Pelosi's Office To Air Force: 'We'd Like Chocolate Strawberries'

Officials at Judicial Watch, the watchdog organization that hunts down and exposes government misbehavior, say they have uncovered more extravagances on the part of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose office apparently told the Air Force they wanted chocolate-covered strawberries for Pelosi's birthday.

Not just any chocolate-covered strawberries, either.

"Dark chocolate preferred," said the instructions to the Air Force, which provided Pelosi with commuting services to and from California while she was Speaker of the House.

WND reported earlier when Judicial Watch documented that taxpayers were billed some $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight services, including food and liquor, over a two-year period.

Later, the organization suggested that federal officials were colluding on the "booze-gate" explanations because of a series of e-mails back and forth warning of coming document releases under the Freedom of Information Act.

Incidentally, the new House Speaker, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, confirmed when he took the gavel from Pelosi as the GOP took the majority of the House in the 2010 election that he would commute to his Ohio district on commercial aircraft.

In a report today, Judicial Watch confirmed that old habits must die hard for Pelosi.

"The most recent documents uncovered by Judicial Watch include a Passenger Mission Activity chart detailing all of former Speaker Pelosi's flights January 1 to October 1, 2010, as well as detailed shopping lists for some flights…" the report said.

"Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 43 trips, covering 90,155 miles, from January 1 through October 1, 2010. The Air Force documented in-flight expenses for 22 of these flights totaling $1,821.33. The Air Force did not provide expense information for the remaining 21 flights,"Judicial Watch reported.

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