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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,365 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2013, 01:19 PM Mar 2013

'Rude' lawmaker Louie Gohmert pulls rank on cops over parking ticket

By JAKE SHERMAN and JOHN BRESNAHAN | 3/27/13 10:43 AM EDT

A Texas Republican congressman got into a late-night verbal altercation with U.S. Park Police officers earlier this month, pulling rank in an attempt to get out of a parking ticket near the Lincoln Memorial.

Shortly after 11 p.m. on March 13, officers wrote Rep. Louie Gohmert a citation for parking his black Ford SUV in a spot reserved for National Park Service vehicles, according to a Park Police report obtained by POLITICO.

But Gohmert wasn’t having it: He told the Park Police that his congressional parking placard allows him to park in that spot, and he’s on the committee that oversees the agency.
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He was “rude and irate,” one officer reported. Another wrote that Gohmert was “ranting.”

Hat tip: the DCist:

Texas Republican Insists That He Can Park Wherever He Pleases, U.S. Park Police Disagrees

Thankfully, the Park Police isn't backing down, saying today that a congressional placard would certainly allow Gohmert to park most anywhere he wants—but not in the spot he chose near the Lincoln Memorial, and certainly while not on official business.

The $25 fine stands, and is payable to the D.C. government. But given that Gohmert tried to pull rank, what are the chances that he actually pays it?

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'Rude' lawmaker Louie Gohmert pulls rank on cops over parking ticket (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 OP

That reminds me of fellow Texan and sharp_stick Mar 2013 #1

Convene the Ethics Committee and expel this moron. Tender to the Bone Mar 2013 #2

He won't pay and he'll go on a witch hunt against the Park Service. freshwest Mar 2013 #3

That certainly sounds likely. CBHagman Mar 2013 #7

Back stabbing each other begins in the home... districts. freshwest Mar 2013 #9

My man Louie, he most certainly gave that cop a piece of his mind... MrScorpio Mar 2013 #4

DUZY material! mac56 Mar 2013 #10

I think "rant" is his default mode alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #5

Is there a video of Louie's meltdown? Paladin Mar 2013 #6

Little shit has no "rank"--if he wants rank, he'd best join the military. MADem Mar 2013 #8

Had he been some unknown black man, they would have beat the shit out of him and took him to jail. phleshdef Mar 2013 #11

That cop should have called a tow truck BlueDemKev Mar 2013 #12

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

1. That reminds me of fellow Texan and

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 01:35 PM

Mar 2013

fellow moronic asshole Tom Delay who while he had his share of quotable idiocy once said

"1) "I AM the federal government." –Tom DeLay, to the owner of Ruth's Chris Steak House, after being told to put out his cigar because of federal government regulations banning smoking in the building, May 14, 2003"

Tender to the Bone

(93 posts)

2. Convene the Ethics Committee and expel this moron.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 01:37 PM

Mar 2013

Let Texas deal with this moron, and wasting taxpayers' dollars.

Go on, Boehner, or we'll start a discharge petition ordering the Ethics Committee to investigate the moron and kick him out of Congress.

And fined $50,000 for wasting an official's time with his moronic rants.

And placard is permanently revoked. Gomer needs to learn how to use the MTA.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. He won't pay and he'll go on a witch hunt against the Park Service.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 01:38 PM

Mar 2013

Look to see this insane clown try to cut funding or put ridiculous clauses into omnibus spending bills anonymously just like the freak who put the Monsanto amendment into a huge bill that HAD to be signed. It's the way that Republicans screw Americans daily.

The problem is this particular lunatic's district will cheer whatever he does to the Park Service as 'sticking it to the man' and being tough on the Obama administration. The thought processes people use to justify such blatant irresponsible acts and Republican hubris are endlessly nauseating.

CBHagman

(16,984 posts)

7. That certainly sounds likely.

Reply to freshwest (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 03:14 PM

Mar 2013

The problem is this particular lunatic's district will cheer whatever he does to the Park Service as 'sticking it to the man' and beitough on the Obama administration. The thought processes people use to justify such blatant irresponsible acts and Republican hubris are endlessly nauseating.

It's scary how the powerful devote so much effort to scapegoating ordinary Janes and Joes and fomenting resentment of the latter two categories while ensuring special treatment for the first mentioned.