Valerie Jarrett to uniformed officer at Alfalfa Club dinner: Get me a glass of wine, would you?
posted at 5:41 pm on February 1, 2011 by Allahpundit
C’mon, this didn’t happen. No one’s this dumb and/or tactless. Are they?
According to our tipster, Jarrett was seated at the head table along with several other big-name politicians and a handful of high-ranking military officials. As an officer sporting several stars walked past Jarrett, she signaled for his attention and said, “I’d like another glass of wine.”…
White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee, who was seated next to Jarret, began “cracking up nervously,” our tipster said, but no one pointed out to Jarrett that the man sporting a chestful of medals was not her waiter.
“The guy dutifully went up and got her a glass of wine, and then came back and gave it to her and took a seat at the table,” our tipster said. “Everyone is in tuxedos and gowns at this thing, but the military people are in full dress uniform.”
Help me figure this out. She’s sitting there at a table with military men, all of whom doubtless were fully adorned with decorations. Which means she (a) knows the military is there and in uniform and (b) surely realizes that the officers around her would be gravely and rightly offended at being treated like gophers for some overrated Obama Chicago crony. Which in turn means this never happened, or at least that it didn’t happen quite like this. Maybe she was kidding with the guy? Or maybe she’d grabbed him a drink earlier in the evening and assumed he’d repay the favor? Waiters don’t usually wear medals, do they? C’mon.
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I meant Senator Boxer – she worked so hard for that title.
Philly on February 1, 2011 at 6:22 PM
Comparable to the Clintons who had the military function as waiters at some of their functions. Typical Leftist. Dissing the military every chance they get.
SilentWatcher on February 1, 2011 at 6:23 PM
In fairness, no one can tell her apart from a pack rat, so no doubt there was confusion all around.
Grayson on February 1, 2011 at 6:23 PM
I bet it happened. I don’t put anything past elitist libs.
tommer74 on February 1, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Only, and i mean only, because we on the Right should at least wait for confirmation to target a Leftard elitist. (sorry about the “target”…put yer hateful right wing rhetorical guns down). If this were a Bush White House member a few years back, the Left wouldn’t take the high road…but we should.
JetBoy on February 1, 2011 at 6:24 PM
Hopeys about to speak!
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canopfor on February 1, 2011 at 6:25 PM
Goodness, based on the wikipedia description (thanks jetboy), the alfalfa club sounds like just a bunch of elitist snobs who use this as an excuse to mingle together to reinforce with themselves how much better they think they are from the rest of us unwashed masses. No wonder the DC bubble keeps these people completely out of touch with real America.
karenhasfreedom on February 1, 2011 at 6:26 PM
(b) surely realizes that the officers around her would be gravely and rightly offended at being treated like gophers for some overrated Obama Chicago crony.
Why would she realize that? She’s got all kinds of people waiting on her. What do the servers on AF1 wear?
Nancy Pelosi used the Air Force as her personal catering service for 2 years. Why wouldn’t Jarrett use one guy to get her a drink ?
MayBee on February 1, 2011 at 6:26 PM
I just cannot wait.
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OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:26 PM
http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/worst-tweet-in-the-world/
A good evening laugh…
Keemo on February 1, 2011 at 6:27 PM
Oh good grief. At formal dinners, waiters serve your food and drinks.
conservative pilgrim on February 1, 2011 at 6:27 PM
Rumor is that Jarrett is actually the POTUS right now, so she must just think she’s Queen and that the military is there to serve her. Makes sense in her universe.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on February 1, 2011 at 6:27 PM
Or, the contempt these leftest have for the military is just as venomous as Please Call Me Senator.
Kini on February 1, 2011 at 6:28 PM
I’m rather unimpressed that Allah finds this hard to believe as actually happening.
ButterflyDragon on February 1, 2011 at 6:28 PM
Time to Changey the channel
JetBoy on February 1, 2011 at 6:29 PM
Maybe you are just acting like a Jarrett apologist, I mean, anything is possible, right Allahpundit?? For someone who has been in this business as long has you have, I’m kinda surprised you need help figuring this out. I mean, do you really doubt this is totally possible or are you just more of an optimist than you claim?
