Confirmed: Chuck Schumer is a first-class jerk
Few things scream BELTWAY ARROGANCE louder than Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer.
You’ll remember his putdown of fiscally responsible Americans on the floor of the Senate earlier this year when he derided taxpayer concerns about massive pork in the stimulus bill.
So, it’s no surprise he treats flight attendants the same way he treats every other ordinary, hard-working taxpayer: with utter contempt:
Sen. Chuck Schumer loves the sound of his own voice, but it carried a bit farther than he might have liked on the US Airways shuttle from New York to Washington on Sunday.
According to a House Republican aide who happened to be seated nearby, the notoriously chatty New York Democrat referred to a flight attendant as a “bitch” after she ordered him to turn off his phone before takeoff.
Schumer and his seatmate, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), were chatting on their phones before takeoff when an announcement indicated that it was time to turn off the phones.
Both senators kept talking.
Confirmed: Chuck Schumer is a first-class jerk.
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Well, y’know… it does kinda take a b**** to expect the senator(s) to abide by the same federal laws that the rest of us plebians are subject to. I mean, c’mon… … …
…and where was Kirsten Gillebrand?…perhaps doing her utmost to protect the dignity of women everywhere? (snicker)
Correction: There were two first class senatorial jerks in this incident, not just one, Michelle.
Where was Gillebrand?
I don’t get it. I thought this guy had a dedicated military jet to fly him around just like Pelosi. I’m so sorry he has to defile himself by flying with the masses.
We must all remember the huge amount of stress in Senator Schumer’s life making things nice for all of the citizens. He could make things a lot nicer if…….(fill in with your choice of what he could do to keep things nice for us).
Don’t be silly, Michelle. Rules don’t apply to our overlords. They’re only for us peons who need to shut up and pay taxes…
This is definitely the way I would expect those who are forming an Oligarchy to behave.
Things are moving along as expected, & so is their arrogant behavior.
So Chcukie tell us what you really think about the masses….
That’s why he was so pi**ed. He probably says he can smell the other passengers…..
– Don’t you mean, “More confirmation?”
Schumer already had me thoroughly convinced of his jerk-dom before this incident. Or maybe I’m just too quick on the trigger…
Any reason that Senator Vitter gets a pass for being abusive to airline workers?
I am sure that, in the spirit of objectivity, MM will post this story side by side.
Schumer…. Human Trash.
Nothing more.
Obviously also a jerk, but that story is March 11…
if I were the flight attendant and was female, I’d have made a complaint to the pilot and had the jerk thrown off the plane!! schumer=jerk of the year….
Welcome to nine months ago, amigo. =]
I’ll check the archives, but I am pretty sure it wasn’t mentioned….
Nope. I’m right.
If I had been the flight attendant, I would had the pilot remove the supreme jerkulus, and if he remained, then proceeded to file a sexual harrassment complaint.
GSP
What is the statute of limitations for treating someone with, whats the term, “utter contempt”?
Anyway, you get my point even if none will admit to it.
Summon your Eagle powers!
So far, nobody has excused Vitter’s conduct. But if you’re asking why Michelle isn’t covering a nine-month old story with the same, er… “gusto”(?), I think you know the answer to that.
Apparently the fact that other congress critters are also jerks, somehow justifies Schumer’s actions. If MM wanted to document all the congressional jerkiness of the year she would need another web site and some full time personel. Would help the unemployment situation perhaps.
This particular event is noteworthy in its arrogance.
This has nothing to do with the conduct of either Senator.
I am asking why Michelle didn’t cover it nine months ago. Obviously, this behavior is worthy of a post coming from a Democratic senator. Wondering why it was not worthy when it came from a Republican. That was bigger news then as it led to an actual TSA investigation. Unless abusing airline workers only became uncool since March, I think it is a fair question.
“Happy Holidays to you too Senator Schmuck.”
Oh yes chap, and Michelle was so very kind to Sanford because of his party. Please.
If it wasn’t mentioned Chap, then you’re right, MM missed one.
Any time one of the “elite” of either party acts like a jerk, they should be called on it.
