Report Of Vitter In Airport Rage: Do You Know Who I Am?!!
Vitter arrived 20 minutes before the plane was scheduled to depart, and found the gate locked. He then opened the door, setting off the alarm and inviting the attention of an airline worker:
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.
Late Update: Vitter is now responding to the story, after a spokesman declined to comment in the initial reports:
"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," Vitter said in a statement. "I did have a conversation with an airline employee, but it was certainly not like this silly gossip column made it out to be."
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"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
Sorry, didn't recognize you without the diaper and the whore.
March 11, 2009 9:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
acewrap,
HAHHAHAHAHAHA, that's gold :-)
March 11, 2009 10:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think somebody needs to have his diaper changed!
Seems like Vitter needed the stress relief of paying for sexual submission in order to maintain a semblance of self-control and decorum. What a wimp!
March 11, 2009 11:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
The soon to be ex-senator of Louisiana??
March 11, 2009 11:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
was it really a town hall *the next day* he was rushing to get to?
March 11, 2009 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
yes...one giant piece of bullshit and morally bankrupt Senator from Louisana who thinks and speaks out his asshole!
March 11, 2009 9:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
I do. You're lucky the bar's open to you. [Casablanca]
March 11, 2009 9:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ten points
March 11, 2009 12:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wonderful, erwin.
Proves once again that all you need to know about life, you can learn from "Casablanca."
March 11, 2009 12:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I am Diaper Man!"
March 11, 2009 9:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
Do you know who I am?...I AM DIAPER BOY!
March 11, 2009 9:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
I'm a Repugnantcan!
March 11, 2009 9:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Senator Vitter: "Do you know who I am?!"
Airport Security: "Yes, you are the man who cheats on his wife by going to a hooker and getting dressed up in a diaper."
Sentor Vitter: "That's right! Now spank me! Bad baby, bad baby!"
March 11, 2009 9:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
I am sort of amazed that the gate attendant had to leave to get security. If the attendant was being physically accosted, who goes and gets security?
March 11, 2009 9:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
Any one of the million people hanging around the terminal because they are unbable to board due to being on the terrorist watch list in error.
March 11, 2009 10:07 AM | Reply | Permalink
you'd be cranky too if you had poopies in your diaper.
March 11, 2009 9:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
Herpes flareup.
Nasty.
March 11, 2009 10:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
I am disappointed that Gov. Jindal did not dispatch his tiger to Washington to ferry Sen. Vitter home. You will recall that it was on the back of this magical tiger than Gov. Jindal swam through hurricane swept waters of Lake Ponchatrain to rescue drowning people from bureaucrats. I dare airport security to say no to Gov. Jindal's tiger.
March 11, 2009 10:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
I do recognize you, your an asshole and a whore monger. Hows your diaper dickface?
March 11, 2009 10:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Do you know who I am?"
"Um, Heidi Fleiss in drag?"
March 11, 2009 10:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
It's okay Vitter... the economy is affecting everyone in different ways. Some are sleep deprived, other have tantrums in public.
http://www.governmentalityblog.com/my_weblog/2009/03/senator-vitters-airport-rage.html
March 11, 2009 10:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
Please tell me somebody took a cell phone video of this- that would be pure comedy gold.
March 11, 2009 10:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ted Kennedy has had problems at airports due to a TSA no-fly list with another Edward Kennedy on it. A lot more people recognize him. Did he flip out like that?
Anybody who shows up 20 minutes before departure doesn't get to board, no matter who how important he thinks he is.
March 11, 2009 10:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
Gore was also stopped and searched twice in the same week in 2002, did not freak out or demand to speak with a supervisor.
March 11, 2009 10:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
Just curious, why can't you board if you are 20 minutes early? Seems plenty early to me.
March 11, 2009 11:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
Because the airline tells you to be there an hour early for a domestic flight. People who show up at the last minute might be trying to short-circuit the security procedures.
Once the gate is closed, the gate is closed. Even senators have to be on time. I'll bet he was never late for his $300 an hour whore meetings!