Dollayo on February 1, 2011 at 6:30 PM
I would have got her the wine then “accidentley” spilled it all over her sanctimonious ass.
1sttofight on February 1, 2011 at 6:30 PM
And they call Sarah Palin stupid?
Jarrett obviously already had too much to drink. The officer should have cut her off.
GarandFan on February 1, 2011 at 6:30 PM
…… an uninformed officer?
OH!! UNIFORMED!
My bad :)
bannedbyhuffpo on February 1, 2011 at 6:32 PM
Libs treating the military with contempt.
So, what else is new?
Roy Rogers on February 1, 2011 at 6:33 PM
I tell you the Officer in question wasn’t from the Navy. Because if he was, she would have asked him for a popsicle instead of a glass of wine.
moc23 on February 1, 2011 at 6:34 PM
And this is hard to believe… why?
Midas on February 1, 2011 at 6:34 PM
Should this be surprising? Corps=corpse from dumbo. This group is all the same.
sgtstogie on February 1, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Maybe she thought he was a corpseman.
darwin on February 1, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Gary Aldrich. “Unlimited Access”.
He also had an anecdote in that book about how Chelsea Clinton referred to the Secret Service agents as trained pigs. When she was questioned about the propriety of her statement, she replied that her parents called them the same thing.
Classy bunch, eh what?
Del Dolemonte on February 1, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Cut from the same cloth as “Senator not Ma’am”. Of course she could be this disrespectful to a man in uniform.
chickasaw42 on February 1, 2011 at 6:38 PM
And make sure it’s RED wine!
50sGuy on February 1, 2011 at 6:40 PM
It does appear that she did remove the stain off her dress before having dinner; I’ll give her that.
Keemo on February 1, 2011 at 6:42 PM
Yaddda yadda is all he is saying
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:45 PM
Classless
Uncouth
Nincompoop
Trash
Kuffar on February 1, 2011 at 6:47 PM
This potus is nothing but a speechifying pos.
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:47 PM
ps. Valerie Jarrett needs a new hair do.
MayBee on February 1, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Some animals are more equal then others…
liquidflorian on February 1, 2011 at 6:49 PM
I’ve got cataracts would never mistake a Marine for a waiter.
katy the mean old lady on February 1, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Maybe she thought he was cute and she wanted a roll in the hay.
Hummer53 on February 1, 2011 at 6:50 PM
canopfor on February 1, 2011 at 6:25 PM
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I just cannot wait.
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OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:26 PM
OmahaConservative:Tell me about it,he just finished a few
minutes ago!!:)
canopfor on February 1, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Gravely? Are you serious? Maybe if he was a dimwitted liberal politician from california but my guess is that he was an officer and gentleman and had more class than to throw a fit. He and the other officers probably cracked up at jarretts stupidity afterward.
peacenprosperity on February 1, 2011 at 6:51 PM
POTUS was a POS.
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:53 PM
canopfor on February 1, 2011 at 6:25 PM
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Time to Changey the channel
JetBoy on February 1, 2011 at 6:29 PM
JetBoy:Ya,no kidding,had to watch…took one for the team!:)
canopfor on February 1, 2011 at 6:54 PM
Is it standard practice for White House personnel to get so loaded at official events that they are unable to distinguish senior military officers from the wait staff?
JohnGalt23 on February 1, 2011 at 6:54 PM
Yes.
If you have a (D) beside your name.
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:56 PM
Maybe she thought he was Alfalfa.
n0doz on February 1, 2011 at 6:56 PM
canopfor on February 1, 2011 at 6:51 PM
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POTUS was a POS.
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:53 PM
OmahaConservative:Pos,lol.
Hopey says Hosni has to go!:)
canopfor on February 1, 2011 at 6:56 PM
I’d have gotten her the drink. Of course, that drink would have been accompanied by 50 bucks and a hotel room key.
trigon on February 1, 2011 at 6:57 PM
Yep, saw that, Rather Hopey left.
