Originally Posted by
raehl311
I hate to defend politicians, but...
Have you ever been a celebrity?
Most of the time, I get to be your average schmuck. But, a few weeks a year, I operate in an environment where everyone around knows who I am. The only way I can get ANYTHING done is to hide somewhere outside the view of the general public.
So yes, the politicians do have a practical reason to have a separate lounge.
Elected officials <> "celebrities". These folks are "servants of the people". I don't care of Rihanna or Madonna or Jay Leno or whoever spend whatever amount of their own money (or their sponsors money) they want on private lounges filled with champagne, crack, hookers, whatever.
Politicians, who are paid by me, shouldn't be wasting my money on their privacy, especially in this environment.
A final note, almost all politicians a the federal level are multi-millionaires in their own right. If they need "privacy", they can pay for it out of their own pocket (see my comment about "celebrities" above).
By the way, I would not want to be, nor have I ever had any interest in being, either a politician or a celebrity.