March 11, 2009 12:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Because 20 minutes prior to departure isn't "early". It's late. They close the gate 30-45 minutes (depends on airport and airline) prior to departure time for security and to prepare for takeoff.
March 11, 2009 12:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly. The literature you get from the airline makes it perfectly clear that the gate closes x number of minutes before departure, and that if you have luggage, it has to be checked y number of minutes before the scheduled departure, or you will not be allowed to board the plane. Period.
March 11, 2009 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
There's not "another Ted Kennedy" on the no-fly list; the actual Ted Kennedy, Gore, little old lady pacifist Quakers were put on the list because of the craven illegality of BushCo and Rovian "get back" at any who stood in the way of their steamrolling Due Process and Equal Protection; all under the guise of a manufactured "war" as an excuse to make this even more of a police state.
It's an enemies list, for sure, not against foreign enemies, but the political enemies of BushCo; not too dissimiliar from Nixon's Enemies List.
That was obvious from the beginning.
As far as Vitter trying to open a secured door to the tarmac; one need not even have a TSA to know that is verbotten; by private citizens and war-mongering, holier than thou politicians alike.
March 11, 2009 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Reminds me of British incident concerning Jim Davidson. Sort of like our Andrew Dice Clay, but older, less hip, and without the charm. On stage, he gave the line "Do you know who I am?" A Boy Scout in full uniform in the audience, loudly replied, "Yes, you’re a fucking wanker!" Truth to power.
March 11, 2009 10:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
I have a friend who met Jim Davidson. She said he was pretty funny. Actually, I believe her words were "I was laughing from the moment he pulled his pants down".
March 11, 2009 11:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
There really are some low-lifes in the Congress.
March 11, 2009 10:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
What a shame that was not captured via cellphone video! It could have been Vitter's 'macaca' moment!
March 11, 2009 10:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
Guy,s be nice. He only wears the diaper because the men's room is occupied by Larry Craig.
March 11, 2009 10:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
ROTFLMAO!!! Thank you Destor!
March 11, 2009 11:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
nice. i knew there was an airport bathroom joke in there somewhere.
March 11, 2009 2:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I figure ALL Republicans should be on the "No Fly" list!
March 11, 2009 10:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Do you know who I am?"
No, sorry I don't. What is the last thing you can remember?
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March 11, 2009 10:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
C'mon Whoreboy, don't go getting your diaper in a twist...
March 11, 2009 10:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
His family should be so proud.
What a moron.
March 11, 2009 11:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why did it take a week for this story to be reported?
Also, don't assume Vitter was hiring adult women prostitutes! I have a sixth sense saying he was engaged in sex with men and viewing child pornography. It's amazing how Republicans don't get investigated by law enforcement or the corporate media!
March 11, 2009 11:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ah, that explains why he thinks people should be denied contraception -- if you are having sex with men you don't need to worry about birth control.
March 11, 2009 12:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do you know who I am???
Umm. Depends.
March 11, 2009 11:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
Fantastic!
March 11, 2009 11:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
Now that's funny...
March 11, 2009 11:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
tmdf For The Win!
March 11, 2009 11:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
What a social conservative!
March 11, 2009 11:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
Author James Moore was put on a no-fly list for writing "Bush's Brain" , a book critical of Karl Rove, so it doesn't take much to be banned from air travel nowadays. And Moore didn't break any laws. Vitter did by opening the emergency door.
March 11, 2009 11:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
What's wrong with you guys? I love Vitter! As long as he's around my own senators seem reasonable and sane though in reality they are two of the biggest GOP obstructionists in the senate.
March 11, 2009 11:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Jim Carrey can play him in the biopic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ioDIZMD_fU
March 11, 2009 11:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
"Do you know who I am?"
This is so funny... a guy with a secret life, asking, "Do you know who I am?" I mean, what would be the right answer?...
"Pampered" comes to mind.
March 11, 2009 12:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is excellent news for Stormy. I'm sure she doesn't treat people like that. Look out, she just may pull it out in the end. Stormy in 2010.
March 11, 2009 12:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
What the fuck is it with sexually hung up Republican senators and airports? Can't they just go hang out in peepshows like normal perverts?
