Posted on 01/12/2010 12:03:27 PM PST by crushkerry
All Sen. Arlen Specter wants as he sits down at the Vietnam Georgetown Restaurant after a bruising day of fighting for survival is a gin martini, with olives. How hard is that?
"Bartender is not here tonight. No mixed drinks - beer, wine only," the young waiter says, tapping a pencil on his order pad.
"No bartender?" Specter says. "How about a manager?"
The kid shakes his head. "Well, how about straight gin on ice? Can you do that?" Specter asks, sighing. The waiter is puzzled. "Straight gin," Specter repeats, exasperated now. Ah, the kid realizes, this customer is not going to take no for an answer.
"It's ridiculous, not having a bartender. What's this?" Specter grumbles as the waiter darts off to fetch the gin. "I guess I'll have to go home and make my own martinis."
SNIP
Demanding of Others
Such a driven man pushes others hard as well. Those who have worked for him describe a brilliant man with no patience for mistakes or tolerance for briefings and memos that fall short of "exactitude." If an aide offers unsolicited advice, Specter is known to snap, "I didn't ask for your opinion."
When he's being driven somewhere, for instance, newspapers must be stacked in order: Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, New York Times, Washington Post (if available). And the papers had "better be virgin," a former aide said. "He knows if someone has read them first."
When he goes on fact-finding trips overseas, Specter demands that State Department diplomats set up squash matches for him.
Another former aide remembered that when he was late picking up Specter at the airport because of construction, the enraged senator said he would drive himself, and demanded that the aide get in the passenger seat.
"He told me I was supposed to anticipate his needs and wants so he didn't have to ask for anything," the former aide said. But often, if they finished early, Specter invited the aide into his house to eat ice cream and watch sports on TV.
These snippets are just part of a larger article about him, but they show exactly what's wrong with the mindset that politicians get, especially ones that have been around forever and are used to people kissing their asses.
I don’t care if he is a sick old man, if he treated me like that I’d whip his butt!
He could’ve tried to be suave and asked for his martini to be shaken and not stirred.
That level of power, for that long, is very corrosive.
A lot of this stuff is ridiculous, but when you want a martini, you really need to get it.
There is a lot of us that can’t wait to vote this guy out and won’t be the first time I’ve voted against this turd.
A spector walks into a bar and orders a martini. (Can anybody finish that joke?)
Ingredients
Dry Vermouth
2 ounces gin, chilled
Directions
Pour a little bit of dry vermouth in a chilled martini glass and swirl to coat the inside of the glass. Dispose of excess vermouth. In a shaker full of ice, gently swirl or stir the gin before straining into glass.
Serving suggestion: Garnish with olives, lemon twist or cocktail onion and add rocks if you like.
Just one of 100 arrogant, entitled, elitist bastards who really believe they know more than the average voter - then go on to prove it every six years.
In other words, Specter is a flippin’ diva. He’s been in the Senate WAY too long.
There. Fixed it.
It sounds like the waiter was your typical smart-ass kid who thinks waiting tables is beneath him and goes out of his way to insure that you don't have a pleasant experience. They're all over the place, even here in NC, though the closer you get to the Arctic Circle, the more numerous they become.
Such obvious BS, "Sorry, no drinks tonight because there's no bartender and no manager. Have a nice day."
It's true. Everyone should have one.
It was Julius Caesar, and he wanted a martinus.
The bartender says, "Caesar, don't you mean a 'Martini'?"
Caesar says, "I only want one!"
Arrogant Entitled SOB?
Yep, that’s the Arlen Specter I know...
He’s a liberal.
What do you expect?
ping
I make mine in much the same way, but I leave the gin in the freezer and do not involve ice at all. Also, I like caperberries instead of olives.
Don’t you just hate it when you start to feel sorry for Arlen Specter?
Do not forget to shake.
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