I’m guessing there was more important items taking up space at the time and I doubt that MM left it out intending to cover up for anyone in either house.
Don’t be silly, swede. You know I am not making any excuses for Schumer. I just want to know why there is disparate treatment here of strikingly similar behavior. And its not just this post. Actually I know, and everybody knows, the answer to that.
While you’re in the archives, could you check 2007 and see if she mentioned Bob Filner? Also in 2009, please check for Peter DeFazio
Something I have noticed about Chap’s comments on a lot of threads. He will come in with a comment that will throw the discussion away from whatever it was that Michelle posted about. He may pick up on a minor sentence or word at take off from there. He is quite successful at it.
As to Michelle’s post. A congress-critter being a jerk? Shocking.
Please. What Sanford did was WAYYY more significant. I agree that, when it comes to big issues, MM shoots pretty straight wrt criticism.
However, when it comes to piddling crap like this, the sole purpose of drawing attention to which is to stoke flames, the attention falls far heavier on one side of the aisle.
Who needs confirmation that Senator “Chucky” Schumer is a jerk?
ECS
Indeed, it doesn’t. But if you’re suggesting that nobody here is going to denounce Vitter’s conduct because he’s a Republican and a majority of commenters here are also Republican … c’mon.
Vitter was a jerk then just as Schumer is a jerk now.
Well, you and I both know that only Michelle can answer that, but it’s rather unlikely that she’s actively monitoring the comments now, so you’re not likely to get a direct response. Still, it’s probably because the Vitter incident wasn’t broadcast all over talk radio (Hannity had a segment about the Schumer incident, and I expect other voices on talk radio will as well).
Sure, it could be that the Vitter incident didn’t earn a blog entry because Michelle doesn’t want to air any dirty laundry about Republicans, but, again, c’mon. You’ve been here long enough to know that Michelle rakes Republicans over the coals when it is merited. Just because there was no entry about the Vitter incident doesn’t show that Michelle is “ducking” the incident.
I wasn’t talking about commenters at all.I was specifically and singularly referring to MM’s choice of posts.
How many times are needed before the continual confirmation of a person’s dreadful actions becomes definitive?
Will this merit enough of The One’s attention for him to make another “He’s a jackass” comment?
And Chap, I am referring to people of both stripe, politics not withstanding.
Afterall: A bad show is still a bad show, especially by our elected represenatives.
Oh but you were in a follow-up, hence your “Anyway, you get my point even if none will admit to it.” quip.
Besides, as I’ve already said, and I know that you also know, you’re not likely to get a direct response from Michelle about your question, so there will be comments from other readers to fill that void. I get your implication, but I don’t happen to agree with it.
This might be a good time to mention that dinky airlines with almost no passengers get federal subsidies for flying to and from Congresspeoples home towns. Compared to the trillions of dollars wasted (or proposed to be wasted) by the Obama administration it’s not a huge amount, but these people do feel entitled.
Chap, Michelle was pretty busy on March 9.
Could be Rangle Dangle bumped Vitter for jerky congresscritter of the day.
Kingfish – What was that history book you recommended? I wrote it down then promptly lost it. Sounded like a good read.
Exactly. And I do include Vitter and every other “privileged” beltway princess.
I think this actually proves my point nicely.
Sure, Rangle may bump Vitter but why doesn’t Vitter bump some no-name Chicago ward alderman?
Anyway….enough said on that.
I have peanut brittle to make.
Actually, I can understand Vitters anger. I’ve never flown where the door is shut 20 minutes before departure.
Anyone else ? I also missed where the worker was referred to as a female dog.
Swede: The book in question is by Larry Schweikart and is titled: A Patriots History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War on Terror.
Caveat being some generalities are being made, some dates are off but that is rather expected for a new text. Heck, you should see some of the “errors” associated in my College Engineering Texts (LOL). Its a rather more balanced approach without the brainwashing associated with “modern” historical attempts.
From Roll Call…Among Members of Congress, there’s a long-standing, proud tradition of the Airport Freakout.