March 11, 2009 12:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
What, no video?
A perfect YouTube moment.
March 11, 2009 12:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
We know who he is ... he's the diaper man!
March 11, 2009 12:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Okay, I'm off to google "Vitter" and "Diaper" because apparently I missed something. Love the jokes though.
March 11, 2009 1:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
The D.C. Madam (r.i.p.) named Vitter as one of her agency's clients. He was forced to admit it. One bizarre feature of the records on Vitter is that he had a fetish for wearing diapers while visiting the hookers. Combine this history with his radically-right conservative "family first" political views, and you have all the ingredients of classic hypocrisy.
March 11, 2009 2:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Went through the wrong door at the gate."
So that's what the kids are calling it these days.
March 11, 2009 1:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe he put his diaper on backwards.
March 11, 2009 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, how could he possibly have been expected to know that a sign saying AIRPORT PERSONNEL ONLY didn't apply to him?
March 11, 2009 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Vitter...so moral it burns.
March 11, 2009 1:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why didn't he just leave in a huff, (his usual mode of transportation)?
}B-i or |:['
March 11, 2009 1:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I 'accidentally' opened a door marked 'SECURE AREA. ALARM WILL SOUND.' And I 'accidentally' expected to be treated differently from any other person who did the same thing."
Security rules? Those are for Democrats and the rest of the riffraff.
March 11, 2009 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
While it'd be nice to have some witnesses come forward, I do hope at least The Daily Show or somesuch go to the gate and point out how he had to ignore the "Don't open this door, moron" signs.
March 11, 2009 3:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
By the way, that airline employee deserves a commendation, whoever he is.
March 11, 2009 1:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, a conversation that began with "do you know who I am?", and ended by running away from the scene before security arrived.
March 11, 2009 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
He was practicing his temper tantrums for his next visit with "Mommy"...
March 11, 2009 1:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Vitter couldn't have have been this bad :)
March 11, 2009 1:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, yeah I know who are. How about a hundred dollars for a good bj.
March 11, 2009 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Vitter knows full well from craigslist that "conversation" means blowjob.
March 11, 2009 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
First off, no departure gate is going to be closed 20 minutes before departure time. These days, you're lucky to start boarding 20 minutes before flight time. So that's just pure bs.
Second, once the door to the jetway is closed, it's locked. No one can get through simply by pressing on that door. Other doors, perhaps to the tarmac, might be breachable and have alarms.
March 11, 2009 2:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Vitter's comment is reminiscent of Tom DeLay's, a few years ago when a restaurant in DC asked him to extinguish his cigar - since it was against Federal law to be smoking there: "I AM the Federal Government!"
March 11, 2009 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Vitter will probably demand a private plane home next time.
Airline/TSA message to Vitter: "STFU and do what you're told or GO TO JAIL! We truly don't care who you are! "
What a tool....oh and a lying piece of crap...
March 11, 2009 4:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Town Hall Meeting? Or did I hear, Town Whore meeting. He knows 'em all! Nice guy.........
March 11, 2009 4:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
TSA: "Do you want to fly today?"
They asked the wrong guy.
March 11, 2009 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do I know who yo are??? You are the out of control male who burst through a homeland security point to yell:"Do you know who I am?"
My guess is you are a Conservative born-again postitution ring regular who gets hooker calls while on the senate floor.
Yes, sir, I know who you are, all America knows who you are.
March 11, 2009 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
There was a story going around some years ago about a terminal jammed with passengers in long lines during a weather delay. A man pushed up to the ticket agent demanding to get on the plane. She calmly asked him to wait his turn in line. He yelled, "Do you know who I am? Do YOU KNOW who I am?" She turned away, activated the public address microphone and announced, "May I have your attention. We have a gentleman here who does not know who he is. If anyone can help, please come to the ticket counter........."
March 11, 2009 5:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I am very sorry you had to miss your flight Senator Vitter. Let me give you a Huggie. It will be alright."
March 11, 2009 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
Yes, and I know WHAT you are too.
March 12, 2009 8:58 AM | Reply | Permalink