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Valerie Jarrett, the real power behind the POTUS. Not even Michelle dares to intervene here.
Ozprey on February 1, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Why am I not suprised..Valerie Jarrett doesn’t have the brains to pour wine out of a boot!..:)
Dire Straits on February 1, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Jarrett: white trash in the White House; where’s the tornado when you need it?
Shay on February 1, 2011 at 6:58 PM
She ain’t all that. Maybe a ten dollar whore.
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 6:59 PM
maybe they know eachother
maybe he’s doin her.
maybe shes just a megalomaniac like her boss
American Elephant on February 1, 2011 at 6:59 PM
Somewhere, a bunch of guys are laughing about how Valerie Jarrett was complaining that her wine tasted salty and looked a little yellow.
The Reasonable Man on February 1, 2011 at 7:04 PM
I’ll put the Sistrunk Ave.”hos of Ft.Lauderdale up against her any day.
katy the mean old lady on February 1, 2011 at 7:06 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20110201/cm_atlantic/rachelmaddowandnbcstrugglewithsatire6795
While we’re on the subject of female Liberal morons; did you all see this…
Keemo on February 1, 2011 at 7:07 PM
Was the officer black or white?
slickwillie2001 on February 1, 2011 at 7:08 PM
LMAO… Damn, that’s funny…
Keemo on February 1, 2011 at 7:08 PM
lol, I saw a comment at another site on that story that said simply, “I’m happy to see Ralph Machio is still working” heh.
Ozprey on February 1, 2011 at 7:10 PM
I just hope Val the skank is blessed enough to read this thread. Put that filth in her place.
OmahaConservative on February 1, 2011 at 7:11 PM
Why do you assume she’d be complaining?
malclave on February 1, 2011 at 7:12 PM
Kind of puts “wax on, wax off” in a whole other perspective, doesn’t it?
malclave on February 1, 2011 at 7:15 PM
I’m reminded of a joke.
A U.S. Marine was on a plane, he got the aisle seat and next to arabs. The Marine kicked off his shoes after they were airborne, and one of the arabs was trying to hail a stewardress to get a drink. The Marine said “what do you want, I’ll get it for you”. So the arab asked for a coke, and the Marine got up and walked away. The arab then grabbed one of the Marine’s shoes and spat in it. The Marine returned with the coke and sat down. 20 minutes later the second arab also asked for a coke and the Marine got and went down the aisle for it. The second arab grabbed the Marine’s other shoe and spat in it. The Marine returned with the coke and sat down for the rest of the flight.
After landing the Marine slipped on his shoes and just shook his head. He turned to the arabs and said “when are we going to stop this foolishness, spitting in shoes and pi$$ing in cokes”.
Hog Wild on February 1, 2011 at 7:15 PM
She has just given the true feelings of most Liberals about the Military, they would rather they were all waiters and have no respect for them at all. I am afraid I might not have been so gracious to a dummy like her.
old war horse on February 1, 2011 at 7:19 PM
Hey bit.h, why don’t you get down on all fours and bark like a dog while I smack your azz for being a Chi-town dipstick!
dhunter on February 1, 2011 at 7:19 PM
Dam desperate I see!
What would ya pay the Sec. of State?
dhunter on February 1, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Neither would I. But then, we’re not fools…
karl9000 on February 1, 2011 at 7:24 PM
“Yazzzz’m!” would’ve been the irresistable response. Sorry if that comes off as racist, but anyway.
ddrintn on February 1, 2011 at 7:28 PM
That reminded me of a story from last year…
Besides getting a personal military driver to chauffer her around town and to and from work, Jarrett also gets Secret Service protection,
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/may/obama-political-advisers-get-personal-drivers
Driver, waiter… the military is only there to act as taxpater-provided servants to the elite, aren’t they?
malclave on February 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM
My reaction as well.
Zorro on February 1, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Right on target friend.
