| Yes, Sinator, we do.
But not everyone does, unfortunately:
According to an HOH tipster who witnessed the scene, the Louisiana Republican arrived Thursday evening at his United Airlines gate 20 minutes before the plane was scheduled to depart, only to find the gate had already been closed. Undeterred, Vitter opened the door, setting off a security alarm and prompting an airline worker to warn him that entering the gate was forbidden.
Vitter, our spy said, gave the airline worker an earful, employing the timeworn "do-you-know-who-I-am" tirade that apparently grew quite heated.
That led to some back and forth, and the worker announced to the irritable Vitter that he was going to summon security.
Vitter, according to the witness, remained defiant, yelling that the employee could call the police if he wanted to and their supervisors, who, presumably, might be more impressed with his Senator's pin.
But after talking a huffy big game, Vitter apparently thought better of pushing the confrontation any further. When the gate attendant left to find a security guard, Vitter turned tail and simply fled the scene.
Sinator Vitter ... still intent on embarrassing Louisiana, this time by violating security rules, and treating an employee who was only doing their job like crap.
UPDATE: According to the Times-Pic, the SINator's office sent out a statement:
"After being delayed on the Senate floor ensuring a vote on my anti-pay-raise amendment and in a rush to make my flight home for town hall meetings the next day, I accidentally went through a wrong door at the gate. I did have a conversation with an airline employee, but it was certainly not like this silly gossip column made it out to be."
Hmmmm ... Roll Call demoted to a silly gossip column. I love how he tries to excuse breaking airline security rules by saying he was hard at work defending the interests of the American people with his FAILED "anti-pay-raise amendment" and then rushing home to make town hall meetings with his constituents.
Pray tell, which day did all this go down? Where were those town hall meetings? Something to follow up on with his local offices.
UPDATE II: I called the SINator's office this morning, and spoke to a very nice lady in the Metairie office. She stated that there was a town hall meeting in St. Charles Parish last Friday, the day after his "accidental" door opening; and that the next Town Hall meeting will be in St. Tammany Parish. |