I guess long-standing traditions are not so note-worthy…Kind of a dog bites man kind of thing.
chap – Actually the octo mom story was bumping pretty much everything. Sad.
OK, Michelle either missed or chose not to post the Vitter saga. Why in the world would she post it 9 months later?
Republicans Mark Sanford and Larry “Wide Stance” Craig sure got no pass from Malkin.
A guy who basically abdicates his governorship and a guy arrested for soliciting sex in public and almost forced out of office because of it…
That isn’t exactly going out on a limb, nor is it any way comparable to a Senator huffing a bad word under his breath. Again, I am talking about the (relatively) silly stuff.
Schumer’s a jerk. Was that even a question? As Al ‘Fat Bastard’ Gore would say, the science is settled. The debate is over.
Well, chappy, it’s her site, and she can discuss whatever, or whomever, she wants. If you want to be the arbiter of what someone else wants to discuss, you’re out of luck.
ECS
Kingfish – Read an interesting book last week I thought you’d like. Had it on my shelf for years and finally got to it.
Honorable Treachery: A History of Us Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA by GJA O’Toole. I also read his The Spanish War: An American Epic 1898 Both vividly written and fascinating.
O’Toole was Chief of the Problem Analysis Branch at the CIA for years.
Using peanuts imported from Plains GA no doubt. Can’t beat them Carter nuts.
I smell an allergy lawsuit in the making…
Why should everyone expect Schumer to be required to follow the rules that we mortals must?
Two jerks here not just one…
Of the three persons involved, it wasn’t the flight attendant who was the b***h.
They both should have been escorted to the exit and told to find some other way to get to Washington!
Oh, hush now. He’s just better than everyone else. /sarc
Blech.
Why yes, yes he is. But after all, flight attendants are merely part of the “chattering class”. spit.
He confirms he’s a jerk every time he opens his pie hole.
I saw an article with an extended quote where Chuckie said of his aborted phone conversation: “It’s Harry Reid. I guess Healthcare is going to have to wait until we land.”
My thought was that I hoped it had to wait longer than that. These guys really do think they are saving the world by foisting this piece of garbage on us. Look at the opinion polls, look at our balance sheet. Healthcare legislation is a disaster. The Democrats are soo wrong if they think the public will come to love this entitlement.
I’m sure Schumer and Gillibrand were taking calls from concerned average voters in their state.
/sarc for the impaired…
“Piddling?”
Not to the stewardess or the other passengers observing his immature and self-important behavior.
Look, I fly a lot, and I’ll tell you this–I can guarantee everyone watching Chucky and his treatment of the stewardess (and hearing what he said), they were all thinking, “What an a$$.”
Doesn’t matter that stewardesses are all-to-often rude and obnoxious; fact is, he was uncooperative and juvenile on how he handled this situation.
Not the actions of a true gentleman.
IF the airline, pilot or such did take action against Big Mouth Chuck the FAA, Transportation Safety Board, IRS and such would be all over them-milliom spent to do nothing-just another case of the total corruption of power.
That and the jerk is from New York.
Senator Wants Investigation Of Frequent Flyer Programs [Airlines]
Mon, 2009-11-23 19:23
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) is calling for a probe of frequent flyer programs to determine whether they deliver the value that they promise. In particular, he wants the Department of Transportation to look into the issue of evaporating miles, a relatively new phenomenon brought introduced via expiration dates in recent years.
“As the holiday travel season approaches, we cannot let airlines and credit card companies continue to fly off with hard-earned frequent flier miles,” Schumer said in an announcement scheduled for Sunday. “When a consumer accumulates valuable frequent flier miles, they should not have to constantly worry that they are going to expire with little or no notification from the airline.”
heh
If y’all get burned out bashing Schumer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCngWelRTk
Al Gore recites poem to Harry Smith who is very touched.
That created a VERY disturbing picture in my brain.
I loathe and despise ManBearPig. He is a souless jerk. However, I think the poem is actually quite good. If you believe Gore’s incredible, hypocritical hype (which kinda makes you a moron), this poem is very well put. I know, people have been making fun of it. But I am impressed, regardless of who the poet is.
happy, I’m inclined to agree with you.