Loads more class than any of the Obamites, who, unsurprisingly share the usual and customary proggy disdain for the warriors who protect their freedom to be asshats…
RocketmanBob on February 1, 2011 at 7:34 PM
This is the epitome of disrespect.
She is of Iranian descent, and this comes at the height of the rise of the Iranian regime under the ____a regime. Color me unsurprised at her abhorrent behavior.
Key West Reader on February 1, 2011 at 7:38 PM
I believe it AllahP, but, you know, I’m just a h8ter…
But really muh man, are you just trying to stir up the commentariat with this, drive traffic, or what.
I mean, have a heart, you’ve already run some Mittenz and Huntsman RINO-liscious stories today. We didn’t need this, a simple lib-making-the-usual-Palin-hating post would have sufficed :)
RocketmanBob on February 1, 2011 at 7:39 PM
The great ones do. But, you gotta tip heavy.
Excuse me, gratuity.
Moesart on February 1, 2011 at 7:41 PM
lol. Never saw the remake but in the trailer that scene is changed to “jacket” instead of “wax”. Ha!
Ozprey on February 1, 2011 at 7:41 PM
The link to this at Ace of Spades says: “Rodent asks Military Officer for glass of wine”. I am sure the officer involved is far too classy, but perhaps he stirred the wine with his “swizzle stick”.
Lunkinator on February 1, 2011 at 7:45 PM
lol, I saw a comment at another site on that story that said simply, “I’m happy to see Ralph Machio is still working” heh.
Ozprey on February 1, 2011 at 7:10 PM
LOL, Oz. Was lolol-ing on that line. Man, any swipe at him makes me laugh…I can’t stand him. (LOL!!!)
Gob on February 1, 2011 at 7:49 PM
Oh well, none of the Obama administration is very bright. Jarrett fits right in.
jeanie on February 1, 2011 at 7:52 PM
At the end of the evening, the officer looked over his shoulder at Jarrett and said, “now bring me a sammich.”
sulla on February 1, 2011 at 7:55 PM
Surely our Valerie is worth more than 50 bucks. You’re paying for someone of the Obama elite here.
jeanie on February 1, 2011 at 7:55 PM
How bad do you have to screw up to get assigned White House duty under the Bamster and his czar cabal? Has that replaced the hated posting in Thule?
slickwillie2001 on February 1, 2011 at 7:56 PM
Would saying, “*&^% (frick) you, *&^%* (female dog)” be inappropriate? That is what I would say, but then again I am not a Marine.
cat-scratch on February 1, 2011 at 7:57 PM
Oh sweet Jesus I hope that soldier deposited a giant loogie in the wine glass before handing it off to her.
Fifty bucks says Valerie and her boyfriend Barry order this guy onto Fox News in the next 48 hours to chuckle and say she’s a classy lady who looooves the military — or he’s going to find himself deployed to a real unpleasant place.
Just when I think it is impossible to loathe the Obama Administration more than I already do, they remind me why there is no basement to the loathing.
Rational Thought on February 1, 2011 at 8:12 PM
Sallright. When the shooting starts they are liable to simply stand there, or if they remember this, they might help.
Ye reap what ye sow, one day she’ll reap the whirlwind.
Godless buffoons. Why do I/we have to suffer them?
orbitalair on February 1, 2011 at 8:14 PM
She couldn’t get two pesos in Olongapo, five dollars tops in Naples IF she hung out with the campfire girls.
Oldnuke on February 1, 2011 at 8:17 PM
It wouldn’t surprise me if the Obama Whitehouse treated both the secret service and uniformed soldiers/officers as servants. It wouldn’t surprise me if most of those in Washington, on either side of the aisle, did this.
Daemonocracy on February 1, 2011 at 8:23 PM
Okay Allah – here’s where your lack of exposure to the military hurts you.
This was an evening gown affair – which means the officers would have been in DINNER DRESS. Dinner dress is the closest thing the services have to a tuxedo.
