the Colt 45 type.

[DanMiller]

I rather hope the story is about Ms. Jarret is true, but regardless of that it reminds me of a story told by one of my law school professors, a great raconteur who had been a senior partner with a New York City law firm before retiring and teaching law at the University of Virginia.

According to the story, Pat and Mike had been good friends in middle school but as they grew older and became stars on the high school football team they became bitter rivals; they came to dislike each other passionately.

After high school they went on to college. Pat then went into the service of the church, Mike into the service of the country. Many years later they met in Union Station; they had not seen each other for many years. Pat was resplendent in his bishop's robes and Mike in his uniform as a Navy admiral. They immediately recognized each other, even though both had put on more than a bit of weight. Pat said to himself, "I need to show forgiveness and tolerance, despite my feelings; I simply must go and speak to that man." He accordingly approached Mike and said, "Excuse me conductor, but when does the next train for Boston leave? Mike, without blinking an eye, looked at his watch and replied, "It leaves in twenty minutes, Madam. But should a woman in your condition be traveling?"

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

Reminds me of what happened years ago to Klintoon's (aka Beelzebubba's) Secy of State Maddy Albright. Read on.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was mistaken for a maid during last year’s peace negotiations for Kosovo in Rambouillet, France. According to a report in the "New York Daily News," the Secretary of State at first wasn’t recognized by the Albanian delegation when she walked into their room.
 
“One member of the delegation, who didn’t realize who she was, and probably thinking she was some cleaning lady because it was after midnight, simply said to her, ‘Give us five minutes and please go away,’” recalled Albanian diplomat Dugagjin Gorani in War on Europe, a British TV program. Instead, Albright exploded in rage, swearing at the group, according to the reports.
 
“Mrs. Albright started using explicit language which the translators never could translate into Albanian,” says Veton Surroi, another member of the delegation.

[Moltke]

Thanks everyone. The reason I mentioned the M.A.S.H. episode was that it involved a general who asked Hawkeye whether he knew what the star on his shoulders stood for...

Never heard the original Texaco ad, though it was clear that the line was lifted from somesuch.

[j_tull]

When they were called "service stations." Pump gas, wash windows, check oil, @ 0.24⁹ per gallon.