Boss from HELL REP sheila Jackson Lee.

[Danno 1,228]

Congressional bosses from Hell: Sheila Jackson Lee

A lot of politicians give nicknames to their aides. George W. Bush famously referred to his attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez, as “Fredo.” Mitch Daniels, then head of the Office of Management and Budget, was known as “The Blade.” Barack Obama reportedly called Larry Summers, his chief economic advisor, “Dr. Kevorkian.”

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas also hands out nicknames to the people who work for her. The Houston Democrat addressed one of her employees as “you stupid ####.” And not just once, but “constantly,” recalls the staffer, “like, all the time.”

Another Jackson Lee aide recounts the time her parents came to Washington to visit: “They were really excited to come to the congressional office. They’re small town people, so for them it was a huge deal. They were actually sitting in the main lobby waiting area….[Jackson Lee] came out screaming at me over a scheduling change. Called me a ’stupid idiot. Don’t be a moron, you foolish girl’ and actually did this in front of my parents, of all things.”

Yet another staffer remembers requesting a meeting early on in her tenure to ask how best to serve the congresswoman. Jackson Lee’s response: “What? What did you say to me? Who are you, the Congresswoman? You haven’t been elected. You don’t set up meetings with me! I tell you! You know what? You are the most unprofessional person I have ever met in my life.” With that, Jackson Lee hung up the phone.

According to the same staffer, Jackson Lee “would always say, ‘What am I a prostitute? Am I your prostitute? You can’t prostitute me.’”

Capitol Hill is famous for its demanding, insensitive bosses. Yet even by the harsh standards of Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee stands out. She may be the worst boss in Washington. “It’s like being an Iraq War veteran,” says someone who worked for her. Strangers may say, “‘oh I know what you’ve been through.’ No, you really don’t. Because until you’ve experienced it…. People don’t tell the worst of the stories, because they’re really unbelievable.”

For some, a job in Jackson Lee’s office proved not just emotionally but physically perilous. One staffer recalls a frank conversation with his doctor, who told him he needed to quit. “It’s your life or your job,” the doctor told him, warning that the stress and long hours were wreaking havoc on his body.

Only a few on staff fought back. One of Jackson Lee’s drivers became so frustrated with her abuse the person pulled the car over and demand she stop: “She’s screaming and swearing. ‘M.F.’ everything. Finally I slammed on the brakes and told her to get the hell out of my car. I’m like ‘I can’t drive with you like this. Either get out, or you can calm down.’ And she’s like ‘you need to go or get fired.’ I’m like, ‘that’s fine. But I’m either leaving without you or you can calm down,’” the staffer said.

Jackson Lee then threatened to call the police and claim she was being held hostage in the car. But she finally did calm down when the staffer called her bluff, offering to flag down a Capitol Police officer to explain the situation.

Former aide Michael McQueery said his experience with other “difficult” bosses on the Hill prepared him for how to handle Jackson Lee. “I’ve worked for two other members. They did the same thing,” he said.

“It was at first, I’m not going to lie to you, it was a rough patch with her and me. But I took her to the side and I let her know that, you know, ‘Congresswoman, I’m a man before anything else.’ And after that, we had no problems. We had no problems,” McQueery said.

Of the scores of Jackson Lee staffers contacted by The Daily Caller, only McQueery offered an affirmative defense of the congresswoman’s management techniques. “A lot of people just did not know how to go, and say, ‘hey, that’s inappropriate,’” McQueery said.

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Read on: http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/02/congressional-bosses-from-hell-sheila-jackson-lee/3/

Edited March 4, 2011 by Danno

[luckytxn 2,265]

She is a peach.

[Ban Hammer 13,530]

a democrat that thinks he/she is always right and that the world revolves around them? no way!

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Sheila Jackson Lee is a racist, a bigot, and a pile of trash that should have been booted from this state years ago.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Sheila Jackson Lee is a racist, a bigot, and a pile of trash that should have been booted from this state years ago.

She serves her constituents well apparently they think so.

[TBoneTX 46,111]

Sheila Jackson Lee is a racist, a bigot, and a pile of trash that should have been booted from this state years ago.

In addition, if you get between her and a television camera, your life is severely endangered, if not forfeit.

[peejay 327]

Lots of people in TX have been rolling their eyes and shrugging their shoulders about her from the get go. I cringe every time I see her babbling on TV. Somehow she manages to get reelected year after year though. It doesn't say much for her district IMO.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It's OK. She is a black woman. She can treat people however she wants.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Lots of people in TX have been rolling their eyes and shrugging their shoulders about her from the get go. I cringe every time I see her babbling on TV. Somehow she manages to get reelected year after year though. It doesn't say much for her district IMO.

Actually it says alot about her district. Her district was drawn to protect the seat for a black person.

The backwash here is that by doing so, the people that draw these districts actually reduce the influence of blacks in congress. Why? Well, black people ened up with ineffective representation, like Ms. Jackson-Lee and the white representatives in the surrounding districts have no concern for "black issues" since they have conveniently "surgically removed" the majority of blacks from their district. How nice. Were congressman elected "at large" or by simply dividing the districts into equal sized (in land area) "squares", there may (or may not) be less black representatives but there would be far MORE representatives concerned with "black issues" AND the representation would be better quality.

It is the intent, as always, of the people who claim to be "helping" black people to further reduce their impact and make them further dependent. Sheila Jackson-Lee is the KKK's nominee for "black representative of the year"

[Amby 490]

Is she the same woman who wore that hideous cowboy hat a few months ago?

[Danno 1,228]

I'm betting there are a number or Reps up there who are just as unbearable as she is. With her it is just so easy to believe it.