For each service – the Dinner Dress is different. Most radically – the Navy’s Dinner Dress. If the uniform “called” for the evening was Dinner Dress White Jacket – then the Naval Officers would have been wearing a short white butler’s jacket – with black pants.
Medals? All medals worn on dinner dress are MINIATURE medals – not as easy to see as the large medals. And besides – if the guy was facing in the other direction when she called him in the first place – she would not have seen the medals (large or small).
You should really not try to fill in the logical holes with your own imagination when you hear these stories. It could have happened – and then again – maybe not.
What’s the standard for journalism? Two? Three independent sources? No need to deviate from that here.
HondaV65 on February 1, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Valerie Jarrett:
Arrogant. Narcissistic. Self-indulgent. Contempt for the military.
All the hallmarks of the typical Democrat politician.
CatchAll on February 1, 2011 at 8:38 PM
No, AP, they couldn’t possibly have acted the same way they do every other day, and treated these people the same way they treat everyone else.
And here I am, fresh out of bridges.
I’m also getting terminally sick of HA telling me I’m logged out when I’m logged in, and having to log out and log back in again before I can post.
Merovign on February 1, 2011 at 8:43 PM
To be fair here…AP says he is not sure of the accuracy of this. But, it’s fun and I wouldn’t be surprised if it were true. She’s probably grown used to being waited on by Secret Service and any other underling who happens to be within hearing distance. Know for a fact, first hand info, of one story in the senior Bush WH where the unpredictable Bush dogs harrassed the body guards and the Bush’s thought it funny. Something happens to folks up there, they get too full of themselves.
jeanie on February 1, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Good grief, I don’t know if this happened or not but to be honest nothing these arrogant elitists in the White House right now do surprises me anymore. They’re so full of themselves it’s pathetic.
scalleywag on February 1, 2011 at 8:54 PM
jeanie on February 1, 2011 at 8:48 PM
The body guards let the dogs get away with that?
dhunter on February 1, 2011 at 8:55 PM
A better response? “Lady, it looks like you’ve had enough already.”
AnonymousDrivel on February 1, 2011 at 8:57 PM
Well put.
long_cat on February 1, 2011 at 9:00 PM
There’s little choice I guess when it’s the President’s and First Ladies’ dogs. I never asked but suspect that it’s kind of difficult to kick the Prez’s dog when they are right there. Doesn’t matter anyway, it was the Bush’s job to call them off, not the Secret Service’s. It shows a lack of respect and consideration as I see it–plain bad manners.
jeanie on February 1, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Kind of reminds me of a scene from Air America where a dim-witted American Congressman, coming off a plane, handed his bags to the Laotian General, thinking he was a porter.
MaiDee on February 1, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Jarret can kiss my Bronze Star…
M-14 2go on February 1, 2011 at 9:04 PM
At least Jarret did not (with a slurred speech) tell the guy
Island of Guam could tip over ……
Sir Napsalot on February 1, 2011 at 9:07 PM
It’s this kind of thing which makes me sure that there’s not enough pay check or pension on the planet that would get me to take a job fawning over, or protecting any big shot in DC. And, if you look at Jarrett’s job critically, she is being paid to do exactly this, worship at the Presidential throne. So is Axelrod and all the others. Those who don’t get canned.I’d rather be a self determining nobody, thanks.
jeanie on February 1, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Well, I worked at the White House when Clinton was inaugurated.
The Clinton administration attempted to BAN military uniforms on the “Eighteen Acres” (the White House Grounds). We only wore uniforms once a week – on Wednesdays … and this policy really ticked off all of in the Military Office. The White House rescinded that policy – and instead instituted a petty “ban” on all military headgear (hats) while wearing a uniform on the eighteen acres.
A story also came out that Clinton attempted to have military personnel “wait” on guests at a party. I heard this report through the press though – I don’t have first hand knowledge of that one.
HondaV65 on February 1, 2011 at 9:16 PM
jeanie on February 1, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Your right its the masters job to make them behave but lacking that the body guards could have made the dogs understand their place without kicking and perhaps without touching.
dhunter on February 1, 2011 at 9:17 PM
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