Posted by
Bullfrog on Friday, February 02, 2007 6:50:22 PM
I Want My Perksby Froggie, Special Correspondent to The BS Detector
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
is demanding the White House allow increased use of military aircraft
for domestic flights — not just for herself, but also for staff,
relatives and others. "I don't want to wait in the airport for a
commercial flight like all the other hillbillies have to" she was
quoted as saying. Questioned about her use of the term "hillbilly," she
snapped "I never said that. I said 'congressmen'."
The Washington Times reports former Speaker Dennis Hastert
was given use of military flights as a security measure after 9/11. But
Pelosi's request is said to go beyond what the former speaker was
granted. One source says Pelosi's office is pressing the point of her
succession — she's next in line after the vice president — and that the
Department of Defense needs to "play ball with the speaker's needs."
A Pelosi aide said her request is related to security, and that negotiations are underway with the administration.
"I'm second in line
to the presidency, darn it! I deserve to be treated as well as Prince
William, and then some, because, after all, I'm a woman" Pelosi said by
way of explanation.