If I can not associate the poem with his politics, it’s quite good.
Fixed it.
AlohaGuy , Groovy man! You are one cool cat!
Schumer and all people like him are butt wipes, if I offended anyone on here with that comment tough noogies…take it for what it’s worth.
Hell,I’m leaving in a huff, too.
I have Cap’n Crunch peanut butter crunch to pour milk on.
TSA should have removed Schumer from the aircraft in handcuffs. He merited the treatment.
Then why bring it up? I have never seen where MM advertises her site to be “Fair and Balanced” or are you suggested the “Fairness Doctrine” be applied to every topic posted on any conservative site?
I’m sure your well aware of all “fair” comments made on your type of sites like Koz and Huff n’ Puff. If you spent more time preaching to the choir on those sites I seriously doubt you’d be missed here.
Actually, our rolls of toilet paper and the refuse that already went into the sewer system took offense to your statement.
Calling Schumer and all people like him “butt wipes” is a deeply offensive insult to butt wipes everywhere.
Perhaps calling Chuch Schoomer (He he! How’d you like that spelling? Or is it Shoemer?) “Senator” is insult enough!
I am glad you aspire MM to have the same intellectual integrity as Kos and Huff, you know… my type of sites that I never visit.
Jesus loves you.
Look on the bright side, at least they weren’t sexting! (yeesh)
Please clarify.
Jesus loves you.
Everyone else thinks you’re an @sshole.
Just in time for Christmas.
Sacrilicious, etc.
Do things like this remind anyone else of “The Distinguished Gentleman“?
One more for J-Dog, as we near his, uh… 2044th birthday?
Stay classy, Jeddite!
Someone will have to explain the humor of that to me.
He hasn’t been hitting on all cylinders.
His arguments have been pretty lame recently.
Don’t confuse your disagreement with my arguments as being “lame.”
And I finally got the peanut brittle right…without a thermometer. I rule.
Careful now, I don’t want you to get the e_vapors and be forced to excuse yourself from the discussion like you do.
It’s not exactly submerging a crucifix in a jar of urine clever, but before happyscrapper discovered the internet, there were computer nerds.
Ooops… Oh HAI chaps!
I knew you would get the peanut brittle right!
No, I am not confusing my disagreement with lameness.
You are not on your game here.
Take that as an indirect compliment.
I figured it was something like that.
happy is somewhat older than me and I knows I be behind in that area.
Was that an attempt to sound like cool hip-hop black guy?
Jeddite, for the benefit of your geriatric cohorts, please explain blue sparks and throwing down the double dash.
In case you don’t show up, I am consulting Urban Dictionary.
This is something I need to know about?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart_Double_Dash!!
Totally blasphemous. Now then, Chapoutier isn’t the only one baking. I have banana rum bars demanding my undivided attention.
Tell me something, Jeddite. Since there are a lot of threads on MM’s site, why would I want to stay in one that is frustrating, upsetting, nasty, and gives me no satisfaction? Life is too short. And as you so kindly pointed out, I am old, and life is too short to waste a lot of time in futile pursuits. So you can criticize me for leaving the discussions, but I do so for my own mental well-being. I will pick and choose the threads that interest me and if they become tiresome, I will leave. I also shall wear purple.
Well maybe you should write to them.
You swishy little thing! Sounds like bananas foster.
When you are finished with the Suzey Homemaker routine, perhaps you could edify me about the true meaning of Double Dash.
Oh pity… I was too busy goofing off in the other threads that I missed this one.
Schumer was being a tool, no doubt.
However, chap is right, Vitter was being one too and it’s no secret that MM is not unbiased. I wouldn’t come here if I thought this was a fair and balanced news site (I really doubt such a thing exists, because afterall, all media is run by human beings and not Vulcans or robots).
MM is about as far to the right you can go without becoming a lunatic (like some of the folks that comment here). That’s why I love her!
Happy:
Boo!
No kidding! This is obviously the party thread.
…ok and MM is hot. There I said it, you know every male here thinks it.